go home! it s like a bomb. we re sitting on a bomb. you can have a black person killed with a video, then this is what you ll get. this is a revolution. should people be frightened? i think people should wake up. it s 1991. wake up. we have talked at each other and about each other for a long time. it s high time we all began talking with each other. no justice, no peace! can we all get along? in about 20 minutes from now david dinkins, who is now mayor dinkins, is scheduled to step out from city hall and take a public oath of office and become new york city s 106th mayor and the city s first african-american mayor. i intend to be the mayor of all the people of new york. david dinkins being inaugurated on new year s day in 1990 is an auspicious start to the decade and really a culmination of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s. people are starting to see tangible benefits of that struggle. a grandson of slaves was sworn in today a
- thurgood marshall was the lawyer on brown versus board of education. he was on the supreme court to give a voice to black americans. - i kept my word to the american people and to the senate by picking the best man for the job on the merits, and the fact he s minority, so much the better. - judge, what do you say to critics who say the only reason you re being picked is because you re black? - i think a lot worse things have been said. i disagree with that, but i ll have to live with it. - the senate is scheduled to vote tomorrow on the supreme court nomination of clarence thomas, but now some lawmakers are concerned about an accusation of sexual harassment dating back ten years. - anita hill enters the room now. - democrats were gonna challenge clarence thomas on the basis of his conservative views. his race was not gonna be an issue, but i think the anita hill allegations brought race back into the picture. - the senate judiciary committee is meeting to hear evidence on sexual hara
court nomination of clarence thomas. but now some lawmakers are concerned about the accusation of sexual harassment dating back ten years. anita hill enters the room now. democrats were going to challenge clarence thomas on the basis of his conservative views. his race was not going to be an issue. but i think the anita hill allegations brought race back into the picture. the senate judiciary committee is meeting to hear evidence on sexual harassment charges that have been made against judge clarence thomas. he spoke about acts that he had seen in pornographic films involving such matters as women having sex with animals. this seemingly personal matter is being aired out in front of this jury of all-white men. and it created quite a spectacle. this is a circus, and from my standpoint as a black american, as far as i m concerned, it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks. clarence thomas decided to
education. he was on the supreme court to give a voice to black americans. i kept my word to the american people and to the senate by picking the best man for the job on the merits. the fact he s minority, so much the better. judge, what do you say to critics who say the only reason you re being picked is because you re black? i think a lot worse things have been said. i disagree with that, but i ll have to live with it. the senate is scheduled to vote tomorrow on the supreme court nomination of clarence thomas. but now some lawmakers are concerned about the accusation of sexual harassment dating back ten years. anita hill enters the room now. democrats were going to challenge clarence thomas on the basis of his conservative views. his race was not going to be an issue. but i think the anita hill allegations brought race back into the picture. the senate judiciary committee is meeting to hear evidence on sexual harassment charges that have been made against judge clarence
he was on the supreme court to give a voice to black americans. i kept my word to the american people and to the senate by picking the best man for the job on the merits. the fact he s minority, so much the better. judge, what do you say to critics who say the only reason you re being picked is because you re black? i think a lot worse things have been said. i disagree with that, but i ll have to live with it. the senate is scheduled to vote tomorrow on the supreme court nomination of clarence thomas. but now some lawmakers are concerned about the accusation of sexual harassment dating back ten years. anita hill enters the room now. democrats were going to challenge clarence thomas on the basis of his conservative views. his race was not going to be an issue. but i think the anita hill allegations brought race back into the picture. the senate judiciary