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For the naacp Legal Defense fund. The organization that i am proud to say i work for and that is responsible for brown and fisher. And so i want to give a little bit of hello . I want to give sorry. I want to give a little bit of background about myself. I am ive been with the Legal Defense fund since march of this year. But worked in the Obama Administration and on the hill for quite some time. But this issue and the reason i am happy to be here with all of you today is personal to me. I am originally from new orleans but also went to school in selma, alabama. Which im sure all of you are familiar with. My father, dr. Norwood russo was the first black school sup superintendent in selma, alabama [ applause ] thank you. In 1987. When he arrived, selma was a very integrated School System. The selma city schools were incredibly integrated. They had, though, what is called inSchool Segregation. They had a tracking system where the majority of africanamerican students were in level three or
School lunch can be difficult. Cafeteria chaos. One little struggle. Can lead to one monumental mishap. Not with ziploc easy open tabs. Because life needs ziploc. Sc johnson. Action news, delaware valleys leading news program, with jim gardner. Friday at noon. This is where donald trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the united states. Practice and preparations are in high gear but so are plans for an inauguration bo boycott. Its monday and the word tonight is that 30 democratic members of congress will not attend the big event. They have made the choice to stand with georgia congressman john lewis over donald trump. This started friday when lewis said he doesnt consider trump to be a legitimate president because the russians destroyed the campaign of hilary clinton. Trump responded saying the man they call the conscious of the congress, trump described him as all talk and no action. Today in miami lewis said this during his Martin Luther king day speech. Never give up. Neve
School lunch can be difficult. Cafeteria chaos. One little struggle. Can lead to one monumental mishap. Not with ziploc easy open tabs. Because life needs ziploc. Sc johnson. Action news, delaware valleys leading news program, with jim gardner. Friday at noon. This is where donald trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the united states. Practice and preparations are in high gear but so are plans for an inauguration bo boycott. Its monday and the word tonight is that 30 democratic members of congress will not attend the big event. They have made the choice to stand with georgia congressman john lewis over donald trump. This started friday when lewis said he doesnt consider trump to be a legitimate president because the russians destroyed the campaign of hilary clinton. Trump responded saying the man they call the conscious of the congress, trump described him as all talk and no action. Today in miami lewis said this during his Martin Luther king day speech. Never give up. Neve