but in 1955 when i was in 10th grade, 15 years old, i heard rosa parks. of martin luther king jr. on the radio in the words of dr. king hired me to find a way to get in the way. in 1956, my brothers and sis are sent some of my first cousins went down to the public library and a little town of troy, alabama, trying to get library cards, trying to checkbooks out. we were told by the librarian that the libraries were for whites only and not for colors. on july 51998, i went back to the pike county public library and troy, alabama for a book signing of my book, trance and. hundreds of citizens showed up and make it a library card. [applause] "walking with wind" is a book of faith, hope and courage. it not just my story. it is this route hundreds and thousands and countless men and women, blacks and whites, who put their body on the line during a very difficult. in the history of our country to end segregation and to end racial discrimination. >> host: congressman lewis, one of the people you listed is your greatest influences the reverend kelley miller's knif

wellingburg the kidnap bay and a gateway high school and a rosa parks so thank you for those communities host those. okay. at this time we're going to recess this meeting and go into the closed session. and at the close of this meeting i'll come back and reopen the meeting. at this time the meeting is

when he said i act as i was my first amendment rights like my hero rosa parks who refused to sit at the back of the bus when that no law existed he's also the guy that said black americans should be profiled the same way different breeds of dogs are considered dangerous he said it's a dumb nation has been biting the children in the neighborhood i think we're going to look for a black and white dogs. he also said he wouldn't mind shooting. residents of l.a. the south central neighborhood with a machine gun from a helicopter he said that the supreme court's ruling on obamacare is evidence that the south should have won the civil war he put together his huge immigration plan which allows undocumented immigrants to become citizens after serving five years of indentured servitude put to work to build a border. he said the most racist thing our government does is to print literature in spanish ted the guy who told an audience at an n.r.a. meeting that they should chop off democrats had an election back in two thousand and twelve and that he'd end up dead as it were in jail if obama got re

rosa parks, do you know who she is, jimmy?ve a bus. >> she came, very, very old. i've went to a public grammar school. happened to be named after her. she was coming to the school. no other school was named after her. she came. we put on a play. i was a lion. in second grade. and a big ma nechne. i ran on stage. the mane came off. fell off in my big moment. i thought what do i do? and it was like, i thought about running away. i thought about putting it back onn't on. i thought about roaring. seemed like an eternity. picked it up. put it back on. did my roar. moved on. boom. career, 38 years old. now i'm an actor. >> jimmy: you can see that ability "out of the furnace" very good. opens in theaters december 6th. we'll be right back with mike tyson. okay, who helps you focus on your recovery? yo, yo, yo. aflac. wow. [ under his breath ] that was horrible. pays you cash when you're sick or hurt? [ japanese accent ] aflac. love it. [ under his breath ] hate it. helps you focus on getting back to normal? [ as a southern belle ] afl

when he said i exercise my first amendment rights like my hero rosa parks so refused to sit at the back of the bus when men no law existed he's also the guy that said black americans should be profiled the same way different breeds of dogs are considered dangerous he said if saddam asian has been fighting the children in the neighborhood i think we're going to look for a black and white dog he also said he wouldn't mind shooting rez. and of al eight thousand central neighborhood with a machine gun from a helicopter he said that the supreme court's ruling on obamacare is evidence that the south should have won the civil war he put together his huge immigration plan which allows under documented immigrants to become citizens after serving five years of indentured servitude put to work to build a border fence he said the most racist in our government does is to print literature in spanish to head the guy who told an audience at an n.r.a. meeting the station chopped off democrats had in the election back in two thousand and twelve and that he'd end up dead or in jail if obama got reelected

in 1944, 11 years before rosa parks refused to move to the back of my primary bus, lieutenant robinson was court-martialed for insisting successfully the fort hood, texas heard of desegregating benefits. he was a lieutenant only because when he was excluded from officer's kennedy school scum he pretested enough to another black at fort riley, kansas, heavyweight champ in, joe louis. the athletic successes of lewis and just yelling in an 1830s, jackie robinson's brother matt from the 200-meter dash at the berlin olympics made the absence of blacks in baseball glaring. then the war in which blacks worse till in hitlerism, nurtured the idea that anyone who could cross omaha beach should also be eligible to cross major-league file lines. also, commercial considerations mingled in the ethical. until the war, three quarters of all blacks lived in the south and all 16 major league teams were in the north. more production drew blacks north to the bleachers. as takeout makes clear in his splendid book, baseball's great experiment, jackie rabin and his legacy, robinson was a biblical and normal

wellingburg the kidnap bay and a gateway high school and a rosa parks so thank you for those communities host those. okay. at this time we're going to recess this meeting and go into the closed session. recessed. >> all right. i'm resuming the board meeting of envelope 12, 2013 i want it to be december. and i'm going to report the closed session actions. is somebody preparing the closed sessions. that's why i have a computer here that the this the after the accident of the november 12th nichlz in the litigation of la nor case property damage settlement recommendation the board recommended and haney district. the board bill a vote of in accordance with the education one me was put on a mustard leave of absence. that he item b is adjournment. meeting adjourne >> (clapping) all right. thank you erica and thank for the great work. leader pelosi and mayor ed lee thank you for your attention. welcome to yelp. i'm excited to have you here at our new headquarters. as you know yelp has lived within the same radius. we've moved a short distance away and to keep our headquarters in san francisco wa

rosa parks was protesting against the state and local ordinance. the incursions of the federal government, what we forget is where a lot of the oppression has happened is at the state level. you know, there was a great libertarian figure forgotten now named carl hess. he said a long time ago, i don't understand why conservatives say they want a more efficient local government. or they say they like local government better because it's more efficient. he said if you're a libertarian, you don't want efficient government. you want to be free where it matters most. and it's really at the state and local level where there has been so much oppression, so many rights withheld, so many ordinances that were unjust. it feels a little disingenuous for people to pull states rights out as a way of guaranteeing people's freedoms. >> right. i want to just pull something out that actually you wrote, sam. i think particularly in the age of president obama, it has -- the language has taken on a slightly different twist. again, it's not just about taxes and protectin

rosa parks said of him, even after things has supposedly been taken care of, he was still out there,nspiring the next again rakes, including me. helping kids go to college with a program that would become upward bound and at 89 years old, reverend vivian is still out there in the action pushing us closer to our founding ideas. early in the morning on the day on the march of washington, the march's chief organizer didn't panic as the story goes he looked down at a piece of paper and looked back up and reassured reporters that everything was right on schedule. the only thing those reporters didn't know was that the paper he was holding was blank. he didn't know how it was going to work out, but he had an unshakable optimism, nerves of steal, and most importantly the faith that if the cause is just and people are organized nothing can stand in our way. this great leader for decades was denied his rightful place in history because he was openly gay. no medal can change that, but today we honor his memory by taking our place in his march towards true equality, no matter who we are or who

wellingburg the kidnap bay and a gateway high school and a rosa parks so thank you for those communities host those. okay. at this time we're going to recess this meeting and go into the closed session. recessed. >> all right. i'm resuming the board meeting of envelope 12, 2013 i want it to be december. and i'm going to report the closed session actions. is somebody preparing the closed sessions. that's why i have a computer here that the this the after the accident of the november 12th nichlz in the litigation of la nor case property damage settlement recommendation the board recommended and haney district. the board bill a vote of in accordance with the education one me was put on a mustard leave of absence. that he item b is adjournment. meeting adjourned.out. >> hi, i'm japanese with the san francisco public utilities combination sometime people call me sewer girl our systems has served the area for 1 hundred and 50 years we're planning you understand public health and our environment don't think that so come in down and see how >> ready to convene? >> okay. roll call, commissioner w

in the areas mike was talking about 101 from santa rosa to rohnert park we have top somebodies but with the oil buildup slow down and avoid the spinouts. to the south in san rafael, it is moving along across the richmond and san rafael bridge. we are looking clear, as well, and in san jose 101 away from 880, it is quiet. certainly it is dry. >> more of the rain now as mike has been telling you concentrated in the north bay but that will change. we will look at conditions outside right now with amy hollyfield in marin county. amy?

gloria ansuldua and so many more, and it has already honored rosa parks and rachel carson and dorothy hight and my dear friend chief of the cherokee nation who i accompanied when she received her medal. now, of course, with all of that illustrious company i get uppity, i can remember dick cheney received as did henry hyde whose self-named amendment has hurt uncounted numbers of women, especially low-income women for the last 37 years and we're counting. right? but the power of this honor may be even more evident in the withholding than in the giving. i was reminded by ellen chesler, biographer of margaret sanger, that president lyndon johnson even as he signs the first federal and international family planning acts into law refused to bestow the medal of freedom on sanger, he feared reprisal from the catholic church. ellen told me that when she looked at sanger's private history papers at smith college, i'm proud to say the biggest archive of women's history, she found a poignant little handwritten note from sanger asking that her body be buried here next to her husband but that her h

we found ourselves at home, watching a history channel special, and it was about rosa parks and civil rights and the montgomery bus boycott. as william watched the story, he turned to me and he said, "hey, dad. back then" -- by which he meant sometime between the dinosaur and the paleozoic era -- he said, "back then somebody told you that some of you had to ride in the front of the bus and some of you had to ride in the back of the bus, and you guys actually listened?" [laughter] and i said, you know -- i said, well, it is hard to imagine, but that was just the way it had always been. then he turned to me with the clear wisdom of youth, and he said, "dad, didn't you guys realize that you are all going to the same place?" [applause] the truth is, we are all going to the same place. and we are all on the same bus. new hampshire and maryland, california and mississippi, and we will move forward or slip back together. we will succeed or fail together. and we will rise or we will fall together. and we cannot allow ourselves to become the first generation of americans to give our children a

rosa parks said of him, even after things that supposedly have been taking care of and we had our right was still out there inspiring the next generation, including me, helping kids go to college with a program that would become upward bound. at 89 years old, reverend vivian is still out there, still in the action pushing us closer to our founding ideals. , the day of morning the march on washington, the national mall was far from full. some of the press were beginning to wonder if the event would be a failure. the march's chief organizer, i rest in -- rustin didn't panic. he looks down at a piece of paper, looked back up and reassured reporters that everything was on schedule. the only thing those reporters didn't know was that the paper he was holding was blank. [laughter] he didn't know how it was going yard had an but ba unshakable optimism, nerves of steel, and most importantly, faith that if the cause is just and people are organized, nothing can stand in their wake. for decades, this great leader was denied his rightful place in history because he was openly gay. no medal can cha

it was before rosa parks. it was really the dark ages in the history of civil rights in this country, and all of a sudden, a 23-year-old woman, billie holiday, is singing about lynching. and i think that the song had enormous shock value. it just sort of jolted people in a way they'd never been jolted before, and i think it kind of emboldened other people who cared about these things to try to do something about it. so the song had an enormous impact. let's take a moment and give our viewers a chance to hear this extraordinary song. (holiday) ♪ southern trees ♪ bear a strange fruit: ♪ blood on the leaves ♪ and blood at the root, ♪ black bodies swingin' ♪ in the southern breeze. ♪ strange fruit hangin' ♪ from the poplar trees. ♪ the voice of billie holiday. in your book, you quote the late jazz writer leonard feather as saying that "strange fruit is the first significant protest "in words and music, the first unmuted cry against racism." in your view, does it live up to that billing? i think it really does. i m

rosa parks said of him, even after things are supposedly been taken care of and we had our rights, hetill out there inspiring the next generation. including me. helping kids go to college for a program that would become upward bound. and at 89 years old, he's still out there pushing us closer to our founding-year-olds. now early in the morning the day of the march on washington, the national mall was far from full. but the marches chief organizer, bayard rustin, didn't panic. as the story goes, he looked down at a piece of paper and reassured reporters that everything was right on schedule. the only thing that they didn't know was that the paper he was holding was blank. he didn't know how it was going to work out. but bayard had an unshakeable onty michl. nerves of steel. and most importantly, a faith that if the cause is just and people are organized, nothing can stand in our way. for decades this great leader was denied his rightful place in history because he was openly gay. no medal can change that. but today we honor bayard rustin's memory by taking our place in his march toward

park. >> there will be a search in santa rosa for a missing disabled veteran.the press democrat" reports 56-year-old david was reported missing on halloween. his girlfriend tells authorities he was having an emotional breakdown when he left his home on foot. the search is scheduled to begin at 9:00 at spring lake regional park. >>> another day of protests for 13-year-old andy lopez, the sonoma county boy shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy last month. yesterday protesters held a march inside this santa rosa park demanding justice for lopez in what was called a day of action. other protests were held in san francisco, oakland and los angeles. >> this time we just don't want to let it lie. things need to change. we want a different story because we don't there to be any more andy lopezes. we don't want this to happen to anybody else. >> the deputy that shot lopez, shot him several times after the teen displayed an air soft rifle. last week lopez's family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against that deputy and against the county. >>> parents, check your kit

rosa parks, doctor king inspired me to get in the way to get in trouble, necessary trouble. i didn't like those signs. so i wanted to do whatever i could to bring down those signs. >> host: congressman lewis, it is an honor to speak with you. it is my deepest conviction that we need economic justice and a programmatic trust to lift blacks out of poverty similar to a marshall plan in world war ii. contrary to what many people say, we have to target the blacks in particular who are economically so downtrodden due to ever legacy of slavery. so my question is what can be done to target for eradication of black poverty because symbolism without substance is nothing. >> host: second time we have got enough called. >> guest: back in 1963 and 64 and 65 the lead to a philip randolph made a proposal to the president, to congress to introduce something called the freedom budget. and i believe -- i'm not sure about the number but he's proposed something called a budget of $100 billion to free people and liberate people from their legacy of slavery and its never considered by the preside

park. >> there will be a search in santa rosa for a missing disabled veteran.ss democrat reports 56-year-old david was reported missing on halloween. his girlfriend tells authorities he was having en emotional break down when he left his home on foot. the search is scheduled to begin at 9:00 at spring lake regional park. >>> another day of protests for 13-year-old andy low, the sonoma county boy shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy last month. yesterday protesters held a marin side this santa rosa park demanding justice for lopez in what was called a day of action. other protests were held in san francisco, oakland and los angeles. >> this time we just don't want to let it lie. things need to change. we want a different story because we dent want there to be any more andy lopezs. we don't want this to happen to anybody else. >> the deputy that shot lopez, shot him several times after the teen displayed an air soft rifle. last week lopez's family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against that deputy and against the county. >>> this morning homicide investiga

and rosa parks and fannie lou hamer and fred shuttleswor shuttlesworth, you know, the great john lewis, robert moses. i could go on and on and on. one of the great things that they did is make racist, racial distinctions distinct, and nobody wants to be associated with them. now, that's a good thing, and to the extent that that sentiment makes people anxious about affirmative action is an ironic thing. that's a good thing. there is a bad thing, however, and that's something that i write about this in the book the good bit and i think this is often overlooked. a lot of times people don't want to hear it but i think it has to be said. throughout the history of the united states, any policy advancing the fortunes of people of color, particularly black, has triggered resentment and triggered opposition. let me give you a couple examples. i'll give you an example of this. this is, i mean, let me give you an example of this. this is a statement made by a florida slaveholder who was fuming at an abolitionist. this is before the abolition of slavery. this is what a florida slaveholder says to

a gathering inside this santa rosa park but the message remains strong -- justice for andy lopez. they called this a day of action. they want answers. they're angry. they feel that the process maybe isn't working the way they think it should be. >> reporter: hundreds signed a petition requesting the lot where the 13-year-old was shot be turned into a memorial park. others made this effigy of the sonoma county deputy eric gelhaus who shot and killed lopez on october 22nd when he mistook the teen's plastic rifle for an ak-47. elizabeth kozign is a mother of 4. we don't want to threat lie. we think we need change. we don't want there to be any more andy lopezes. we don't want that to happen to anyone else. >> reporter: across the state others were calling for action in the death of andy lopez, too. in sacramento, oakland, and san francisco. these protesters in san francisco also calling for justice. the fbi is conducting its own independent investigation into the death of andy lopez. in santa rosa, abc 7 news. >>> an emotional day of remembrance was held on the old eastern side of th

rosa parks said of him, even after things had supposedly been taken care of and we had our rights, he was still out there, inspiring the next generation, including me. helping kids go to college with a program that would become upward bound. and at 89 years old, reverend vivian is still out there, still in the action, pushing us closer to our founding ideals. early in the morning the day of the march on washington, the national mall was far from full and some in the press were beginning to wonder if the event would be a failure. but the march's chief organizer, bayard rustin, didn't panic. as the story goes, he looked down at a piece of paper, looked back up and reassured reporters that everything was right on schedule. the only thing those reporters didn't know was that the paper he was holding was blank. he didn't know how it was going to work out, but bayard had an unshakeable optimism, nerves of steel, and most importantly a faith that if the cause is just and people are organized, nothing can stand in our way. for decades this great leader, often at dr. king's side, was denied hi

rosa parks said of him, even after things that supposedly have been taken care of and we had our rights was still out there inspiring the next generation, including me, helping kids go to college with a program that would become upward bound. at 89 years old, reverend vivian is still out there, still in the action pushing us closer to our founding ideals. early in the morning, the day of the march on washington, the national mall was far from full. some of the press were beginning to wonder if the event would be a failure. the march's chief organizer, bayard rustin didn't panic. he looks down at a piece of paper, looked back up and reassured reporters that everything was on schedule. the only thing those reporters didn't know was that the paper he was holding was blank. [laughter] he didn't know how it was going to work out but bayard had an unshakable optimism, nerves of steel, and most importantly, faith that if the cause is just and people are organized, nothing can stand in their way. for decades, this great leader was denied his rightful place in history because he was openly gay.

it became the blueprint for the montgomery busboy c boycott led rosa parks and dr.er king. >> dr. martin luther king came to me because he knew two years prior we had had a bus boycott. we gave the know how. >> he commanded respect from politicians on both sides of the aisle later becoming the president of the national baptist convention. he passed away in baton rouge earlier this month at the age of 95. lying in repose at the louisiana state capitol, something that would have been unthinkable in that state before he came along to do what he did. reverend w. franklin richardson who eulogized him and one of my mentors said you don't judge a giant by how tall he stands. you judge him by the footprint he leaves in history. we will miss reverend jemison because when it was time for justice and fairness and courage, he never missed showing up for us. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> fear itself. let's play "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this, no sooner than the president tr

what happened in the montgomery, alabama, bus boycott that happened in 1965, which started when rosa parksed to move to the back of a city bus. but in terms of our history as a country, what was really, really, really important about this book, was that it did not just explain or re-tell that story of that campaign. this comic book was also, essentially, a step-by-step guidebook for how to replicate it. how to use what it called the montgomery method, with pages of practical device about how to choose your battles, how to educate yourself, how to practice facing even violent opposition without ever hitting back. how to see the person attacking you as a human, and how to try to inspire that person to see you the same way, even in the middle of confrontation. it's profund stuff. this is a comic book that helped inspire and organize a revolution. john robert lewis, born in 1940, was a teenager living in rural segregated alabama, who was already captivated by the teachings of dr. martin luther king when he first read this comic book. as a young seminary student in nashville, he joined the move

looking out the window of the rosa parks bus alone. an incredibly poignant image. is a great photograph but it is no better than beef cake photos of russian president vladimir putin. in other words this was completely and utterly staged. >> right. it is staged. it is shot by an agent of the government. paid by taxpayers whose job it is to flatter the leader. that is prop ganld. a that's a state-run media. nobody that i know has a problem with the white house using social media. but they're doing it in connection with or at the same time that they're locking us out of the events. so when you're using social media to push out these images and push out this printed content, he is running in effect what is a state-run media organization. the slippery slope, the president president, the next president, the president after that. as they weaken us, shut us out of more events, where will we be a generation from now? >> let us know what you think about that. the white house was asked about this issue of access. the spokesman responded, there are certain circumstances where

cities in the south like birmingham's built a great civil rights museum and montgomery dealt with rosa parksshouldn't be stigmatized but dealt with the 50th anniversary very well. >> you know, john, just thinking about alabama and the the challenges -- i know, you know, you were sent down at one point to help with the freedom rides. i wonder if you could talk a little bit about that because your story is incredible and paints a picture of what president kennedy was facing at the time. >> yes. you know, that day at the bus terminal in montgomery, it was a riot. and i don't believe i've ever or will ever again see human beings when they were more animalistic. i mean, imagine a parking lot packed with screaming, angry, passionate people who are yelling kill him and women holding the hands of children. it was -- it was a violent time. and a time when we almost lost john lewis and a man named jim swirg. both of them beaten to unconsciousness. it was a tragic time and i really have difficulty today thinking back to that time and realizing just how brutal it was. >> what was it about that experienc

e u2 spy plane shot down rosa parks did her famous bus ride and montgomery, alabama, the arkansas deseeing the creation of the nterstate highway system and nasa was established and our last two states came into statehood, alaska and hawaii. mamie eisenhower wasn't involved in any of this? >> she did not discuss issues publicly. that was not her job as she saw it. privately, she was very opinionated and had very strong ideas on a number of social issues, but she simply was not an activist the way that we think of women speaking out today. in fact, she was probably the last presidential wife that didn't have a particular cause while she was in the white house. that was something that eleanor roosevelt had done, but best truman had not done and so mamie, her whole background itself to ave lent her doing that. the last first lady where that's the case. >> she launched lots of charity drives. she was the spokesperson for the american heart association but can't say they were causes and projects the way it became institutionalized. >> very traditional. >> where jacqueline kennedy and on, a first

. >> here at home, rosa parks with bus ride, and montgomery, alabama, the rkansas school segregatione creation of the interstate highway system. established. and our two last states, number 9 and 50 came into statehood, alaska and hawaii. eisenhower wasn't involved in any of this. she wasn't an issued person at all. discuss issues publicly. she saw not her job as it. privately, she was very opinionated. had strong ideas on social an es but she feelsn't activist when we think of women out today. >> in fact, she was probably the presidential wife that idn't have a particular cause while she was in the white house. hat was something that eleanor roosevelt had done. but bess truman had not done. mamie, her whole background, ould not have lent itself to her doing that. but she's the last first lady case. that's the >> she launched loss of tyranny the spokesperson for the american heart association. projects say they were the way they were institutionalized. for being criticized very traditional. >> with jaclyn kennedy after her and mrs. johnson, a first lady was expected to have a project

rosa parks did her famous bus ride and montgomery, alabama, the arkansas desegregation case and the creationhway system and our last two states came into statehood, alaska and hawaii. mamie eisenhower wasn't involved in any of this? >> she did not discuss issues publicly. that was not her job as she saw it. privately, she was very opinionated and had very strong ideas on a number of social issues, but she simply was not an activist the way that we think of women speaking out today. >> in fact, she was probably the last presidential wife that didn't have a particular cause while she was in the white house. that was something that eleanor roosevelt had done, but best -- bess truman had not done and so mamie, her whole background would not have lent itself to her doing that. but she's the last first lady where that's the case. >> she launched lots of charity drives. she was the spokesperson for the american heart association but you can't say they were causes and projects the way it became institutionalized. >> they were totally unpoliticized. very traditional. >> where jacqueline kennedy and a

we found ourselves at home, watching a history channel special, and it was about rosa parks and civil rights and the montgomery bus boycott. as william watched the story, he turned to me and he said, "hey, dad. meanthen -- by which he sometime between the dinosaur and the paleozoic era -- he said, "back then somebody told you that some of you had to ride in the front of the bus and some of you had to ride in the back , and you guys actually listened?" [laughter] i said,id, you know -- well, it is hard to imagine, but that was just the way it had always been. then he turned to me with the clear wisdom of youth, and he said, "dad, didn't you guys realize that you are all going to the same place?" [applause] the truth is, we are all going to the same place. and we are all on the same bus. maryland,ire and california and mississippi, and we will move forward or slip back together. we will succeed or fail together. and we will rise or we will fall together. and we cannot allow ourselves to become the first generation of americans to give our children a country of less. this is not a matter

king and rosa parks inspired me to get in trouble.so by sitting in, we were arrested and we went to jail. 89 of us were arrested on that day. >> host: did you pay a fine? were you in jail for a while? >> guest: we were in jail for a few hours. a matter of fact, the local school officials came down and bailed us out. that was my first arrest. that was my introduction to the southern jails. i tell people, i grew up sitting down on this lunch counter stools and going to jail in places like nashville and birmingham, jackson, mississippi, and atlanta, georgia, and a few other places across the south. >> host: what was the ultimate result in nashville prior to the larger civil rights movement? >> guest: the nashville community became probably one of the first major cities in the american south to segregated lunch counters and restaurants. a year later desegregate all of its theaters. in nashville, we took, we started talking about the beloved community of making nashville and open city. nashville was considered the essence of the south, and

it was about rosa parks and civil rights. themockery bus boycott -- montgomery bus boycott. turned to me and said then," he met sometime between the extinction of the dinosaur and the paleozoic era. somebody told you that you had to ride in the front and some of you had to ride in the back of the bus, and you guys actually listened?" [laughter] i said, it is hard to imagine. but honestly, that was the way it had always been. with the clear wisdom of youth. and he said "dad, do you guys didn't you guys realize that you are all going to the same place?" [laughter] [applause] the truth is, we are all going to the same place. we are all on the same bus. new hampshire and maryland, california and mississippi. we will move forward and slipped back together, we will succeed or fail together. we will rise or we will fall together. we cannot allow ourselves to become the first generation of americans to give our children a country of less. this is not a matter of wishing or hoping, it is a matter of believing and taking action. we are americans, we make our own destiny. up,hampshire

rosa parks said of him, even after things that supposedly had been taken care of and we had our rights he was still out there inspiring the next generation, including me, helping kids go to college with a program that would become upward bound. at 89 years old, reverend vivian is still out there, still in the action pushing us closer to our founding ideals. early in the morning the day of the march on washington, the national mall was far from full and some in the press were beginning to wonder if the event would be a failure. but the march's chief organizer, byron russian didn't panic. he looked down at a piece of paper, looked back up, and reassured reporters everything was right on schedule. the only thing those reporters didn't know was that the paper he was holding was blank. he didn't know how it was going to work out, but he had an unshakable optimism, nerves of steel, and most importantly a faith that if the cause is just and people are organized, nothing can stand in our way. for decades this great leader often at dr. king's side was denied his rightful place in history becaus

and it has already honored rosa parks and rachel carson and dorothy hyde and delores huerta.and my dear friend, chief of the cherokee nation, wilma mankiller, who i accompanied when she received her medal. now, of course, it's with all of that illustrious company i get uppity. i can remember that dick cheney received -- as did henry hyde, whose self-named amendment has hurt uncounted numbers of women, especially low income women, for the last 37 years and we're still counting, right? but, the power of this honor may be even more evident in the withholding than in the giving. i was reminded by ellen chesler, biographer of margaret sanger, that president lyndon johnson, even as he signed the first federal and international family planning act into law, refused to bestow the medal of freedom on sanger. he feared reprisal from the catholic church. ellen told me that when she looked at sanger's private history papers at smith college, i'm proud to say that's the biggest archive of women's history, she found a poignant little handwritten note from sanger asking that her body be bur

it was about rosa parks and civil rights and as he watched the story, he turned to me and back then, by which he meant sometime between the extinction of the dinosaur and the paleozoic era, he said somebody told you that some of you had to ride in front of the bus and some of you had to ride in the back of the bus? and you guys actually listen? [laughter] said, it's hard to imagine, but honestly, that was just the way it had always been. then he turned to me with the clear wisdom of youth and said, realizen't you guys that you were all going to the same place? [applause] the truth is, we are all going to the same place and we are all on the same bus. am aampshire for maryland california, mississippi, and we will move forward or slip back together. we will succeed or fail together, and we will rise or we will fall together, and we cannot allow ourselves to become the first iteration of americans to give our children a country of less grade this not a matter of wishing or hoping, it's a matter of leaving and taking action. we are americans. we make our own destiny. it means new hampshi