History and conversation with us. And to kind of create a space to put that history of conversation with the president and struggles today. Tonight we are going to be talking about black power and political refreshment. It feels a timely in the moment we are in. I think most of you who have been here before also know that every two months i like to talk about rosa parks. Many of you know i am professor Jeanne Theoharis and i wrote a biography of rosa parks and this would have been her 100 third birthday. In honor of that, colleagues have built a new web site called rosaparksbiography. Org to challenge the ways in much of our public conversation today theres a kind of dangerous distinction being made between what is being treated as the good old Civil Rights Movement and the movements for Racial Justice and black lives matter today and these are dangerous distinctions and i think really looking at the history of rosa parks and particularly looking at criminaljustice. Really challenges t
Make money figure out ways to develop the country. The neck. I just want to add something to all of this. I am honored to be around you and thankful to the council the reminded me and took me back to 14 years ago. I want to read something to you. The honorable mrs. Bush. I do remember those days. I gave my 1st in chicago, and 400 american businessman it would come i had to convince many leaders to believe in the afghan women capacity. I ended with the following symptoms, a lot of hope. Still the dark days in the storm have left. The sun is out. Tender, love, care. I do not want to die again. You have played a major role by building capacity and you have recognized a fear of the flowers handbook is 14 years he was not possible. I thank you from my heart. [applause] thank you. On behalf of all of us i would like to extend our thanks. After 37 years it will take a long time to fully emerge from conflict but there are extraordinary signs of progress and hope. A special thanks for what you
How are you doing, brother . So good to see you. Thank you. Wow, look at the reception. You want to sit . Sure. So this is the land of barbecue. It is. And youre a vegan. Whats that like . Whats that like . How has that been for new. Its been a great experience for me for well being. When you come from a family that literally owned a soul food restaurant, my mom and dad t may have caused some trouble. But now they understand that for health reasons, its a good way to go. But youre not eating barbecue down here, right . Maybe putting a little sauce on the vegetables. Welcome. Its good to be here. So were going to start off with our audience questions now. First one is tawania herbert, a Health Care Professional from columbia. Shes a supporter of yours. There she is. Good evening. Good evening, tawania. So even though you have proposed legislation and policies that positively impact our country, moving forward, many people just want to defeat trump in 2020 and are critical of your approa
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