And the influence that she has had on africanamerican culture. Good evening, everyone. Think you so much for being here with us. Im the executive producer of the green space. We have been on an extraordinary journey over the last month. The green spaces honored the 75th anniversary of Zora Neale Hurstons novel, their eyes were watching god. One month from today is the threeyear anniversary of the green space. Our hope and mission is to take audiences on a soul stirring journey to connect, to inspire, and to transform. I want to acknowledge two visionaries who are here who have been ears lee supportive of the green space. Laura walker, president and ceo of new york public radio. [applause] thank you, laura. And marina lackland, Vice President of integrated marketing. [applause] all of the video from the festival, including tonight you can find and share on the green space. Org. Our celebration began on february 24 with a look at Langston Hughes hosted by culex our house, and a feature p
today as the calls for israel to pause its war on hamas grow louder. what s next and before we can go of the war, ahead. the shady bunch. donald trump jr. and eric trump take the stand in new york s 250 million dollar civil fraud trial. just days before the most indicted former president in u.s. history, and his daughter, ivanka, take the stand. the new gag order in the case. the tough questions the former first family is facing, and why it all means for the three criminal trials against donald trump. and a victorious revival. might one-on-one conversation with tony award winning director kenny leon about bringing ozzy davis is pearly victorious back to broadway for the first time in more than 60 years, and how this satire on race and segregation has incredible relevance today. i m jonathan capehart. this is the saturday show. we start this hour with the latest on the push for a pause in the israel-hamas war. new video in overnight show secretary of state anthony blinke
That collection arrived at the 135th Street Public Library 90 years ago. He was a bibliophile who migrated from puerto rico in 1891 found a job on wall street work in the mailroom saves his pennies and worked really hard and bought anywhere are unique but he could find that was by or about black people. He eventually became famous for this collection. People would go to his home in brooklyn to see the library to borrow from the Library People like Langston Hughes and eventually people like and when the librarian at the library and library decided she had a lot of lack patrons coming to the library and a large immigrant community at the time she said ive got to find material for my patrons and ultimately schombergs collection of 5000 items was purchased by Carnegie Corporation and a variety of 90 years ago and made up the core of what now today is a 10 million item collection at the Schomberg Center. Host how did the Schomberg Center end up at 135th . Guest this was the settlement zone
Washington journal continues. Host the front page of usa today this morning. The headline, more democrats swear off the swearingin ceremony. They are joining their colleagues in bowing to boycott Donald Trumps inauguration in the wake of him lashing out at civil rights icon john lewis. Their asking our viewers thoughts on those actions by Democratic House members. For democrats. 2027488001 for republicans. Independents. R i want to start by talking about one of those talking to one of those members of congress. He is a former chair of the congressional black caucus. He announced yesterday that he would not be attending the inauguration sermon. Congressman butterfield, thank you for joining us. How did you come to that decision . Guest i made the decision the day after the election. I began anticipating the future as i always do. Right out of the box, i felt uncomfortable going to inauguration, which is supposed to be a celebration. The pinnacle of the ceremony is the growth of office w
The strong commitment of the u. S. To the transatlantic bond not only in words. But also in deeds. These days the us is deploying new forces, additional forces, to europe which is of great importance for the security of europe and which is demonstrates the strong transatlantic commitment of the u. S. And we are very grateful for this commitment. You also stressed that just as the u. S. Stood with europe, europe stood tall with the u. S. And we have to remember that the only time that the alliance has invoked our nato has invoked our collective defence clause, article 5, our, was after an attack on the u. S. And this was more than just a gesture. Several hundred thousands of canadian and european troops have served in afghanistan. And more than a thousand paid the ultimate price. The bond between the united between the United States and europe embodied in the Nato Alliance is very important today because we live in times of turmoil and and then we need a Strong Alliance more than ever.