Nightline starts right now with byron pitts. Good evening, thank you for joining us, tonight jacob blake is in the hospital paralyzed from the waist down after the seven gun shots from police. But his name is on the list of thousands who marched in the Nations Capital today. Reporter a city in rage. Black lives matter reporter and the nation in turmoil, after 29 year old jacob blake was shot in the back seven times by a Police Officer in kenosha, wisconsin, his three children sitting in the car. All my grandson asked repeatedly is why did the police arngouroteers strts deman justice for the National Guard called in to kenosha from three different states. Let me be clear. This wasnt an accident, this wasnt bad police work. This felt like some sort of vendetta being taken out on a member of our community. This community is like a box of matches right now. Were just the match that got lit. Reporter this just the latest flash point in a summer of unrest and protest about Racial Injustice a
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I hope well, the dads in our audience, i hope your families came through for you yesterday. Did they come through for you . No. They never do, do they [ laughter ] i had a good fathers day. The best part of fathers day, i know this is going to sound weird, but for met best part of fathers day was when my wife forgot to give me a card. I will get a lot of mileage out of this. She said she got it and wrote it and forgot to bring it home. Which is what i say every time i forget to give her a card. Only i am lying when i say it. [ laughter ] so this was good news for me. I dont know know if we should have cards for fathers day. Okay. So you know, cards for mothers day are very sweet. They have flowers on them, they have nice messages in them. Fathers day cards, these are real fathers day cards. They fit into four major categories. Golf, fishing, barbecue, beer. [ laughter ] and beer. And beer. And beer. [ cheers and applause ] look at this one. Beer is the answer. What kind of message is t
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The film, directed by George C. Wolfe and released by Netflix, is a poignant, masterful exploration of the dilemma of Black art in Jim and Jane Crow America. Ma knows who she is and refuses to compromise. She plays a style of music that made her famous in the Black South, and she won’t pander. But she is challenged by other band members who have a different understanding of the role of music in American racial dynamics. Young, talented trumpeter Levee (Chadwick Boseman, in his last film before his death) thinks he can make music that will catapult him to a new level of fame and popularity with White and northern Black audiences, without losing his identity and artistic freedom.