harriet tubman's legacy still lives on today.quality for people of color is an ongoing thing that, until it's lly leveraged, is going to be something that we're constantly fighting for. i feel that art has always been the doorway in, the doorway that grabs the attention of the public, and once you have their attention, you do something with it. so, hopefully, we hope this sculpture will do just that. >> hill: mayor ras baraka says his decision to remove columbus sparks controversy to this day. >> even in here in new jersey, i'm getting pushback saying that what we're doing is anti this group of anti this person and we are destroying history, but that's not the case. what we will be actually doing is telling history as it is. and we're including ourselves in it, you know, our story has not been told. so, we're including ourselves in history to make a full presentation of what actually took place. >> hill: architect nina cooke john says she hopes the monument is an immersive experience. she's also partnered with audio company audib

harriet tubman, many of us know she's a hero.o to a place and see her property, a person that once was the property of someone else, her property, what she did what she gave away to so many because she loved the process of service. i can't wait to go back and check it out again. ms. tenney: we can't wait to have you back again. i remember that part of gerrit smith's estate, we went into the barn, there were horses and mules and they had to hide people in there. i looked up and there was a sign that said heaven and peterboro were the two places slaves were safe. it's an honor to represent that community. and to have you standing there, with that gleaming sunlight on us, knowing so many people in the past that was their gateway to freedom and finding a new life, it was a great experience. maybe we can -- you can come again and we can invite our colleagues to experience peterboro and harriet tubman's home of course. mr. owens: one final word to those watching. this country is a place that thrives because people can envision themselv

we think about harriet tubman and harriet tubman. i visited her house. i visited her grave site, you know, i tried as often as i could to put myself in the shoes of where these people walked. and so when i visited you see how humble they they lived. i mean how humble her place was, you know, and i and i think about she used to not only was she's a spy was she there, you know conductor the underground railroad. she also had a home for enslaved people who were had no place to go. they were homeless, so you talk about a homeless shelter today. she had a homeless shelter back in the 1800s where she used to help people you think about the fact that you had so many of these women who thought about reparations cali house. for example, kelly house was working on reparations in the 1890s. she had an organization called the national ex slave mutual relief bounty and pension fund. so we didn't just start this today. all these things are rooted somewhere previous to this and i just really think it's fantastic that these women have to have shown themselves that we do

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i said it felt as though harriet tubman was flipping me down on one shoulder and sojourner truth wereanother. diane: as she recounts in her book, “twice toward justice,” the arrest was a traumatic experience. then they put me back in the car and drove me to the city jail, the adult jail. someone led me straight to a cell without giving me any chance to make a phone call. he opened the door and told me to get inside. he shut it hard behind me and turned the key. then i fell down on my knees in the middle of the cell and started crying again. i didn't know if anyone knew where i was or what had happened to me. school friends got the word out and colvin's mother got help with bail and rescued the teen. claudette's arrest provided a much-needed opportunity for a civil rights movement in need of legal victory. >> it all started on a bus in montgomery, alabama in this spot. diane: claudette colvin and others were plaintiffs in the case to challenge the constitutionality of montgomery's bus segregation laws. it went all the way to the supreme court. and fred gray was their lawyer. >> the who

and one more in terms of who should, i'll say harriet tubman on the $20 bill.m shatner can touch space, surely kick get tubman on the 20 before he leaves office. promised black people on the u.s. currency, that has never happened and no women on a bill in my lifetime. i would like to see that before i turn 99. >> i need tubmans in my pockets and the $20 bill, i agree. really tight on time. so you and i have to split our time. i'll give you, what's your who got next? >> who got next for 2022 is african american bioafrican medsis. when we talk about racism, gun violence and the impact on black people, we stand on the shoulders of men and women who study this quietly digging through the paperwork and documentation. one of the best voices passed yesterday. dr. carlton haywood. he was part of the ebony 100. one of the most brilliant minds when it comes to discussing biomedical ethics and he passed, due to sickle cell, that affects 200,000 americans every single year. brilliant, he loved comic books, loved by his family, and he was my best friend. and i hope that all

you looked out, you saw the courtyard, the garages, the hall, and an ugly rather dilapidated roof. tubman placed off and we know, especially in the city like munich. we think that every area which can be reasonably used should be developed hots assistance. the architect saw untapped potential here. his idea was to use the courtyard for a residential building whom together with his colleague, alexander how looked for optimal utilization of the 130 square meter space o. busy at the technical university of darmstadt, architecture, professor caston over to him and research is the development of urban spaces. it's a to z bill. after all, we're currently ceiling off about 70 hector's every day of the year for new building land, which roughly corresponds to $120.00 soccer fields. we even talk noise has eaten noise in the course. this poses an ecological problem, using our natural land in such a way, leads, constantly depleting it. it will never recover from it or extended last night. when english people turn it of li, getting more out of the land which is already being used is much better ecolog

looked out and you saw the courtyard, the garages, the hall, and an ugly, rather dilapidated roof, tubman placed off and we know, especially in the city like munich, we think that every area which can be reasonably used should be developed as a system of the architect, so untapped potential here. his idea was to use the court yard for a residential building. busy whom together with his colleague, alexander how looked for optimal utilization of the 130 square meter space. busy at the technical university of dumpster architecture, professor caston oil, which tillman researches the development of urban spaces. it's a to z b. a. after all, we're currently ceiling off about 70 hector's every day of the year for new building land, which roughly corresponds to $120.00 soccer fields, even talk noises, eagleton noisy. of course, this poses an ecological problem using our natural land in such a way, liens constantly depleting it. it will never recover from it extended lust need english, but i'll turn it of li, getting more out of the land, which is already being used is much better ecologically. th

i did not live the struggles of douglass, tubman, king, lewis, goodman, cheney, and countless othersnown and unknown. i did not walk in the shoes of generations of students who walked these grounds. but i walk other grounds because i'm so damn old i was there as well. [laughter] they think i'm kidding, man. [laughter] seems like yesterday the first time i got arrested, anyway. but their struggles here, they're the ones who opened my eyes as a high school student in the late 1950's an early 1960's. they got me more engaged in the work of my life. and what we're talking about today is rooted in the very idea of america. the idea that anelle ponder who graduated from clark atlanta captured in a single word. she was a teacher and a librarian who was also an unyielding champion of voting rights. in 1963, when i was just starting college and university, after registering votes for the mississippi, she was pulled off a bus, arrested, and jailed, where she was brutally beaten. in the cell next to her was fannie lou hamer. who described the beating this way, and i quote. i could hear the soun

i did not live the struggles of douglass, tubman, king, lewis, goodman, cheney, and countless others known and unknown. i did not walk in the shoes of generations of students who walked these grounds. but i walk other grounds because i'm so damn old i was there as well. [laughter] they think i'm kidding, man. [laughter] seems like yesterday the first time i got arrested -- anyway. but their struggles here, they're the ones who opened my eyes as a high school student in the late 19 50's an early 1960's. they got me more engaged in the work of my life. and what we're talking about today is rooted in the very idea of america. the idea that anelle ponder who graduated from clark atlanta captured in a single word. she was a teacher and a librarian who was also an unyielding champion of voting rights. in 1963, when i was just starting college and university, after registering votes for the mississippi, she was pulled off a bus, arrested, and jailed, where she was brutally beaten. in the cell next to her was fannie lou hamer. who described the beating this way, and i quote. i could hear the

program last year to bite the ministration announce plans to put the face of abolitionist harriet tubman on the $20.00 ronnie spector, the lead singer the 1960 s rock'n'roll group burnett, has died. she was 78 specter, who was born veronica bennett, died of cancer. she rose to fame with such songs as be my baby baby. i love you and walking in the rain spectres. all girl group open for major rock bands including the rolling stones and the yard. ah, type of quick check on the headlines here and i'll just say are inflation in the united states has increased levels not seen in for 2 years with a price surge affecting almost everything bought by consumers and businesses. the white house has been in global supply chain disruption due to the pandemic, but inflation is a growing political risk for the democrats, as republicans continue to blame stimulus measures for overheating the economy. when it comes to something like the supply chain challenge.

program last year, the by the ministration announced plans to put the face of abolitionist harriot, tubman on the $20.00 bill ronnie spector. the lead singer of the 1960 is rock'n'roll group. there were nets has died. she was 78 specter who was born veronica. yvette bennett, died of cancer. she rose to fame with such songs as be my baby baby. i love you and walking in the rain spectres, old girl grew open from major rock bands, including the rolling stones on the yard that ah, type of quick check on the headlines here in al jazeera inflation in the united states has increased levels not seen in 40 years with a price surge affecting almost everything bought by consumers and businesses. the white house is banding global supply chain disruption due to the pandemic. but inflation is a growing political risk for the democrats, as republicans continue to blame stimulus measures for overheating the economy. when it comes to something like the supply chain challenges on those are manifested more significantly than people were anticipating over the course of the summer and early fall and both becau

. >> tubman, white house reporter for los angeles times, and nbc critical analyst and strategist, i want to start with you. you look at the polling, and those numbers about who believes what. what does that tell you about the next few weeks and months are going to look like? >> i feel like representative kinsinger hit the nail on the head when he said with all this truth, the evidence we have, there are still certain people who won't believe this and we know he's talking about those trump supporters who trump has been able to hold into his grips with his lives, with his consistent themes of just ignoring the reality of how serious and dangerous january 6 was and the impact that has had on our democracy. i do think that the select committee still has an up hill battle in terms of what it's presenting to the public and public hearings, not only to persuade those individuals, but to make sure anybody who is responsible for planning, executing, funding and participating in this attack is held accountable because going into this year, we know there are concerns about that, we know there are c

i did not live the struggles of douglas, tubman, king, lewis, goodman, cheney, countless others knowndid not walk in the shoes of generations of students that walked these grounds. i walked other grounds. i'm so damn old, i was there as well. you think i'm kidding, man. [laughter] seems like yesterday the first time i got arrested -- anyway. but there's struggles here. they're the ones that opened my eyes as a high school student in the late 50s and early 60s. they got me more engaged in the work of my life and what we're talking about today is rooted in the idea of america. the idea that an el ponder, graduated from clark atlanta, captured in a single word. she's a teacher and a librarian that is an unyielding champion of voting rights. 1963 i was just starting college and university after registering voters in mississippi. she was pulled off of a bus, arrested and jailed where she was brutally beaten. and in her cell next to her was fanny lou hamer. who described the beating this way. and i quote, "i could hear the sounds of the licks and the horrible screams. they beat her i don't

that's what harriet tubman said and fanny lou said. what we have to do is let our light shine. you want cnn, all of our fellow citizens various context. we have to bear witness. we're not in full control but don't get discouraged. i was just with my brothers and sisters steven green and sister t t tracy blackman. we have to bear witness across race, gender, sexual orientation to see whether the best of the american spirit and the best of the human spirit and the best of the black tradition of deep love, genuine love, rabbit code love of truth and beauty, goodness. >> well, in this moment listen, you can't worry about what is unpopular, right? you have to do the right thing. >> it's about integrity. >> it about integrity. >> not purity. none of us are pure. integrity. >> right. right. consistency and integrity. what mitch mcconnell did was not consistent, right? it's hypocrisy and speaking of hunger strikes, joe madison is on a hunger strike, as well. >> brother joe madison, he's been at it a long time. >> he's wasting away over there. >> oh, lord, have mercy. >> i know. thank y

wells said, that's what harriet tubman said, fannie lou hamer said.g to bear? all of our fellow citizens in various contecs, we just have to bear witness. we're not in full control of this thing. don't get discouraged. i was with my brothers and sisters, these are citizens engaged in a hunger strike. they're bearing witness. we've got to all bear witness across gender, across race, sexual orientation to see whether the best of the american spirit, the best of the human spirit and the best of the black tradition of deep love, genuine love, radical love of truth and beauty, goodness. >> well, in this moment -- well, in this moment, listen, you can't worry about what is unpopular, right? you have to do the right thing in this moment. >> it's about integrity. >> it's about integrity. >> not purity. none of us are pure, now. integrity. >> right. consistency and integrity. what mitch mcconnell did is not consistent, right? it's hypocrisy. and speaking of hunger strikes joe madison is on a hunger strike as well. he's wasting away over there. >> lord have mer

i did not live the struggles of douglass, tubman, king, lewis, goodman, cheney, countless others, known and unknown. i did not walk in the shoes of generations of students who walked these grounds, but i walked other grounds because i'm so damn old, i was there as well. they think i'm kidding, man. it seems like yesterday the first time i got arrested -- anyway. but there are struggles here. they are the ones that opened my eyes as a high school student in the late '50s and early '60s. they got me more engaged in the work of my life and what we're talking about today is rooted in the very idea of america. the idea that annelle ponder who graduated from clark atlanta captured in a single word. she was a teacher and a librarian who was also an unyielding champion of voting rights. in 1963, when i was just starting college at university, after registering voters in mississippi, she was pulled off a bus, arrested and jailed where she was brutally beaten. in her cell next to her was fannie lou hamer who described the beating this way, and i quote, i can hear the sounds of the licks and the h

and this book was a finalist for the 2020 george washington prize and the 2020 harriet tubman prize. bell is a trustee of the maryland center for history and culture and a fellow of the royal historical society. it is a delight to have him back with us for another program, and so without further delay, please welcome dr. richard bell. welcome, rich. >> thank you, mary. i hope you can hear me and see me okay. i'm going to go ahead and share my screen now. i might just take a couple of seconds to get ready. let's get can cracking. when thomas jefferson met thomas paine in paris in 1787, he begged him to sit -- [inaudible] jefferson collected portraits of celebrated men, and in 1787 there were few men as celebrated as thomas paine. he wrote "common sense," the 46-page pamphlet that catalyzed the independence movement and overthrew the british monarchies and the colonies. paine agreed to be painted, and jefferson hung the portrait in quite a place, on the walls of monticello, his house in virginia. that was 1787. now fast forward 40 years to 1828. thomas jefferson is dead. his family are

hill correspondent garrett haake, nbc's blayne alexander in georgia, and inside senior editor, katia tubman. tell us about the events today at ebenezer baptist church with senator warnock, what we heard from vice president harris here in washington. and blayne, it is great to see you back. we're so happy for you and your wonderful new family, expanded family. >> andrea, thank you so much. so glad to be back with you. you know, certainly a lot happening here in georgia, and this location, ebenezer baptist church, of course this was the place where dr. king himself held a pulpit for a long time in the old sanctuary across the street. this is also the place where we are hearing a very loud repeated cry for the passage of voting rights in washington. you know, i've attended this event. i've covered this event for years, and it's very clear here that the tone here today that they are pushing for voting rights. we've heard dr. king's daughter, the reverend bernice king, senator raphael warnock, who is the pastor. the senior pastor of ebenezer. he came back here to his own pulpit very literally us

. >> joining me now, winnia tolliver and katia tubman. katia, senate poised to take up the house-passed voting legislation tuesday. it merges the john lewis voting rights bill strengthening the 1965 voting rights act and the freedom to vote act. how are we expecting this to go down? >> well, we're being very, very hopeful. that's why we were actually able to here from clyburn earlier today how the bill may not be dead, but it's on life support at the same time. there's hope that after this weekend, after we pass through mlk day, after we see what concessions can be made here and there as so many have been made so far, that we're in a hopeful place. i mean after seeing this rally by trump over the weekend, we are fully aware that he and his constituents and his allies are actually waging a war against democracy. and if there isn't a way to fight that that has to do with the ballot box, then there probably isn't any other way. so if we're seeing any fierce resistance against this war that we're seeing that trump is raging not against a part

. >> we did plenty of lincolns and now harriet tubman.ar ii museum in new orleans, and abraham lincoln seated at gettysburg, to all of the women represented at the virginia women's monument, the work of schwartz's team can be seen pretty much everywhere. >> there is that famous quote from michelangelo or somebody, you just chip away. it makes it sound so simple. >> reporter: it is not that simple? >> no. you have to think about what you want to do and you have to think very hard. because t we'r going to wind up is an inanimate object. >> reporter: schwartz works in a style similar to that of michelangelo and many other great sculptors. he oversees the work of a team of skilled artists. >> these guys can do what i can do way better than i ever could do. i leave the real world and enter a real fantasy world where i'm thinking, what are you going to do with this person who has been represented so many times before? >> reporter: a monumental hurtle for this particular commission: a sculpture of president john f. kennedy, a new addition to the

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i did not live the struggles of douglas, tubman, king, lewis, goodman, cheney.ntless others, known and unknown. i did not walk in the shoes of generations of students who walked these grounds, but i walked other grounds because i'm so damn old, i was there as well. they think i'm kidding, man. seems like yesterday the first time i got arrested, anyway. but there are struggles here. they're the ones that opened my eyes as a high school student in the late '50s and early '60s. they got me more engaged in the work of my life and what we're talking about today is rooted in the very idea of america. the idea that nell ponder who graduated from clark atlanta captured in a single word. she was a teacher and a librarian. also an unyielding champion of voting rights. in 1963, when i was just starting college university after registering voters in mississippi, she was pulled off a bus, arrested and jailed where she was brutally beaten. in a cell next to her was fannie lou hammer. who described the beating this way, and i quote, i can hear the sounds of the licks and the h

partnership with community friends proud to host tina wyatt the great great grand niece of harriet tubman as part of the northwest african american museums descendants series as well as no no boy, the uniquely reclaims folk music through a vietnamese american lens in an event co-presented with the wing luke museum and the international examiner. you can visit our website to join our email list and get the latest updates is more programs are added throughout the season. town hall's work is made possible through your support and the support of our sponsors. our civics programs are supported by the real networks foundation the true brown foundation and the winco foundation northwest but as most of you know town hall is at heart a member supported organization, and i want to thank all of our members watching tonight's event if you share town hall's vision of a community invigorated through discussions of politics science and culture. please consider supporting us yourself by donating or by becoming a member. last you're likely here because you care about the issues and derica cornell's book,