Asked earlier, do you think she could have imagined this day . And dr. Janetta cole said sure, she could imagine this day, but she would probably imagine it for someone else. But then dr. Black said, but she would claim it because she knew to claim it. So we really want to take a moment to just say how incredible it is that we are here to celebrate the fact that a woman whose parents were enslaved has replaced a confederate general in the National Statuary hall. [applause] you know, we all get so frustrated and think, oh my goodness, is there any progress ever to be made . And today gives us a sense of hope and a sense of promise. Included in this audience are the people who provide hope and promise. There are students from bassoon cookman from Bethune Cookman university. [applause] i see our sisters from the National Council of negro women. [applause] and i especially want to introduce to you the John Robert Lewis scholars who are here. They had just started. [applause] and they are d
Its remarkable to think about a society with no personal music, no personal sources of information, no unfiltered books, two Television Channels one of which plays the dear leaders speech over and over again and the other one place music. Imagine, a closed society come just a few it is getting in their would significantly improve and argue the safety of the world. And if they opened up the internet one day, along with the regime last . Of course no one knows. The korean culture is different from other asian cultures. Its hierarchical and patriarchal, an at the childreno founded the modern north korea, put himself in charge of religion. Its possible north korea does not become a democracy on day one. Its arrogant of americans to think that some a democracy occurs in one day when it took a long time and, of course, america was formed in a unique way because everyone was a refugee from other places, except the indians. So the fact of the matter is that its possible you could see transitio
I think that the talent is it comes down to leadership. As you look at these guys, it took decades to emerge as leaders, and eventually they became public figures. We just reversed the model now and public figures first who later become leaders. That said, in any of the societies, if theres true leaders with the credibility to take their country forward, technology can find them, so in that sense, theres a level playing field, but you cant overnight. You talked about building up new leaders, but its different in the Virtual World than it is. Physical world. I think we came to the conclusion that its easy to Say Technology drives all the changes, but the essence of human leadership is very hard, very important, very person dependent, and very much dependent upon the charisma and ability to get people excited and motivated, and those are skills it will take a long time for computers to get to. Jen . Assuming youre right opposed to plato about assumptions, okay. [laughter] and anonymity s
Certainly taken a turn backwards. Am i depressed . No. I am energized to move forward and to be sure to see the gains that we have encountered and had to come to us, that we have had to work so hard for, are not lost. So i do ask you, one of our next steps, we created a framework, but there is so much work to be done. Many of our civil rights leaders, including my husband and dr. Martin luther king, were still of an age when they took the lead. With that question and mind, i challenge you to get back to community building. It is your problem, it is our problem, it is our neighborhood. These are our children, you are the parents. But in that same breath, and victory will be a collective one. It is with a clear conscience, knowing what we have done and can do, that we will reach that mountaintop, and we will overcome. But it will take each and every one of us, in unity, in unison, letting those who say that they managed this country of america know that it is the people. It is the voice
It is 4. 5 hours. Like sows everybody doing out there . It is a privilege to welcome you to a celebration and commemoration. On this day 50 years ago hundreds of thousands of people came together to be part of a call to action. It would defy not just the Civil Rights Movement but it reminds us of who we are as americans. What is the dream . Was delivered right here. Imagine what it was like to be here 50 years ago. Hundreds of thousands of people came together to be part of a call to action. There were rumors that coming here would be dangerous. There were fears that nobody would show up. In the end, it was a success because people believed in the power of standing for something. That speech by dr. King was not called, i have a dream. It was called, normalcy never again. It was about opportunity for all people. It was about looking forward to where we need to go as a country, which reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from 50 years ago. He said, the future does not belong to those w