Book contributor joins Howard University professors to talk about the essay in the book that inspired the exhibit and how the africanamerican experience served as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. First of all, thank you all for coming out on this rainy evening. I know its a challenge, but i think its well wofrt your time to be here this evening for this discussion. Its my pleasure to welcome you to tonights program entitled historically speaking we return fighting published by smithsonian books its a collection of essays that chronicle the experience of men and women who served the country on the battlefield as well as on the home front and their struggles for civil rights. One of the many things we will learn this evening is that while the Civil Rights Movement was a world war i established important questions of citizenship that pave the way towards future progress. Were fortunate to be joined tonight by the museums Dep
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Rewrite senate rules. Ktvus Jana Katsuyama is here with why some say that could dismantle the senates checks and balances. Jana . Reporter heather and ken. The republicans are promising to bring the vote to the full senate by friday. That could have both sides making history. Democrats if they filibuster a Supreme Court nominee and republicans if they use the Nuclear Option to change the senate rules. Reporter the nations bitter partisan divide was evident on monday as they debated president trumps Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch. Hes the kind of justice we should have on the Supreme Court. Based on judge gorsuchs record at the department of justice, his tenure on the bench, his appearance before the senate, and his written questions for the record i cannot support this nomination. Reporter the final vote 11 9 along party lines foreshadows a likely showdown when the vote reaches a full senate on the floor. All 52 Senate Republicans plus four democrats say theyll vote for gorsuch, bu