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But the library believes it was in new york in 1966. [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I havent even announced yet. You make me think ive been elected. Ladies and gentlemen, you have given me a welcome that is so heartwarming. Its something i will remember always. If i had no such reasons at all to be happy about the form of the greeting and the introductions and all here tonight, i could be grateful, because every once in a while, being introduced, i get selfconscious when they begin to introduce me and start mentioning the pictures that ive been in. Now, i dont mean that im ashamed of them. But everyone whos been around hollywood has been in some movies that the studio didnt want them good, they wanted them on thursday. And ive had my share. In the old times you could count on the passing years making you forget those pictures. Now you stay up late enough at night in front of the tv set, and they all come back to hau
A floor to the nose of the us democrat success. Old mr woodward you know. Youve got to put it to people we trust is a direct threat to our looked up by the sea trump hes trying to find out what hes fighting for because to be some kind of drones in this country and its been no accident season that seemingly deep and direct intervention of us society has both bite and im trying to support this continue to rally what across the country. How do i welcome Top International detail of this my calling dont quote son its saturday the 7th of november its now 4 days since the u. S. Election and that looks like we might finally have a result a number of media are projecting that joe biden has been elected the 46th president of america having secured 290 Editorial College votes just a reminder to 70 i need to for victory the. Piece when in his state of pennsylvania was pushed to help push him across a threshold donald trump meanwhile stands at 240. Now we cross live to our new york correspondent ar
Organizing in black communities for 20 years. And i never really took a break to step back. What arey parse out, the key lessons necessary in order to keep moving this movement forward. And, today, we are in the middle of the most important election cycle in a generation. And this is the second time now that our movement is being used as a political football, in a contest that is going to have impact on the lives of millions of americans, so for me this is an opportunity to zoom out, to really invest in recalling the lessons i have learned and that i am still learning, and things i am on learning, that i think makes a successful movement. Every day, somebody asks me how they can get involved or how i keep going. I wanted to put all of that into one place, so that it could be a toolkit for folks to to take with them on this journey of making this country a better place for everyone. What i hope is this book can inspire people who have been involved for a long time, or certainly politica
She is one of the cofounders of the black lives matter and she is a leading voice on contemporary race issues, civilrights, and police reform. She also launched the black futures lab, an organization that works with advocacy groups to promote policies that support black communities. Her first book, the purpose of power, was released today. Alicia, thank you so much for joining me and congratulations on your book. Alicia thank you so much for having me, it is great to join you today. Robin i wanted to start with a point that you make in your book which is the importance of controlling the narrative and not allowing your story to be lost to cultural amnesia. With those things in mind, what was it that sparked the idea for you to sit down and write what is really a memoir at your ripe young age . [laughter] alicia you know, i was skeptical of trying to write a memoir. And i think you are right that there is still a lot of life left. To me, part of why i was inspired to write this book is