Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you so much for joining us today. Todays Education Brain trust is called from brown to fisher, increasing racial diversity to improve Educational Equity. I am melanie newman, the chief Public Engagement and Communications Strategist for the nacp Legal Defense fund, the organization i am proud to say i work for and that is responsible for brown and fisher. So i want to give a little bit of hello . Oh. I want to give sorry. I want to give a little bit of background about myself. I am, ive been with the Legal Defense fund since march of this year but worked in the Obama Administration and on the hill for quite some time. But this issue and the reason i am happy to be here with all of you today is personal to me. I am originally from new orleans but also went to school in selma, alabama. Which im sure all of you are familiar with. My father, dr. Norwood, was the first black School Superintendent in selma, alabama [applause] thank you. And when he in 1987
[applause] [cheering] narrator that game was not one by the man that made that touchdown, it was by 18. And every man had a share in winning. Now were playing another kind of game only this one is not for fun. It is for keeps. [gunfire] this game will not be won by a single player, it will be won by 18. A team called the united nations. The ball will be carried by those in the backfield, the tough guys from china, big joe russia, john britton and britain, and the guy called yank. Lets take a look at the men that carry the ball with us. Who are they . How do they live . We will start with the one that is toughest to understand, the one we know just enough about to tain. Se us, john bri narrator here is where he lives, and island no larger than idaho. Half a Million People live in idaho, 96 times that many live in Great Britain. The not these and the nazis and the Japanese Campaign about complain about living space, but more people live in Great Britain than in japan and there is more co
[applause] this game wasnt one by the man who made that touchdown. Everyone has a share in winning it. We are playing another kind of a game now. It is for keeps. This game was not one by any Single Player either. It was a team called the united nations. China. Little guy from big joe russia, john britton and britain, and the guy called yank. Lets take a look at the men that carry the ball with us. Who are they . How do they live . What makes him tick . We will start with the one that is toughest to understand, the one we know just enough about to confuse us, john britain. Narrator here is where he lives, an island no larger than idaho. Half a Million People live in idaho, 96 times that many live in Great Britain. The nazis and the japanese complain about living space, but more people live in Great Britain than in japan and there is more congestion than anywhere on earth. That is a clue that explains a lot. We built front porches on our houses because we do not want to miss the chance
[applause] [cheering] narrator that game was not won by the man who made that touchdown, it was by 18. And every man had a share in winning it. Now were playing another kind of a game now only this one is , not for fun. It is for keeps. [gunfire] narrator this game will not be won by any single player. It will be won by a team a team , called the united nations. The ball will be carried by backfield, the tough little guy from china, big joe russia, john britain, and the guy called yank. The four greatest backs in the world. So lets take a look at the men who carry the ball with us. Who are they . How do they live . What makes them tick . We will start with the one that is toughest to understand, the one we know just enough about to confuse us, john britain. Here is where he lives, a Little Island no larger than idaho. Half a Million People live in idaho. 96 times that many live in Great Britain. The the nazis and the japs complain about living space, but there are more people on a then
[applause] [cheering] narrator that game was not won by the man who made that touchdown, it was by a team. And every man had a share in winning it. Now were playing another kind of a game now, only this one is not for fun. It is for keeps. [gunfire] narrator this game will not be won by any single player. It will be won by a team, a team called the united nations. The ball will be carried by the men in the backfield, the tough little guy from china, big joe russia, john britain, and the guy called yank. The four greatest backs in the world. So lets take a look at the men who carry the ball with us. Who are they . How do they live . What makes them tick . We will start with the one that is toughest to understand, the one we know just enough about to confuse us, john britain. Here is where he lives, a Little Island no larger than idaho. Half a Million People live in idaho. 96 times that many live in Great Britain. The nazis and the japs complain about living space, but there are more peo