First. I am pleased to welcome him to this table. Bono. L a nice quote from charlie he send me a gmail saying, i was in for a treat. You loved music from the start. Bono, what an incredible man he is. He facetimed me while he was heading into the bbc. He said that charlie rose is like a smooth jazz musician, you will have a great conversation. In between promotions and building the record he took that time. Charlie what about the music . Michael live music i got lucky , when i was young. Small town, canadian boy. I dont know why, but i have always felt a great love for live music. There was a character in kennett canada, a promoter. I would read about him. Stole the Rolling Stones from bill graham presents, which was a legendary steel. He became the first global promoter. Sitting in thunder bay and reading back, i just wanted to be michael cole. This idea of the man behind the concert with a real job and pursuit, i was taken. Charlie it was more than just a business, it was a business
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[applause] president obama what has changed is that in recent years eyes have been opened to the street. Partly because of cameras. This truth. Partly because of cameras. Partly because of tragedy. Partly because the statistics cannot be ignored. We cant close our eyes anymore. And the good news and this is truly good news, is that people of all political persuasions are starting to think we need to do something about this. Charlie Bryan Stevenson is a publicinterest attorney and the founder and executive of a Nonprofit Organization that represents prisoners whose trials are marked by racial bias or prosecutorial misconduct. He has won relief from death row for wrongly convicted prisoners and secured life sentences for parole for juveniles. His efforts have been recognized by numerous awards, including the macarthur genius grant and 21 honorary degrees. Archbishop desmond tutu has called him americas young nelson mandela. His memoir, just mercy, was named among the 100 most notable boo
Good afternoon. It is really quiet in here. We will have to do something about this. Im johnny taylor. The president and ceo of the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Welcome to our headquarters. We share this with gallup. To our to welcome you home. I would like to start out before i tell you why we are here in turn it over to the panelists, is to introduce a very special person. There are a whole bunch of special people. But a very special person here is the founder of the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Please stand. I dont spend it a lot of time calling out people but at the end of the day we would not be here if it were not for her vision to create an organization that would really focus on the historical black. Ollege and educational we represent all of the community and our advocacy efforts, scholarship, programs, Capacity Building and the like. I cannot thank you enough for having the vision. It is wonderful that we can look to the person who founded the organization and they are