i got one published by the "topeka capital journal" years ago. i decided to go out and write my own columns on my own website. i knew someone who knew somebody at "huffington post." that opportunity has opened up other opportunities. >> give us an example of what that does for you. >> it is actually pretty amazing. i have come to learn that many news producers go to "the huffington post" and i have ended up on radio or television. they would say they've read what i wrote on "huffington post" and it is a tremendous value in that regard. xd>> fourth generation washingtonian? >> yes. >> i love it where it says on your web site that you are the nephew of walter. fauntroy. i do that to honor my father. if i had a dollar for every time someone assumed i was walter fauntroy's son, i would be a rich man. my first job ever, i was working on the grounds crew at the capitol in the summer of 1983, pulling weeds and cutting grass. there was some mix up in my start date. i was supposed to start on a monday and i did not actually get there until tuesday. my sup

in 1954, brown versus topeka board of education the court ruled that the ravages of segregation without moore denied that the children of the minority race of an equal educational opportunity. the subsequent places and involving disabled children found that failing to educate them to their full potential violated their constitutional rights. certainly under the standards the very existence of an acknowledged achievement gap based on income and ethnicity must also violate the rights of the income and ethnic groups who suffer. today, we'll hear from three panels of experts. our first panel, legal and civil rights experts will look at the technical legal precedents of brown v. board of education which in december, part the state of pennsylvania and mills v. board of education of the disregarded, requiring three education of children of disability or they will discuss from various perspectives whether and how these precedents can be applied to a consistent and acknowledged pattern of under educating low-income and minority students. they will discuss whether or not the victims of the achiev

board of education of topeka, one of the great decisions of our supreme court. but it was a brandeis brief argument that was used to win that case. there was little law on the subject that was favorable, but there was much social analysis and facts that helped the court make its decision separate in fact was not equal and we needed a change in this country that we had in 1954 that we are continuing to experience today. justice brandeis had many quotes which were of great significance. one of which is inscribed in the walls of congress. i think just beneath this chamber on the first floor, if you look up towards the ceiling, the greatest dangers to liberty lurk insidious encroachment by men of zeal. well-meaning, but without understanding. that quote which is inscribed on the walls of congress is one that i have long thought about. and people making arguments that sometimes are well-meant but they take away from the rights that people should have in this country and freedoms. brandeis also said we can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth con