[ applause ] American History tvs reel america journeys through the 20th century with archive films, tonight focus on the police and communities. 8 00 p. M. Cbs news special report watts, riot or revolt . This 1965 report looks back to the watts riots tracing the events of august 11 through 17, 1965. And searching for reasons behind the violence and destruction. At 9 00 p. M. Pilot district project washington, d. C. A series of three 1971 office of Economic Opportunity films documenting a program to improve Community Police relations in the nations capital. Just before 10 00 the people and the police, oakland. This 1974 kron tv Program Investigates the history of Police Brutality in oakland, california, and documents a variety of efforts to reform the department. And at 10 25 p. M. A 1960 Police Training film explains how to recognize and deal with the mentally ill. All of this coming up tonight on American History tv. Next, reverend al sharpton and Trayvon Martins Attorney Benjamin Cr
Activists straddling the civil rights and power movements, he fought against racism and from the Political Center and welcomed public and private debate. Our speaker today will explore as hisearly life as well life as an intellectual. Hall teaches courses and africanAmerican History and the history of popular culture. A native of suburban chicago, he b. A. From st. Joseph in 2006 and004 and 2011. His scholarship has appeared in the journal of African American social sciencese review. His biography of arthur ashe she tennisrthur a and justice in the civil rights by johnspublished Hopkins University press. His work focuses on the intersection of popular and political culture, particularly the relationship between sport and the black Freedom Movement. So please join me in giving a hall. Hs welcome to eric [applause] eric good afternoon. Thank you so much for having me here at richmond today to talk about my book and to talk about ashe as a whole. Would like to thank the Virginia Historica
Apartheid movement in south africa. His career as athlete and activist straddling the civil rights and power movements, he fought against racism and injustice from the Political Center and welcomed public and private debate. Our speaker today will explore ashes early life as well as his life aan intellectual. Eric allen hall teaches courses in africanAmerican History and the history of popular culture. A native of suburban chicago, he earned a b. A. From st. Joseph college in 2004 and in 2006 and 2011. His scholarship has appeared in the journal of African American history and the social science review. His biography of arthur ashe entitled arthur ashe tennis and justice in the Civil Rights Era was published by Johns Hopkins university press. His work focuses on the intersection of popular and political culture, particularly the relationship between sport and the black Freedom Movement. So please join me in giving a warm dhs welcome to eric hall. [applause] eric good afternoon. Thank y
Joining us on our callin set is Msnbc Chris Hayes who has written his second book called a colony in a nation. Where did the name of the book come from . It is a line from a Richard Nixon quote in 1968. It is an inauguration speech and thought of as a law and order speech. You have riots, protests, assassinations and he is calling for a return to order saying it is time for frank talk about the problem of order in the country. There is a line where he is talking about africanamericans and race struggles and saying they want the same as White Americans and dont want to just be a colony in a nation. That term, when i encountered it while reading the speech, really stuck with me and captured something deep about a lot of the reporting i was doing. Where does the book spring from . An incident this book sprang from . We covered criminal justice on the show and did that before Michael Browns death and before sort of the explosion of black lives matter activism and what happens in baltimore
Do i buy . Just know that the United States has some of the most sustainable features in the world regardless of the social justice issues we discussed here. Buy domestic. Secondly, if you want to go a little further and under whether or not the fisherman catching fish for you are fairly treated know your fisherman and try to under where this particular fish came from. And if you are members of ngo look deeply at how these organizations are spending your many. They are as capable of running consultantled campaigns and media blitz to force a particular direction as are the businesses steve discussed today. Understand where your dollar is going and use them well. Steve, you ready . You got it . Yes. There are things people can do as individuals, an consumers, for example that will have an impact. One richmond example i site in the book involves something called Community Choice aggregation. We can unplug from fossil fuel sources of energy and sign up for something called marine clean ene