hearing you talk and when we read these sections of the book, you yet a vision of what the country could have been like had, had a man like that been given a chance, had plessy not happened, had separate but equal never become the law of the land. i mean yeah. it s just, it s striking. and so tell us what happened to him at the end of his life after that really devastating supreme court decision. well, the rest of his life was certainly not, not a failure. we only got into that period of about 12 years when black rights were defended by the supreme court. you know, he rosemeadly to prominence rose immediately to h prominence at a time when, again, back votes were the difference between republicans winning and losing. ohio, which was the most important state at that time. so he was able to get for himself and others. he was able to play a role in creatinger a national african-american leadership with people like frederick douglass where there would be conventions e
President of the center to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on nonpartisan basis. That is so inspiring. Wonderful live cspan audience you can see the great members of the National Constitution center like people around the country are inspired by this nonpartisan mission of constitutional education and believe it is crucially important for citizens to educate themselves about the constitution so american democracy can thrive and survive. In this mission, we are so excited to be partners with cspan. We have a wonderful collaboration a few years ago, landmark cases which described the human story behind some of the most Important Supreme Court cases all times. That series was inspired by a common group death Ruth Bader Ginsburg made at event a few years ago where she said how inspiring it would be to hear those human stories so people can relate to the cases and understand the principles behind them. That series was such a success that by popular demand, we are launch
Protections. That is at 3 30 p. M. Eastern on cspan two. Announcer announcer now, a preview of the Second Season of landmark cases, Historic Supreme Court decisions. Cspan2 explores the human stories behind the Supreme Courts first historic rulings. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Constitution Center. I am jeffrey rosen, the president of this wonderful institution, the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis and in this educational mission, we are so excited to be partners with cspan. We have a wonderful collaboration we had a wonderful collaboration, a few years ago, landmark cases, which described the human stories behind some of the most important Supreme Court cases of all time. That series was inspired by a comment that Justice Ginsburg made at a National Constitution center event a few years ago, where she said how inspiring it would be to hear those human stories so people ca
Rally where he himself went down when the ushers would not do it and removed those ropes so it would be integrated because in gods eyes, all are equal. And setting out in the constitution, all are created equal. So billy graham sustained that in his years of friendship with dr. King and showing that he was a nonpartisan, nonracial leader, helped save the lives of all men created equal. So that goes so far that hes willing to put it on the line. He made the head usher resign that day when he made that courageous, but what he felt probably wasnt courageous at all but the right action. So billy graham even to his last day when he made a short video was all about informing people about jesus, about the salvation they could have if they would just embrace jesus, and find what eternal life really is all about. That it isnt what treasures we store here on this planet but the ones we store in heaven. We embrace them. Never another like him but we can always remember him with pride and as he wo
A member of the u. S. Commission of civil rights. Watch landmark cases live monday at 9 00 eastern on cspan, cspan. Org, or listen with the free cspan radio app. For background on each case, order your copy of the landmark cases companion book didnt it is available for 8. 95 plus. Hipping and hand for an additional resource, there is additional link on the constitution. Cspan,g up tonight on at 10 00 p. M. Eastern, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell testifies before the house andncial Services Committee a conversation on Monetary Policy with former fed chairs janet yellen and ben bernanke. Later, the october 2017 Supreme Court oral argument in jennings v. Rodriguez. The court ruled today that detained immigrants dont have the right to timely bond hearings. The Supreme Court ruled 53 that immigrants being detained are not entitled to a timely bond hearing. The ruling pertained to the jennings v. Rodriguez case regarding lengthy detentions for individuals facing deportation. 2017 orale