this shows the famous actor and singer paul robison and an officer in the naacp on a picket line in front of ford's theater. ford's theater had a policy of the blacks could only reach in the second balcony. and they could not come into the front of the theater, but had to go around the corner and it wasn't even on a corner. so come to the front, buy a ticket, walk around the corner and go up a very steep glorified fire escape to the second balcony. until they decided to change that policy, there were demonstrations for every performance in front of ford's theater. paul henderson photographed many people. it actually became kind of like thing to do if you were coming to baltimore, you would spend time on the picket line. so there are lots of famous people on the picket line in front of ford's theater until they dropped that policy in 1952. henderson photographed lots of activities leading up to the brown versus board of education decision. our two baltimore cases that were pending at the time of brown had to do with the vocational school. and with weston high school. poly had desegregated.

we are deballotting the fact that the naacp is asking the u.n. an opinion on our voting laws in america. they are probably outside of chicago politics the most corrupt. >> and the human rights council. >> that is why bob likes them. >> includes saudi arabia which doesn't even allow women to vote but says that they will. >> that is a good thing. >> it is ha hilarious. >> the war on women is getting old, all right. >> i was joking. the united states expects to sit in judgment before a star wars before full of misgreints and i made up a list with maurice taylor ral authority than the up. one is a stapler. a package of tube socks i purchased on the street last week. >> you can get anything in new york. >> perez hilton barely and lastly, 7-pounds of raw brine shrimp. all of them have maurice taylor authority than the u.n. >> in the bush administration the state department through president bush's request went to the u.n. and said we think there should be standards and basic requirements for membership to the human rights council. the u.n. rejected tho

up until then, most of what was done by the naacp and urban league and others were reacting to thingsthat were happening to black folks. efforts to deprive them to the right to vote. something happened in 1933 to lead to a change. it was the last lynching that occurred in maryland in 1933. this was a man who was lynched on the eastern shore and for some reason, it set a spark loose that said to many people in maryland, black and white, we're going to have to change things in this country. and that began the activities that ultimately led to that 1935 membership drive that grew the baltimore branch of the naacp from 2000 people -- from 200 people to 2,000. and what preceded that was the very first successful proactive case that desegregated the maryland school of law. paul henderson photographed all of that. one of his most poignant photographs is in 1933 following the lynching of george armwood. what the demonstrators did is they put nooses around their necks as a part of the demonstration. and you've probably seen this in photographs. what was horrendous about the george armwood lync

because i think the naacp going to the u.n.well in its favor because the u.n. is kind of this tool of shame. it works in making nations come to a table that they reluctantly would otherwise not come to. it was used in apart hide very successfully as a way of elevating a cause that might have fell local or within the nation to something that was global. but secondly i think it's an important conversation about framing. because just as we talked about the argument around the issue with women is about framing and politicizing something that is so personal and so intimate, with this challenge of voter i.d. i think's the same thing because actually it's going to be framed on the republican side as, well, if you're not doing anything fraudulent, why are you going to mind showing i.d.? it's that success in making something that is more complicated black and white that is dangerous for the challenge that is happening. but on the pro side, actually, what is really about is the shrinking of democracy. it's a conversation about the humani

beginning in the 1940s with the legal struggles of organizations like the naacp, resulting in cases like sweat verses painter or shelly verses cramer, moving on to more direct action programs in the 1950s with things like the montgomery lost boycott and rosa parks and dr. martin luther king junior as a popular figure, shifting to the 1960s wi, that's generally the historians have described the civil rights movement. but recently in the last i would say two decades, historians have begun to look at the civil rights movement over a longer trajectory of time. ot beginning in the 1940s, butu argue, looking at the first attempts to fight for civil rights and citizenship amongst african-americans, beginning during the times of reconstruction and emancipation in but really looking at that period of finding legal battles as soon as they were able to. maryland is positioned as an interesting place to do that. when you think of the civil rights movement and i ask my students this question all the time, what images come to mind? what do you think of when you hear civil rights movement? this is the

i'm taking down all those notes and i know that turner clayton from the naacp is taking notes too. we plan on giving that to the review team to take a look at. have we done something in the past? have we continued down this path of animosities? if we have, it's time for us to correct it. so i think if from this tragedy if something good can come out of it, i truly believe the community can come together and make solid solutions. >> mayor triplett, thank you. >>> the serious allegations against a first lady. she has been spending her time and thousands have been killed by the regime. at firstcarstory. courtesy of the 2012 subaru impreza. experience love that lasts. ♪

the naacp led this march in honor of 17-year-old trayvon martin. nstrators are demanding the arrest of trayvon martin's shooter george zimmerman. we're going to be following the story throughout the day. our george howell is there, however. george, you're right there on the ground talking to people. what inspired them to come out on this day? so many marches taking part across the country. why in sanford. what's their new demand today. >> fredricka, a lot of people watching the story on the news. today they decided to drive here to be part of this event, part of this rally. our last photojournalist jerry simonson i'll ask to pan over. a lot of signs like this, it's murder, let's call it what it is and treat it as such, always bag of skittles. people with skittles for this protest. a lot of people i've been speaking with. tell us your name, please. >> robert wright, jr. >> robert, tell us where did you come from driving in and why are you here? >> from south that. i came to support the martin family and support a movement that will hopefully end some

. >>> we first told you about the naacp. ant to haul texas over the united nations over voter i.d. rights. tonight the president of the naacp, an historic group, is with us to explain why he wants to get the united nations involved. heck, are we going to see helmeted troops in the lone star state? we'll be back in just two minutes. [ female announcer ] the next generation of investing technology is now within your grasp with the all-new e-trade 360 investing dashboard. e-trade 360 is the world's first investing homepage that shows you where all your investments are and what they're doing with free streaming quotes, news, analysis and even your trade ticket. everything exactly the way you want it, all on one page. transform your investing with the all-new e-trade 360 investing dashboard. here's a chance to create jobs in america. oil sands projects, like kearl, and the keystone pipeline will provide secure and reliable energy to the united states. over the coming years, projects like these could create more than half a million

the head of the naacp joins me now really overseeing. for joining us. >> sure. >> talk to me about the march and rally. what is the message from the naacp? what message do you want to make today? >> the march from all the groups here is that mr. zimmerman needs to be locked up, and this station needs to be investigated. there's a deep well of concern in this community, both about this case and about many other cases that have happened across the years. so top of mind today is this case, but folks are saying, let's go further and make sure we also understand that what it will take for justice to really work here in sanford. >> reporter: we are hearing from other groups, the national action network, the reverend al sharpton possibly having a different message saying it may be time to take it to the next level. possible economic sanctions. does your group see it the same way? >> i spoke with al this morning. i saw this in reports. unfortunately, that was a media rumor. that the folks here, caught folks off guard. the reality is, we and they

applaud the naacp, they got out in front and really just using the language of bearing witness brought it home for us, but yes, he probably got criticism even from his own camp because he's out there on a limb. you can't make those claims about the president at this point in time without this kind of backlash. >> how do you think race plays in the challenges to president obama's faith? if at all? >> it plays into it because race is the sort of primary othering that we sort of pivot around in our society and discourse, so the more you can heap on religion or where he's from, there is these are different ways of othering the president. race being first, then they try to usury joe region and religio >> joe arpaio said he's releasing the results of his investigation in president obama's birth certificate tomorrow. are you surprised at this type of thing is still going on? >> it's insane, what does this county sheriff's jurisdiction? there has to be enforcement misconduct or prosecutorial misconduct, ri dij you lus. >> dr. james peterson thank you for being here. >>> that is "the ed show,"

you're looking live at the naacp march in honor of trayvon martin. ge crowd of demonstrators heading to the sanford police station. well, of course, follow this story throughout the day. all right. now this. earlier we asked you what you would do if you won the $640 million jackpot. here is a look at some of your responses. jack from new york city says, "i didn't win. but if i had, i would have brought you that velvet track suit that you've been wanting." why do i think i know jack. kevin from twin cities says, hi, randi, i didn't win. if i did i'd share the wealth. i could help my country and pay off the interest on the national debt for a day. hmm. would there be enough? smart question. stewart says if i won the mega millions i would buy an nba team and then give the rest to family and charity. >>> i'll travel all over europe for three months to get it in the head this i'm rich and set up a college found for the kids and family. all right. reynolds, what would you do if you had one? i know you played? >> buy a defibrillator to shock me back to life

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here's the piston naacp, ben jealous. you for joining us. >> good to be here. >> why do you want the police chief to resign? >> last night we stood in a church with hundreds of people, more than 1,000 outside people talk about thab experiences watching young men in this town being mistreated, killed. somebody said if you kill a dog in this town, you'll be in jail the next day. trayvon was killed and his killer is still walking the street. they had all the cause they needed to lock up mr. zimmerman, but they just kept giving -- and they didn't do it. it's been four weeks and now they've turned it over to a state's attorney. that will be probably i think the middle of the next month before they even panel the grand jury. the whole time this man is just out there free. and this young man is dead. >> i have a lot of questions here. there's outrage all across the country here. there are people who believe it's a racial thing and many who believe it's not. there are people who say it's been a while. but can't we let the investig

important dates for the bay view community and the naacp. 1969, 1972, 1978, the naacp filed a lawsuit. from that lawsuit came a court order, mandate for the consent to creed. 48 years later, guess what? we are back where we started. we, at martin luther king middle school, like many of our students that have roamed always, disrespect teachers, do not care about their education, are falling through the cracks. we, like many of our students, are left behind and neglected and forgotten about. we are not one of the schools that are being skipped. we have students from the bay view, from double rock, from west point, from sunnydale, the trichomes, the towers that our kids fight about that is not even there anymore. skipping school is wrong. thank you for standing up and taking a stand for us, kim. that you for coming and visiting our school. thank you commissioner fewer for taking time out of your day to come and visit us. many of our students are being done wrong. students in the bay view and all over the southeast part of the city. i am standing up for them and for our teachers that are

we are joined by ben nelson from the naacp, and they released a report in february that said that alechind any anti-state voter laws. and we are also joined by the editor of the "nation" magazine who has written extensively about this alec law. gentlemen, i want you to listen to something right now, a variation of the stand your ground law in texas after the florida law paved the way. it was a linchpin for the man joe horn and listen to a portion of a scary 911 call from september 2007 in which he, mr. horn, describes two men breaking into a neighbor's home. >> i want you to listen to me carefully. >> yes. >> i have officers coming out there. i don't want you to go outside of that house. i don't want you to have that gun in your hand when those officers are poking around over there. >> i understand that, okay, but i have a right to protect myself, sir. you understand that. >> yes, sir. >> and there are laws that have been changed since september 1st and i know it and you know it, and i have a right to protect myself. he is coming out of the window right now. i have to go, buddy. >> don

george zimmerman's father is defending his son by smearing trayvon martin, the congressional black caucus, naacp and let's not forget the president of the united states. tonight, al sharpton and the martin lawyers are here to respond to zimmerman's father and the video. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> trayvon martin said something to the effect, you will die now or die tonight. >> george zimmerman's father breaks his silence and claims his son was attacked by trayvon martin and puts his spin on the night in question. tonight, we will go through the details and see how they match up with the police surveillance video. >> when we looked at the video, it was obvious there were no visible injuries. >> trayvon martin's parents speak out on the surveillance video. >> i believe this is the icing on the cake. >> natalie, their attorney, will respond. >> i never saw so much hate coming from the president -- >> zimmerman's father thinks th comments were hateful. al sharpton to respond. >> good to have you here. george zimmerman's father, robert, has come forward to make a case for his son's d

in an open letter to the special prosecutor the naacp, thwhich wl participate, saying their work shows evidence of racial bias and investigative mishaps. george howell is on the ground for us in sanford, george, what is the mood like there right now, what are you seeing? >> reporter: randi, people getting ready for this march and rally, as you mentioned, the march starts in less than an hour. at crooms academy in sanford, ends in a rally, that start at 11:00 a.m. eastern right here at the sanford police department, the message from the naacp is very simple, to arrest george zimmerman now. keep in mind from the national action network, the refuse reverend al sharpton says it may come a time to take it to the next level. economic sanctions may be the neck level. >> trayvon martin's parents have been vocal and hearing from his brother. >> javarus fulton is in college. we heard from robert zimmerman, george zimmerman's brother, speaking on behalf of his brother, now we are hearing from javarus talking about his brother and this controversial stand your ground law here in florida. listen to

why the naacp says they want to shame us, that's what they are doing this for. think these law also disenfranchise minority voters. >> bill: what laws? >> voter i.d. laws. they don't like the voter i.d. laws. >> bill: voter i.d. laws. >> they want to shame the united states in front of this u.n. world body, human rights commission. >> libya is on there. >> libya son there and other on this commission include china where forced abortions millions of babies. saudi arabia where women cannot vote in saudi arabia. saudi arabia will decide whether our voting laws are appropriate or not. uganda. i do need to mention kony? >> gays they have laws against them. >> list of countries pass judgment on the united states and voter i.d. law to decide whether we are just or not just. >> bill: don't you think that the naacp knows there will be backlash against them and it doesn't mean anything anyway. >> historically they did. this they did this back in the late 1940s, naacp went to that same world body, the human rights commission of the u.n. and talked about the discrimination

why the naacp says they want to shame us, that's what they are doing this for. ey think these law also disenfranchise minority voters. >> bill: what laws? >> voter i.d. laws. they don't like the voter i.d. laws. >> bill: voter i.d. laws. >> they want to shame the united states in front of this u.n. world body, human rights commission. >> libya is on there. >> libya son there and other on this commission include china where forced abortions millions of babies. saudi arabia where women cannot vote in saudi arabia. saudi arabia will decide whether our voting laws are appropriate or not. uganda. i do need to mention kony? >> gays they have laws against them. >> list of countries pass judgment on the united states and voter i.d. law to decide whether we are just or not just. >> bill: don't you think that the naacp knows there will be backlash against them and it doesn't mean anything anyway. >> historically they did. this they did this back in the late 1940s, naacp went to that same world body, the human rights commission of the u.n. and talked about the discriminatio

this black man who was in this historic position while the mainstream media took him down, while the naacp and the urban league and other liberal leaders sat. >> from our interview conducted last year by armstrong williams for c-span 2's book tv. eric was 43 years old. he collapsed near his home in the brentwood section of los angeles. he oversaw a number of sites including big hollywood.com, big government.com and big journalism.com. and helped to start the hufrgton post. some background in 2010. he post ad video of an address by shirley, an official with the department of agriculture that she had given a speech to the naacp. now in that clip, who she had appeared to show a bias against whites she was african-american she was later dismissed from her job as a result. however the full version of the speech later showed up with the remarks indicating that they had been heavily edited. "l.a. times" and the "wall street journal" among those writing extensively about the death of conservative publisher andrew and tributes today on the floor of the house of representatives from representatives.

beginning in the 1940s, naacp, with cases like shelby versus cramer, moving on to more direction action plans, dr. martin luther king, jr. as a public figure, shifting on to the 1960s with a greater involvement of youth activists and a coordinating committee and there was the swag of the civil rights movement and in the last two decades, historians have begun to look at the civil rights movement. over a longer period of tinme, really beginning and i would argue looking at the first attempt to fight for civil rights of citizenship among african-americans during the time of reconstruction and emancipation in 1865. but really looking at that period fighting a legal battle and maryland is an interesting place to do that. when you think of the civil rights movement and i ask my question this all the time, what images do you think of when you hear civil rights movement? >> it interactive part? >> it is. marches. >> radicalism. >> radicalism. pirk kets, lynching. so those things don't just all of a sudden occur in 1940 and end abruptly in 1968 when we come to the period of black to you power.

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