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They key you very much for being here i am delighted i say have been announced to speakve d a little bit about myself in. However first became interested in renting. Riding but i was born in lif 1937 there were pretty g important changes in american lives i graduated from Radcliffe College withnd a Harvard Education i wish i studied more. [laughter] after college i had ajob i terrific job as a reporter l at life magazine although lways paid less than a man doing thife same work. Part of i and talk about writing as a career many were quick tond wisd get married and i gave upork with my first husband andd then did not work 15 years and have been married twice my s my first husband rooseveltondena director by second husbandldren is a journalist anwr dcrrespondent and editor ii have children in grandchildren. Becaused was basically an only child chid with a mother who was a voracious reader. That would travel with her and in the summer with nancy boardi drew and the catcher in the travling
Here. Today, we will be talking about athletes, racial, and social justice. This intersection of workers and social justice is something that aflcio has been doing for decades. Since recent happenings in our world we have really started Digging Deeper into social justice. For us, talking about workers who deal with Racial Justice issues and how unions should protect people of color and the work that we do in the workplace. You know, i think about what is going on in our nation and the conversation around Colin Kaepernick. We all know that conversation around athletes taking a stand spans way far back. I do not know how many of you have been to the africanamerican smithsonian. They started with the most famous of athletes taking direct action with the olympics. Think about mohammed ali. Think about the desegregation in baseball, football, and basketball. The wnba. Today is not the first time, right now is not the first time that athletes have taken a stand. Taking a stance. If you think
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