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and latino relations, people are living it on a day to day basis, but both of you kind of approach this from your academic perspectives in terms of literature. so professor gates we ll just call you skip. mm-hmm. hinojosa: .why look at this current important relationship through the prism of literature? well, i ve added to the norton anthology of african american literature along with ten of my colleagues. hinojosa: this big book big, heavy book, yes. ( laughing ) it s the big bible. this. the mother ship of black literature. in order to enshrine african american literature in the academy. look, if you are from the whitest place in say, idaho and there are no black people around and you can t get black books in the bookstore, if you can get one anthology, there s no excuse not to teach african american literature. so you buy one book, you get a whole semester course. and i wanted to do this, as i m sure ilan did, to make it possible for people to teach and t ....
living it on a day to day basis, but both of you kind of approach this from your academic perspectives in terms of literature. so professor gates we ll just call you skip. mm-hmm. hinojosa: .why look at this current important relationship through the prism of literature? well, i ve added to the norton anthology of african american literature along with ten of my colleagues. hinojosa: this big book big, heavy book, yes. ( laughing ) it s the big bible. this. the mother ship of black literature. in order to enshrine african american literature in the academy. look, if you are from the whitest place in say, idaho and there are no black people around and you can t get black books in the bookstore, if you can get one anthology, there s no excuse not to teach african american literature. so you buy one book, you get a whole semester course. and i wanted to do this, as i m sure ilan did, to make it possible for people to teach and to study african american literatu ....
mean exactly that. so to my friends who have called me who are scared with your skepticism, step aside. ain t nobody got time for that right now. we are promising to never give up until the dream that dr. king spoke of is realized for all of us and for my 16-year-old son. he means the world to me. and i will lay down my life to ensure that he is able to live free in this country. we ve got a lot of work to do, brothers and sisters. we don t have time to play games. we didn t come to washington to play games. mr. farrakhan is not here with all of you to play games. so go back and tell your brothers and sisters, the time for games is over. [ cheers and applause ] now, i want to bring to you a group of people who understand what it is to have their native land stripped from them. we love the unity that we have received from our native brothers and sisters, our latino brothers and sisters, and the one who has worked to organize and bring them together tirelessly is none o ....
allahu akbar arabic singing] mohammed is the messenger of allah. mohammed is the messenger of a llah. come to prayers. come to prayers. come to success. come to success. there is no god but allah. and mohammed is the messenger of allah. ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, brother hector perez, brothers and sisters. we are called in the four directions i spirit of our ancestors to guide us and work towards the building of our nation through the unity of our peoples. the call of the four directions, we are going to face in each direction. east evidence the sun represents the center the west represents the water and female. the south, the children and elders. the north, the universe and stars. , people, give him a hand. leaving our christian prayer from detroit, michigan, reverend dr. anthony. again today to lead us in our christian prayer, reverend wendell anthony. this is a lord this is a deity lord has made. let us rejoice and be glad in it. thi ....
knowledge. thank you. plublack power. i need a video, y all. all right. we are now moving into a section that is very important, very important to me, very important to all of you here, which is the women. let s give it up for the women. women for justice. [applause] we had two powerful sisters that you will be hearing from. arst, we are going to watch video. immediately after the video, you will hear from the president of naacpeat d.c. chapter d.c. chapter. [video clip] r> are women are the key ou women are the key. [indiscernible] justice for women. [applause] good morning. it is an honor to stand before you on this is sort day, commemorating this historic day, commemorating the anniversary of the million man march. 20 years ago, the honorable minister louis farrakhan, and nearly 2 million men, from across the country joined to deliver one powerful message. we are strong when we stand together. today, i stand on the shoulders of many men and women, civil t ....