My middle name is elizabeth. Interviewer elizabeth. And then last name . Reid. I was born in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, 1927. April of 1927. Interviewer what date . Mary ninth. April 9, 1927. Tell me about your family when you were born . Mary we were very poor. My father was from tennessee. My mother was from pittsburgh. And when i was born, we lived in pittsburgh then. I had two older brothers and a sister. The oldest brother was 10 years older than i was. And so, i by the time i a little kid,nd they were already grown. So it seemed to me as if i was almost an only child. And i always missed not having somebody else. But we were poor. Lived in houses on a hill. I was never without friends, because we played on the street s and in the fields, on the hills. Pittsburgh is full of hills, so i was my mother would warn me when i would go out to play, not to go over the hill. And of course, i didnt until i andto the end of the row went around the row, until she couldnt see me. But then i wen
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Im burnt off its good to have you with us the brother of george floyd is appealing to protesters tonight to remain peaceful saying that his brother always supported peace and unity terrence floor was speaking in minneapolis at the spot where his brother died a week ago today when a white Police Officer derrick. Held his knee on george fords neck for nearly 9 minutes the footage captured on his cell phone shocked the world sparking a week of protests of Police Racism and brutality throughout the u. S. And beyond some of those protests turned violent resulting in several deaths across the country nighttime curfew have been imposed but broken in dozens of u. S. Cities. Or i want to bring in. Now he is in minneapolis for us. Good afternoon to you stefan you are there at this whats become a memorial site now tell me whats going on right now you know this is the day to be here and they had this site here right behind me this is the intersection and right there across the intersection that wa
Its not even the fray that likely to be a relief well to me that i feel safe at some point in the gutter itll become built up. There to protect the police serve to bring back the government of the world number one. Theres been too many people that are getting shot that is continuously happening. Theres no say so but really its my constant. Also coming up tonight as the Coronavirus Crisis subsides here in europe it leaves a medical system fighting not to flatline why we were taking care of patients we had to stop Everything Else and Everything Else is what brings money to us. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the superpower we all know and the superpower we hardly recognize it has been a week since a black man named george floyd died in Police Custody in minneapolis minnesota. A week to watch over and over the final moments of floyds life a video showing a white Police Officer using his knee to pin down floyds neck to
Welcome, everybody, to our hearing. Both those in the room and those that arent in the room. Before we start, i think its important, again, to note whats going on all around us, and that is the acknowledgement of Racial Injustice that has gone on for far too long in our country. I certainly support those who are speaking out and making their voices heard in a peaceful manner to bring about change. While change does not always come easily, i want to remind those watching this hearing today that change is possible. In december 2018, the first step that i first introduced became law. And i worked in partnership with several republican and democrat senators. Senator durbin was the lead person for the democrats. This law is the most significant criminal Justice Reform in a generation. A lot of people didnt think it was possible but we did it by working together, in a bipartisan way. But also working together in other ways to address racial disparities. Such as in health care, the c. A. R. E