I was taken aback by more than anything, the impact of your grandparents. Guest i wanted to talk more about my personal story, because in politics it is fashionable to create caricatures of every person involved in politics. Youve got people actually start to think that these people are what they read and i realized the media had to create a caricature as someone that got into this for selfish reasons and i wanted to present and thought liberalism was the right path for me. It begins with my grandparents that were staunch conservatives that raised me conservatives. What those lessons taught me about the way they view their circumstances today. Conservatives all the way and the reason is because the left has become against every value in latin america since the time. We have values and believe in family. Its an attack on the family and on the Nuclear Family and the way things have been traditionally and that they think can exist. I wanted to make sure they understood that its through ha
Book clock is stories of people are interested in what is going on in our country today yours is the book to read but i was thinking of the impact of her grandparents. Yes i wanted to talk more about my personal story because its fashionable for the media to create a caricature of everybody involved evil trump and mean candace if you think of these people and then they realize the media made me as someone who got into this for selfish reasons but i want to show people where my conservative roots began and it really all begins with my grandparents who are staunch conservatives so for me to be able to tell the story of my grandfather who was on the sharecropping farm and then what that taught me the way black americans view their circumstances today. Your grandfather was his voting or opining on politics but with his views be . Conservative all the way just because to the left was against every the value that was instilled in a way that out out to my chapter the black community is tremen
Our next speaker really needs no introduction and stays on the frontline. Congresswoman ayana pressley. She is an activist, a legislator, survivor and the first woman of color to be elected to congress from the commonwealth of massachusetts. Throughout her career as a public servant, she has fought to ensure those closest to the pain are closest to the power. Prior to her being elected to congress she served on the Boston City Council for eight years and was the first woman of color elected to the council in its 100 year history. Congresswoman ayana pressley. [applause and cheers] good morning, beloveds. Today i am thinking of the ancestors, not just the ones reported in our history books, but the ones omitted from those pages. The justice seekers, the freedom riders, the organizers, community builders, anyone who passed a brown bag lunch, read a freedom song, set up a prayer. Sacrifice and selfdetermination shaped history and brought us to this moment. The truth of the matter is we ar
Washington for the at National Action network is hosting this rally followed by a margin commemoration, the march is called get your knees off my neck, in response to the death of george floyd in minneapolis. Serving as a contributor to , from 1 00pton show to 4 00 monday through friday. Because of her dedication to the activism, and lifetime outside of her career, in 2016 the president barack obama Lifetime Achievement order. At welcome marco host, please welcome our cohost, ebony. Ebony thank you. Before i begin i want to quote some of the words from the late john lewis that he said in 1963. He said my friends, let us not forget that we are involved in a serious social revolution, by and large american politics are dominated by politicians who build their careers on immoral compromises and ally themselves economic, and, social expectation. I will ask the same question that he asked, where is the Political Party that will make it unnecessary us to keep having to march on washington .
Prior to being elected to congress, she served on the bostons city council for eight years and was the first woman of color elected to the council in its 100 year history. Please welcome congresswoman ayanna pressley. E] rep. Ressley today, i am thinking of the ancestors, not just the ones recorded in our history books, but those omitted from the pages. The freedom riders, the organizers, the community builders. Every loved one passed a brownbag lunch. Lunch, read a freedom song, set up a prayer. Sacrifice and selfdetermination shaped history and brought us to this moment. The truth of the matter is we are because of them. We are black with a capital b. We are the manifestation of the movement. We are and cultural proud blacks. If my granddaddy the reverend e. James echols were here, he would whisper in my ear and say baby, make it play. I intend to do just that, make it play area we are in unprecedented and uncertain times. We are challenged by the state of the nation and the crisis w