Right, youre jen psaki. You had that job. Im reminded many times that youre rachel maddow. Ive been reading your book. Its such an important reminder of history. It scared me a little. It should, maybe. How can this happen . It is so topical at this moment. Thank you for writing it in between Everything Else. You are very, very kind to say so. Much appreciated. And thanks at home for joining us this hour. Ive been happy to have you here. One note before we get started. I know things might look a little different than usual. Thats just because im doing the show from someplace new. I am in los angeles tonight. Im at what is essentially the mid point of this book tour for my new book. Thats why im here. I am not a great traveller. I am not great at this. But i just, before i start the show, i briefly wanted to say thank you to all the book stores and the venues weve been at and all the moderators who have been on stage with me. Thank you in particular to everybody who has come out to one
Thanks for you at home for joining us this hour. And we happy to have you here. I will say just one note before we get started tonight. I know things might look a little different than usual, that is just because i am doing the show tonight from someplace new. I am in los angeles tonight. I am at what is essentially the midpoint of this book tour that im doing for my new book. Thats why im here. I am not a great traveler [laughter] i am not great at this. Just before i start the show tonight, i just want to say thank you to all the bookstores and the venues that weve been at so far, and all the moderators who have been onstage with me. Thanks in particular to everyone who has come up to one of these events and has been, there is been thousands of people so far, which is crazy. But its just been really nice to be out there at so many events and so many different cities to meet people who value this show, who love msnbc. Ive heard a lot of love from my msnbc colleagues. So, its been fant
Of history. It scared me a little. It should, maybe. How can this happen . It is so topical at this moment. Thank you for writing it in between Everything Else. You are very, very kind to er say so. Thank you, my friend. Much appreciated. And thanks at home for joining us this hour. Ive been happy to have you here. One note before we get started. I know things might look a little different than usual. Fe thats just because im doing the show from someplace new. Ro i am in los angeles tonight. Im at what is essentially the mid point of this book tour for my new book. Thats why im here. I am not a great traveller. I am not great at this. But i just, before i start the e show, i briefly wanted to say thank you to all the book stores and the venues weve been at and all the moderators who have been on stage with me. Thank you in particular to everybody who has come out to one of these events. It has been thousands of people so far which is crazy. But its just been really nice to be out there
To our mayor, the city manager, bruce moore, the city board of directors of little rock, to skip rutherford, to the 60th anniversary committee, and for most of all, the little rock nine and their families. We welcome you to the 60th Educational Forum for the city of little rock and the state of arkansas. We thank you for being here and we hope something is said or done that will give you a better understanding when you leave here today and let me digress for a minute, and say that the naacp was the organization that worked and spearheaded the little rock 9. A terrible time in our history. I remind you this was way before the march on washington. Its way before in 1964 civil the 1964 civil rights act. It is way before the 1965 Voting Rights act. People wanted to do to get an education. That is all they were trying to do. But our system at that time said , you will not be able to go to school based upon a decision by the United States Supreme Court. Marshall, whoood went on to become a s
Four years after making history by becoming the first africanamerican president , barack obama kicks off the second term on Martin Luther king day. Today and Inauguration Day special. We will air highlights from last ides peace ball including naacp president benjamin jealous. The challenge for our country is never to see the day when a person of color would be president , nor the challenge for our country was to ensure that it would be safe for it to i hae happen again and again. Well also hear from the legendary poet son the sanchez, ralph nader, sweet honey and the rock, and angela davis. Let me say this time around we cannot subordinate our aspirations and our hopes to president ial agenda. We will look at big money behind the inauguration. Four years ago president obama refused to accept corporate donations, but this year exxonmobil, at t, christoph are among the biggest backers of todays festivities. Microsoft are among the biggest backers of todays festivities. This is democracy