So for me accountability isnt just numbers, its not just a transparency. Is not information. We cant label the problem. Problem. We have to do something about it. This is stepping in when children need something better. We need to be held accountable. That to me is what a true accountability is. The issue of adequate and equitable funding is a big issue for this overrides community, for the urban league. I the opportunity to serve on the commission that looked at the issue. Paint a picture of where we are when it comes to the lack of equitable funding. What does it really mean . Once the picture . What do you see from where you sit . Its devastating. We us of article as a nation, marc. Folks a note on the k12 side federal money is like eight to 12 , half the money comes from states and 40 at the local level. Look across the nation, i go back to my home in chicago, we got less than half the money each year than wealthier suburbs four or five miles north of us along lake michigan. Think
Lowhanging fruit and that face the movement became a victim of its own success because nationally people thought thats got everything they want. Racism still exists in american society. Shelby county notwithstanding and you know if you got the Civil Rights Act and people dont want to see the nuances of racism even in the 1980s when people were talking about south africa. People were like you should be focused on problems domestically so i think we can do many things and also people are naturally inclined to have certain causes that they care about. People are naturally going to focus more attention on some things than others and what you care about the most might not be what i care about the most but what i care about the most may not be what you care about the most and i think we should encourage people to take up their passion and cause not turn their noses up when somebody is doing Something Else because basically we can cover everything through a specialization. So many times a foc
[ applause ] American History tvs reel america journeys through the 20th century with archive films, tonight focus on the police and communities. 8 00 p. M. Cbs news special report watts, riot or revolt . This 1965 report looks back to the watts riots tracing the events of august 11 through 17, 1965. And searching for reasons behind the violence and destruction. At 9 00 p. M. Pilot district project washington, d. C. A series of three 1971 office of Economic Opportunity films documenting a program to improve Community Police relations in the nations capital. Just before 10 00 the people and the police, oakland. This 1974 kron tv Program Investigates the history of Police Brutality in oakland, california, and documents a variety of efforts to reform the department. And at 10 25 p. M. A 1960 Police Training film explains how to recognize and deal with the mentally ill. All of this coming up tonight on American History tv. Next, reverend al sharpton and Trayvon Martins Attorney Benjamin Cr
President obama is in spain today, returning to washington dc one day earlier than scheduled. Mr. Obama will go to dallas, texas, a city that remains in urning. A busy week for lawmakers before their party conventions. Republicans meeting in cleveland , democrats later this month in philadelphia. We begin with the president s comments on a racial biased in americas criminal Justice System. Do you agree or disagree . Our phone lines are divided as follows. For democrats, 202 7488000. Republican, 202 7488001. Ts, 202 enden 7488002. We have added a phone line for minorities, africanamericans and latinos. 202 7488003. Ord us a tweet at cspan wj join us on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Lets take a look at the front page of the Washington Post. A weekend editorial from the Dallas Morning News titled, this city, our city. It has been tested before and now we face a new test, writes the Editorial Board of the Dallas Morning News. Cuttingn 50 years ago, down our nations president leaving sha
Joyce was appointed by governor perry to serve as the representative of the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of texas and she is honored to have been the first non lawyer appointed to serve on the board of directors of the Innocence Project of texas. I will ask her not to come to the podium and take over for a while. Thank you for being here. [applause] a good evening everyone im so glad to see so many of your faces i havent seen in years. Some of you are new to me altogether so im very glad to be meeting you for the first time tonight. I want to thank the doctor and the entire staff at the Dallas Institute for being so supportive of my work over the years whether it was in the form of books, manuscripts, screenplays, columns and magazine pieces. Doctor allen is always a friend i could call and i could get his opinion and he was always and is very supportive. Thank you. The Dallas Institute is great because you are here. Before we start i would like to dedicate tonights book readin