Of Law Enforcement and they cause their hands are tied. They tell us they cant do anything. They say its the board of supervisors that are causing a lot of this stuff. I happen to knowi lived in San Francisco for 40 years that raised five black children in the city and ive worked with Law Enforcement and while its true you cant take the player you have to hate the game, this game started during slavery and thats the elephant in the room which the board of supervisors sign and the ordinance that pointed out that San Francisco had noted that slavery was a crime but we still follow the laws that slavery started. So the police hands are tied because they have to follow the laws that were written during slavery times which its easier to kill a man than to write up a report. So while i worked were worked with sf pd and found they work with me its a lot of work but now theres a lot of discourse in the community and there are certain neighborhoods where they been noted as the where nobody that
Woodie gutherie is most famous for writing this land is your land. He was born in oklahoma and we are very proud to have his work back in oklahoma where we think it belongs. He was an advocate for people who were disenfranchised. For those people who were Migrant Workers from Oklahoma Kansas and texas during the era who have found them else in california, literally starving. Woodie recorded very few songs of his own. We have a listening station that features 46 of his songs in his own voice. Thats what makes the recordings that he did make so significant and so important to us. Watch all of our events from tulsa saturday, at noon eastern on cspan2s book tv and sunday on American History tv on cspan3. That day, march 7, became known as bloody sunday. 18 days later, with armed protection of the u. S. Army and Alabama National guard provided on the orders of president joan son, the protesters completed the fourday march from selma, the Alabama State capitol. Up next three hours of abc New
Please welcome the president of the United States and mrs. Michelle obama, accompanied by mr. And mrs. Mr. George bush and mrs. Laura bush and accompanied by john lewis. [ hail to the chief playing] [cheers and applause] [cheering] good afternoon again. I have the distinct pleasure to introduce to you, the governor of alabama, governor Robert Bentley. [applause] president obama mrs. Obama president bush, mrs. Bush, congressman lewis congressman sewall mayor evans it is an honor for me to be on the stage with you today and welcome all of these people to this great state of alabama. Its a personal honor for me to join in todays historic occasion on the Edmund Pettus bridge that has become a monument itself to the struggle for civil rights over the past 50 years. This bridge represents the strength and determination, the loss and pain that have come to define the Civil Rights Movement in america. Its an honor for me to stand here among you today on behalf of the state of alabama. 50 years