Angela thank you so much, mr. Chairman. It is always a joy to partake in the convention of the naacp. I think this is my second event. Lifelong member, partially by force because of my dad. And now as an adult, certainly want to be a part and always excited to support what you are ing and a shoutout to my brother, the president , Derrick Johnson. Senator harris, it is so great to see you. Ill refrain from calling you kamala today because i think its so important that they put some respect on your name. So im going to lead by example. We know you are in the middle of debate prep. I wish i was in the room with you to give you some oneliners but hopefully we can get you ready and most comfortable today. How are you doing, how are you feeling . Senator harris i am doing well. Thank you for that introduction. Thank you for not only talking about the head of the naacp but my pastor, dr. Amos brown. Thank you to Derrick Johnson for your ongoing leadership. We talk so often these days about th
Fellow here at the Manhattan Institute and i want to be used to know throughout the program please enter your questions on any of the platforms are watching us on and we both get them into the discussion or save them for the q a at the end of the event. I just want everyone to know thats before we get started. As i said this could not be more important or time the conversation that were going to have today, since the death of george floyd in Police Custody last month we had seen nationwide unrest. We seem protest not only here in america but internationally. Weve also seen a certain narrative take hold. It starts with the assumption that the only way to properly view George Floyd Death is through a racial lens. In fact, all encounters between police and black suspects are increasingly viewed this way. Its a narrative that assumes the behavior of derek shelburne, typical Police Behavior towards black suspects and it assumes that george floyd is a sort of black everyman in america, that
Riots in the police, thank you for joining us for this important and timely conversation. My name is jason riley and im a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and i want the viewers to know that throughout the program please enter your questions on any of the platforms that youre watching us on and we will either wrapped some some into the discussion or save them for the q a at the end of the event so i just want everyone to know that before we get started. As far as i said this was of course not be a more important ormore timely conversation that were going to have today. Since the death of george floyd and in Police Custody last month, weve seen nationwide unrest. Weve seen protests not only here in america but internationally. And weve also seen a certain narrative take hold area it starts with the assumption that the only way to properly view george floyd step is through a racial lens. In fact, all encounters between police and black suspects are increasingly viewed this way. I
University in washington dc. Good evening. This thing has got to come down lower for me. How are all of you . Happy new year, thank you for being here. I am one of the coowners of politics and prose bookstore, lissa muscatine. Thank you. Along with my coowner and husband brad grant who is somewhere in the front and our fabulous wonderful staff, welcome all of you to tonights event in our Nations Capital and on the campus of George Washington university. I mention our location because think about it, we are at an Institution Name for our nations first president and only blocks from the Nerve Centers of american government, the white house and congress so what better venue for a conversation with tonights guest speaker, senator Kamala Harris spends her days on capitol hill and you are not alone if you think in a couple years she might be taking up residence at the other end of pennsylvania avenue. Since her election to the United States senate in 2016 senator harris has emerged as one of
Discussion entitled, historically speaking, Thurgood Marshall, a life in American History, an evening with spencer crew and paul finkle man. Before we begin, let me also welcome our audience whos streaming the discussion through the museums you stream channel. Our twitter handle this evening is historicallyspeaking. We are also thrilled that this program will be broadcast via cspan book tv and will be aired at a later date. Through dr. Crews compelling new biography introduces us to the constant battles of equality faced by africanamericans through a study of Thurgood Marshalls extraordinary courage and his believe in the power of the law to change society. Thurgood marshall, a life in American History, follows his career from his youth in baltimore, maryland, to his days as a Supreme Court justice. Thurgood marshalls inspiring story illustrates how pervasive is racism in American Society and reveals the difficulty of the struggles of africanamericans to make progress against it. Throu