That is what we have been told up till now. But do we really know rosa parks . The answer according to our guest this evening is very definitely, no. We welcome to the center for the book tonight, dr. Danielle mcguire, assistant professor of history at Wayne State University in detroit. Her new book is at the dark end of the street black women, rape, and resistance. A new history of the Civil Rights Movement from rosa parks through the rise of black power. As her subtitle suggests, the book does not not merely shed new light on rosa parks and the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement, it offers us nothing less than a new way of approaching an understanding both the womens history and the underpinnings of the Civil Rights Movement. It is a scholarly yet riveting narrative that traces a sordid history of Sexual Violence directed against black women in the jim crow era and illuminates how the littleknown actions of rosa parks long before that bus boycott helped create the impetus for Ci
So hopefully you will feel as excited as i feel about the first part of my book tour. Also, this is a very special time of year as we begin to reflect on my fathers birth. His actual birthday being january 15 and of course celebrating as a National Holiday on the 20th, next monday. So as we pause, as the nation pauses to reflect on his teachings, principles, and life work, i hope that we will all remember that the message he left for us is really and truly rooted within being our bests. I always think of the fact that people compare my father to so many great icons. But i would like to think of them first and foremost as daddy. To me, he was just simply someone i could seek refuge in. And i think that the book was for me a great opportunity to get some of these issues out on the table to look back over the span of years and explore the rich legacy that im very proud of being a part of. And the fact that he was a very serious person in public, the public man that we all know, but yet in
The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. As we meditate on all the blessings of life, we especially pray for the blessing of peace in our lives and in our world. Our fervent prayer, o god is that people will learn to live together in reconciliation and respect so that the terrors of war and violence will be no more. As you have created each person, we pray that you would guide our hearts and minds that every person of every place and background might focus on your great gift of life and so learn to live in unity. May your special blessings be upon the members of this assembly and the important, sometimes difficult, work they do. Give them wisdom and charity that they might Work Together for the common good. May all that is done this day in the peoples house be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journ
Son surprises his parents with a Christmas Present never imagined. Today, saturday, december 27th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im Sheinelle Jones alongside betty nguyen. I think they rearranged the furnitu furniture. I promised lester i would shop in november. I should have taken your advice. Wait until you see the one we will talk about in the orange room. This is a gift of a lifetime. That note that says that son gave his parents. We dont want to say whats on it. Lets start with our top story. The rhetoric from north korea this morning in response to the widespread internet outage earlier this week. It comes as tensions are running high between pyongyang and washington over the comedy film that has turned into an international incident. Nbc Hallie Jackson has more. Reporter good morning, lester. North korea is blaming the U
Son surprises his parents with a Christmas Present never imagined. Today, saturday, december 27th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im Sheinelle Jones alongside betty nguyen. I think they rearranged the furnitu furniture. I promised lester i would shop in november. I should have taken your advice. Wait until you see the one we will talk about in the orange room. This is a gift of a lifetime. That note that says that son gave his parents. We dont want to say whats on it. Lets start with our top story. The rhetoric from north korea this morning in response to the widespread internet outage earlier this week. It comes as tensions are running high between pyongyang and washington over the comedy film that has turned into an international incident. Nbc Hallie Jackson has more. Reporter good morning, lester. North korea is blaming the U