Susan dr. Peniel joseph, you and i planned this interview three months back, but we got sideways with the covid lockdown. As a historian, how are you processing this time this country is going through . Prof. Joseph i have been writing a lot, both opeds in for a longer piece. It is extraordinary watershed moment. I think we are living through a third american reconstruction effort to reconstruct democracy so that it is multiracial, multicultural. Our first efforts were after the civil war. 1865 to 1877. We did achieve some racial progress. We had 15 black elected officials. We had a freedmens bureau. We had the creation of black churches and Public Schools, but we also institutionalized racial segregation rather quickly by the 1880s and 1890s. We did it through racial violence and public policy. Our second reconstruction is the Civil Rights Movement between 1954 and 1965. When we think about Public School desegregation and the Voting Rights act and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Bute wa
Than 60,000 new infections voting in the us state of georgia has ended with the result deciding in a single day. The balance of power in congress for the next two years. Itll also define how much a biden presidency is able to accomplish. Joe biden won the state in novembers president ial election but the two senate seats in georgia both went to run offs. Heres a quick reminder why this race in georgia is so important. In the senate, there are currently 50 republicans and 48 democrats. There are two vacant seats. Ifjon ossoff and the reverend Raphael Warnock win their races, democrats would be tied for power. Then the Vice President elect kamala harris, a democrat of course, would have the deciding vote. And that would give democrats control of both chambers of congress and the white house meaning mr biden could get more of his agenda passed by the house and senate. Hed have more power. The bbcs larry madowo is in atlanta, georgia. Republicans have set up an in person Victory Party here
Attorney general eric holder has authorized an additional autopsy on the body of missouri teen Michael Brown. The announcement comes after another night of unrest in ferguson where hundreds of protesters were out. Look at that, clashing with police through thats a haze of tear gas. Tensions in the city remain high after last weekends Fatal Shooting of the you know armed black at the scene. Natasha is live in ferguson, missouri. Can you tell us a little bit more about this autopsy . What do we know . Reporter good afternoon, morgan. Another autopsy of Michael Browns body has already been conducted, but an attorney general holder said because of the extraordinary circumstances surrounding browns death and at the request of his family, a federal medical examiner will conduct an independent examination, an independent autopsy of brown, and it will be done so as soon as possible. In the meantime, for a second night in a row, there was violence here in ferguson which included a breakin of th
8 a. M. In the west. Remembering Michael Brown. What they are calling Home Going Service for him. He was gunned down by a Police Officer in ferguson, missouri. You are looking at live pictures. Music, singing. There are celebrities. There are stars. There are civil leaders, members of the black community there. The voices of outrage over the shooting are now silent. Michael browns father requested peace on this day, the day that he and his wife lay their son to rest. That request is being honored by the thousands of mourners gathered at this ceremony. Theres so many people there. They have to use an overflow room. For many people, Michael Browns death was a painful reminder of racial profiling and unequal treatment at the hands of Law Enforcement. I want to begin with don lemon outside the funeral service. Stephanie elam is on the street where Michael Brown was killed. I want to go first to don outside this church and don weve seen this really remarkable procession over the last severa
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