Nonviolent corn ending committee helped integrate georgias house , of representatives, and then chaired the naacp. He fought for environmental and gayrights. We will speak to Eleanor Holmes norton, delegate to congress representing the District Of Columbia, former naacp chair benjamin jealous, Pulitzer Prizewinning historian taylor , president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. And we will hear julian bond in his own words. We march because Trayvon Martin has joined emmett till in the pantheon of young black martyrs. We march because the United States Supreme Court has eviscerated the Voting Rights act for which we fought and we march because every Economic Indicator shows gaping whitelike disparities. We march for freedom from white supremacy. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Civil rights pioneer julian bond has died at the age of 75. For more than half a century, bond helped found student nonviolen
Kings. Amy civil rights pioneer julian bond has died at the age of 75. For over half a century, he helped fight for freedom in the United States. He cofounded the student nonviolent corn ending committee helped integrate georgias house , of representatives, and then chaired the naacp. He fought for environmental and gayrights. We will speak to Eleanor Holmes norton, delegate to congress representing the District Of Columbia, former naacp chair benjamin jealous, Pulitzer Prizewinning historian taylor , president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. And we will hear julian bond in his own words. We march because Trayvon Martin has joined emmett till in the pantheon of young black martyrs. We march because the United States Supreme Court has eviscerated the Voting Rights act for which we fought and we march because every Economic Indicator shows gaping whitelike disparities. We march for freedom from white supremacy. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Or
Kings. Amy civil rights pioneer julian bond has died at the age of 75. For over half a century, he helped fight for freedom in the United States. He cofounded the student nonviolent corn ending committee helped integrate georgias house , of representatives, and then chaired the naacp. He fought for environmental and gayrights. We will speak to Eleanor Holmes norton, delegate to congress representing the District Of Columbia, former naacp chair benjamin jealous, Pulitzer Prizewinning historian taylor , president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. And we will hear julian bond in his own words. We march because Trayvon Martin has joined emmett till in the pantheon of young black martyrs. We march because the United States Supreme Court has eviscerated the Voting Rights act for which we fought and we march because every Economic Indicator shows gaping whitelike disparities. We march for freedom from white supremacy. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Or
Yours started in london, and ours started in new york. Host exactly. And youre the home team. [laughter] i want to come back, because i think the parallels between that era and this era are interesting and something i think a lot about as a business journalist. First off, i want to just note a point of connection we both have, were both from indiana guest exactly. Host in my case, rural indiana, and you are from guest whiteland, indiana, which i wrote about in a book that came out last year called when the new deal came to town. Host okay. Guest and i wrote a book about how the new deal affected people in this little farm village, which it was back this those days. Host fascinating. Guest anyway, were not talking about that book, were talking about this book. Relevant, because i think where people come from often influences their world view guest oh, absolutely. Host im curious, how would you say growing up in rural indiana has influenced your opinion . Guest yeah. Well, i think growin
Period that you are looking at. The wall street journal was started in what year again . In 89. Host a few years after the Financial Times where i work but its the same era, gilded era. Guest started in london, you started in new york. Host and you are the home team but i want to come back to that because i think the parallels between that era and this era are actually very interesting and something that i think about as a business journalist but first off i wanted to note a point of connection you and i both have, we are both from indiana. In my case rural indiana and you are from. Im from a town called whiteland indiana which i wrote about in a book that came out last year called when the new deal came to town. And i wrote a book about how the new deal affected the real people in this little farm village which is back in other days. Host fascinating. Guest anyway, were not talking about that book, we are talking about this one. Host but its relevant because where people come from inf