I dont want your pity. I want change. From political leaders activists and protesters. They brutalized us, shot us with rubber bullets, beat us with batons. Still trying to make the dream of reverend dr. Martin luther king jr. Come true. I said, mr. President , the people are restless. See why this documentary is more important than ever. 57 years after the first march in 1963. I said, this is it. And i went for it. The march on washington. Hello. Im deborah roberts. Those images of today arc echo of something 57 years ago when 250,000 people descended on the nations capital, protesting for jobs and freedom. On todays anniversary of dr. Martin luther king jr. s i have a dream speech, we at 20 20 are proud to present the documentary, the march. Originally made in 2013 to commemorate the marchs 50th anniversary, some of those voices, sadly, are now gone, but their legacy livines on. I have had to tell my children about the segregation and what it means. My 7yearold daughter, she wanted t
Decision of the United States Supreme Court batting segregation in public transportation. My street mate on that Greyhound Bus you must understand in 1961 black people and white people could be seated together. When you get out of washington to travel to virginia to North Carolina, alabama, mississippi, wewere on our way to new orleans. So we didnt have any problems for the most part until we got to rockville. And a little place in charlotte North Carolina, it was a sizable city, a young africanamerican man attempted to get a shoeshine in a socalled white barbershop that was in a socalled white waiting room. He was arrested and taken to jail. The next day the jury dismissed the charges against him but my seatmate and two of us arrived at the Greyhound Bus station in South Carolina and a group of white men met us in the doorway and started beating us and left us lying in a pool of blood and the local officials came up and wanted to know whether we wanted to press charges andwe said no ,
7027. The clerk h. R. 7027, a bill making additional supplemental appropriations for fiscal year ending, september 0e, 2020 and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is on passage of the bill. Members will record their votes y electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition . Ms. Brownley as the member designated by ms. Kuster of new hampshire, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house ms. Kuster will vote yes on h. R. 7027. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . Mr. Pallone as the member designated by ms. Bonnie watson coleman, pursuant to
Education project which brings together the magic of history and the arts in the classroom. This Partnership Helped hundreds of thousands of High School Students forge connections to our founding era. It is making history itself, inspiring the next generation of historians, writers, performers, and leaders. Our continued support for the transformative initiatives such as this, and our broader connection to education, humanities, and the arts are vital. Linmanuel, i am truly convinced everyone that the arts are what will bring our country together. [applause] Speaker Pelosi you have been a force in that regard. David mccullough pointed to the statue of cleo, the muse of history, up there. For almost two centuries, cleo and her clock have reminded men and women in this hallowed halls that we are part of history. That our words and actions will face the judgment of history, and that we are part of a long and honorable heritage of our democracy. Now, under cleos gaze, we celebrate Linmanue
Archives. Visit booktv. Org for a complete schedule. And we now kick off with Professor William darity and Kirsten Mullin with their thoughts on reparations for africanamericans. Good afternoon, im director of the hutchens center on fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution. We gather here this afternoon virtually because of the covid plague to talk about reparations for africanamericans for the descendants of slaves. We planned this event before covid19 and, of course, william darity and Kirstin Mullen wrote the book long before covid19. Its worth noting that the coronavirus seems to be afflicting blacks much more than whites. Theres a piece in the journal of the American Medical Association which points out that more than half the covid19 cases in chicago and nearly 70 of the deaths involve black individuals although blacks make up only 30 of the population. Theres a story on the front page of the Washington Post today about contrasting the intensive care unit in afflue