Here are their remarks. Good morning. Good morning. As we gather today, first let thank all of our honorees that we are saluting this year. It is important on king day that we do things in the spirit of dr. King. Mr. Sharpton dr. King as a federal holiday was a result in and of itself of struggle. So we do not take it as a day off. We take it as a day on. To do something in the spirit of human rights and civil rights that dr. King stood for. The National Action network started 28 years ago on those principles and weve been blessed to partner with martin who thought to spend this federal holiday every year with us at the breakfast. He had brought his mother to our Convention Many years. So we are in our d. N. A. Kinglike. And no year is more important than this year. Because we are meeting on a morning of king holiday where the nation has been more polarized and divided than weve seen in recent history. The rise of antisemitic attacks, the rise of hate crimes , the right of rhetoric tha
Let the word go forth, we are here to ensure our dear brother, Bernie Sanders, is on the way to the white house with his agenda. [applause] lets just be quiet for a second and look at each others. Your wonderful souls, your mind, your beauty. I wish you could see how beautiful you are. [applause] in thehere in solidarity name of integrity. Has a longevity of integrity. A longevity of consistency. He is the real thing. We are not dealing with symbolism, we are talking about somebody who is for real. [applause] when i talk about for real, i come from a people who have been hated for 400 years. Taught the world so much about love. [applause] love reigns supreme. Franklin,der, aretha justice is what love looks like in public. [applause] here inwhy we are solidarity at the level of our humanity. Hate, we speak out of know it a liberal politician when we see one. [applause] we are looking for a particular wall street hating greed. Somebody understands catastrophe. Somebody understands the vi
Yield one minute to the gentlelady from washington, ms. Jayapal. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from washington is recognized. Ms. Jayapal i am so proud today to stand here to support h. R. 4, the Voting Rights advancement act. And i want to congratulate my incredible colleague, congresswoman sewell, for her leadership. When Congress Passed the Voting Rights act of 1965, it was a recognition that systemic discrimination based on race continued to deny people the right to vote. As an organizer, i understand the Voting Rights act as a victory that was hard fought by black activists like fannie lou hall of famer and ella baker and our esteemed colleague, representative lewis, who devoted their lives to fighting for the right to vote. And it was a victory of the movement that recognized this right to vote is absolutely fundamental to our concept and our actualization of democratcy. Unfortunately, we have not followed with the same courage. Instead, since 2013, states have enacted l
My name is Leslie Leslie kavasch im here to introduce our guest, cyde ford, a former assistant engineer with ibm. He graduated from the university of western states in portland as a doctor of chiropractic and the era pissed. Hes also the awardwinning author of 12 works of fiction and nonfiction. Clyde is the recipient of the richard ray award, in africanamerican literature. He has been a guest on the oprah show, in pr, radio and tv programs across the nation. Clyde is here to speak about his latest book, think black a memoir of sacrifice, which was just released, shortlisted for the book prize in social justice. Please join me in welcoming to the kendall planetarium at the Oregon Museum of science and industry, cyde ford. [applause] thank you all for being here, i cant tell you how special it is to be here. I was just reliving my First Experience over 40 years ago up at Washington Park and i was a volunteer. I was working with a group, i had come from ibm to go to chiropractic college.
[organ music playing] is we remain standing, we prepare now for the wharq servant, theublic honorable Elijah Eugene cummings. It shall be done in a few draping ofter the the coffin by the honor guard. [horn sounds] amen. Was a cummings churchman. We sing to the glory of thgod this morning that opening hymn that meant so much to him. Bishop thomas you may be seated. Let us pray. Lord, we thankyou for your servant, Elijah Eugene cummings, assiduously, sagacious, and with integrity to preserve and protect the sacrosanct founding document of this country, from enemies both foreign and domestic. Lord, we thank you for one who stayed the same wherever he was as he ironically embodied kiplings command to walk with kings yet not lose the common touch. For ruthe praise you and robert cummings. You, thatt, we bless you lived in him, spoke through him, and strengthened him to do the work of kingdom building in the guise of a congressman and committee chair. Father, whereas we come to pay rose tha