if i am feeling down on the state of the world i will go to youtube and listen to shirley chisholm's clips because she had an incredible sense of purpose but she knew who she was and she never doubted that she belonged in congress. she was entitled to run for president, and that inspires me. people like that, barbara jordan, these heroes of mine, but in terms of why, i have always been a political junkie. i read the newspaper when i was in fifth grade. i always loved it. >> anybody in your family like that? >> my son is a lot like that and my dad is sick. my dad will always say i am glad you were willing to run for office because i would not want to do that. it is very exposing, right? >> what did your dad say when you were elected to the seat? >> so proud, and he just keeps pinching himself. as an immigrant coming to this country never imagined i would be in this position, but i think about when i was first elected to office, which was in my state legislature. for the first year or so he would call me and say, you know, are you getting hateful messages yet? are you getting hateful m

i go back to shirley chisholm and eleanor holmes norton, constance baker, motley who argued one of the lawyers who argued my case that ended up with hamilton holmes, me being integrated integrated in the university of georgia. well, at least desegregating it, let's put it that way, because i think there's a difference between integrating and desegregating at any rate, we've we've been in a lot of places all our many black people have been in a lot of places that the black lives matter people and others who are in different arenas we've sort been there the issues might have been little bit different, although not a lot because it's still racial discrimination. but we not unsuccessful. john lewis was not unsuccessful julian bond was not unsuccessful. in fact one of the i don't know if this pieces in there, but i remember covering when i went to work for the new yorker and he had been in congress congressman and and you know civil rights movement and in political involvement and he gave a talk to a large crowd of people. and if you get the book, you can read about that. but he said we hav

and you heard mama dukes mention shirley chisholm. i was a young staffer on capitol hill, she fell in love with a man from buffalo, what an inspiration. standing up. who would have thought a woman of color could run for president of the united states. then we had hillary clinton, another new yorker. she has been an inspiration to me from the very beginning. then we think about the women who transformed the supreme court. bifort went in this direction. justices ruth bader ginsburg. elena kagan. sonia sotomayor. and as i mentioned we live among legends like dr. hazel dukes, who is still, to this day, at 91, saying we still have that march toward justice. it is not finished yet. we are still working together. each of the women i mentioned redefined leadership in their own way and paved the way for others to follow. and to be clear it wasn't just because they are women they made their mark. they embod dwhrid courage and the character that still defines new yorkers to this day. and above all, they were fighters. and now as i stand before y

president and carol moseley braun running for president and jesse jackson running for president and shirley chisholm running for president. >> mike kennedy said, change the present course of our nation. >> i got involved as a protest really, resisting how liberals were taking us for granted and dismissing us and marginalizing us in the process. and so one thing led to another. i felt that we had the right to run and the reason to run and the capacity to take our case to the next level. >> who would have thought? >> we love jesse jackson. in '88, he really got 7 million votes. so that was tremendous. >> after 30 contests, i would be in front. >> that's more than symbolic. that was substantive. but we need more of that. >> i sense all across america a desire for something new, a desire to turn the page, a desire to write a new chapter in american history. and if i have all of you working with me, then i guarantee you that not only will we win this election, but we are also going to transform america. thank you very much. i appreciate you guys. thank you. >> the more i talked to him, the more i felt th

i never met her, but shirley chisholm, barbara jordan paving

i never met her, but shirley chisholm, barbara jordan paving the way for so many. i have a ceremonial swearing that will be happening using the bible of rosa parks. so, she is certainly an icon. my grandmother for helping me understand the importance of local politics, karen bass, l.a. supervisor holly j mitchell, so many women that i look to for inspiration, and also for critique. that is how we get better. >> kevin kiley is the representative for california's third coreional district, one of the nearly 80 new house members of the 180th congress. -- hundred and 18th congress. he told c-span about his candidacy in california's 202021 gubernatorial recall election,

i never met her, but shirley chisholm, barbara jordan paving the way for so many. i have a ceremonial swearing that will be happening using the bible of rosa parks. so, she is certainly an icon. my grandmother for helping me understand the importance of local politics, karen bass, l.a. supervisor holly j mitchell, so many women that i look to for inspiration, and also for

i never met her, but shirley chisholm, barbara jordan paving the way for so many. i have a ceremonial swearing that will be happening using the bible of rosa parks. so, she is certainly an icon. my grandmother for helping me understand the importance of local politics, karen bass, l.a. supervisor holly j mitchell, so many women that i look to for inspiration, and also for critique. that is how we get better. >> kevin kiley is the representative for california's third coreional district, one of the nearly 80 new house members of the 180th congress. -- hundred and 18th congress. he told c-span about his candidacy in california's 202021 gubernatorial recall election, is views on the role of government and his previous work in the state legislature. rep. kiley: i have spent the last six years as a member of the california state assembly trying to bring some sanity to the pitiful state of california, -- beautiful state of california , and previously i worked as a criminal prosecutor. i was an attorney in private practice fighting for small businesses and defending the c