get into this great revolution that is sweeping the nation. get in and stay in the streets. it is not just the physical streets. black folks now have to fight the civil rights fight in the internet streets. if we re looking to find black folks who are ready to take on the challenge of changing the world, we might as well head to atlanta. from the king to abrams, this place just sweats black excellence. civil rights to voters rights. but it also has a rapidly growing tech sector. there is no better place to ask how can us black folks play a role in creating a future when technology is working overtime to hold us back. who owns these tech companies? what do they look like? what s at stake if we don t take action? everything. we are literally in mlk stomping grounds. his church where he pastored at over there, the church where raphael warnock right there. what do you think about when we re in this space? when king was alive. it was hard things. jim crow was you can t be
we have these already, but we need a lot more. it s like john lewis said. get into this great revolution that is sweeping the nation. get in and stay in the streets. it s not just the physical streets. black folks now have to fight the civil rights fight in the virtual streets, in those algorithmic streets, in those internet streets. let s hit the streets. if we re looking to find black folk who s are ready to take on the challenge of changing the world, we might as well head to atlanta. from king to abrams, this place just sweats black excellence. civil rights to voters rights. but it also has a rapidly growing tech sector. there s no better place to ask, how can those black folks play a big role in creating the most futuristic future when technology is working overtime to hold us back? how can we write the codes and the algorithms? who owns these companies? white do they i mean what do they look like? what s at stake if we don t take action? everything. we are lit
fascinating to us as a culture never checked my bags can t stand that weight baggage. it s good to laugh at it to get it all out on the table. you re going to have to go back to your seat. you know, our goal should be a society without classes. if we didn t laugh about social class in the united states, we would engage in class warfare getting cookies. hmm. that is not a show about nothing. mm hmm. oh come inside. so to the left. we have the bar to the right. we have the bathrooms. oh, we have bathrooms upstairs downstairs. many many bathrooms do still believe that for all the things going on in our in our current society in america, you can come from anywhere and end up anyplace you want. immigration revenue. i ve been got it. crazy he s just like six stuff. but the american dream is not reality for most americans tell you boys, life is crazy. these doors open up for you, except they re not really doors . trapdoors the american sitcom is how we tell stories about class you r
family. he was comfortable and i think there is still, though, this lingering desire to really be recognized correctly in the pantheon of who created rock and roll. this film certainly does that. lisa, thank you so, much it is fascinating. thank you. and here now, the new cnn film little richard: i am everything. ow! man: little richard, it s now 16 years since you had your first hits. oh, yes. do you realize that well, you must realize that at your performances now there are people who weren t even alive when you first began? yes, but i have woke them up now. everybody that wasn t alive when i started and was gone, i have brought the spirit and put it on them. were you always so shy? no, i m not. a lot of people say i m shy, but i let it all hang out, every bit. the love, the gentleness, the tenderness, the kindness. you ain t supposed to hide them. you got it, god gave it, show it to the world. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, if you will, a man who s beco
rock and roll. well, this film certainly does that. lisa, thank you so much. it s fascinating. thank you. and here now, the new cnn film, little richard: i am film, little richard: i am everything. captions by vitac www.vitac.cocom ow! man: little richard, it s now 16 years since you had your first hits. oh, yes. do you realize that well, you must realize that at your performances now there are people who weren t even alive when you first began? yes, but i have woke them up now. everybody that wasn t alive when i started and was gone, i have brought the spirit and put it on them. were you always so shy? no, i m not. a lot of people say i m shy, but i let it all hang out, every bit. the love, the gentleness, the tenderness, the kindness. you ain t supposed to hide them. you got it, god gave it, show it to the world. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, if you will, a man who s become a legend in his own time, little richard! [ cheers and applause ] g