The American Revolution of 63. Correspondentws frank mcgee. Frank there comes a time in the affairs of men when they sense their lives are being altered forever. An old order is dying and a new one being born. That comes sooner for some, and others later. For some, the moment arrives when a deed of new dimensions set the hour apart. For others, when familiar words are spoken more sharply. Later but still suddenly men are saying things and doing things they have never said or done before. Then we know we are experiencing a revolution. We cannot say, the historians will try, when it began. We know autumn does not begin with the turning of the leaves, but earlier on some forgotten afternoon when a shadow passed over the field. Revolution began in birmingham or did begin in 1955 in montgomery . In 1954 with the Supreme Court decision . In 1863 with a president ial proclamation . Some roots reach back to 1776 to an independence declaration, 52. Back to the year the American Revolution began
I imagine for me this will be an emotional panel. We are taught in this country to honor our soldiers. Country toht in this protect our soldiers. I want to remind the audience that these are our soldiers. [applause] while i grew up reading about each and every one of these movements, be it the black Panther Party, the black arts movement, i would never have imagined that i would be pointed on a movement such as mine that would call us terrorists. That would make us enemies of the state. Nobody, unless you have had that experience, understands what that does to your spirit, to your body, to the people around you. I have taken the last six years of this iteration of our black Liberation Movement to go back and either read, listen to yalls talks, it is more than an honor. It is a historical moment to be on stage with you. Im going to start with you. Mr. Sanchez. [applause] oftentimes, people try to put us in a box. You are only black, you are only woman, you are only artist, you are only
One of americas most distinguished judges, and is so well suited to help us cast light on the state of democracy in the judiciary today. Neal katyal, one of americas most distinguished Supreme Court advocates and scholars who also happens to be my brother in law, and now i have to do this. The follow up line, which is we now have a roadshow going around the country called brothers in law. So this is part of that installment, and were much, very much looking forward to weve enjoyed milking this for all its worth for a while. A judge, this is a perilous time for the judiciary. Mount vernon has just commissioned a poll about americans attitude toward democracy in the judiciary. We may be able to call it up a little bit later, but it suggests a tremendous polarization about the way americans see the courts with at the moment. Republicans tending to favorite and democrats less so. Also, division about the way americans think the constitution should be interpreted with democrats more than re
One of americas most distinguished judges, and is so well suited to help us cast light on the state of democracy in the judiciary today. Neal katyal, one of americas most distinguished Supreme Court advocates and scholars who also happens to be my brother in law, and now i have to do this. The follow up line, which is we now have a roadshow going around the country called brothers in law. So this is part of that installment, and were much, very much looking forward to weve enjoyed milking this for all its worth for a while. A judge, this is a perilous time for the judiciary. Mount vernon has just commissioned a poll about americans attitude toward democracy in the judiciary. We may be able to call it up a little bit later, but it suggests a tremendous polarization about the way americans see the courts with at the moment. Republicans tending to favorite and democrats less so. Also, division about the way americans think the constitution should be interpreted with democrats more than re
A three horse trailer. Im going to need two more horses. I want to thank all of you for watching. I want to thank bank of america for making the conversation possible. Thank all of you for coming out in the middle of the day. Thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] thank you so much. The next, attorney general speaks about the Civil Rights Act. And then a talk on u. S. Diplomacy and the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17. And then Charles Bolden on the anniversary of the moon landing. Tomorrow washington journal, marking the 45th anniversary of the moon landing. Buzz aldrin responds. A Bloomberg News reporter will talk about talks. She will discuss the democratic president ial candidates. Abouttrick clawson talks the status of talks concerning the iran nuclear program. And youtake your calls can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. For over 35 years, cspan yougs events directly