This longing to attain a self conscious manhood, to merge his double self into a better and truer self. And in the merging, he desires neither of the older selves to be lost. He would not africanize america, for america has too much to teach the world and africa. He would not bleach his negro soul in the flood of white americanism, for he knows that negro blood has a message for the world. He simply wishes to make it possible for a man to be both a negro and an american without being cursed and spit upon by his fellows and without having the door of opportunity closed roughly in his face. So. No matter the smile, no matter the grin, no matter the bow, there is no safety. No hiding place. No matter what mask we wear, we blacks are damned if we do and damned if we dont. As Ralph Ellison says in the beginning of his novel, invisible man, we black americans have no guarantee that we exist at all. I am an invisible man. No, im not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe nor am i one
First black general, first black graduate of the naval academy, second black of the naval academy, first black president ial cabinet member. What do they all have in common . Its this place, its Dunbar High School. Woodruff and mark shields and Ramesh Ponnuru analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by ni supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdat;and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Oro o and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. nr this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff our lead story tonight washington headed into the final weekend before a potential Government Shutdown with the outcome still in doubt. The senate adopted a stopgap spending bill to kee
Well, ed, what a scene youre watching over there. Tell us what happens now. Well, at this point we know that House Republicans are planning to meet at about noon oned is to consider their next options. Just before we came on the air tonight, there was a possible proposal unveiled by about 62 House Republicans that would instead of completely defunding the new Health Care Law just delay it until the beginning of 2015. This is now seen as the new leading conservative proposal, one that republicans can get behind. When i asked one of the lead sponsors what about the fact that the shutdown begins on tuesday and that the house and senate might not be able to get something done by then, they said, no, we still think theres plenty of time and it can be done. In reality, Senate Procedure can take some time. And if the house does indeed pass something this week and send it back to the senate, there arent necessarily enough hours in the day to ensure that something gets passed by midnight at the
American education. First black general, first black graduate of the naval academy, second black of the naval academy, first black president ial cabinet member. What do they all have in common . Its this place, its Dunbar High School. Woodruff and mark shields and Ramesh Ponnuru analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by ni supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdat;and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Oro o and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. nr this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff our lead story tonight washington headed into the final weekend before a potential Government Shutdown with the outcome still in doubt. The senate adopted a stopgap
Worldwide. The herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations Whose Mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The kohlberg foundation. Barbara g. Fleischman. And by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. Once again, we are remembering the author and poet maya angelou, who died three months ago at the age of 86. At the time of her death, one of the cable news websites proclaimed that a literary voice revered globally for her poetic command and her commitment to civil rights has fallen silent. Well, not exactly. Because well be hearing Maya Angelous voice for a long time to come. She left seven autobiographies, three book