Lowhanging fruit and that face the movement became a victim of its own success because nationally people thought thats got everything they want. Racism still exists in american society. Shelby county notwithstanding and you know if you got the Civil Rights Act and people dont want to see the nuances of racism even in the 1980s when people were talking about south africa. People were like you should be focused on problems domestically so i think we can do many things and also people are naturally inclined to have certain causes that they care about. People are naturally going to focus more attention on some things than others and what you care about the most might not be what i care about the most but what i care about the most may not be what you care about the most and i think we should encourage people to take up their passion and cause not turn their noses up when somebody is doing Something Else because basically we can cover everything through a specialization. So many times a foc
[ applause ] American History tvs reel america journeys through the 20th century with archive films, tonight focus on the police and communities. 8 00 p. M. Cbs news special report watts, riot or revolt . This 1965 report looks back to the watts riots tracing the events of august 11 through 17, 1965. And searching for reasons behind the violence and destruction. At 9 00 p. M. Pilot district project washington, d. C. A series of three 1971 office of Economic Opportunity films documenting a program to improve Community Police relations in the nations capital. Just before 10 00 the people and the police, oakland. This 1974 kron tv Program Investigates the history of Police Brutality in oakland, california, and documents a variety of efforts to reform the department. And at 10 25 p. M. A 1960 Police Training film explains how to recognize and deal with the mentally ill. All of this coming up tonight on American History tv. Next, reverend al sharpton and Trayvon Martins Attorney Benjamin Cr