Luther king jr. Was arrested in my hometown of birmingham, alabama. His crime, leading a peaceful march to protest the indignity suffered by the black community and the jim crow era. He had violated the ban on public demonstrations which targeted the growing resistance of africanamericans to the injustices they were insuffering. While in solitary confinement in birmingham, dr. King wrote what became known as the letter from the birmingham jail, a stinging response to a group of white clergy in alabama who had denounced his tactics and questioned the wisdom and timing of his arrival in birmingham. They insisted he was an outside agitator coming to alabama to instigate trouble. Dr. King responded famously. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. In his letter he rejected the idea that africanamericans should be more patient for change in the face of the daily indignities inflicted by segregation, in the face of threats of violation. There comes a time, he wrote, when the cu
Columbia record in columbia, south carolina. The moderator, robert the senior senator from ohio. Thank you. Brown presents an honor to join my colleagues of both parties on the floor today to read one of the greatest pieces of writing of the 20th century. Dr. Kings letter from the birmingham jail. I thank senators warnock and tell us in kc and capitol and bozeman and rosen for joining me. Madam president , i ask unanimous consent that after i speak a briefly, you will recognize in this order, senator warren, senators warnock, tillis, kc than me then capitol in bozeman and rosa. Without objection. Thank you, madam president. Our former colleague, doug jones from alabama began this bipartisan tradition that happened in his state. And its an honor to carry it. Today, we recommit to dr. Kings mission to equal rights for all, to ensuring that every voice is heard and to the dignity of work. On friday, we walk, we marked workers memorial day. When we honor workers killed on the job over the
[inaudible conversations] and. I am the event associated and i am glad you are here tonight we defense all over the city from our main store to other locations to the George Washington campus but it is such a jury to be a part in this community. This is our event first ofseason 2017 so continuing into the next few weeks well also have the parents of trade on martin. Tonight were welcoming Michael Eric Dyson as ordained minister offer of 19 books most recently the black presidency his newest book tears we cannot stop is a book that should take the place of why we can wait to have analysis in deep faith and is considering in every way. Riding there would be moments when his words proved unforgettable and i will second that. Is stuck with me for a long time. H wesley the National Reporter from the National Post and author of they cannot kill us all. I will turn this over the before i do please join me to welcome our guests tonight. [applause] good evening we do appreciate you coming down
We have had an excellent morning. I think that that was refreshing, and the afternoon is no different. Our second panel for the next two hours, as you can see in the brochure, is a timely subject. Living with islams hegemony. We have a panel of experts to present that. [inaudible] is in syracuse, she could not be here, so that is the onlity very is generals from the brochure. The panel will be moderated by Mohamed Mohamud who is the interim executive director of the jerusalem fun. Health care amed has been here hamed has been here for over two years and actually he holds two master degrees, master of art in International Relations and a master of science in political economy. Thats much more than a surgeon like me. So im going to turn it to mohamed who will introduce the speakers, and im looking forward to hearing what they have to say. Hamed . Let me negotiate my way out of here. Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for joining us today at our annual conference, and thank you for bear
Whether an element of social transformation is built into the interventions that will address the governance issues. You, thank you for your attention and im looking forward to comments and questions. Thank you, dr. Lee. Before i ask my first question as the moderator, i just want to encourage the panelists if they have comments on each others remarks, i would welcome any ne followup on those. I encourage a discussion here also between the panelists and also as the same way we engage with the audience. Esting one thing you said which i think was very interesting is that two things actually. One was demonstrating the cost of violence as potentially productive and that theres note this link between poverty and lr support for extremism. Something that we see very clearly in several years of tann survey Research Across pakistan in all parts of the country, so not an arab country but a it country that suffers tremendous amounts of Political Violence that generally it is the poor who are mos