many many people know who thurgood marshall is.he was my childhood hero and the hero to many americans because of the singular role he plays in the legal history of the civil rights movement. of course, he famously litigated the case that desegregated the schools formerly, brown versus board of education and of course went on to become the nation's first african-american supreme court justice. because of his role in the legal history of the movement, the civil rights movement, many many books that are written about the legal history of the movement revolve around thurgood marshall and his conception of the quality. well, my book is different. it against with the question of, what would the legal history of the civil rights movement look like if the work of thurgood marshall and the work of the supreme court justices weren't so central to the story? what would we see? who would we see? and, my book answers that question with this observation. if we move those familiar persons and institutions away from the center of analysis, we can

people who sometimes disagreed with thurgood marshall in his conception of equality. people whom we ought to remember just as we remember marshall. and i say that because i think in remembering these people we add depth to the history of the rights movement. now my work, my book "courage to dissent" recalls the history of the movement in atlanta. and, of course, you all know that atlanta is a leading american city today. but it was also really important during the civil rights movement because it was the home to leading civil rights organizations including the southern christian leadership council and snix, the student organization, the student nonviolent coordination committee. so what i would like to do is focus on particular on sncc and other ways of lawyers and activists who contributed -- who are unsung and who contributed to the history of the movement. i take a bottom-up perspective on constitutional law. and what i'd like to do this afternoon is discuss three-ways of unsung lawyers and activists who i argue in my book contributed to the civil rights movement in

berkley and these are students from thurgood marshall. and last -- one more thing. i probably shouldn't say this because i was invited to be on a panel for one of the superintendent republican instructor forum up in sacramento last week in which the whole discussion was chronic absenteeism. claudia was very helpful in giving me information and updating me. it was really nice that the whole -- four hours was just discussing -- different people discussing you know, what to do with this issue. i'm real glad that people are beginning to recognize that is an issue. >> thank you. >> commissioner maufas? >> thank you, just very quickly, president mendoza. i just wanted to say that thank you to commissioner mirase for being the master of sore moan nis at the asian week foundation -- ceremony anies at the asian week foundation. and i went to thurgood marshall's carnival and they attended the hilltop graduation which was again lovely as ever for parents and pregnant teenagers. last year they had a dad. and that was again just heartwarming. and also at the principal center wit

there's thurgood marshall and martin luther king. there's also the old phillip burton on mansell. lot of children, a lot of children. and we do our best, a lot of kids come in and some are hungry, i will feed them. sports, i will take care of the sports. we do whatever we can. we are not bad people at all. we just try to work and live and make sure everything is done legally. my employee was there and his job was at stake as well. >> are any of the schools high school? >> i'm sorry? >> are any of the schools the high school level? >> absolutely. thurgood marshall is high school, phillip burton is a high school. >> the other question i have is in your statement, you wrote you estimate approximate 20 to 25 attempts in the past three years failed. >> absolutely. >> do you receive letters? >> absolutely, from the police department congratulating us on a job well done. but i never kept them because i never had a reason to. i've been there since i was 14 years old and we never had any problem like this and we try our best, we really do. >> you're aware they come in and try to catch you.

i don't think leaders of the civil-rights movement by thurgood marshall certainly not dr. king or others they intended for civil-rights legislation for litigation there is a wider impact of lower a number of reasons it did end up to members of the middle class. those where the people who were in a position to take advantage of the opening up of the workplace to african americans and opening of schools but for those like ethel matthews who was a child of alabama sharecroppers who was not very well educated come a very smart but not very well educated come it was a harder thing to do do to try to interview for jobs and be successful even after employment discrimination and legislation was enacted. i talk about those things in the book and why it so

(laughter) walker ruling on prop 8 would be like thurgood marshall ruling a case about race or sandra day o'connor ruling a case involving reproductive rights or judge judy trying to be impartial in a case involving sass and moxie. (laughter) or a dog judge ruling on a case concerning public ball-licking. (laughter) idea for a show. (laughter) dog judge. we'll call it "justice of the paw." (laughter) i'll work on the title. meanwhile air, cross the country in tennessee, gay rights opponents are taking a different tact. >> now to tennessee where a proposed bill would prevent elementary and middle school teachers from talking about homosexuality to kids in the classroom. no public elementary or middle school shall provide any instruction or material that discusses sexual orientation other than heterosexuality. >> jon: you know, keeping people from saying the word "gay" is not really going to keep people from being gay, you know. (laughter) being gay isn't like beetlejuice. if you say it outloud so many times, you're gay. (laughter) the bill was introduced by state senator stacey campfie

. >> what was the relationship between thurgood marshall and martin luther king, jr.? >> well, it was complicated. i talk about this in the middle third of my book with dissenters who remitted them. it turns out that thurgood mar shall was not enno , namerred with protesterred. he told them in 1960 they should not engage in street protests and said they were going to get people killed, that they were invading the property of whites, and was very negative towards sit-ins, and he believed that martin luther king, jr. inspired the students to go into the streets to protest, of course, for a good reason because of king's leadership of the montgomery bus boycott in 1965. >> the civil rights movement is looked at as monolithic and in agreement. were you surprised at the levels of disagreement within the civil rights movement that you found? >> you know, i was. i think that's the most surprising thing i found in my research is how much we don't know about the movements, although many, many books have been written about the civil rights era, that there was so much conflict, and

i am an alumni of thurgood marshall. i was proud to see marcus get the award today. president mendoza: terrific. thank you. i have no public speaker signed up for this item. i would like to go to comments from the board or superintendent. commissioner maufas: i would like to propose an amendment. be it resolved down at the last part -- there are members representing each of the three divisions. president mendoza: i see consensus on that. nobody is good to argue about that. other comments from commissioners? commissioner norton: i actually wanted to ask our members with the you think this resolution does as it is titled. you have gotten mixed messages from board members. i think this is going to clarify the committee's role and allow you to move forward in your work. >> i would like to address that briefly. this is much clearer than the previous resolution. the cac is in general agreement with this proposal. the only question will be to the degree our style that we recommend any changes are possible changes to the funding, given that the funding has been consistent wi

bwi thurgood marshall airport preparing. >> reporter: a crippled aircraft on a bwi runway. surrounding it are dozens of wounded passengers and members. coming to their aid, first responders from several agencies. >> the final takeoff. and an engine blew. and the plane basically caught fire. >> the wreck isn't simulation. but bwi officials say if it becomes reality, separation becomes key. >> every three years, the faa requires commercial airports to conduct a full-scale drill. the goal today, a speedy, accurate response. >> we will go through. and we'll sift through everything. and start to take notes of what seems to be done better next time. >> paul weeder is the executive director. he says it took months to plan. and everything is perfectly timed. there are people who write and record everything that happened. and others look for safety. but nothing happens without the volunteer. the person today would could be the-- could be the real thing tomorrow. >> it gives me crdz in -- confidence in the men and women who are responding to things like this. >> at the airport, i'm g

it turns out that thurgood marshall was not enamored with student protesters. he told students at the beginning of the sit-ins, 1960, that they should not engage in street protests. he told them that they were going to get people killed, that they were invading the property of whites and was very negative towards sit-ins. and he believes that martin luther king jr. had inspired the students to go into the streets and protest, of course, for very good reason, because king's leadership of the montgomery busboy cot in 1955. >> were you surprised, i mean, the civil rights movement is often looked at as monolithic and very in agreement. were you surprised at the levels of disagreement within the civil rights movement that you found? >> guest: you know, i was. i think that's the most surprising thing that i found in my research, just how much we don't know about the movement although many, many books have been written about the civil right era. there was so much conflict and, again, i talk about these three historical moments of conflict. so much conflict over whethe

. >>> in business news bwi-thurgood marshall's biggest carrier is about to get busier.outhwest airlines' purchase of air tran is complete. the two companies will continue to operate as separate entities, at least for the time being. >>> in sports the ravens' draft picks have no idea what's in the playbook. jimmy smith was one of the only ones to get a copy of the playbook. the others are barred from getting their own from the theme because of the nfl lockout. if they choose, they can get a copy from another player. >>> a big weekend ahead for boxing fans. manny pacquio is holding his last workout. it is set for this saturday night on show time, pay per view. >>> all right. let's take a look at the forecast a high of 83 degrees, partly cloudy skies, a warm day, a little bit humid. it's very's but that's the beginning of the story. the forecast changes almost 180 degrees. we'll have those details coming up. coming up on coffee with, there's a great tv show called river monsters. it's hosted by a by ole just. his name is jeremy wade. he travels around the world fishing riv

thurgood marshall and one of his opinions, said a if america had done what it was supposed to during this time period, he talks about the reconstruction period as a point* of lost opportunity. i street you cannot blame 1% for all of a good or all of the bad the people and times of crisis, they don't look to the supreme court for the congress probe the president is the energy and he exercises leadership and what he exhibited during this time period is not enough, he did not want everything all by himself but made it much more difficult and that is the real tragedy of the presidency. that is why more people should know about andrew johnson because i do believe he makes us who we are today. think about the difference in well for the production from former slaves that had had laid end. the difference between owning your own property and renting it from someone else. because people say we got something good by the 14th amendment because he was recalcitrant about all of the laws congress was passing the civil-rights bill and force them to passing the 14th amendment which is good but think

metro system and airports heightened security at bwi-thurgood marshall. >> we note state department also issued travelly letters for those living abroad. we found heightened security in front of the white house. there were many more officers and even an armored tank. for now, back to you on tv hill. >> thank you very much. here's the very latest on the death of osama bin laden. osama bin laden was killed during a firefight with u.s. navy seals last night in pakistan. dna confirmed bin laden's identity. spontaneous celebrations broke out across the united states including ground zero, new york and washington, d.c. although there are no plans to raise the terror level, americans are being warned to remain cautious. for more, log on to with your website, wjz.com. >>> after eyewitness news tonight make shower to watch a special edition of "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >>> no bail for a maryland man arrested in mississippi driving the stolen car of a missing strrsville woman. she was found dead last wednesday. police had been looking for her chef ri impala. this weekend a 28-year-old

. >>> passengers flying out of bwi thurgood marshall may notice something out of the ordinary later today the airport has scheduled a full scale exercise to test it's emergency preparedness. state and federal agencies will take part in the drill. there may be extra traffic in the area, the exercise is not expected to effect normal airport operations. >>> a crime of passion, police say a baltimore man is behind bars for killing his exgirlfriend after she refused to mary him. 32-year-old kenya jordan was gunned down outside her house on lenox street. police say daniel sullivan shot her and shot her two more times in front of several witnesses. sullivan spent time in prison for abusing jordan in the past. >>> a gruesome discovery, police find a woman's dead body under the jones falls expressway in hamden. the victim was partially submerged in water near the 1800 block of union avenue. detectives are investigating the possibility that they she may be a missing person from anne arundel county. there are no obvious signs of foul play, but the homicide unit is investigating. >>> a shocking case

in fact, thurgood marshall convened with a fellow by the name of chavez who were working on the second desegregation case in texas. we aren was the lawyer who helped get me out of jail when they threw me in jail. and, of course, senator robert kennedy also contributed to getting me out of jail. it was a national story. in fact, talking about cesar, three hours after senator kennedy was in delano with cesar, three hours later he was with the kids taking that famous picture that you'll see in the book. anyway, apparently president clinton saw the documentary and saw the poster. that's supposed to be me here with the long nose. they said, hey, i have a long nose. invite that dude to the white house. so, wow, i got invited in 1996 to the white house. damn. hey, born in l.a., don't steal nothing. [laughter] so i see president, i see president kennedy, he could have been a tight end for the university of arkansas. he came in with a great big smeal, and i didn't see monica lewinsky anywhere, but he had a smile on his face. [laughter] so, you know, i had to tell him, and this is the serious pa

thurgood marshall in one of his opinions, one of his dissents i believe was, maybe a it was in bockius thinking about, i'm not sure, but he said if america had done what it was supposed to have done during this time period, he doesn't cite andrew johnson but he talks about this reconstruction period as a point of sort of lost opportunity. and i think that you can't -- you cannot blame one person for all the good that happened all the bad that happens. but a president, this is my approach in the book. the president is the leader of the country. people in times of crisis, people to look to the supreme court or the congress, too many of them. the president is the energy of the government, and the president exercises actual leadership and symbolic leadership. and the kind of leadership that he exhibited during his time period wasn't enough to make -- he didn't win everything all by himself but he made at much more difficult for the right thing to be done. and that's the real tragedy i think of his presidency. but again, that's why i think more people should know about andrew johnson becaus

whether we are talking about oprah winfrey, barack obama, barry rand, sidney ribeau, thurgood marshall, we are witnesses to lives that have committed to excellence. oprah winfrey is where she is today because she is simply the best. barack obama is where he is today because he is simply the best. some in the world today accept mediocrity and excuses. i want to see the graduates of 2011 accelerate themselves and their lives through an absolute commitment to being the best you can be in everything that you do. you can be good mothers, good fathers, good husbands, good wives, good life partners. whatever profession you choose, commit to be the best. one recent example of the triumph of the commitment to excellence over mediocrity occurred because, while donald trump was obsessing about birth certificates, barack obama was getting osama bin laden. [applause] all i can say is, you got your birth certificate, donald, and you got bin laden, what do you want now? the second e is to commit to equality. you must work for a more just and equitable america. an america which will not tolerate deep

. >> reporter: justin, bwi thurgood march hal -- marshall airport is not reporting delays with flightse mta if you are catching the banes or trains -- buses or trains. as you hit the roads, that's looking pretty good. looking at the cameras not too bad on 95 at 195 heading northbound toward the beltway. in towards baltimore, you will find all lanes open. the off-ramp to hanover street is closed for some construction. traveling south on 95 coming through bel air right past route 24, we still have that deer debris carcass still partially blocking the left lane. police and crews are headed out there to get it cleaned up. the overhead sensors height sensors not working inside of the harbor tunnel. we are going to see warnings on the overhead signs so keep that in mind as you travel in that direction. charley, back to you. >> kim, thanks a lot. it's 5:20. birthday times. allison is turning 28 years old today. happy birthday to halson. have a great -- allison. have great day. and summertime, the picture of the day, she loves walks in the park and meeting new people and she is a favorite to t

prep we have ew stokes, cleveland elementary and thurgood marshall we are celebrating on friday nightyours truly is our host and we're looking forward to having you and we have ziggy marley performing. and except for you speaking there is no program. it's not another boring gala, it's about celebrating the great schools that we are honoring this year. >> i'm honored to be a part of this and we'll be down there on friday night and ticket ready stale available if you want to come down. the money goes to a great cause to help school children here in d.c. emily congratulations to everybody at your school. i hope that this helps not just students at your school, but in the future and other schools in the d.c. the event sounds like a great one on friday night. we're looking forward it. >> thank you. >> we'll put that information on our website if you would like to purchase tickets on myfoxdc.com as well as more information about the school night. back to you. >> what a worthy cause. thank you, steve. >>> six minutes before 9:00 and today marks a very special anniversary. it was 50 years ago

i don't think that leaders of the civil rights movement like thurgood marshall, certainly not dr. king and others. they intended for civil rights legislation, for instance, firm civil rights litigation to have a wider impact. for a number of reasons the civil rights movement did. those were the people who were in the best position to take advantage of the opening up of the workplace to african-americans, the opening up of schools to african-americans. but for those like at the may matthews who was the child of alabama sharecroppers, who just was not very well educated. very smart, but not very well educated.

today is a future justice of the united states supreme court who will stand on the shoulders of thurgood marshall, somewhere in this audience is a great journalist and a communicator that will follow howard graduates who follow that succession. i look out and see future governors and mayors and future members of congress, and teacherers of universities and pastors and military leaders, and physicists and biologists and pharmacists. and i predict that the class of 2011, you will produce a future president of the united states. and she will make history too. so class of 2011, you can be whomever you want to be and whomever you choose to be. hold fast to high expectations. a great writer once wrote, you have brain in your head, and feet in your shoes. you can stir yourself in any direction that you choose. you are on your own, and you know what you know and you are the one who will decide where to go. today i ask parents, grandparents and alumni and administrators to join me today, that says that anyone today thinks that the glass is half empty, only needs to look at the promises graduates of 2011,

whether we are talking about oprah winfrey, barak obama, barry red, sidney, or thurgood marshall, orthomas friedman, we are witnesses to lives that have been committed to excellence. oprah winfrey is where she is today because she's simply the best. barak obama is where he is today because he is simply the best. some in the world today accept mediocrity and excuses. i want to see the graduates of 2011 accelerate themselves in their lives through an absolute commitment to being the best you can be in everything you do. you can be good mothers, good father, good husbands, good wives, good life partners, good community service, great doctors and lawyers and musicians and communicators, whatever profession you choose, commit to be the best. recently, we saw a clash between the commitment to excellence and the commitment to mediocrity. mediocrity occurred when donald trump -- [laughter] when donald trump perfected mediocrity in political discussion by obsessing about birth certificates. while he was obsessing about birth certificates, barak obama was getting osama bin laden. [cheers and a

the '40s and '50s the government had to defend and then maybe 10, 12, 15 years later after thurgood marshall's argument, they realized those weren't valid laws and the law changed because society changed, people's thinking changed. same thing with doma. certain things change, you change even though it's the law congress passed, there's a change in the cultural lag and it kind of catches up and the people's perception of it changes. some of the same people that gave us doma, most of us gave us the laws against internet poker. it was that family values crowd that -- yeah, quotes. they gave us those laws. but sometimes they might not have been the right laws. some of mr. forbes' folks who you could be prosecutie ining sf the obscenity cases with some of the people you've got otherwise concerned with some of these laws concerning internet poker. there are priorities. we can't do everything. don't you think in the priority range internet poker would be at the bottom of the level, beneath obscenity and hardcore pornography and child rape and things like that? >> well, there are a whole variety of th

the '40s and '50s the government had to defend and then maybe 10, 12, 15 years later after thurgood marshall's argument, they realized those weren't valid laws and the law changed becaus society changed, people's thinking changed. same thing with doma. certain things change, you change even though it's the law congress passed, there's a change in the cultural lag and it kind of catches up and the people's perception of it changes. some of the same people that gave us doma, most of us gave us the laws against internet poker. it was that family values crowd that -- yeah, quotes. they gave us those laws. but sometimes they might not have been the right laws. some of mr. forbes' folks who you could be prosecutie ining sf the obscenity cases with some of the people you've got otherwise concerned with some of these laws conceing internet poker. there are priorities. we can't do everything. n't you think in the priority range internet poker would be at the bottom of the level, beneath obscenity and hardcore pornography and child rape and things le that? >> well, there are a whole variety of things we

the '40s and '50s the government had to defend and then maybe 10, 12, 15 years later after thurgood marshall's argument, they realized those weren't valid laws and the law changed because society changed, people's thinking changed. same thing with doma. certain things change, you change even though it's the law congress passed, there's a change in the cultural lag and it kind of catches up and the people's perception of it changes. some of the same people that gave us doma, most of us gave us the laws against internet poker. it was that family values crowd that -- yeah, quotes. they gave us those laws. but sometimes they might not have been the right laws. some of mr. forbes' folks who you could be prosecutie ining sf the obscenity cases with some of the people you've got otherwise concerned with some of these laws concerning internet poker. there are priorities. we can't do everything. don't you think in the priority range internet poker would be at the bottom of the level, beneath obscenity and hardcore pornography and child rape and things like that? >> well, there are a whole variety of th

use the author of best-selling books and civil rights icons, such as thurgood marshall. his next book due out in july, it is called "muzzled, the assault on honest debate." two months ago, we had the women who ran npr at this very podium to discuss that, just before she was let go. he has taken on an expanded role of fox news is a political analyst and regular substitute host. could the war national press club welcome to one williams. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you for setting this up on your maiden voyage, bob and i will tear high standards. thank you. it is a pleasure for me to be here at the national press club. i want to thank you all for coming out today. of course, thank you for the invitation to be here. you know, i have been in this room more than a dozen times to hear speakers. i never thought i would be the speaker, never. of course, i never thought i would be in a situation that mark described to you just six of months ago, were i found myself not having my byline are my comments on the front page on the tv, but it was me. the controversy was abo