Help them avoid painful discrimination and segregated south jame crowd may be a saying of the past but for instance film director spike lee believes racism is ingrained in the d. N. A. Of the United States days think it will ever be overcome completely. Well its going to take a long time because you know with the development of the i guess the you know the country with the native americans and with the you know the the many many years of bondage by africans who were brought here you know and then you had the black codes after that and then you had. Jim crow didnt you had reconstruction and so is you know its a lie its a lot you know and but i will say that it has gotten better during my lifetime. Ive seen changes but they came about because people worked to bring those changes black people white people and people of the same i so it wasnt easy the strides that have been made there were hard fought. It off heard that there are special projects and local director is like new orleans blac
Like their baby and by Victor Greene being a mailman he was able to get other mail men through his union the National Association of post or federal employees so his network of federal workers throughout the country would ask people on their routes what they would they not my being listed in this guide and really it was the black home maker because back then a lot of black women work in their home they dont work outside like today so when you look at the green book the listings in the green book is never a mr so and sos home thats less it is always mrs brown or mrs. Smith or mrs so and so and knows how the listings appeared and there were no phone numbers you would just show up but i know youre working on a documentary about the green book do you feel like movies. Movies like that could actually help diffuse the current racial tension in the United States well every little bit helps every little bit helps you know you. Meet people all the time you know have a Childrens Book ruth and th
Demarcation line at the korean Demilitarized Zone sunday, and then took 20 steps beyond the line, which has divided north and south korea since 1953. We will go to seoul south korea, and to hawaii, for the latest. In over 4 Million People filled the streets of new york to celebrate world pride and mark the 50th anniversary of the stonewall uprising that launched the modernday lgbtq movement. We will hear voices from the que er liberation march. First, were honoring our ancestors in the fight for liberation, who started this all 50 ors ago at the stonewall bar. Amy all that and morere, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In a a historic first for a sitting u. S. President , donald trump crossed through the Demilitarized Zone and set foot in north korea sunday, walking sidebyside with north Korean Leader kim jongun after kim greeted him at the demarcation line. They agreed to resume do new causation talks come although trump
Demarcation line at the korean Demilitarized Zone sunday, and then took 20 steps beyond the line, which has divided north and south korea since 1953. We will go to seoul south korea, and to hawaii, for the latest. In over 4 Million People filled the streets of new york to celebrate world pride and mark the 50th anniversary of the stonewall uprising that launched the modernday lgbtq movement. We will hear voices from the que er liberation march. First, were honoring our ancestors in the fight for liberation, who started this all 50 ors ago at the stonewall bar. Amy all that and morere, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In a a historic first for a sitting u. S. President , donald trump crossed through the Demilitarized Zone and set foot in north korea sunday, walking sidebyside with north Korean Leader kim jongun after kim greeted him at the demarcation line. They agreed to resume do new causation talks come although trump
Amy from new york, this is democracy now pres. Trump i will be signing an executive order imposing hardhitting sanctions on the Supreme Leader of iran and the also office of the Supreme Leader of iran and many others. Amy iran says the move will permanently close the passage of diplomacy between the two countries. This comes as the u. S. Carries out Cyber Attacks against iran. We will get the latest. Then to oregon where the State Government is in a standoff after 11 republican lawmakers fled the capital thursday, some fled the state, to avoid voting on landmark Climate Change legislation. Threats of violence from rightwing militias supporting the rope gop legislators then led the remaining lawmakers to shut down the state capital in salem. They could today could have been in a store day for organ. House bill 2020 was poised to come to the senate floor. Virtually, Senate Republicans failed to show up and failed to do their jobs. Amy we will go to portland, oregon for the latest. And we