and just like we fought for justice, for the families of trayvon martin, the families of eric garner,rant, the families of stefan clark, the families of aj to wins, the families of patrick lyon. the families of botham jones. the families of terrorist -- the families of jelani davis, the families of -- the families of roderick green, and the families of tyre nichols! if we must also fight to protect our black literature, our black culture, and our black history! for all of our children, i mean, all of our children! our black children, our white children, our brown children, our red children! they all have to know! all of their histories, all of their cultures contributed to american history! and brothers and sister reads, we have to be ready to fight and until hill freezes over, and then, we got to be ready to fight on the -- because in conclusion, as i rest my case, all of our children can never ask a question, do they really mean it when they say black lives matter? no! our children got to know that we are willing to fight for them, and if need be, we are willing to die for them! in

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i think about trayvon martin time. i think about august wilson. i'm stuck and august wilson's also august wilson's artistic purpose. i find myself thinking about trayvon martin, and i want to know why i why the newspaper, why the media depicted him as such a monster deserving of such treatment. when all i saw was a 17 year old boy who had been followed home. right. empathy. that's what it that's what ideology has to do with. if ideologically we can construct the black experience as something that is hostile something that is aggressive, something that is violent, then the treatment of black people becomes justified by our criminal justice systems. right. but if can perform the narrative of blackness in such a way that it becomes universal, then maybe there be empathy, maybe we can get more. we can get the rest of america to go, you know what? this this demonizing of blackness that has happened on an ideological level, let's step away from that and let's find out at it. there's just a mother and that's a son. when we look at rose and we look at tro

that as a result of the organising that took place at the beginning of 9 august, 201a, which trayvon martin to the streets en masse, used twitter and social media for process organising in a way that we have never seen before, live streaming, and ultimately staying in history is almost 300 days straight after the killing of mike brown in august of 201a. so there were a number of historic things that took place that we do remember on this day. you talk about _ do remember on this day. you talk about some _ do remember on this day. you talk about some of _ do remember on this day. you talk about some of that cultural shift that we have seen, but going beyond that, meaningful change in both policing, the criminaljustice system, what would that look like to you?— like to you? well, to me i think meaningful - like to you? well, to me i think meaningful change | like to you? well, to me i i think meaningful change will include a number of reforms that would allow us to make sure police officers are held accountable and it also would include a redirection of resources away from beefing up police w

that is a result of the organising that took place at the beginning of august 9, 2014, which trayvon martino the streets en masse, used twitter and social media for process organising in a way that we have never seen before, live streaming and, ultimately, staying in the streets almost 300 days straight after the killing of mike brown in august of 2014. so there were a number of historic things that took place that we do remember on this day. you talk about some of that cultural shift that we've seen, but going beyond that, meaningful change in both policing, the criminal justice system, what would that look like to you? well, to me, i think meaningful change will include a number of reforms that would allow us to make sure police officers are held accountable, and it also would include a redirection of resources away from beefing up police when we see challenges to our public safety mechanisms and redirecting funds to other methods of creating public safety, things like building more safe spaces and public spaces for communities to gather, finding things for students in school to do after

. >> all of us saw what happened with trayvon martin, and you saw luke cage walking through and he was could have. >> usually, it's set in gotham or it's in manhattan. to put it in harlem, that was genius but also so necessary culturally. >> harlem is supposed to represent our hopes and dreams. it's the pinnacle of black art, politics, innovation. >> it was hugely important that "luke cage" do well because it was not only for the show itself, but also for the future of other black show runners and other black creators to create a show that actually reflected their own vision. >> it changed the industry in a major, major way. and the best part of it is "luke cage" was just the tip of the iceberg for what would come in the genre. imagine you're doing something you love. rsv could cut it short. ♪ rsv is a contagious virus that usually causes mild symptoms but can cause more severe infections that may lead to hospitalizations... ...in adults 60 and older... ...and adults with certain underlying conditions, like copd, asthma, or congestive heart failure. talk to your doctor and visit cutsho

. - all of us saw what happened to trayvon martin and then you saw luke cage walking through and he just and you're like, "that's what we need." it was the best kind of superhero you could have. (dance music) - usually, it's set in gotham or it's in manhattan. and to put it in harlem, that was genius, but also so necessary culturally. - harlem is supposed to represent our hopes and dreams. it's the pinnacle of black art, politics, innovation. - it was hugely important that "luke cage" do well because it was not only for the show itself, but also for the future of other black show runners and other black creators to create a show that actually reflected their own vision. - it changed the industry in a major, major way. and the best part about it is that "luke cage" was just the tip of the iceberg for what would come in the genre. (tense orchestral music) >> woman: why did we choose safelite? >> vo: for us, driving around is the only way we can get our baby to sleep, so when our windshield cracked, we needed it fixed right. we went to safelite.com. there's no one else we'd trust. their exp

and later giving new electricity by erica badu after the killings of trayvon martin and michael brown> no justice, no peace. >> no one is talking about woke as much as we have in the past two years. this was in speak in the black community. there is a lot of terror in seeing what was happening in 2020, seeing the multiracial, multiethnic coalitions of people who really rallied around, understanding more about antiblackness, understanding more about systemic racism. >> reporter: today woke has become an ideological lightning rod and dividing line, a warhead in the latest culture wars. >> once it became political football, particularly as we see with the gop, it seemed like a mass message went out. wokeness is what we're targeting. >> they mean it as a slur, but the people who are for these policies, for these specific goals, who think that i want my children to learn about the history of this country and not just the white history of this country, that's not a slur to me. and if you call it woke or whatever you call it, i am proud of representing those things and i want them in policy.

and just like we fought for justice for the families of trayvon martin, eric garner, george floyd, oscar grant, ajay owens, also in jones, and the family of tyre nichols, we must also fight to protect our black culture, and our black history for all of our children. our black children, white children, brown children, red children, they all have to know that all of their history and cultures contributed to american history. and we have to be ready to fight . we have to be ready to fight. all of our children can never ask the question do they really mean it when they say black lives matter? our children have to know that we are willing to fight for them and if need be we are willing to die for them. god bless you. protect black history at all costs. >> please welcome to the stage the founder and chairman of the classroom. >> good afternoon. standing on these steps 60 years after martin luther king gave his speech, it is a very emotional moment for me. at the time, believe it or not, i was 22 years old and i watched the speech live on television. the clarity, power and cadence of dr. king's

later given new electricity by erica baydu after the killings of trayvon martin.f george floyd. >> no one was talking about woke as we have had in the last two years. i think there was a lot of terror in seeing what was happening in 2020, seeing the multiracial, multiethnic coalitions of people who really rallied around understanding more about anti-blackness. >> reporter: today, woke has become an ideological lightning rod, a warhead the latest cultural wars. >> football particularly as we see the gop, a mass message went out. >> they mean it as a slur, for the people who are for these policies. i want my children to learn about the history of this country and not just the white history of this country. that's not a slur to me. if you call it woke or whatever it call you i'm proud of representing those things and i want them in policy. >> so, woke has become this phrase that means everything and nothing at all but for many people in the community grew up stay woke to keep your eyes open to some of the forces that have been oppressive to black folks in the country