Members. Dr. Amos brown, a member of our board of directors and president of the San Francisco branch of the naacp. Senator harris joins us, joins with angela, to talk about those hree global pandemics. The pandemic of racism, the pandemic of health, and that andemic of economic injustice. And we are so pleased to have both of them join us today. So would you please welcome angela and Vice President ial candidate, senator kamala harris. Welcome, ladies. 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
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
Today for testimony in the monumental decision long overdue with race symbols on public land. The Committee Report any oral ngOpening Statements limited to the chair or the Ranking Member or designee this means we can hear from witnesses sooner and keep the schedule. Ask unanimous consent all the members Opening Statements be made part of the recordalemhe submitted by 5 00 p. M. Today or the close of the hearing whichever comes first. Hearing no objection so ordered. Without objection the chair may also declare recess because thereonhaha are votes we will have to breakak for that. Statements or documents or notion motions must be submitted to the electronic repository please note members are responsible for their microphones members can be muted to avoid inadvertent background noise. Anybody in the room today must have a mass covering their mouth and nose with a recommendation from the attending physician requires all gatherings over 16 minutes in length and to maintain the coordinate
Assassination attack that left him seriously wounded. Exploring the american story. Watch American History tv. This weekend on cspan three. Let us go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically in visually, what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who helped stick together because they believed in the rule of law. Good evening and welcome to landmark cases. We are about two thirds of the way through our 12 week series looking at Historic Supreme Court decisions. Tonights 1954 case of school segregation. Brown v. Board of education. We are going to begin this evening by listening to linda brown on this case. My memory of brown began in the fall of 1950. In the quiet kansas town of topeka, where a mild mannered black man took his sevenyearold daughter by the hand and walked briskly, four blocks from their home, to the all white school and tried without success, to enroll his child. Black parents into peak felt that the day of trying to enroll their sch
World are and whats happening in houston today. The junior funeral for george floyd sparked protests and riots. The world is watching. What is happening and houston. Ktvu Sara Zendehnam is led to bring us more. Gogood morning, garcia. George floyds private funeral is underway and we have a live look outside of the church as people make their way inside and there are hundreds of people attending this private service and they are filing inside the church as we speak. Earlier with the pallbearers caring for his casket into the fountain of praise church where the service is being held. Houston Police Officers lined up and saluted as the casket went by. The police chief said what happened to george floyd is without a doubt a criminal act and they are out there for support. We know there are 500 invited guests and reverend al sharpton will bring in boxer floyd weather who paid for the funeral, after jamie foxx, congresswoman Sheila Jackson lee, and civil rights accident activist. Derek chauv