That immediately it became all of these counter activities, efforts not only to not move forward but to push us backwards. I thought that resistance in itself was so disturbing because it confused the picture, and really the action was more like this was about bussing and not about school, that it was not about openness, but it was about trying to get new privilege to people who didnt deserve it. That i thought was very detrimental, not just to the children and parents who were involved but i think to the society. Now, you enjoyed an integrated education. Yes. So in that sense you enjoyed what brown might have meant. Thats right, and thats what i thought. I said, now, because and i have until i was an adult i had never had a negro teacher, and so my teachers were interested in me, the parents, boys and girls all shared things together, and i thought, well, this is what school ought to be like, and i thought at last we had it. Well, the decision didnt have an effect on your education, b
That immediately it became all of these counter activities, efforts not only to not move forward but to push us backwards. I thought that resistance in itself was so disturbing because it confused the picture, and really the action was more like this was about bussing and not about school, that it was not about openness, but it was about trying to get new privilege to people who didnt deserve it. That i thought was very detrimental, not just to the children and parents who were involved but i think to the society. Now, you enjoyed an integrated education. Yes. So in that sense you enjoyed what brown might have meant. Thats right, and thats what i thought. I said, now, because and i have until i was an adult i had never had a negro teacher, and so my teachers were interested in me, the parents, boys and girls all shared things together, and i thought, well, this is what school ought to be like, and i thought at last we had it. Well, the decision didnt have an effect on your education, b
Welcome him here [applause]. All night. All day. Were going to be fighting for freddie gray. All night, all day, we are going to be fighting for freddie gray. The first of all let me say that it is an honor and pleasure to be back here at red emmas, i was here some months ago to introduce to other new books that i have written and i consider it to be quite an honor that they have a invited me back again. Those who may may not be familiar, freddie gray was a young, black man who had a fatal encounter with the police in baltimore. He is in the long list of such young black people have had fatal encounters with the authority, i think of samuel reising kleven, and Staten Island new york, Michael Brown in ferguson, sandra bland in texas, hopefully what im going to be talking about this evening that is to say, these events that stand the period of the onset of the haitian revolution in 1791 until the death of Paul Robinson in 1976 will shed light, i would hope on why, in north america we hav
Tonights event is going to be a doubleclick event. Talking about confronting, but also the revolutionary life of paul robison. His birthday was actually a week ago. This guy, horne is a brilliant scholar, brilliant historian and i want you to give a round of applause and welcome him here. [applause] all night, all day. We are going to be fighting for freddie gray. All night, all day, we are going to be fighting for freddie gray. First of all, let me say that its an honor and pleasure to be back here to read and not. I was here months ago to introduce two other new books that ive written and i can iterate to be quite an honor that theyve invited me back again. For those who may not be familiar, freddie gray was the young black man who had a fatal encounter with the police in the city of baltimore. And he is in a long list of such young but people who have had fatal encounters with the authorities. Im thinking of khmer rice in cleveland and eric garner in staten island, new york and Mich
Steve forbes, most recent book is reviving america. This has been built tv on cspan2 indepth. Cspan cremate americas cablevision company. [applause] all night. All day. Were going to be fighting for freddie gray. All night, all day, were going to be fighting for freddie gray. First of all, let me say that its an honor and a pleasure to be back here at red emmas. I was here months ago to introduce other new books i had written, and i consider it to be quite an honor theyve invited me back again. For those who may not be familiar, freddie gray was a young black man who had a fatal encounter with the police in the city of baltimore, and he is in a long list of such young black people who have had fatal encounters with the authorities. Im speaking of tamara rice in cleveland, and eric garner new york, and Michael Brown in ferguson, and sandra bland in texas, and hopefully what im going to be talking about this evening, that is to say, these events that span the period from the onset of the