. we have to ask ourselves when was the last time we talked about race with somebody of another race? if the answer is never, we re part of the problem. this is like a bomb we re sitting on a bomb. you can have a black person killed with a video this is what you ll get this is a revolution. we want peace. should people be frightened wake up it s 1991, wake up. we talked at each other and about each other a long time it s high time we all began talking with each other. no justice, no peace can we all get along? . . . . . about 20ments from now, david dingic kins now mayor is scheduled to step out from city hall and take public oath of office and become new york city s 106th mayor and the first african-american mayor. i intend to be all of new york. new year s day in 1990 is a start to the decade, and culmination of some civil rights struggles of 1960 s people are starting to see tangible expert the grandson of slaves did you ever see a black
go home! it s like a bomb. we re sitting on a bomb. you can have a black person killed with a video, then this is what you ll get. this is a revolution. should people be frightened? i think people should wake up. it s 1991. wake up. we have talked at each other and about each other for a long time. it s high time we all began talking with each other. no justice, no peace! can we all get along? in about 20 minutes from now david dinkins, who is now mayor dinkins, is scheduled to step out from city hall and take a public oath of office and become new york city s 106th mayor and the city s first african-american mayor. i intend to be the mayor of all the people of new york. david dinkins being inaugurated on new year s day in 1990 is an auspicious start to the decade and really a culmination of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s. people are starting to see tangible benefits of that struggle. a grandson of slaves was sworn in today a
peace. should people be frightened? people should wake up. it s 1991. we have talked at each other and about each other a long time. it is high time we started talking with each other. no justice, no peace. can t we all get along? in about 20 minutes from now, david dinkins is scheduled to take a public oath of office and become new york city s next mayor and the first african american mayor. i intend to be the mayor of all the people of new york. david being inaugurated on new year s day 1990 is an auspicious start to the decade. and the culmination of some of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s . people are seeing tangible benefits of that struggle. a grandson of slaves was worn? as the nation s first elected black governor. i was born in the 30s so you know i didn t think nothing like that was going to happen. after we saw hundreds of black elected officials, the reality set in that we made a step, but we had not gotten all the way to where we wante
than that they are black or brown and therefore suspect. - although i would not call the 90s the best of times, the worst of times, i see it as two train tracks that dangerously went further and further apart. - it s the time that america lost it s naiveté and took the veil off the underlying problems in american society. - i marched in 63, i marched in 95, and i m gonna keep on marching for justice and an even playing field for all of the american people. - it was a decade of realignment. we had some wins. we had some losses. but we redefined the collective culture of america. - in one generation, we have moved from denying a black man service at a lunch counter to being a serious contender for the presidency. - it was a seminal decade that paved the way for change in a way that maybe no other one did since the 60s. - you know, we re a part of a hybrid culture,
sacrificed to achieve order. they are the ones being stopped, frisked, sometimes harassed for no other reason than that they are black or brown and, therefore, suspect. although i would not call the 90s the best of times, the worst of times, i see it as two train tracks that dangerously went further and further apart. it s the time that america lost its naivety and took the veil off the underlying problems in american society. i marched in 63. i marched in 95. and i m gonna keep on marching for justice and an even playing field for all of the american people. it was a decade of realignment. we had some wins, we had some losses, but we redefined the collective culture of america. in one generation, we have moved from denying a black man service at a lunch counter to being a serious contender for the presidency. it was a seminal decade that paved the way for change in a way that maybe no other one did since the 60s. you know, we are part of a