Nonviolent corn ending committee helped integrate georgias house , of representatives, and then chaired the naacp. He fought for environmental and gayrights. We will speak to Eleanor Holmes norton, delegate to congress representing the District Of Columbia, former naacp chair benjamin jealous, Pulitzer Prizewinning historian taylor , president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. And we will hear julian bond in his own words. We march because Trayvon Martin has joined emmett till in the pantheon of young black martyrs. We march because the United States Supreme Court has eviscerated the Voting Rights act for which we fought and we march because every Economic Indicator shows gaping whitelike disparities. We march for freedom from white supremacy. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Civil rights pioneer julian bond has died at the age of 75. For more than half a century, bond helped found student nonviolen
Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support is provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios in Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. This is pbs newshour weekend. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. The u. S. Government is opposing the release of a detainee at the u. S. Military prison in guantanamo, bay cuba, who has been on a Hunger Strike for eight years. The military is forcefeeding Tariq Ba Odah to keep him alive. The 36yearold detainee now weighs 74 pounds, roughly the weight of a 10yearold boy. Thats less than half what he weighed when he was sent to guantanamo 13 years ago. Ba odah has never been formally charged or convicted of a crime, and he is among the 52 detainees who have been cleared for release by a task force of u. S. National security agencies. Last night, the Justice Department filed papers in federal Court Opp
Kings. Amy civil rights pioneer julian bond has died at the age of 75. For over half a century, he helped fight for freedom in the United States. He cofounded the student nonviolent corn ending committee helped integrate georgias house , of representatives, and then chaired the naacp. He fought for environmental and gayrights. We will speak to Eleanor Holmes norton, delegate to congress representing the District Of Columbia, former naacp chair benjamin jealous, Pulitzer Prizewinning historian taylor , president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. And we will hear julian bond in his own words. We march because Trayvon Martin has joined emmett till in the pantheon of young black martyrs. We march because the United States Supreme Court has eviscerated the Voting Rights act for which we fought and we march because every Economic Indicator shows gaping whitelike disparities. We march for freedom from white supremacy. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Or
Kings. Amy civil rights pioneer julian bond has died at the age of 75. For over half a century, he helped fight for freedom in the United States. He cofounded the student nonviolent corn ending committee helped integrate georgias house , of representatives, and then chaired the naacp. He fought for environmental and gayrights. We will speak to Eleanor Holmes norton, delegate to congress representing the District Of Columbia, former naacp chair benjamin jealous, Pulitzer Prizewinning historian taylor , president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. And we will hear julian bond in his own words. We march because Trayvon Martin has joined emmett till in the pantheon of young black martyrs. We march because the United States Supreme Court has eviscerated the Voting Rights act for which we fought and we march because every Economic Indicator shows gaping whitelike disparities. We march for freedom from white supremacy. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Or
William barber of the naacp in North Carolina just before he takes part in another act of mass civil disobedience. Then, was your seafood caught by slaves . Today, a shocking expose. Men who were on boats are captive on an island as we found. The goal from the beginning was to find people who were actually captive slaves, to trace that fish back to the american dinner table, and most important, to name names. Amico we will speak to two of the Associated Press reporters. Today, the Pulitzer Prizes will be announced. Will they win . All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Brazils lower house of congress has voted to start impeachment proceedings against president dilma rousseff. 367 to 37 for was impeachment. Jose guimaroes, the congressional leader of roussefs workers party, accused opposition lawmakers of waging a coup. The coup has won in the lower house, but the fight has not ended. No matter if it is in