I am a fellow, prod to have you all here, and also i am one of your two cohosts from representing the school of Public Policy and Public Administration, where we prepare lots and lots of wonderful students for federal service as well as service in a variety of part of the public and nonprofit sector. Im delighted to be here for several reasons. Good to see a lot of my old friends. With 12 of our faculty are not the fellows. At least a couple of us are here at this sort of midsummer, a lot of people at the beach and its great you all are you. Its an important topic, and we are delighted to be here to invite you to host, and also its wonderful always to see gene dodaro. Just a couple months ago i was up on this stage giving, being part of the arthur awards commission to give gene a Lifetime Achievement award. I dont know if you know that but he was an Arthur Flemming award winner very early in his career. Its an award that goes to federal leaders early in their career, and as i said it w
And believing in it, fundamentally, and using those principles as a way to try to ask for further progress on equality for them. So thats what i mean. Host what is the proof . Guest the proof is that every time there is some kind of protest movement organized civil disobedience, other kinds of movements on the part of africanamericans, our people, who are in coalition with them, always what they ask for are the principles that are pristine American Values of long standing. When wick Martin Luther king asked for justice he spoke in the tones of the language of the declaration and independences and constitution. Didnt speak in the tones of some alien philosophy that existed in some other country. Host in that book long memory, you kind of recount some of the black Resistance Movements over the years. When did it first start in the states . Guest well, there had been Resistance Movements since the beginning of the republic, and the colonial period we have documented movements of people tr
Guest every time there is some type of protest movement organized a mass civil disobedience, other kinds on the part of African Americans by people in coalition with them all is what they asked for are the principles, pristina American Values. And Martin Luther king asked for justice he spoke in the tops of the language of the declaration of independence and the constitution. It was not the tones of some alien philosophy that exists in some other country. Host in that book you recount some of the black Resistance Movement over the years. When did it for storage . Guest there has been a Resistance Movement since the beginning of the republic. In the colonials we have documented movements of people trying to escape slavery, trying to resist their oppression. Not as many as one might hope. A lot of discipline. Loss of movement. I wrote a book once called black resistance wedlock. A couple of chapters on the war, the black Resistance Movement. Blacks and some models or a live together in f
Mourns, president obama reminded people to keep this in mind during a speech at the nato summit today in warsaw, poland. The demented individual who carried out those attacks in dallas, hes no more representative of africanamericans than the shooter in charleston was representative of white americans. Or the shooter in orlando or san were learning who the shooter was. 25yearold Micah Johnson had a troubled pass. While in the military. Memorials held today. On the hold the demonstrations have been peaceful in rochester, new york a protester last night continued into the morning and more than 70 people were arrested after throwing rocks at police. Ahead this hour, well hear from witnesses who saw the tragedy unfold on the streets of dallas and well hear from local leaders as well as elected officials who are now tasked with helping this city and this country move forward. So let us begin this hour here in dallas with new details emerging about the shooter micah xavier johnson. Including