Chief for nbc news, former editor of newsweek, and an author as well. His newest book is called saying it loud 1966the year black power challenged the Civil Rights Movement. Mr. Whitaker,mportant about the year 1966 . It is a year when, after a decade of a Civil Rights Movement that people have associated with Martin Luther king and had been focused on the fight against discrimination, jim crow, Voting Rights and so forth that we all remember, there was this young generation of blacks who rose up to question a lot of the goals and also the tactics. It was a year that Stokely Carmichael took over the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee from john lewis, the great civil rights icon. It was the year the black panthers were formed in oakland, california. It was also the year when a lot of young black folks said we dont want to be called negros anymore, started wearing afros, the dashikis, and the firstyear kwanzaa was celebrated. Why the phrase black power become en vogue . The phrase
Today, first of all i should say welcome to everybody. Particularly our former colleague and nominee and all of the families and friends and other citizens here for a very important nominee hearing. Youre welcome. The committee is considering, as you know, the nomination of Christopher Wray to be the interactive the fbi. Congratulations to you and your family on your nomination. This is an important day for you, your family and most importantly, this is an important day for the country considering the importance of the fbi and Law Enforcement in america. I welcome you, mr. Wray and your family to the committee. The Ranking Member and i will give Opening Statements. Then a senator will introduce the nominee. Mr. Wray will then give his Opening Statement and introduce anybody that he wants to support him and people that are not here supporting him as well. And then after his Opening Statement we will turn to questions. As an accommodation to the minorities request, we will have 10 minute
Schwartz who was the committees chief counsel. And here in our studio in washington is Elliot Maxwell who was counsel to the committee as Pennsylvania Republican senator richard swiekers designee. Thanks to both of you. In this our third installment in this series were looking into the Church Committees hearing on possible excesses by the federal bureau of investigation. Rich schwartz former chief counsel for the Church Committee, on november 18, 1975, you testified before the Senate Committee to share the staffs findings in an investigation of fbi intelligence activities. Were good to show a clip of you reading anonymous letter that the fbi sent to Martin Luther king. Lets watch. The bureau went so far as to mail anonymous letters to dr. King and his wife which were mailed shortly before he he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and finishes with this suggestion. King, there is only one thing left for you to do. You know what it is. You have just 34 days in which to do it. This exact nu
They come to 140 clotters from the port of mario to key west, florida in nearly 2,000 boats. Why do they come . Why are there so many . During the spring through fall of 1980, approximately 125,000 cuban refugees arrived in florida from the port of mariel, cuba. Hear interviews from the new arrivals to america and find out why they left, sunday morning at 10 00 on road to the white house rewind. The 1992 democratic and republican conventions. Bill clinton accepts his partys president ial nomination in new york city. In the name of the hardworking americans who make up our forgotten middle class, i proudly accept your nomination for president of the United States. And incumbent president george h. W. Bush accepts his parties a nomination in houston. And i proud to receive and im honored to accept your nomination for president of the United States. At 4 45, architectural historian barry lewis on the evolution and creation of new york citys greenwich village. When the l opened on sixth av
Meghan stas, senior director and Grocery Manufacturers Association here in washington, d. C. And diana aviv, kre feeding america in chicago, illinois and emily leib, the director of food law policy clinic, harvard law school, jamaica plains, massachusetts. Ill let everybody get to their seats. All right. Miss gunders, if you will begin when you are ready, maam. Ranking member peterson and members of the committee thank you for inviting me to testify today and be willing to explore this issue. Any name is dana gunders, im a Senior Science at the National Resources Defense Council and the author of a widely cited report on food waste and a book called the wastefree kitchen handbook which is a guide to not wasting food. Imagine walking out of the Grocery Stores with five bags in the parking lot and dropping two and not bothering to pick them up. It seems crazy but that is what were doing when we are wasting 40 of our food. Were leaving entire fields unharvesting and eliminating produce fo