Were honored to have you celebrate with us tonight the awards for the six men and women. Now standard speaker protocol calls for me to make a joke at this point. To relax the room, bring us together and go on to more serious subjects. David bradley is the genius at this, the problem, i dont know any jokes about the First Amendment. Unless i go all George Carlin on you. And we have to keep this dinner pg. So i did what a modern person would do. I googled, i mean, i asked alexa, i mean, i asked siri about jokes about the First Amendment. Not much luck there. Not due to the technology of course. There are many stories about some making jokes about the First Amendment and countless stories about whether or not the amendment does cover jokes about mothers in law, police, or various ethnic and racial minorititiy t minorities. The answer, by the way, is yes, yes, yes. I found some possible material from lenny bruce, but i figured we had that material covered already. Seriously, i cant remembe
We are honored to have you with us tonight. Standard speaker protocol calls for me to make a joke at this point. [laughter] to relax the room, bring us together and let me move on to more serious subjects. David bradley, a wonderful support here tonight, is genius of this. The problem is, i dont know any jokes about the First Amendment unless i go all George Carlin on you. [laughter] and we have to keep this dinner pg. So i did what a modern person would do, i googled. I mean i asked alexa, i mean i asked siri. [laughter] about jokes about the First Amendment. Not much luck there. Not due to the technology. Of course. There are many stories about someone making a joke of the First Amendment and countless stories about whether the First Amendment does or does not cover jokes about mothers in law, police or various ethnic and racial minorities. The answer by the way is yes, yes, and yes. I have found some possible material from lenny bruce, but i figured we had that angle covered already
We are honored to have you with us tonight. Standard speaker protocol calls for me to make a joke at this point. [laughter] to relax the room, bring us together and let me move on to more serious subjects. David bradley, a wonderful support here tonight, is genius of this. The problem is, i dont know any jokes about the First Amendment unless i go all George Carlin on you. [laughter] and we have to keep this dinner pg. So i did what a modern person would do, i googled. I mean i asked alexa, i mean i asked siri. [laughter] about jokes about the First Amendment. Not much luck there. Not due to the technology. Of course. There are many stories about someone making a joke of the First Amendment and countless stories about whether the First Amendment does or does not cover jokes about mothers in law, police or various ethnic and racial minorities. The answer by the way is yes, yes, and yes. I have found some possible material from lenny bruce, but i figured we had that angle covered already
By moving into the cloud. Watched the communicators monday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan two. This year, cspan is touring cities across the country exploring American History. Next, a look at our recent visit to nashville, tennessee. You are watching american, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. The civil rights room is a sacred space that houses nashvilles role after the brown decision the year after kings assassination. The purpose of this space is to engage our community and highlight the pivotal role nashville played in crafting this path towards dismantling segregated institutions. When you walk in this space, you something sacred took place in the spot we are standing. It gives the narrative and puts nashville into this longer context of civil rights. I think nashville affairs differently than other cities in the south. During the 1960s, nashville had no loss of life during the sitins, during school desegregation, or protests. I think nashvilles story is unique because it was
Transportation. My seatmate on the Greyhound Bus from washington d. C. , you must understand and 1961, black people in white people couldnt be seated together. Not a Single Person engaged in violence against us. That was my first arrest. And that day when i was arrested, i felt so free, i felt liberated. I felt like i had crossed over. Because growing up in rural alabama, i asked my mother and my father, my grandparents and my great grand parents about segregation and Racial Discrimination, about those signs, white men, colored men, white women, colored women, and i said, why. Thats the way it is. Dont get in the way. Dont get in trouble. But dr. King and rosa parks inspired me to get in trouble. So by sitting in, we were arrested, and we went to jail. 89 of us were arrested on that day. Host did you pay a fine . Were you in jail for a while . Guest we were in jail for a few hours. Matter of fact, the local School Officials came down and bailed us out. That was my first arrest. That wa