Role in getting the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed through the congress and the senate, which Lyndon Johnson signs on july 2 of 1964. We will look at that. That is where we will go from there. I will finish on one last note, and that has to do with africanamericans. There is a major anniversary coming up in two weeks and that anniversary is not on most peoples radar but it will be the 150th anniversary of congresss passage of the 13th amendment which ended slavery. That will happen saturday, december 31st. January. Im sorry january 31st. That will be coming up. In four years, slavery is obliterated from the United States in lincolns first term. If you saw the daniel daylewis movie of four years ago, that is really what that movie is about. It will take another hundred years before the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Any questions about anything . Well good. Well, thank you very much for being here. I appreciate it. [inaudible] know, and all the sources will tell you that. All
This week on q a, our guest is dick lehr, author of the birth of a nation how a legendary filmmaker and a crusading editor reignited americas civil war. Dick lehr, in a recent Washington Post review, the gentleman who wrote it, it starts off this way no redblooded american would favor censoring works of art. While reading dick lehrs book you may find yourself rooting for that with a clampdown of the 1915 film of the same name. Isnt that a great start . Why the birth of a nation and what is it . Its considered the first blockbuster film. The story i want to tell is not only the making and release of the film in 1915 but the controversy that it provoked. It is mainly a story about a civil rights leader from a boston by the name of William Monroe trotter, a radical newspaper editor as well who was at the forefront of extensive protest action against this bill film about civil war and reconstruction which is entirely racist in its portrayal of black america. If it were to come out today, w
A nation, you may find yourself rooting for just that in the form of a clampdown on the landmark 1950 teen film o. Same name. Guest boy, isnt that a great start to a review . Cspan not bad, he used the word fascinating. Why the birth of a nation, and what is it . Well, its considered americas first blockbuster film. And the story i wanted to tell is not only the making and the release of that film in 1950, but the controversy that it provoked. And its mainly a story about a civil rights leader, forgotten civil rights leader from boston by name of William Monroe trotter, radical newspaper editor as well, who was at the forefront of extensive protest actions against this film about civil war and reconstruction which is entirely racist in its portrayal of black america. Cspan if this film were to come out today and be a in a multiplex theater in this country, what would happen . Guest well, i hope it wouldnt get censored but i hope thered be lots of protest drawing anticipation to the rac
Absolutely, andrea. Unfortunately these beautiful temperatures that we have out there right now are not going to last into tomorrow. This is as good as its going to get. Right now 70 in leesburg. 57 in culpeper. Down in culpeper and orange, you got into the 80s yesterday. Now were still looking at this big mild air flow throughout the entire dmv. But notice those colder temperatures approaching in the 40s in garrett county. And in davis, west virginia. Its because of these winds, these strong northwest winds pulling in that colder air. A weak cold front is moving through. It doesnt have any rain with it. It just have these gusty winds. So this is what its going to do to our temperatures. The feels like forecast. By the time youre heading home from work, going to feel like 54 in Downtown Washington and la plate ta. Thats not bad la plata. Thats not bad. Look how it plummets. Its already going to feel like its freezing in d. C. 30 in manassas and la plata. 27 in hagerstown. As youre step
Individual considered armed and dangerous. This bottom right comes from Surveillance Video saturday night in new yorks chelsea neighborhood and Surveillance Video shows Ahmad Khan Rahami at the scene where the bomb exploded saturday night injuring 29 people and where another Pressure Cooker device was found a short time later just four blocks away. We have correspondence covering this entire story from top to bottom. Lets begin though with msnbcs Morgan Radford at the search scene in elizabeth, new jersey. Also, morgan, do we know if the family lives in elizabeth, new jersey . We found out anything about his family . Reporter we do know that his family lived here, tamron. I want to show you the chaotic scene here. It says First American Fried Chicken. To the mayor, thes currently speaking and saying the family owns the Fried Chicken and a lawsuit in connection with that restaurant that was recently handled and that second floor just above. Thats where authorities have been raiding this