The events of sunday, september 15th, 1963, and the young innocent lives that were lost that day transformed our nation. On that day we not only lost the lives of four little girls but we must not forget that two young boys, johnny robinson, 16 and virgil ware, 13, also killed in birmingham within hours of the church bombing. Today we know that the movement that transpired from those tragic events liberated not only a people but a nation, a nation gripped, gripped with hatred and apathy. With the recent Supreme Court decision on the Voting Rights act we know that progress is always under attack and that political gains are elusive. Old battles become new again and the struggle continues. We still have much work to do. Until we reach the day when justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream, we must not stop working towards freedom and equality. I hope this ceremony will help all of us recommit ourselves to the cause of justice and equality. We must combat all e
Please remain standing as the chaplain of the United States senate dr. Barry black gives the invocation. Let us pray. Sovereign god, your glory fills the skies. Triumph over the shades of night. Lord, thank you for this congressional Gold Medal Ceremony that commemorates the brief lives of four exemplary young women, casualties in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church on september 15th, 1963. May their deaths on a day that they came to church to worship you remind us of the senseless and deranged nature of evil motivating us to remember that all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. We praise you that their tragic deaths helped arouse the conscience of a nation, bring g ing deliverance and freedom to the oppressed. Inspire us, oh, god, to honor the memories of addy, denise, carol and cynthia by refusing to become weary in doing what is right, knowing that a productive harvest is as certain as the dawning of the springtime upon a cold, dead land
Rights by marching from selma to Montgomery Alabama in 1965, 50 years ago. While the film has been nominated for an oscar, to the shock of many, ava duvernay was not. She wouldve made history as the first africanamerican woman nominated for best director. We have to work without permission, especially women in this industry. Who are we asking for permission to do what we want to do . That should be eradicated. You need to set a path and start walking. Ava duvernay for the hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Alexis tsipras, the head of the leftist, antiausterity syriza party, has been sworn in as greeces new Prime Minister. Syriza won a decisive victory in sundays election becoming the first antiausterity party to lead one of the 19 nations in the euro zone since the economic crisis began. Syriza spokesperson Panos Skourletis said europe should not be worried about the new governments policies. Europe
Ava duvernay, the director of the acclaimed new film selma. It tells the story of dr. Martin luther king juniors campaign to draw the nations attention to the struggle for equal Voting Rights by marching from selma to Montgomery Alabama in 1965, 50 years ago. While the film has been nominated for an oscar, to the shock of many, ava duvernay was not. She wouldve made history as the first africanamerican woman nominated for best director. We have to work without permission, especially women in this industry. Who are we asking for permission to do what we want to do . That should be eradicated. You need to set a path and start walking. Ava duvernay for the hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Alexis tsipras, the head of the leftist, antiausterity syriza party, has been sworn in as greeces new Prime Minister. Syriza won a decisive victory in sundays election becoming the first antiausterity party to lead o
Good evening, thanks for joining us. Fresh off his announcement yesterday about an agreement requiring syria to destroy its entire stockpile of chemical weapons by the middle of next year, secretary of state john kerry was in jerusalem today, offering israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyau assurances that the United States will insist on full compliance by Bashar Al Assads regime. The threat of force is real and the assad regime and all those taking part need to understand that president obama and the United States are committed to achieve this goal. Netanyahu said israel also would insist on actions and results, not words. The Syrian Regime must be stripped of all its chemical weapons and that would make our entire region a lot safer. In an interview broadcast on abc today, president obama said he had pressed russian president Vladimir Putin to end his support for assad. What ive also said to him directly is that we both have an interest in preventing chaos. With he both have an int