at such a young age and being able to try to expose him to some of the same things, for me it s a moment of of celebration to be able to share that with my son. at the end of the 1995, hundreds of thousands of black men were given a mission to go home and build their communities. a lot of people are like, okay, when is the next movement. the movement is our lives, our experiences, what we decide to do each and every day. to hear him articulating the passion. articulating the hopes of the community. how does that make you feel as a father? see, now you re going to make me it makes me cry sometimes in public. despite history is eventually made today as it was last time. last time it was the largest gathering of black men in one time ever. the organizers and the sustainedees say the mission is to take a message home.
principal in a d.c. suburb and his commitment for not only his students, but also towards his community. and on this anniversary, he s hoping he can pass it on to his son, just like his father did to him. with me now is msnbc s tremaine lee, who got to spend time with these inspiring men. tremaine? reporter: jose, it s hard to believe it s been 20 years since hundreds of thousands of black men gathered on the national mall. at the time, it was the largest gathering of black men ever. the theme then was atonement. this time around for the 20th anniversary, there s another march. this one is about justice or else. now, i spent some time speaking with victorious hall, his father asim and his 8-year-old son, king. that s three generations who are hoping to win history again. i had a station wagon. i used to try to get as many children as you could, because you get them off the block. a lot of them didn t have fathers. and that s what i m talking about. that s the type of thing that the
i want to show you something really incredible. something that is the key to understanding voter turnout in past and future elections and shows the differences in turnout between black and white men in 2012. okay? so, you see according to census data 64.1% of black men turned out to vote. that s fairly high. but, and this is the important part, when you account for the hundreds of thousands of black men who are not in prison but have been stripped of their right to vote as punishment for their crimes, the percentage of eligible black men who voted shoots up to 68%. a 6% jump. a rate that, interestingly, is much, much higher than white men. it so disproportionally affects black men. this week we have a big victory out of the state of virginia. this letter sent by governor bob mcdonnell puts in place a restoration process of voting
understanding voter turnout in past and future elections and shows the differences in turnout between black and white men in 2012. okay? so, you see according to census data 64.1% of black men turned out to vote. that s fairly high. but, and this is the important part, when you account for the hundreds of thousands of black men who are not in prison but have been stripped of their right to vote as punishment for their crimes, the percentage of eligible black men who voted shoots up to 68%. a 6% jump. a rate that, interestingly, is much, much higher than white men. it so disproportionally affects black men. this week we have a big victory out of the state of virginia. this letter sent by governor bob mcdonnell puts in place a restoration process of voting rights for many of virginia s 350,000 felons. this is in a state where one in five black men cannot vote
voter turnout in past and future elections. it shows the differences in turnout between black and white men in 2012. so according to census data, around $61.4% of black men turned out to vote. that s fairly high. but, and this is the important part, when you account for the hundreds of thousands of black men who are not in prison, but have been stripped of their right to vote as punishment for the crimes, the percentage of eligible black men who voted shoots up to 68%, a 6% jump. a rate that, interestingly, is much, much higher than white men. disenfranchisement is not something we are used to delivering good news about, but this week we have a big victory out of the state of virginia. this letter, sent by republican governor bob mcdonnell yesterday puts in place immediately an automatic restoration process of voting rights for many of virginia s 350,000 felons. and this is in a state where one in five black men cannot vote because of felony