but tommy smith likes to point out it wasn't about black power it was about human rights. so, making a point to say we should all band together. a nice statue on a wonderful day. it's 4:43. >>> a bay area school district is stepping in to help a teacher and former student find a bone marrow match. two bone marrow drives will be held in pleasanton, the first is today from 2:00 to 6:00 at moore elementary. a simple cheek swab might be a lifesaver. conley is suffering from lympho lymphoma. >>> and the balls in the city council's court after an investigation into the pension projects. the city says it cannot take on an ethics complaint for alleged misrepresentation of pension costs. the elections commission voted yesterday to receive to the complaint to the city council. >> so, if anybody is going to look at it, it's got to be the council. i think the feeling was this is a significant issue without making any judgments on the facts, it's a significant issue and the council ought to have the opportunity to decide if they want to look into it or not. >> the city council must now

. >> at the 1968 olympic games, john carlos and tommy smith raised their fists in the black power salute. >> this is black power. they intimidated so many people, white people in particular, by using that phrase, black power. because when they use that word or that phrase black power it made many people think that black power meant destruction. blowing up the statue of liberty or ground zero. destroying america. it wasn't anything about destroying america. it's about rebuilding america and having america to have a new paradigm in terms of how we can truly be what each and every one of us pledged when we were going to elementary school about the land of the free, the home of the brave. we all wanted to be great americans, but as young athletes we found that something was wrong. something was broke and we wanted to take our time to evaluate and then take our initiative to fix it. >> discover more about african-american history during black history month on book tv on c-span 2 and online at the c-span video library. search and share from over 25 years of c-span programming at c-span.org/vid

during the 1968 olympic games in mexico city, san jose state athletes tommy smith and john carlos bothtepped to the metal stand to make a silent gesture. people at the time talking about black power, a salute to make their point about equality in this nation, but tommy smith who set the world record in the 200 there said it wasn't just about black power. in fact, this was a human rights salute, so a very significant statue there out at san jose state. it is 5:23. >>> you can buy a bit of history and you can at the same time help the postal service. palo alto's 80-year-old downtown post office will be officially put up for sale come this may. now, it's all part of the plan by the u.s.p.s. to close many such facilities to save some money. a public meeting is set for tuesday at city hall to discuss the sale. no word yet on the asking price. >>> commuters who bike to work in san francisco could soon have a safe place to store their ride. a safety committee is expected to approve a measure which would require buildings to have secure storage areas for bikes. if it doesn't have the space, pa

he rolled up his sleeves and he reached down and he took tommie smith and put it on the table.ched down and threw it on the table. reached down another one, john, threw it on the table. said y'all are going to have to do this but you can if you like you sit back and think about a young white guy peter norman, they could have put 16 million guys out there and not one out of the 16 million more have the nerve to step up and do what he did. to sit back and think about peter norman relative to -- let me put it like this. when we got back from the games, thomas smith lived there, i lived there. america lived all over but they said let's go over here and kick tommie smith's bup and carlos until we get tired, too and they switch back and forth. but at that particular time it was parallel to south africa in the human race. the people of color over there in south africa. peter norman still on the victory stand at attention and he didn't respect no flag eight and no way shape or form but merely because he put the button on his chest for the human-rights i stand for humanity and coupled w

he rolled up his sleeves and he reached down and he took tommie smith and put it on the table.ched down and threw it on the table. reached down another one, john, threw it on the table. said y'all are going to have to do this but you can if you like you sit back and think about a young white guy peter norman, they could have put 16 million guys out there and not one out of the 16 million more have the nerve to step up and do what he did. to sit back and think about peter norman relative to -- let me put it like this. when we got back from the games, thomas smith lived there, i lived there. america lived all over but they said let's go over here and kick tommie smith's bup and carlos until we get tired, too and they switch back and forth. but at that particular time it was parallel to south africa in the human race. the people of color over there in south africa. peter norman still on the victory stand at attention and he didn't respect no flag eight and no way shape or form but merely because he put the button on his chest for the human-rights i stand for humanity and coupled w

. >> at the 1960 olympic games, john carlos and tommy smith raised their fists in the black power salute. >> they intimidated so many people, white people in particular, by using that phrase "black power," because when they use that phrase, many people think that man's destruction. meant destruction. it was not about destroying america. it was about rebuilding america and having america have a new paradigm in terms of how we can truly be with each and everyone who took that pledged when we were going to elementary school about the land of the fray and the home of the brave. we all want to be great americans but as young athletes, we found that something was wrong. something is broken and we want to take our time to evaluate and take our initiative to fix it and discover more about african- american history during black history month on book-tv on cspan to an online at the cspan video library. search and share from over 25 years of cspan programming at c- span.org/video library. "washington journal" continues -- to talk're joined now about the president's new tax cut plan. take us through

at the 1968 olympic games, john carlos and tommie smith raised their fists in the black power salute. intimated so many people, white people in particular, by using that phrase, "black power." it made many people think black power meant destruction. destroying america. there was nothing about destroying america. it was about rebuilding america and having an america with a new paradigm. it was about that pledge of the land of the free and the home of the brave. we all wanted to be great american's. as young athletes, we wanted to take our time to evaluate and take the initiative. >> discovered more during black history month on c-span2 and online at the c-span radio library. search and share from over 25 years of programming. "washington journal" continues. host: joining us next is former senator russ feingold of wisconsin. he has a new book out, "while america sleeps." what are you trying to do with this book, senator? what are you telling americans about the state of our international relations? guest: thank you for having me on the show. during the 10 years after 9/11 when i was ser

. >> john carlos and tommie smith raised their fists in a black power salute. >> this is black power. it intimidated so many people think white people, in particular, by using that phrase, "black power." it made many people think that it meant destruction. destroying america. it was nothing about destroying america. it was about rebuilding america and having a new paradigm in which we can truly be why each and every one of us said during that pledge when we were going to school about the land of the free and the home of the brave. we all want to be great american's. as young athletes, we found that something was broke and we wanted to take our time to evaluate and then take an initiative to fix it. >> discover more during black history month on c-span2 and online at the c-span radio library. search and share from over 25 years of c-span programming. >> russ feingold served until 2010 when he lost his bid for a fourth term. he joined us on this morning's "washington journal." host: joining us next is former senator russ feingold of wisconsin. he has a new book out, "while america sleep

." >> at the 1968 olympic games, john carlos and tommie smith raised their fists in the black power salute. >> this is black power. they intimidated so many people, white people in particular, by using that phrase -- black power. when you use the word or that phrase, many people thought that black power meant destruction. like blowing up the statue of liberty or ground zero, destroying america. this is not about destroying america. this is about rebuilding america and having a new paradigm as how we truly can be each and every one of its pledge when we go to elementary school and junior high school about the land of the free and the home of the brave. we all wanted to be brave americans. as young americans, we found -- we wanted to take time to evaluate and bring up the discussion. >> on the tv on c-span 2 and online at the c-span video library. search and share from over 25 years of c-span programming at c-span.org/videolibrary. >> speaking at the justice department but history month program, the government cannot "become complacent on voting rights." this is about 50 minutes. [applause]

anything outside the circle, i've got to be careful because they took a subtle way, they took tommie smith middleweight to hold you in check by propaganda. but yet still, 43 years later why i was on cnbc -- cnn this morning. i [inaudible] nostrand to say to this young lady here is the media bilby has not changed much if they think if you stand on your own two legs and i say to your brother earlier i am a man with my own eyes. when i stand on my own two feet to express who i am i have no fear for expressing what i feel to be the true peer they can whitewash you know more because they've got my tv now, that they can still pull the plug. but it's already. you can continue to pull the plug. i menifee, kitschy note to msm that. a lot of people wait for that. my philosophy is on the grass the to be it. [applause] [inaudible] >> hatter feel about how they talk about it? >> i am flabbergasted. i wish i could be your age again so i could live another 50, 60 years. i think i am one of the most blessed guys in the world to live the life that i live in than to have a book written about my life into th

. >> at the 1960 olympic games, john carlos and tommy smith raised their fists in the black power salute. >> this is black power. they intimidated so many people, white people in particular, by using that phrase, black power. because when they use that word or that phrase black power, it made many people think that black power meant destruction. the statue of liberty or ground zero, destroying america. wasn't anything about destroying america. it was not rebuilding america and having an american to have a new paradigm in terms of how we can truly be what each and everyone of us did that place was going to elementary school and junior high school about the land of the free and home of the brave. we all want to be great americans, but as young athletes we found it was wrong. something was broke and we want to take our time to evaluate and then take our initiative to fix it. >> discover more about african-american history during black history month on book tv on c-span2. and online at the c-span video library. search and share from over 25 years of c-span programming at c-span.org video lib

. >> at the 1968 olympic games, james carlos and tommie smith raised their son -- their fists in the so many people by using that phrase, black power. when they use that phrase, it made many people think that black power meant destruction, blowing up the statue of liberty, ground zero, destroying america. it is not about destroying america. it is about rebuilding america and having a new paradigm in terms of how we can truly be what each and everyone of us -- when we were going to elementary school and junior high school about the land of the free and the home of the brave. we all wanted to be brave americans. we found something was wrong, something was broken. we wanted to take time to evaluate and then take our initiative to fix it. >> discover more about african- american history during black history month on booktv on c- span2 and online at the c-span video library. search and share from over 25 years of c-span programming at c-span.org/videolibrary. >> hi, there. lcv ead of the c-span content. it is local content vehicle. the purpose is to collect programming from outside of was