i found a talk with the luggage and people young people that trayvon martin was really the emmett till of this generation and that was very moving and surprising to me that every single person i spoke to practically said the name trayvon martin moore than they said the name colin kaepernick at once speak about what informed the protest and it really maybe think about the fact that obama, trayvon martin, he was killed in 2012. nine years ago. so if you're 20 that means that happen when you were 11. if your 11 you are old enough to get what's happening but also young enough to ask the question why does world have to be this way? that really i think stuck with people in a big way. the other civil rights movement parallel that comes to mind is when you think of something like the montgomery bus boycott, this was an issue about respect and about jim crow on the bus lines. that's what people were fighting around. but the powers that be in montgomery not to mention the powers that be throughout the jim crow south saw it as a much bigger threat, like if there talk about bus lines today, who kn

trayvon martin, the young boy who was killed in florida, was not killed by the police. these presumptions of dangerousness and guilt that go to a larger issue. and that's why, for me, we have to talk about our history. who we are in the story. you know, it's interesting that in commonwealth countries, areas... australia, canada, there's this reckoning going on with how to respond to indigenous people, orfirst people, and you see things happening in those societies that are trying to address the damage that was done. the united states is a country that is a post—genocide society because when europeans came to this country, millions of indigenous people were killed through famine and war and disease, and we haven't talked about that. most americans have no idea how many indigenous people lived on these lands. we don't recite the names of the tribes and the communities who occupied the spaces before we begin things. we're not reckoning in that way because we haven't dealt with what the narrative of racial difference that we have carved this country around has contributed t

you do something and then you're going to be held liable because you confronted somebody like i trayvon martin was years ago. honestly. every time we want to come up with a solution for this problem, we keep just brushing the dirt lighter, needs a rug without doing this. what, what the news really start housing just has to do is, although i love talking about the stuff all the time. we have to have started psychologist, come on the news, and talk about the correlation between what social media, what the media does, how it fuels emotions and how you are getting all of these people who are so impressionable, being fed wise or mis truth, what not seeing their culture, their raise, their community, allegedly attacked by police, and what kind of frame of mind is yet put them in to go and commit crimes in a system where they're not held accountable or prosecutor released on bond. so this is an extremely dynamic living, breathing problem that we're just taking it one little piece of time at. and it really needs to be seen a lot more of a domain cos it get rail here. do you believe that will our actua

this was the tremont -- trayvon martin of the 50's. >> he was accused of flirting with or whistling at white woman. >> what happened next is dramatized in women of the movement. >> where is he >> -- where is he? this 16 year old cousin was with him and survived to see what happened. >> when he stepped in my eyes to be shot. alive. >> came to a recent screening to support the show. >> is very powerful. i think it brings accuracy and validity to the story. that is very important to our family. >> relate aunt is played by adrian. >> we are so honored to have them with this process. >> she sees a larger message here for our viewers. quartz a regular mother can change the world by fighting back whenever people tell them to sit down. >> powerful. women of the movement heirs at 8:00 p.m. followed by the world see in stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. >> one last check on that rain coming. sandy is with us. >> the rain has made a huge difference in many parts of california and the bay area in the last two weeks. look at the red. it went from 79 to 17% with all of the storms. the extreme dro

we're approaching ten years since the murder of trayvon martin and we know his killer was acquitted. there was no video. that video evidence was key. >> yeah. thank you both. be well. >> thank you. >>> president joe biden calling out republicans for talking down the economic recovery. is this a sign of how he'll deal with the gop from now on? . >> i refuse to let them stand in the way of this recovery and now, my focus is keeping this recovery strong and durable, not with standing republican obstruction nice m. and i just didn't feel well. but then i found clearchoice. [ forde ] replacing marcia's teeth with dental implants at clearchoice was going to afford her that permanent solution. [ marcia ] clearchoice dental implants gave me the ability to take on the world. i feel so much better, and i think that that is the key. i've always been running. to meetings. errands. now i'm running for me. i've always dreamed of seeing the world. but i'm not chasing my dream anymore. i made a financial plan to live it every day. ♪ at northwestern mutual, our version of financial planning helps you

that's happened over the past few years is that the -- this decade, whether we're talking about trayvon martinloyd or colin kaepernick, this decade will be remembered for the revival of the athlete's political voice that they became involved in social movements. and they have completely undermined all of that goodwill during the pandemic. they have been one of the most obstructionist voices and perhaps the most vocal obstructionist voisces. i think part of the reason is because they don't believe the rules apply to them, that sports had always been part of being -- part of the solution, and they no longer seem to see it that way. i think that they really do view themselves -- because their platforms are so enormous and because their leagues did not create vaccine mandates that they were allowed to essentially make everything a personal choice. it goes in line as well with really what's happening in this country as well, there is no community and the players have really begun to reflect that. >> yeah. your words are so powerful. you say that while australians and citizens around the world sacri

he was the trayvon martin of the 1950's. emmett till was livin in chicago and went to visit relatives in mississippi. >> he was accused of flirting with a white woman. reporter: what happens next is dramatized. emmett till's cousin was with him and survived to bear witness to what happened. >> i could not see my hand before my eyes. they stepped in with a flashlight. i closed my eyes. ththththth i opened my eyes and they were walking by me. reporter: his relatives came to a recent screening to support the show. >> i think it brings validity to the story and accuracy and that is very important to my family. reporter: his mother is played by adrienne. >> we are honored to be a part of the process. reporter: the person guiding the process is an executive director who sees a larger message for all viewers. >> a regular person, irregular mother can change the world by fighting back. kristen: definitely worth your time. the limited edition series, women of the movement starts new year, new start. and now comcast business is making

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it covers everybody from you know, trayvon martin, i mean every the it's a social history as well as a movie history. yeah. yeah, but i found like and sometimes it must have been like coming home or revisiting old friends for you. so the people like sugar ray robinson. you know sammy davis jr. lena horne, adam clayton powell come up not because you're pulling them in not because you know something about them, but because they all lived and i lived in the same world occupied the same space. it was a fact of segregation that they were thrown together. whether they chose to be or not, right, so i wonder i mean to me in a sense the book and it's this is sort of a funny thing because you say oh what's a history of you know, african-american movies or the african-american role in movies but in a lot of ways it seems to me it's it's a story about community and i don't know if that strikes you that way or not, but i just wanted to throw that out to you. i think you're absolutely right. i think. for the black star the black entertainer in the 40s 50 60s, it was a fairly small world. everybody

right and so there is so i mean trayvon martin when i was in college jordan davis like troy davis, right all of these people who just experienced immense violence and then there was a response, you know to what happened and much like what happened last year i think in an aftermath of joy of george floyd's murder it's like for a lot of people that was new it was it was like, whoa, what's this? what's this thing that's happening and it politicized them in a particular way. and so i think with each iteration of that freedom then that violence in that resistance. i think it i was very fortunate to find people who made me act different sets of questions. this time there was an uprising and i think that iterative process helped me become an abolitionist. so dope also i'm over here like nikita got the questions coming with the question that's my fan. i don't even look. this is family right here. i i look at somebody who spent a lot of time out in the world talking about a book and for the most part so much of the content of the book. was the center of conversation as opposed to the actual? art

i can't help but think what if this had happened with the trayvon martin case, how might that look and hero and survivor who relives his death every single time something like this happens. what's your take on all of this? >> so if it sent a message, he sent a message to his fellow jurists, his fellow people on the bench because we know, first of all, even though this is justice, we know that like long sentences don't -- i want to be clear about that. like his sentencing these people to jail will not stop people from killing black people. >> absolutely, michael. but i think, you know, you get a sense of this is what justice looked like. i thought it was interesting what you just said is it surprised everybody that a white male judge sentenced a white person to a life sentence, which is interesting because, you know, that's supposed to be impartial justice, and we are all surf -- a national news story that a judge did what a judge is supposed to do, and the court system did what the court system is called to do, and the people who we saw murder somebody was convicted of murder. and whic

right and so there is so i mean trayvon martin when i was in college jordan davis like troy davis, right all of these people who just experienced immense violence and then there was a response, you know to what happened and much like what happened last year i think in an aftermath of joy of george floyd's murder it's like for a lot of people that was new it was it was like, whoa, what's this? what's this thing that's happening and it politicized them in a particular way. and so i think with each iteration of that freedom then that violence in that resistance. i think it i was very fortunate to find people who made me act different sets of questions. this time there was an uprising and i think that iterative process helped me become an abolitionist. so dope also i'm over here like nikita got the questions coming with the question that's my fan. i don't even look. this is family right here. i i look at somebody who spent a lot of time out in the world talking about a book and for the most part so much of the content of the book. was the center of conversation as opposed to the actual? art

so when you go back to the acquittal of george zimmerman, the security guard in the death of trayvon martinbecame a great slogan appear at the three women who devised it came up wih very punchy, very poignant made great black lives matter and it accelerated years later during the death of george floyd. the reaction to that optimal black lives matter really took off and became the favored charity. nonprofit status and collected tens of millions of dollars beginning in may of 2020. where that money went is a mystery. my problems with black lives matter, it made very clear from this seat. they say black lives matter but they only consider black lives important, i think, when involved in the death, you know a cop was not involved. for instance, in washington, d.c., we will be covering the funeral of jason rivera shortly. in washington, d.c., the blm chairman of that town in d.c. called it cup propaganda and how dangerous to be a black man in washington, d.c., than to be a cop. he is right, over 220 deaths and black lives matter did not protest any of them. but a cop was involved. so i worry tha