We re sitting on a bomb. You can have a black person killed with a video, then this is what you ll get. This is a revolution. We got to increase the peace. Should people be frightened? i think people should wake up. It s 1991. Wake up. We have talked at each other and about each other for a long time. It s high time we all began talking with each other. Can we all get along? [ applause ] in about 20 minutes from now david dinkins, who is now mayor dinkins, is scheduled to step out from city hall and take a public oath of office and become new york city s 106th mayor and the city s first africanamerican mayor. I intend to be the mayor of all the people of new york. David dinkins being inaugurated on new year s day in 1990 is an auspicious start to the decade and really a culmination of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s. People are starting to see tangible benefits of that struggle. A grandson of slaves was sworn in today as the nation s first elected black governor. Did you ever t
in about 20 minutes from now david dinkens who is now mayor dinkins is expected to step out become mork s 106th mayor. i intend to be the mayor of all the people of new york. david dinkins being inaugurated on new year s day, soft an auspicious start to the decade and really the culmination of some of the civil rights issues of the 1960s, people are starting to see tangible benefits of that. the nation s first elected black governor. did you think you d see the day? no, indeed. see, i was born in the 30s, so you know i didn t think nothing like that going to happen. after we saw hundreds of black elected officials, the reality set in that we made a sfwip we had not gotten all the way to where we wanted. dinkins ran as the candidate who would heal the deep racial divisions. now he s scrambling to get ahead of a volatile situation. an angry crowd roamed demanding justice after aha siddicman ran a red light. the student was stabbed to death hours after the accide
and if the answer is never, we re part of the problem. - go home, niggers! - it s just like a bomb. we re sitting on a bomb. - you can have a black person killed with a video, then this is what you will get. - this is a revolution. - we ve got to increase the peace. - knock them all down. - should people be frightened? - i think people should wake up. it s 1991. wake up. - we have talked at each other and about each other for a long time. it s high time we all began talking with each other. [together] no justice, no peace. - can we all get along? [light orchestral music] [music intensifies] - thank you. bye-bye. - in about 20 minutes from now, david dinkins, who is now mayor dinkins, is scheduled to step out from city hall to take a public oath of office and become new york city s 106th mayor and the city s first african-american mayor. - i intend to be the mayor of all the people of new york. - david dinkins being inaugurated on new year s day, 1990, is sort of an au
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. we have to ask ourselves when was the last time we talked about race with somebody of another race? if the answer is never, we re part of the problem. this is like a bomb we re sitting on a bomb. you can have a black person killed with a video this is what you ll get this is a revolution. we want peace. should people be frightened wake up it s 1991, wake up. we talked at each other and about each other a long time it s high time we all began talking with each other. no justice, no peace can we all get along? . . . . . about 20ments from now, david dingic kins now mayor is scheduled to step out from city hall and take public oath of office and become new york city s 106th mayor and the first african-american mayor. i intend to be all of new york. new year s day in 1990 is a start to the decade, and culmination of some civil rights struggles of 1960 s people are starting to see tangible expert the grandson of slaves did you ever see a black