Ill mention to others. Theres a whole raft of reasons but ill mention to others, quickly. Another argument for affirmative action was that, well, institutions say that they have ceased discriminating against people of color. Thats what they say. But what do you do if folks dont believe it . Suppose you have a faculty, lets say, a faculty at some institution. And the faculty says we dont discriminate against people of color. But the faculty is, nonetheless, all white. Well, you know, i mean, people know that for a long time there is institutions have engaged in Racial Discrimination. Onlookers say, why should we believe you now . You say youre not engaged in Racial Discrimination, but what we see is a faculty that is all white. We want more than that. We want more than your word that youre not engaged in Racial Discrimination. You may be lying, or frankly, you may be practicing Racial Discrimination and not even know it. You may be engaged, you know, you may be engaged, you may be delud
Black power to barack obama. One of those wonderful, unhurried, cspan book conversations, and i had never met him before, and i was so impressed, not only by his intellect, but by his ease, his humility, and his intro specifics. Intro specifics. I left thinking, im going to read all of that dudes books, from now on, whatever he writes. He is ward of waiting until the midnight hour a narrative history of back pour in america. But the book he has come to discuss today and why im sure youre all here iris stokeley a life reviewed as an insight. Biography of stokley carmichael, the man widely seep at heir apparent to Martin Luther king and malcolm x, stokley started out as a believer in nonviolence but his open experience led them to concentrate his thinking on notion of black selfdefense. Carmichael was a complex figure, and that complexity is captured wonderfully in this definitive biography, stokley, life you can never be disappoint with the book when you have chapter titles like, the ch
Courted and fell in love with a woman and married a second time. He wrote thousands of passionate love letters to each of these women. This was a real living breathing human being and i dont think we have seen that about woodrow wilson. Next Diane Mcwhorter on her look carry me home birmingham, alabama the climactic battle of the civil rights revolution. She focuses on the 1963 bombing of the 16th st. Church that killed four young girls in times when the police try to disperse young demonstrators with fire hoses and dogs. This is an outward. Cspan the last lion under acknowledgments as i think my father for delivering me as Robert Renoir wrote out of the history into history and the awful responsibility of time. What are you getting out there . Guest at the last line from all the kings men which was an inspiration for this book because as you recall in that book the main character is able to tie his own history to characters he thought had nothing to do with him when he was growing up
Marching to change history. A day when the voices of the movement echoed across america. We are of a massive moral revolution. How long can we be patient . We want our freedom and we want it now. A call to action and a call for peace. The words that inspired a people, a nation, and the entire world. Free at last, free at last, thank god almighty we are free at last. Tonight, a special twohour edition of politicsnation. The march on washington. The dream continues. Good evening. Im al sharpton live from the Lincoln Memorial here on the national mall. 50 years ago hundreds of thousands of people stood where i am. Right now watching history. Millions more watching at home seeing the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, call for justice and equality. Powerful speeches and powerful music from singers like lahalia jackson, bob dylan. Tonight well hear those voices. Well also hear from congressman john lewis. I talk to him today from the exact spot on the Lincoln Memorial where he spoke 50 y
Marching against injustice, marching to change history. We are the moral revolution. How long . We want our freedom and we want it now. A call to ask and a call for peace. A word that inspired a people, a nation and the entire world. Free at least, free at least. Thank god almighty we are free at least. Tonight a special hourhour toll particulars nation. The march on washington. The dream continues. Good evening. Im al sharpton live from the Lincoln Memorial here on the national mall. First years ago hundreds of thousands of people stood where i am right now watching history. Millions more watching at home, seeing the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. Call for justice and equality. I talked to him from the exact spot where he can spoke 50 years ago. And well hear some of the young people who traveled hundreds of miles to help change the course of history. Im honored to begin the show tonight with Martin Luther king iii and reverend joseph lowry, who mean call the dean of the Civil