singleton fled to new bern to offer his services. operations behind enemy lines, an experience he employed in his own effort to join the service. when he arrived at new bern, junior officers hired him as an assistant. they distrusted him and suspected he was a spy. union soldiers caught a young major from the first north carolina calfry and asked singleton to verify his identity. after he provided details about the major, singleton furnished more information about the location of the unit. based on this intelligence, singleton participated in an attack on kinston on horseback as guide. he informed one colonel i would not fight anymore unless i was prepared to defend myself. prior to the war, african-american men in slaveholding states were not allowed to bear arms. this was one of many citizenship claims refugees demanded in exchange for their service. the officer responded, "the war will be over before you people ever get in." many of the african-american men of craven county thought otherwise. singleton thought, "the war will not b

singleton and his comrades in new bern were mustered in in 1863. they joined the first north carolina colored regiment, which became known as the 35th united states colored troops. as the war intensified throughout the south, african- american enlistment signified a turning point where the aspirations of black men converged with national interests. for black men, the coveting interest of freedom most certainly factored into their military aspirations. but historians oversimplify their aspirations. one historian argued that black soldiers cared little about the fate of the republican military heritage or long cherished citizen soldier ideals. thus, citizenship began with freedom and ended there, as some scholars suggest. but when argued, if we fight to maintain a republican government, we want republican privileges. for this soldier the integrity of the experiment rested on whether or not african- americans could realize its principles. he stated further that, we do not covet your wives or daughters or position of political order. only ask is the pr

. >> i come to newburn through william singleton. i didn't just -- i didn't want to study newburn and figure out what happened there although it turned out to be very fascinating. but i think that following the sources, where we find refugees is what's the starting point and it came clear that geographically, each respective nation treated refugees in a different way and that became very confusing. they recommend a number of legalities depending upon which government you are talking about and the laws of those states. when the emancipation proclamation came out and defined how we're going to look at them under martial law, it becomes a very important precedent, not only ohm during the war and throughout the conduct of the war but often throughout reconstruction where there are moments where, and particularly in north carolina where the governor actually has to pass a state of emergency and declare that martial law in north carolina. and this relates to the treatment of everybody-of- african american and this go to until the developme

. >> singleton was nominated for two academy awards. best original screenplay.r best director. >> it was an era when a lot of people were paying attention to black film. it was this famous moment when "the new york times" magazine does this cover story. you really have for the first time a large collection of black filmmakers documenting what was going on in the culture. >> you have to be ready to go down, stand down. >> if you want some juice. >> he ain't sticking up for nothing now. >> that's because we wasn't there to back him up. >> tupac was a phenomenal actor. we had a vision of what we wanted to do. young men coming into this entertainment world together. my attitude was i got my rob de niro. i got my guy i'm doing multiple movies with. >> people don't realize how theatrical the gang tsa wrap thing was. >> ice-t, ice cube. they were story tellers. so all of them were very convincing onscreen. >> i can feel my heartbeat. >> it was one of those films that made me excited about being in the film industry. >> hey! >> cube at the time transitioning from music

>> so i come to new burn through william singleton. i certainly didn't just say you know, i really want to study new burn and figure out what happened there. although, it turned out to be very fascinating. but i think that following the sources of where we find refugees is -- was the starting point, and then it became clear that in all of these different parts of the country geographically, geographically each respective nation treated refugees in a different way, and that became very confusing, and they occupied a number of different legal identities depending on which government you were talking about and depending on the laws of those states, and so when the emancipation proclamation and in the leeber code comes out to sort of defined how are we going to look at them under martial law? it becomes an important precedent not only during the war and throughout the conduct of the war but also throughout reconstruction where there are moments where and particularly in north carolina where the governor actually has to declare a state of e

making a singleton's of hand-woven fabric in vaults and entire chain of artisans specialized in different skills. up to 16 different workers a part of the process. initiatives like helping to sustain the artisans and keep the craft life. the case for not only family but change seems inevitable and the future remains uncertain. you can see there aren't any young people it's a huge problem young people nowadays want to study the more aspirational they don't want to get into this kind of work. that's the biggest challenge if we don't do something in another decade they won't be artisans left at all and in this industry . if why don't the seas remaining handlers what to fall completely silent. yes it would mock the disappearance not just across. the family of life. i hope to these stories inspired you to be the change you want to see in the world we'll be back next week the most out stories each one taking us one step closer to a sustainable future good bye and have a wonderful week. by . far it's close to touching on the president. i'm stranded as. thank you no no the banana this is nice to

making the singletons of hand-woven fabric involves an entire chain of artisans specialized in different skills. up to 16 different workers a part of the process. if ellen langer initiatives like helping to sustain the artisans and keep the craft life in the case but not on the commitment but change seems inevitable and the future remains uncertain. you can see there aren't any young anymore it's a huge problem young people nowadays want to study the more aspirational they don't want to get into this kind of work. that's the biggest challenge if we don't do something in another decade there won't be any artisans left at all and in this industry. if what a nurse's remaining handled and what a fall completely silent. it would mock the disappearance not just across. from real life. i hope to be a stories in spot to do to be the change you want to see in the world we'll be back next week the more salt stories each one taking us one step closer to a sustainable future good bye and have a wonderful week. distance for my sister. most of the automotive industry. try to. live like a gentleman wit

joining me now, alexander hefner, host of "the open mind" on pbs and shermichael singleton, a republican political consultant. shermichael, you know, i, when the birther movement was going and donald trump became the face of it, i would say it was rac t racist, and i remember getting a call from michael cohen who was at that time president's lawyer and fixer saying he's upset you're calling him a racist. it led to a meeting, and i told him, no, i said what you say is racist, i'm being very careful not to call people racist. but now for last year or so, i've been very careful to be honest. this is blatant racism. he's a racist. whether he's comfortable with racism or not, it means the same thing. there's no other way i can say that, you're a republican, i don't see how anyone could say this is not blatantly racist. >> rev, if there had been any other moment in particular, there are quite a few i think we could all cite that should mobilize people to turn out to vote. there's this notion of well, you know, i don't want to trust the polls because we trusted the polls in 2016 and he won, any

shermichael singleton and michael eric dyson. up next, newspaper editorial boards all around the country are calling out trump's tweets as racist, the word they're using. the question, will his supporters care? or is this episode only hardening their support for him? i think the core is the core. right around the edge of the core is wearing off. you're watching "hardball." did'y place as clean as i would like 'cuz i'm way too busy. who's got the time to chase around down dirt, dust and hair? so now, i use heavy duty swiffer sweeper and dusters. for hard-to-reach places, duster makes it easy to clean. it captures dust in one swipe. ha! gotcha! and sweeper heavy duty cloths lock away twice as much dirt and dust. it gets stuff deep in the grooves other tools can miss. y'know what? my place... is a lot cleaner now. stop cleaning. start swiffering. prpharmacist recommendedne memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. you don't really talk about your insuranc

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. >> singleton was nominated for two academy awards, best original screen play and the youngest person director. >> it was an era when a lot of people were paying attention to black film. there was a famous moment in "new york times" magazine does this cover story. you really had for the first time a large collection of black filmmakers documenting what was going on in the culture. >> you've got to be ready to go down, stand up and die for that shit like he did. >> blaze ard ain't sticking up to nothing now. >> that's because we wasn't there to back him up. >> if we was there, there would be five dead instead of one. >> we had a similar vision of what we want to do as young men coming into this entertainment together. >> i've got the guy i'm going to do multiple movies with. >> people don't realize how theatrical the gangster rap thing was. iced tea, ice cube, they were all story tellers. when it came time to go to hollywood, all of them were convincing on screen. >> craig. craig! >> holdup. >> man, that's what it's supposed to do. >> it was one of those films that made me excited abou

joining me now michael singleton., i want your take on the race element of the fight with a.o.c. you have to watch him. he was visibly outraged that cortez went after pelosi on race. a.o.c. sort of backtracked saying she was not racist but pointing out a pattern. will this back fire on her? >> potentially. let's get one easy thing out of the way. she does not think that speaker pelosi is a racist. speaker pelosi is not a racist. in my view this is about respect. the speaker is looking at the freshman. the young guns. the squad. she is saying i raised almost three quarters of a billion for democrats. i am in charge. i held us together through iraq, bush, trump, affordable care act. don't question my authority. okay. on the other hand cortez, presley, omar, they are saying we are the energy and the future of the party. respect us too. why didn't you fight when we wanted to have a fight with republicans in the senate. it has become, to answer your question, a racial thing. free advice democrats, reel it in and get it beh

sher michael singleton, a republican political consultant and a contributing host for vox media's "considert" and doug thornell, former senior adviser to the democratic national committee. before discussing campaign finance, i want your thoughts on what we heard in my interviews with senator warren and mayor buttigieg. shermichael, let's go to you first. >> i think with mayor pete stated, dleerecognizing areas o shortcomings and faults and things that are ongoing in his city was very laudable, right? i think we can applause that. as you talk about the money he's raised, what it does indicate is just because you have backing from financial donors doesn't necessarily mean it's going to translate to electoral support. this reminds me so much of jeb bush, rev, back in 2015, 2016, where jeb raised a significant amount of money but he wasn't quite able to translate those dollars into support, particularly with individuals within the republican party that he needed to propel his campaign forward. and so i think when you look at the numbers from mayor pete, particularly among african-americans and

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the democratic strategy joel payne and sure michael single n singleton. let's talk about the big issues for race related issues dominating the primary right now. >> good morning, ayman. kamala harris is about to take the stage in indianapolis. joe biden and cory booker here yesterday. you referenced poll numbers. that is the concern for the rest of the democratic field. in the south carolina poll among black voters, he has 51%. if you have seen the last month, it has been on issues of joe biden's past on criminal justice reform, bussing. that's the particular policies in which kamala harris and biden specific live have taken to t. that is what we have heard from talking to folks on the ground as well. >> stay with us. how significant is it is that biden's lead especially in south carolina appears to be growing. does it signal harrison and booker's attacks against him, especially on the topic of race, may not be working. >> attitudes are still setting in. we are seeing african-american voters behaving pragmatically. a lot of them still believe vice preside

shermichael singleton is a republican strategist, he was ben carlson's chief of staff at hud until discovered he wrote an old op-ed critical of president trump. shermichael, this chanlt, what do you make of what the president is now saying, because he seemed yesterday to really distance himself. he seems really concerned that he mine ticking off some supporters who he was actually encouraging at the rally. it makes me wonder then now that he's not discouraging it if this could become a staple at these events? >> i think this is lock her up 2.0 but racially fused. i'm not surprised that all of a sudden he's backing away from this. when i first heard his first remarks, i could not imagine donald trump in an arena with his supporters saying deport her or send her away an all of a sudden donald trump would say, wait a minute, that's not the american thing to do. so i'm not surprised by this. i think for donald trump, he doesn't really have room to expand his support within registered voters, i should say. so for him it ultimately comes down to can i maximize turnout with my 35% to 40% of supporte

joining me now, nbc news correspondent mike menially, eugene scott, philippe rhinnen es, and mike singleton. mike, starting with you, this has been a significant crisis in a way for them, what are they doing to try to change this conversation? >> well, it's funny you should ask, what we've seen so often from joe biden and his campaign so far is he's much more comfortable in a general election matchup with donald trump than a primary election matchup with democratic counterparts. we get this new statement from the biden campaign about north korea, the big news for the weekend other than the debate. i'll read it. it's attacking the president for his made for tv summits and his backwards foreign policy. it reads "yet again donald trump has demonstrated he's more concerned with a photo op for himself than getting results for the american people. he has repeatedly elevated kim jong-un, a murderous tyrant, on the international stage in exchange for almost nothing. in this case all trump achieved was a mere promise to restart working level negotiations, negotiations that should have never ended."

james holden, and republican political consultant shermichael singleton who worked on the presidential campaigns of mitt romney, newt gingrich and others. i want to read this portion of your story that i caught this morning, and i'll read it for our listeners on sirius sat late radio especially here. while trump threw republicans a bone by disavowing the chant midday thursday, the damage had already been done to senators who have repeatedly urged him to focus on issues. how light thighlight the boomin economy and avoid personal attacks. but trump has shown no sign of course direction despite distancing himself from the chant. even some of his campaign advisers said they worry he will make matters worse while he's visiting his bedminster new jersey golf club this weekend. gaby, what do we know about how aides are trying to control this fire? >> we already know that they took the original dmaentganize president trump tweeted and tried to fit them into his narrative that he has all along tried to pore try voters, he's this patriotic populous candidate running against these radical progres

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the late, great john singleton and julie dash, the first female black filmmaker to have a movie withust" and a new queer cinema, sheryl dunn a film i love called "the watermelon woman" showing an interracial lesbian relationship by a black filmmaker. the '90s allowed filmmakers to do this. >> do you have a favorite from the '90s? >> so many. because i have a tattoo with mrs. wallace on my ankle, "pulp fiction." saw it as a teenager it broke my brain showing thee films didn't have to follow a narrative. you could mix things up and still be compelling. i love the aesthetic and sound track, too, ana. >> amazing. my favorite, "titanic." i'm a sucker for good love stories. thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> that's going to do it for me tonight. i'm ana cabrera. tune in. an all new episode of the cnn original series "the movies" starts right now. ♪ ♪

i'm joined by shermichael singleton, republican strategist. i want to start with the democrat here. the race? is something going on or nothing? is biden ahead? staying ahead? what's going on? is there any action there at all, except elizabeth is coming up. i noticed that. >> well, senator warren was coming up before the last debate. and i think the last debate did help kamala harris. but i think what's happened over the last couple of weeks for the vice president is that just what you talked about, the fact that he is up against trump. the fact that he is the only candidate who is double-digits up against trump. the fact that trump still has really pathetic names for him like sleepy joe and doesn't know how to deal with him and still gets upset about it shows i think actually provides a lot of comfort for democrats that vice president biden is a strong candidate against him. and i think the truth is he has to prove or disprove that in the next debate. he can prove it that he can take a punch and punch back, and i think this week he is demonstrating that a little bit. or he can dispr

joining me, jermichael singleton contributing host of fox media.anie, the debate lineup also sets up joe harris for another face-off. can we expect fireworks? >> i think we can expect fireworks to happen at the next debate in fact i'm going to call it the thrilla in detroit. we're going to see kamala harris call out biden, he's going to have to be prepared for the punches that senator harris is sure to bring. she will continue to dominate the stage when we look to the following night when we have this matchup between senator bernie sanders and senator elizabeth warren, that's going to be an opportunity for us to see these progressive candidates show themselves. >> for the first debate we're feeling out each other. you get a sense now that the gloves are off? >> i think the first debate is going to be more interesting. you have moderates on the stage with warren and sanders. they're going to have to distinguish themselves from one another. you see a lot of those numbers are being taken from bernien sadders who have flat lined. when you look at berni

. >> singleton was nominated for two academy awards, best original screenplay and the youngest personlot of people were playing attention to black film. there's this famous moment when "the new york times magazine" does this cover story. you really had for the first time a large collection of black filmmakers documenting what was going on in the culture. >> you got to be ready to stand up and die for that shit like blizzard did if you want some juice. >> blizzard ain't sticking up for nothing now. >> that's because we wasn't there to back him up. >> he's a phenomenal actor. we had a similar vision of what we wanted to do as young men coming into this whole entertainment world together. my attitude was, i got my robert de niro, i got the dude i want to do multiple movies with. >> people don't realize how theatrical the gangster rap thing was. >> tupac, ice-t, ice cube. >> they were also storytellers. when it came time for them to go to hollywood, they were all convincing on screen. >> craig. craig. >> hold up. i gave him a heartbeat. >> man, that's what it's supposed to do. >> it's one

let me bring in my panel right now, michael singleton public political consultant and wendy who is aolitical commentator for "the hill" and professor at johns hopkins university. thank you, guys. welcome. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> was that moment between biden and harris on race at the debate a turning point in this campaign? >> it definitely was a turning point. you know, when we look at the demographics, black women make up 20% of the electorate. anyone who is serious about this campaign has to make a stop at essence fest when you see half a million black people were there. not just that, but, you know, black women are the heart beat of the democratic party and they're the most loyal base. so, any path to a nomination, any path to candidacy runs through the veins of black women. we saw this in 2008 and 2012 when they were the highest demographic that propelled obama forward. we have to make sure when it comes to black women, we're not just taking their vote, but also making sure we make agenda that speaks directly to them. >> that's why many of the candidates who were there at

the late great john singleton from boys in the hood, he took you to the heart of south l.a. and he was like, yeah, you know, we're not going to read. we're just going to take a walk. i've seen "boys in the hood." are we go to have a shootout and walked through south central. if you survive you got the role. i was petrified. and then having to stay in the accent and be american, all throughout the time with john and he's taking me up to people in the community. taking me to, you know, drug addicts, people in the community, he's taking me to homeless people and just introducing me, this is my boy damson, yeah, meet him and then just walks off. >> and you got the role. in fact, i think we all want to see him in action. damson, in this clip your character finds his on again off again girlfriend just got no spellman university. >> congratulations. so i guess that means you're leaving us now. >> not till next month. classes don't start till september but i want to get settled. find a job. >> you got to be on the books 24/7. >> franklin, no. >> i mean to give you a graduation gift

adrienne elrod and shermichael singleton, happy fourth of july, everybody.are flooding the state of iowa today. it's not just biden and harris. our nbc road warriors are blanketing the state. garrett haake is with pete buttigieg and we're with bernie sanders. garrett, we've seen mayor pete take selfie after selfie. what else is he actually doing today? >> well, he'll be taking part in the parade this afternoon and then he has a house party event a little bit after that. i suspect we might here some spanish from the multilingual mayor of south bend today. it's the most diverse county and city, almost 40% hispanic here in iowa if the this is a place that all of the democratic candidates have targeted. it looks more like the rest of the country, perhaps, than does the rest of iowa. now the mayor has been unveiling this new national service program. he rolled that out yesterday at his stop in sioux city, iowa. i've had a chance to talk to him a little bit about what has become this interesting gap between his fundraising number, which was extraordinary, nearly $