Local officials discussed efforts of raising awareness of africanamericans. This took place at the annual conference in denver. Good afternoon and welcome. My name is aster liverman here in denver. It is my pleasure and honor to introduce our speaker for this session wholl present aspects beyond the green book african travel. Ranging from a personal colorado stories to sites across the country. To the far left, let me welcome our colorado native, gary jackson who grew up in denver before attending the university of redland and california, he earned his doctorate at boulder. He was assigned to the civil division, district of colorado before entering private practice in 1976. In 1982, he cofounded the firm of demana and jackson, a partnership that continues to the Denver County court bench of january of 2013. Gary has been recognized as a colorados super lawyer. Colorado Bar Association award of merit and among others. In 2018, the institute recognized gary for excellence county court ju
Luther king jr. Was arrested in my hometown of birmingham, alabama. His crime, leading a peaceful march to protest the indignity suffered by the black community and the jim crow era. He had violated the ban on public demonstrations which targeted the growing resistance of africanamericans to the injustices they were insuffering. While in solitary confinement in birmingham, dr. King wrote what became known as the letter from the birmingham jail, a stinging response to a group of white clergy in alabama who had denounced his tactics and questioned the wisdom and timing of his arrival in birmingham. They insisted he was an outside agitator coming to alabama to instigate trouble. Dr. King responded famously. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. In his letter he rejected the idea that africanamericans should be more patient for change in the face of the daily indignities inflicted by segregation, in the face of threats of violation. There comes a time, he wrote, when the cu
57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We begin with the coronavirus toll in the u. S. Georgia has just reported its first two cases. That brings the total number of cases in the u. S. To at least 102. Six people in Washington State have died from the virus. This as supplies are flying off the shelves. People are stockpiling masks, hand sanitizer, and water. Retailers are warning that there may soon be a shortage, and clear that places including hospitals and Nursing Homes need to ramp up safety precautions. These assisted living facilities, the Nursing Homes, you absolutely need to take proper precaution business whos allowed in those facilities. For the first time the ncaa is being called on to consider banning fans from march madness games. Laura podesta is here in new york. What do we know about the latest deaths, the ones that happened in Washington State . Reporter well, three of the people who died lived in king county in Washi
Residential primaries. Also kyle kondik, the managing editor of sabatos crystal ball will talk to us about the developments in the 2020 president ial race. Washington journal is next. Host it is the washington journal on the super tuesday. Biden gaining joe the endorsements of Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, and beto orourke. Bernie sanders is looking today and get dashed again delegates from those participating today and hoping to do well in california. This as President Trump held a rally in North Carolina where he not only talked about the november election but the administrations action on testing and developing a vaccine against coronavirus. You can make comments on either super tuesday or the u. S. Coronavirus response on three lines. 2027488000 for democrats. 2027488001 for republicans. 2027488002 for independents. If you want to text us, you can do so at 2027488003. Wj can tweet us at cspan and follow along on facebook and facebook. Com cspan. When it comes to our coverage for t
Should College Athletes be paid outside their scholarships . If your answer is yes, we want to hear from you at 202 74880 00. If your answer is no, College Athletes should not be paid outside scholarships, we want to hear from you at 202 7488001. Oryou are a College Athlete you are a former College Athlete who are you are in the family of a former or current College Athlete, we especially want to know what you think at 202 7488002. You can always text us your answer at chilly8003 202 748 and we are always 202 7488003. We are also on facebook and cspanwj. There was a hearing on capitol hill this week where the ncaa president discussed what the ncaa is doing on the issue of compensation for student athletes. Heres what he had to say. [video clip] there are legitimate concerns being expressed about the fundamental fairness of our system. We share those concerns. We agree student athletes should be allowed to benefit from their ,ame, image and likeness, nil and we are in the process of ide