she attended boston latin simmons college. she graduated in 1924, launching an activist career that lasted until her death. she became the president of the national council for negro women and was active in the applet help a after the -- the alpha kappa alpha. she advised congress on civil rights issues and health policy. judge diane kiesel will speak about her and put her in a national context. diane: thank you. can you hear me? thank you for coming. i thank the massachusetts historical society for hosting me. on june 11, 1963 president kennedy appeared on national television to ask congress to enact landmark civil rights legislation. remember this wasn't the days of , cnn, where you have to fill a new cycle 24 hours. when the president of the united states came on tv in 1963, it was important. what he said was as follows. "we are confronted with a moral issue. it is as old as the scriptures and clear as the american constitution. if an american, because his skin is dark, cannot eat lunch at a restaurant open to the public, c

simmons almost certainly is a one and doner with the tigers. the mba most certainly has his calling. he has so many tools, averaging 20 game -- 20 points a game and 13 boards, coast to coast with the runner early in the game. gators led 34-31, and that was at the half. he would outscore the tigers in the second half as well. simmons had 28 points and 17 boards, that even is -- but even his late game push was not enough on this day. the gators never trailed and win and there is a big night of three-pointers with fsu and miami. there is a 7:00 p.m. tip and here is scott. scott: only the last couple of days, i put in a lot of work for him and we know that these percentages coming into the new year are different. he is a better shooter than that. he had his normal and very energetic defense of game. he is a very valuable player for us. pat: he is. this is a big game for them tonight. as you know, they head off to europe to play in england next week and they would like to have r it's the little things in life that make me smile. spending the day wit

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quarterman, simmons, simmons pamperered by ns in the first half. wasn't hampered bynything including ntucky's defense in the second. lsu, man. i'm wondering how they lost five games the way they looked in that one. >> you know, even when he doesn't have a great game he always does something special as you saw in that dunk. >> yeah, absolutely. kikind of le you and me. >> ben simmons, might have a ture. >> that is amazing. >>> up next in "the pulse," a presidential candidate getting a lot of attention because of his footwear. >>> anybody out there want to be rich? well, it appears all wealthy people have one common pastime. >> powerball. my trainer didn't believe me that trop50 could taste so good and d still ha 50% fewer calories. can i stop, jane? no. trop50. tastes so good you won't believe janeidn't like restrictions. not in life. and not when it came to watching her calories. why settle on taste? jane thought. that's why jane loves light & fit greek nonfat yogurt. bursting with rich creamy awesomeness and 12 grams of protein. all for 80 calorie

from there, she went on to simmons college. when dorothy lived in boston, she lived with the remnants of ruffingh and family -- from girls high in 1915, she went to simmons college and then graduated from tufts medical school and graduated from college with honors in 1924. while at simmons she puts her tell into the civil rights -- toe into the civil rights water. she writes the most amazing essay about lynching. so amazing, it made the papers. colored girl writes on lynching, the headline says. she was a sophomore. she asked in this essay, how alive with thee cause of free to around them, at the same time, her americanism, her ideal of justice and mercy, has been shamefully besmirched upon her own free soil by lynching? pen, no hand is raised in protest against them. those are pretty strong words from a kid. and put them in context, which you wrote these, the espionage act had just been enacted. they board the use of disloyal, profane, abusive language about with up to 20tes years in prison. in that context, this essay, which

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from there she went on to simmons college. when dorothy lived in boston she lived with the remnants of the ruffin family at 62 west cedar street. girls highating from in 1915 she went to simmons college and graduated from tufts medical school with honors in 1924. simmons audience members this will excite you. puts hersimmons she toe into the civil rights waters. student, shed writes the most amazing essay against lynching. so amazing and made the local newspapers. colored girl at simmons writes on lynching. it was written during world war i. she was a sophomore. she asked in this essay how america could be alive with the cause of freedom around the herd when at the same time americanism, her ideal of justice and mercy has been shamefully this merged upon her own free soil by lynching. it is knowledge of such crimes common to both the public and the government and no voice, no pin, no hand is raised in protest. the sins settle upon the brow of every american citizen. those are pretty strong words from a kid. context, when she w

simmons sits down with its showing off his animated side coming up now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on a friday morning. it's january the 8th, 2016. great crowd on our plaza. very excited to give some of our viewers who are spending an incredible football stories a trip to super bowl 50. >> so deserving. so glad they all get to go. >> i'm willie along with natalie and al. tamron off on her way to the globes. >> none of us. >> producer's choice. >> let's back up a second. tamron already left to go to the golden globes. >> she's preparing to do an interview, she's being -- she's very busy. >> very good. >> we all -- we all procrastinate. >> roker move, build in some extra time around the event. >> extra time is one thing. >> can have a nice dinner tonight. good for her. >> good for her. >> massage. >> good for her. we'll see her out there tomorrow. the golden globes are this sundayay as you know, and they will be hosted by the hilarious cu