Founding editors of the intercept. And for those of you who have never been here. To get some of your essential news. As an amazing online news service. Hes an Investigative Reporter and work and the international bestselling book. The world as is a battlefield. And blackwater. He has reported from afghanistan iraq somalia yemen nigeria the list goes on and on. Scale served as the National Security correspondent for the nation. And democracy now. He was twice awarded the prestigious george polk award. He is a producer and writer of the Award Winning film dirty wars. His latest book the assassination complex is based on leak secret documents on the u. S. Global drone program. Another superstar who is here with us tonights distinguished professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College and the author of core coal author. The politics of race and education. Her wisely acclaimed biography one and 2014 naacp image award and the leticia woods brown woods brown a war. Her work has appeared i
Restored to the way it looked in the 1930s, where mrs. Walker lived here almost 30 years. We will see are a reflection of Maggie Walker and to journey through her life being one of the bestknown Women Leaders of the Fraternal Organization and one of the first woman to open a bank, and the first africanamerican woman to be a Bank President during the height of jim crow segregation. We are in the home of maggie l. Walker, which has been restored by the National Park service to the way it appeared during the last seven years of maggie l. To 1934. Life from 1928 however, mrs. Walker lived in this home beginning in 1905 iner purchasing the house 1904. She took time to have the house ofovated to take advantage the most modern conveniences. She would do these changes throughout her time. The house had become a way to show what could be done with determination, perseverance, education. That if you worked hard, you could achieve the same kind of things that Maggie Walker did. So when we come in
Which has been restored by the National Park service, to the way it appeared during the last seven years of maggies life, from 1928 to 1934. However, ms. Walker lived in this home beginning in 1905, after purchasing the house in 1904. She took time to have the House Advantage of take the most modern conveniences. She would do these changes throughout her time living here in the house. The house becomes a way for her to show what could be done with determination, perseverance, education. If you applied yourself, if you worked hard, you could achieve the same kind of things that Maggie Walker did. We come into the house, coming and intohe front foyer the parlor, the front room here. Find chairs throughout the home, furnishings you might not have expected back in mrs. Walkers findday, that belong to africanamerican woman. What she would do in this home is that she would show what could be done if you applied yourself. Day, that belong to africanamerican woman. What she would do in this ho
I want donna to take the responsibility of talking about what is happening in washington did what we are likely to see in the lameduck session and i could probably answer what we have already done and that is nothing. What we may do, however, in a lame duck session is a lot, but we have to get there first and that is november 4th and we have exacting responsibilities to ourselves. And we have distributed to you, remarks that were made by first Lady Michele Obama july 30th, 2014, and she was speaking to the summit of the Mandela Washington fellowship for Young African leaders. And will not miss any of it in these brief remarks but i hope he will pick up a copy of it. I thought was a sterling example of how to talk to others about the environment and that is what this conference is about, how we got to the topic when women succeed, America Succeeds. My colleague, donna edwards, who represents marylands fourth congressional district, that contemplates prince georges and data rondel counti
When he says let us work until we build the south, because hes here making a critique of those who are arguing that part of the reason why reconstruction failed was because of africanamerican decent did not participate fully the way that they should have. Washington doesnt even address that argument. He simply says let us work and well help rebuild thew south. When he says that, he plays into perhaps this whole notion of blacks as workers and thats all that they really are. So the atlantic exposition address is at the top of the list list. Second we know that booker twa supported plessy vs. Ferguson that established separate but equal in American Society. In fact, strengthened segregation. It was past one year after the atlanta exposition address and many blame the passage of plessy vs. Ferguson on booker t. Washington. He was summoned and asked o to testify before congress about plessy vs. Ferguson and he gave his blessing, you might say to a separate but equal arena or policy by the