because the realities are that as a black man, barack can get shot going to the gas station. sorry, so that was the wrong one, but let s pause on that for a moment. i thought there was almost a prophetic aspect to that. e we just got our things mixed. she says i m not worrying about whether he will be assassinated on the campaign trail because he s a black man and he s always vulnerable. that s right, it s a theme that she has talked about. she talked about it before ferguson if you look at her remarks on the anniversary of brown vs. board of education. when she was making a decision about whether to say yes to barack obama s presidential quest in 2006 she said i took myself down every dark road i could think of. michelle obama is a list maker, a thinker, she looks far ahead. and she felt that she had to think those thoughts. you know there were an awful lot of people who were waiting for
my mom works at ge. tonight, we re back with another installment from our series all in america. we ll bring you original on the ground reporting from across the country, behind the 21st 21st century color line. it s been 6 other years since the supreme court ruled on brown vs. the board offed of indication, striking down formal segregation in schools across the country. we start in one of the most segregated school systems in the country, and may not be where you think it is. desegregation did more to close the achievement gap unanimous any other rule of law ever. it worked. this is a story about a school desegregating 60 years after brown versus the board of education. that 1954 supreme court ruling set off one of the most
university of alabama, knowing governor wallace s reputation, that he would be there on those steps? what was that conversation like? i can only imagine what my parents must have thought during that time. my parents grew up in the rural south. i don t think it was a surprise in terms of what they might have encountered. but my parent, like many people in the state of alabama at that time, felt it had been enough. necessity had waited long enough. 1954, brown vs. board of education, and many schools had not desegregated. i think they thought if not now, when. another clip from the movie. talking about the future. negro has come a long ways, and still has a long way to go. i think that s quite evident because of the movements, protests, demonstrations, going on throughout the country now. you know, every time you
justice ruth bader begins berbebe ginsberg. do they get too far ahead of the public? let the states decide is a little bit longer, we come down later, and alito saying we are not elected. brown vs. board of education, and almost 50 years later, we re talking about equality in education. the legal arguments are interesting, and i don t think anyone can figure out what the decision is based on the discussion yesterday. you have to be careful when are you watching arguments. so many questions yesterday, and analysts and i remember i wrote a piece yesterday. the new york times saying it looks like health care is in
no, not in new york, in d.c. p. in a diner. it improves dramatically but no food. it begins this morning with a massacre in afghanistan apparently by an american soldier and this morning as well. the taliban is vowing revenge. the soldiers from the joint base in washington state here s how it went down. door to door he went yesterday morning in kandahar province opening fire, i ll killing at least 16 people while they slept, many children. president karzai said the dead include 9 children, 3 women. and after the attacks the soldier then returned to his base and surrendered. president obama today offering his condolences. karzai, however, is furious. is calling the killings intentional and, quote, acts of terror and unforgivable. sarah is live for news kabul, afghanistan, this morning. hey, good morning to you. what s the latest on this? good morn, soledad. i just saw pretty gruesome images in western afghanistan where this happened and there were some witnesses also tal