Intelligence in something as simple as your music playlist or your netflix queue. Those are all using technology that does Machine Learning, to figure out what movies you love to watch and what music you like to listen to. It can be in your internet emails system, filtering out spam. That Automated System is not a algorithmt a computer using Technology Like deep learning. Then on the other and you can have Artificial Intelligence powering selfdriving cars. It uses vision and Machine Learning to help a car navigate a busy street. Announcer watch the communicators monday night on cspan2. Announcer American History tv is on cspan3 every weekend, featuring museum tours, archival films, and programs on the presidency, the civil war, and more. Heres a clip from a recent program. I just want to say, it has been extraordinary for a lot of reasons, one thats a singly explains where we are in september of 1787, always very useful to have a short document to demonstrate. We cant go without underscoring, these are two women in september of 1787, both of whom correspond with and provide advice to the major figures of the day. They are both published authors in their own name. One publishes a three volume history on the american revolution, the First Published three volume history. The other publishes an eight volume history of england. They are political thinkers, and they are political actors. And interestingly, they are talking about someone that doesnt consider them. This is extraordinary. They are not helpful names, and they ought to be, and i think it is part of the reason why we selected. Also to say that she talked to people who have political disagreements from her own. Announcer you can watch this and other American History programs on our website, where all our video is archived. That is cspan. Org history. Announcer tuesday morning, we are live in little rock, arkansas for the next stop on the cspan bus 50 capitals to her. The arkansas governor will be the guest on our bus, starting at 9 00 a. M. Eastern. Announcer the National Museum of african American History and culture recently opened an exhibit looking at the 1968 Poor Peoples Campaign, which Martin Luther king, jr. Organized to shift the focus of the Civil Rights Movement to Economic Issues. Reverend king was assassinated before the campaign got underway in washington, d. C. Next, a panel of activists and Smithsonian Museum staff look at the impact of the Poor Peoples Campaign and his legacy. This is about one hour. It is our pleasure to welcome you to this meeting events for city of hope. You are in for a wonderful discussion from some brilliant people. My name, because they told me, it is my pleasure to be the Deputy Director of the National Museum of african American History and culture. We are going to get started in a moment. I want you to know who these lovely young men are. They are both named mark. Which is very convenient. Mark mario, distinguished president of the National Urban league, and mark steiner, who is a brilliant journalist and a former and current activist in social justice. You will hear a lot more from him. They will be joined by more people you will see shortly. To get us started, i would like to bring to the podium one of my favorite people at the smithsonian. He is a distinguished leader of this institution. His official title is the Elizabeth Mcmillan director of the smithsonian National Museum of American History. He is part of our top collaborators in the work that we do, particularly with the exhibition space we have at the american museum. John. [applause] well, good morning. It is a pleasure to welcome all of you to the interNational Museum of American History. I would say, if ever there is a time in america when we need historic understanding, as well as museums that present history in ways people can understand their role in democracy, it is today. It shows you the prime example of that as we have a major show on american democracy. One of the key components is the way citizens can participate in our nation. One of the key ways of doing that is through protest. Honoring protest and understanding it in the context of a larger arc of America History is important. I would also say we have been honored and privileged to have our wonderful neighbor in this building providing extraordinary shows. It has also been an honor to watch the development of the museum next door. Working with them and understanding ways in which American History is presented that includes all of us over the art of our history is fundamentally important to where we are going in the future. For that, we thank the whole team of enormously for what they have done, what they have taught us. I would say, most importantly, what we are all going to do together to help us understand who we are, why we are here, and where we are going. Thank you all very much. [applause] john, thank you. I am happy to report we have been joined by peter, who you will be hearing from later. Welcome, peter. And as promised, one of the folks who makes all that we do possible is our founding director. He is kind of our north star, lonnie bunch is a veteran of the smithsonian institution, former director of the chicago history museum. For over 13 years, he has done the work to lead with his vision, the creation of the National Museum of african American History and culture. He has traveled the country and the world gathering artifacts, making friends, raising a lot of money, and getting a Wonderful Team of colleagues, some of whom are with us today. We would not be in this situation of having a museum that has been called a gift to america without his leadership. Please join me in welcoming the founding director of the smithsonians 19th and newest museum, lonnie bunch. [applause] good morning, everybody. I am so pleased that you are here. I am pleased because this is an important moment for us, for the smithsonian, for the city of washington. Thank you for being with us for this media briefing. Let me first of all thank you for the leadership you have given for more than a decade in helping shape the museum. I also want to acknowledge the partnership we have had with john gray. The museum of American History has been our closest collaborator and most important and one of our most important partners. I think, just like in the exhibition we have done, it it is made better by the touch of American History. John, thank you very much for your involvement. Im pleased to have our special guests here, who will share their perspectives on this important story later. Thank you, gentlemen, for being with us. In 2018, there will be so much attention and discourse about the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther king jr. At the National Museum of african American History and culture, we decided to his decided to acknowledge that moment, by helping the public remember his legacy and the issues, some of which are still unmet, but he challenged america to address. While many celebrate his leadership for the battle for a just for racial justice, and his last campaign, the struggle for Economic Justice, is often undervalued and less understood. When recalling resurrection city, people often remember the rain and the mud, but not the meaning. They remember the brief duration of 43 days, went resurrection city was populated, but not its longterm impact. Often people think that after resurrection city, the war on poverty was won. To understand the Poor Peoples Campaign, it is essential to remember the year of 1968. 1968 was the year when all of the pain, violence, hatred, fragmentation, and all the hope of the 1960s seemed to combust. America was volatile and fragile with great political, racial, and generational chasms over the war in vietnam, the long hot summers of urban unrest, the murder of dr. King, and later the murder of robert kennedy. Out of this pain and uncertainty emerged the Poor Peoples Campaign. A campaign shaped by both hurt and hope. It sought to find a way to a multi racial collaboration, to alleviate the poverty that defined too many communities. This exhibition allows us to appreciate the planning, the sacrifices, and the commitment to fulfill dr. Kings dreams at the heart of the Poor Peoples Campaign. It also repositions dr. Ralph abernathy as an effective leader of the post king Civil Rights Movement. While it is clear resurrection city did not end poverty, it did help focus americas attention on the vast and diverse array of americans trapped by poverty. By examining the sixweek encampment on the national mall, it is hard not to see the contemporary residents of the Poor Peoples Campaign. After all, the mall has been the site of some in the moments where people have demanded a change in america. African americans used this expanse of land from the Lincoln Memorial to the capital to demand equality from Marian Anderson in 1939, to the march on washington in 1963, to the Poor Peoples Campaign, to the million man march. It has become sacred space to ask america to change. The images and artifacts within this exhibition are reminders that despite the Economic Growth and prosperity that has shaped this nation since 1968, there are still millions of americans without access to the American Dream of Economic Opportunity. We hope this exhibition encourages visitors to reexamine dr. King as somebody who demanded an america where Economic Opportunity would accompany demand for equal political and social rights. One of the strengths of the Poor Peoples Campaign was this ability to bring together people of many different backgrounds, africanamericans, latinos, native american, white americans, who shared one common thing. They shared an understanding of the pain of poverty. They shared a commitment to using that Diverse Coalition to prod, to push, to demand america live up to the promise of the constitution and the declaration. In essence, like dr. King, they dreamed of an america that not yet existed. They were willing to sacrifice so much to make it so. Ultimately, this exhibition says it can help america be better, help america to live up to our state of ideals. And that the best way to honor the ultimate sacrifice of dr. King is to cross those boundaries that divide, boundaries of race, gender, ethnicity, to demand a fair and freer america. Thank you very much for being with us this morning. [applause] thanks so much, lonnie. I also would like to ask the curator of exhibition to join us in the seats appear. After that terrific framing, no, we want to appear, my love. Yes, because you are the curator. What the heck. As aaron is getting situated, i want to remind everyone that we are Live Streaming todays event. I know lonnie wants to know this, particularly, being a twitterer, it is cityofhope. You can find the exact link on twitter. The letters my colleague sent me are too small for me to see. After the http, i am lost. But, cityofhope. You will find the brilliant tweets they have done. We are going to start with questions of the panelists that i am going to raise. Then we are going to follow with questions from you. Please be ready. It will not be long. I will start with mark morreale. He is not only the distinguished president of the National Urban league, the largest Civil Rights Organization in this country, one of the oldest, he is also the former mayor of new orleans. He is only 25 years old. It is amazing. Tell us the role of major Civil Rights Organizations like the urban league, the naacp, the Legal Defense fund, the power behind this days. Tell us about the role of those National Organizations in galvanizing people for action. And what that looks like today. Marc thank you very much. Good morning. Happy new year. I will have to excuse myself at about 9 29. I have to catch a 10 00 train to philadelphia to make another presentation at noon. This is what is important reflecting back 50 years. The historic Civil Rights Organizations, the naacp, the National Urban league, the southern christian leadership conference, the naacp Legal Defense fund, National Council of negro league and were united in the 1960s to do things. The march on washington as an example. While more is made of differences, the historical record demonstrates that these organizations worked together in unison, even with some spirited debate about whether the best tactics was litigation or direct action in protest, or whether the best actions were later on a more militant and strident approach that was championed by many young people. What is striking to me about 1968 and about this campaign is how meaningful the economic bill of rights was published by the Poor Peoples Campaign is today. They published a bill of rights. I am going to read it because i think this is the heart of why i believe what this should be about is we now must pick up the baton of the 1968 Poor Peoples Campaign and run a new. The first bill of rights was meaningful job at a living wage. The second was secure an adequate income for those who cannot find a job or do a job. Access to land for economic uses. Access to capital for poor people and minorities to promote their own businesses. Ability for ordinary people to play a truly significant role in the government. This Poor Peoples Campaign, which was really an iteration by Martin Luther king to do a number of things. One, to pivot and expand to a focus on Economic Justice and economic rights in a very determined way. Understanding that the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights act were important tools and pillars, but they were missing dynamics in how peoples quality of life could be improved. The second thing determined about this Poor Peoples Campaign was it was multicultural, multiracial. There was an intentional effort to meld together poor whites, latinos, and africanamericans in a concerted, visible effort to push this economic bill of rights. Today, where historic Civil Rights Organizations are, we continue to carry the banner in many respects. On many, many fronts. We are now extremely active not only in litigation and direct action, but many of us are active in a very concerted way around impacting public policy. Whether it is congress or the the agencies, the state capitals, city halls, county halls, municipal courts, we are active in ways that do not always make frontpage news. They do not always generate a conversation on cable political news. In many ways, we remain the sustainable, reliable, consistent infrastructure that continues to fight for the vision not only of Martin Luther king, but of whitney young, john lewis, roy wilkins, thurgood marshall, malcolm x, and many of the great leaders who championed civil rights, human rights, and Economic Justice in the 1960s. We are the inheritors and legatees of that. We work every day to see how we can push it. Today, there has to be a renewed effort to help poor white people, poor black people, poor latinos, working whites, working blacks, and working latinos, that they have more in common when it comes to Economic Issues than in division with each other. In todays america, culture and race, culture, sometimes as a cold word for race, has divided the body politics. Which means that something so simple like raising the minimum wage, or pushing the country toward a living wage, cant find the light of day. But, 20 plus states have said, forget the congress, forget the president , we will do it on our own. Simple important things cannot get done because politics of race, politics of culture gets i