discussed the project we have robert woodson. ande have michael lind robert woodson.entlemen, thank you for being with us. as you look back at where we were and where we are, how are we doing in the country? some of us are doing well, others are not. america is still divided. not so much by race as by class. as a veteran of the civil rights movement, i think that many of the problems that we confronted met by strong resistance in the black community. we had institutions, our families were strong. ratherl 1963, 80 2 -- 85% of black families had a man and woman raising children. elderly people were not afraid of their grandchildren. that has all changed. it is interesting, in the face of tremendous gains in terms of race relations, many low income communities, particularly black communities, there has been a massive deterioration. even though we spent $15 trillion on the war on poverty, i think that that movement has exacerbated some of the problems it intended to cure. host: at the center of this is the economy and these economic situations these families are facing. w

robert woodson for the center of neighbor enterprise and michael lind of the new america foundation will join us to talk about lbj's goal of ending poverty through the civil rights act and economic opportunity act.

robert woodson and will join us to talk about his goal of promoting equality through the civil rights act and economic opportunities. the discussion continues later with the heritage foundation and the brennan center who will talk about the voting rights act in your time -- >> in your time we have the opportunity to move not only to the rich and powerful society, but upward to the great society. ♪ good morning. host: been fifth -- >> the, it has been 50 years. this weekend on washington journal we will examine his goal of ending journal -- ending inequality. half a century later, how are we doing? this morning in light of the developing story in ferguson, mi

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we will have robert woodson and michael lind speaking as well as other guests. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] ♪ >> coming up next, gingrich talking about improving veterans health care through the use of smart phones and other technology. after that, and look at a recent decision by the d.c. court of appeals having to do with federal subsidies in the health care law. a discussion on how the deferred action program for childhood arrivals by president obama. we spent over a decade as part of the family. it is always good for us to be back here.

robert woodson for the center of neighbor enterprise and michael lind of the new america foundation will join us to talk about lbj's goal of ending poverty through the civil rights act and economic opportunity act. and the discussion continues spakovsky from the heritage foundation and nicole -hillery. >> i am sarah. >> i am shelley. >> this is a multimedia education center. along with your television provider we bring c-span2 you and your community. to learn more about the bus and our schedule, go to c-span.org/about/community. you can send us a tweet or e-mail us. >> this week a burial service was held at arlington national sermon terry -- ellington national cemetery. month killed early this in afghanistan. major general greene was the highest-ranking u.s. officer to be killed in combat since the vietnam war. [gun salutes] ♪ ["taps"] ♪ ["america the beautiful"] ♪ ♪ ♪ a quick look at what's ahead today on c-span. fromwill have highlights this years's consumer electronics affair in washington dc. or that and appeal appeal oral argument on ohio same-sex marriage ban. next, "what's so grea

robert woodson for the center of neighborhood enterprise will join us to talk about lbj's gold tube prevent property through economic average unity act. fromiscussion continues the heritage foundation and the brennan center who will talk about the voting rights act. we will take your calls and look for your comments by facebook and twitter beginning live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. on tomorrow's newsmakers, our guest is the head of the political action group known as emily's list. to talks about the upcoming november election and her group is encouraging women to vote and seek office. >> when democrats have talked about turnout issues they may have in the midterm election, young women are one of the groups that get mentioned as being drop of voters and voters that are more likely to turn out in presidential years. what kind of things is emily's list doing to ensure they will show up at the polls this year? >> it is such an important part of a midterm game we are playing. how do we insure they go out? a lot of young women voters we need to get to these polls. and the -- emily's list has a h