[applause] what has changed is that in recent years the eyes of more americans have been opened to this truth. Partly because of cameras. Partly because of tragedy. Partly because the statistics cannot be ignored. We cant close our eyes anymore. And the good news and this is truly good news, is that people of all political persuasions are starting to think we need to do something about this. Charlie Bryan Stephenson is the founder and executive of a Nonprofit Organization that represents prisoners whose trials are marked by racial bias or prospect real misconduct. He has won relief from death row for prisoners and secured life secured an end to sentences for parole with juveniles. His efforts have been recognized by numerous awards, including the macarthur genius grant and 21 honorary degrees. Archbishop desmond tutu has called him americas young nelson mandela. His memoir was named among the 100 most notable books of 2014 by the New York Times book review. It is now out in paperback.
Not the sheriff said that neil built his own weapons. Alex savage was there and we are live now with even more. Reporter good afternoon. Authorities have not released a clear motive for the killings but some of the relatives say that he suffered from Mental Illness and was known for violent outbursts. He had apparently been fighting with some of his neighbors for some time and according to the sheriff here the gunman yesterday used two illegally made assault rifles to terrorize the small town, shooting people at random. Even targeting an Elementary School. His first victim was his wife. Cut a floor, cut a hole in the floor, we are confident that he murdered her, shot her at some point, probably late monday and just put her body in the floor and covered it up. Reporter after serving a search warrant at the gunmans home here last night the Sheriffs Office found the body of the wife. Yesterday morning neil went on a shooting rampage, initially killing two of his neighbors. He then spent a
Good afternoon. It is really quiet in here. We will have to do something about this. Im johnny taylor. The president and ceo of the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Welcome to our headquarters. We share this with gallup. To our to welcome you home. I would like to start out before i tell you why we are here in turn it over to the panelists, is to introduce a very special person. There are a whole bunch of special people. But a very special person here is the founder of the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Please stand. I dont spend it a lot of time calling out people but at the end of the day we would not be here if it were not for her vision to create an organization that would really focus on the historical black. Ollege and educational we represent all of the community and our advocacy efforts, scholarship, programs, Capacity Building and the like. I cannot thank you enough for having the vision. It is wonderful that we can look to the person who founded the organization and they are