james meredith is enrolled at the university of mississippi. the school is technically integrated at the cost of two lives, almost 200 injuries, and the reputation of a state. now the questions are, was it worth it? [music playing] ross barnett: i could not pass this platform without first reaffirming fully my absolute and unshakable for segregation the races at all levels. [film reel] curtis wilkie: when he ran again in '67, i think, at the outset, people thought that he would be a hard figure to beat. [music playing - "let's roll again with ross"] all the reds in washington will say they hope ross will fall along the way. but we won't give our state to little bobby k. roll with ross, roll with ross, roll again with ross. who is the best man yet? ross barnett, ross barnett. curtis wilkie: barnett had a reputation of just kind of a blundering blunderbuss. and we all thought he was a complete buffoon, something of a fool. he was constantly doing goofy things. so he was a laughable figure of mythic proportions here in mississippi history. gerald b

ago, she argued a historic case involving james meredith, the first black student at the university of mississippi. i caught up with mr. meredith, along with a young washington girl inspired to dream of her own place on the supreme court. for the many who cheered for confirmation, they fnally got their justice. for 88-year-old james meredith of mississippi, constance baker motley comes to mind when he thinks about the next supreme court justice. >> she is almost like a judge. she's not as tall, but she seems to be as smart. >> i share a birthday with the first black woman ever to be appointed as a federal judge, the honorable constance baker oo motley. >> reporter: as an attorney for the naacp legal defense fund, she was the first african american woman to argue before the supreme court. ultimately winning 9 of her 10 cases, including an historic i have try that involved james meredith in 1962. >> the crowd had come to see him turned away. >> reporter: the supreme court ruled meredith had a right to attend the university of mississippi, making him the first black student to do so. meredith says th

will not attempt to obtain an undergraduate degree from the university of mississippi. aware that mot ye, who poured herself into the case, would be disappointed in his decision, meredith pleaded for understanding. i am human after all. meredith had grown tired of waiting for deliverance that never came. his peers had moved on. they endured a high cost fighting to integrate the university of mississippi. motley was stunned by the message. in order to salvage her case and support her client, motley went to therapist, a role she often placed. to get a handle on the situation, the pair would talk in motley's new york city apartment. there motley cajoled meredith. she persuaded him that he had gone too far and that too much had been invested in the case by the fund and the federal court of appeals to abandon the litigation. support arrived. precisely as motley promised. on september 10, 192, u.s. supreme court justice black intervened, halting any further action preventing james meredith's ma trick lags to ole miss. and fellowship with his wife and their children. only one m

i am submitting an application for admission to the university of mississippi meredith wrote and i am anticipating encountering difficulties with the various agencies here in the state in view of the brewing trouble meredith requested marshall's legal assistance. after marshall finished laughing about meredith's proposal to sue ole miss. he washed his hands of the case marshall knew. connie connie baker motley had the smarts and courtroom skills to do the job and he thought her gender would be an advantage. the fight to desegregate ole miss mike get someone killed but in the context of mississippi's white supremacist yet show us culture as marshall saw it a black woman with fair better than a black man. any white supremacist, he opine would scarcely think twice about murdering a black man, but might hesitate to lynch a black woman. the very idea of a black woman lawyer violently clashed with the worldview of dugas chant esquire the white mel lawyer who defended ole miss shands refused to address the ink fund lawyer in the customary manner as mrs. motley instead. he used only indirect

i am submitting an application for admission to the university of mississippi, meredith wrote, and ip anticipating encountering difficulties with the various agencies here and the state. in view of the brewing trouble, meredith requested marshall's legal assistance. after marshall finished laughing about meredith's proposal to sue ol' miss, he watched his hands of the case. marshall knew connie backer motdly had the smarts and courtroom zoils do the job. and he thought her gender would be an advantage. the fight to deseg brat ol' miss might get someone killed. but in the context of mississippi's white supremacist yet show horse culture as marshall saw it a black woman would fair better than a black man. any white supremacist he opined would scarce legal think twice about murdering a black man but might hesitate to lynch a black woman. the very idea of a black woman lawyer violently clashed with the world view of do you go as chant esquire, the white male lawyer who defended ol' miss. kmant refuses directly engaging. he called her her, or she. at one point early on, motley jumped to he

tyler yarbrough and curtis hill recent graduates from the university of mississippi. students who would not let vandals have the last word, who marched through their campus with this sign and conducted a silent protest at the base of a monument to which they objected. the fact that the police dispersed their protest after five minutes does not take away from the fact that this might be the perfect image of our current racial climate. look at this picture and consider what we see here. at the most abstract we see a fight over whose history is told in public and more precisely we see the story of till's murder in white letters on a purple background punctuated by bullet holes, framed by the confederacy but reclaimed by these students. and we can also learn something about the condition of telling black stories. in this story alone till had to create a landscape that valorizes white history and confront bullts and had to confront the police. if we brought in our perspective a little bit more, till's story had to confront people like william bradford huey and the tribble w

this was at the university of mississippi ole miss. places where people think that there's no engagement on climate. places where people think that we are lost or we are forgotten and we are not engaging places where people think we are not environmentalist. no it was because and is because of our conversations with one another our inclusiveness with one another and beginning to realize the face of environmentalism doesn't look like the google search it looks like the person who is sitting right next to you. i'm beginning to understand and that's any compass it and everything that we do. beginning to wrap all of our issues from all of our communities in the cloak of climbing. it's one of the things that i love so much about moms clean air force an organization that i've been blessed to now be a part of. it's because mothers do what mamas do. that is we are going to protect our babies to no end. and whether we are protecting them from the impacts of climate or we are protecting them from gun violence or we are protecting them from immig

these are three fraternity brothers from the university of mississippi posing with assault rifles. and hunting rifles in front of the sign. we'll come back to the vandalism at the end. but for now, i want to note that in 2014 the vandalism became so targeted and so persistent that the emmett till the nonprofit. in tallahatchie county called a two-day summit. on the topic of telling till's story in the context of vandalism the till family was there. the fbi was there. and against all odds i was there. and right before i left i agreed to help the nonprofit make a smartphone app to tell the story of emmett till. our thinking was so simple right if it's easy to shoot a roadside marker in rural tallahassee county. it's more difficult to shoot. a smartphone app and so this launched in the summer of 2019. it's called the emmett till memory project if i can ask of you anything, please download it right every download helps us it's free wherever you get your apps and every download helps us make more money to make the next version. and that's on topic because in the summer of 2020 we hired a

largest ever donation was 10 million dollars and to put that in the context a place like the university of mississippi can make 500 million dollars in five years of private donations. and so to say that you know my alma mater, alabama a&m received to 2.2 million dollar donation last year. it's the largest ever single donation and the 150 year history of that institution. and so i think that thinking about the scope of this past two years and the grander scope of american history. it really is only sort of a blip and whether if it if it continues then i think that's when you start to see that trans. formation clint, what do you think? did anything in this country? i i think that what's happened is over the past 10 years right beginning with the sort of unofficial start of the black lives matter movement if we think about as being trayvon martin's death over the past 10 years there is undoubtedly been a shift in public consciousness, but from millions of people not from anyone, but for many many people who now understand racism not just as an interpersonal phenomenon, but a systemic one a structural one

additionally they're only allowed to use marijuana grown in a lab at the university of mississippi. collectively, these outdated bureaucratic barriers and federal roadblocks greatly limit our understanding of the health impacts of marijuana and prevent qualify red searchers from engaging in further study. the medical marijuana research act will modernize the cumbersome process by streamlining marijuana research registration applications. it will also direct f.d.a. to issue guidelines on the production of marijuana and ensure that adequate amounts are available for research. the legislation also mandates a comprehensive review of the available body of research on marijuana by the secretary of health and human services five years after enactment. i'd like to thank my colleagues, congressman blumenauer, harris, norton, cohen, griffith, barbara lee and case who led this with me to get this legislation passed. additionally, i want to recognize chairman pallone, ranking member rodgers, as well as the energy and commerce committee staff for their very thoughtful input and efforts. madam spe

at an office east of jackson, mississippi, they had a camera recording when this reported tornado passed them by. and at auburn university in alabama, they sent students to this shelter during a frightening moment in the storm. >> cannot stress how important it is that you take action right now. >> reporter: even the leafy fairways of the masters had to be evacuated because it wasn't safe. the threat of severe weather cut today's practice round short at the legendary golf tournament. a family south of fort worth, texas, is counting their blessings tonight. their father rushed to this trailer and rescued their 17-year-old daughter, right before a possible tornado sent it flying. >> by the time we were trying to get to the house, it had rolled over both me and him. >> reporter: outside tyler, texas, a man died in the storm after a tree crashed into his home. storms are moving out of this region tonight, but another storm system is moving in that could bring another threat of severe weather here tomorrow. david? >> yeah, new system we're now watching with you, steve, thank you. let's get to lee goldberg from our new york st

mississippi and from the new orleans. ladies and gentlemen i've been attending these dinners for years. and i've got a few things i want to universal respect for justice for the rule of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms, which are affirmed for the peoples of the world without distinction of universal respect for justice for the rule of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms, which are affirmed for the peoples of the world without distinction of race sex language or religion. important work and it's our work. all of us here at unesco as a former public school teacher and librarian i believe education is our most urgent priority and should have the first and highest call on our time and resources. education is vital to developing nations and generations. from the moment. they're born our children's lives are shaped by the education. we provide them. education expands eager young minds a lack of education stifles and limits them. the chance to learn and to read and write should never be only the privilege of a few royalty or the rich the firstborn are sons. education is the birthright of every human being. all the world sons and all th

of chicago to blacksburg parents who came to chicago from mississippi as part of the great migration. my parents and family along with the chicago public school system and my beloved howard university right here in washington taught me hard work, dedication, determination and perseverance. i would specifically like to recognize the schools in chicago that helped me succeed. mcdade elementary school, gillespie junior high school all on the south side. my nominations or director of the fhfa is a great privilege. i recognize it is rare for a career public servant to have the opportunity to lead a federal agency and as the first african-american woman nominated for this position i appreciate the opportunity to demonstrate my expertise,good judgment and leadership in this position . i am proud of the work we've done at fhfa in my ears there. the agency plays a vital role in promoting access to credit nationwide and protecting the safety and soundness of the housing finance system through our supervision of fannie mae, freddie mac and the federal home loan bank system. throughout my 40 year career my superiors in the mortgage markets and financial regulation in multiple agencies i've see

of chicago to my extraordinary parents who came to chicago from mississippi as part of the great migration. my parents and family along with chicago public school system and my beloved howard university in washington taught me hard work, dedication, determination, and perseverance. i would specifically like to recognize the schools in chicago that helped me succeed. mcdade elementary school, technical high school on the south side. my nomination for director of the f hfa is a great privilege. i recognize that it is rare for a career public servant to have the opportunity to lead a federal agency and as the first african american woman nominated for this position i appreciate the opportunity to demonstrate my expertise, good judgment, and leadership in this position. i am proud of the work we've done at f hfa in my twee 8 years there, the agency plays a vital role promoting access to mortgage credit nationwide and protecting the safety and soundness of the housing finance system. through the supervision of fannie mae, freddie mac and federal home loan bank system. throughout my 40 year career, my experience in mortgage markets and financial regulation and multiple agencies, to be effe