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black america -- but black america was excluded from the gettysburg thomas. upheld racial segregation for a century. that century separates lincoln from john f. kennedy. when kennedy began to celebrate towhen kennedy began challenge white supremacy, the white south revolted. that revolved is what brought john kennedy to dallas that fateful day 50 years ago. his challenge to white privilege reawakened the old fault line in america, conservative fears of an overweening federal government. right-wing extremist did not kill kennedy, but his visit to dallas to try to appease them did. >> what was the nature of the anti-kennedy sentiment in the south? >> it is better to understand it less as anti-kennedy than anti- washington, anti-federal government sentiment. the two driving elements of american political history are how to deal with race and what role government should play in telling individuals had live their lives. this was the exact cause of the civil war. the same argument that animates civil rights throughout the 1960's, and it is really one of the tension
black america -- but black america was excluded from the gettysburg thomas. upheld racial segregation for a century. that century separates lincoln from john f. kennedy. when kennedy began to celebrate towhen kennedy began challenge white supremacy, the white south revolted. that revolved is what brought john kennedy to dallas that fateful day 50 years ago. his challenge to white privilege reawakened the old fault line in america, conservative fears of an overweening federal government....
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we're brutalized because we're black people in america . >> reporter: black nationalism, some say, has fallen from politics. has the movement fallen short ? we're bringing in all of your comments throughout the show. we've been asking people what black nationalism means, and we've gotten so many though thought-provoking comments. >> good luck, a lot of heated informed passionate comments as you can imagine. tweets have rolled in. >> reporter: does black nationalism have an impact today? surely arguebly black nationalism boys race, politics and the u.s. if not globally we have today. steve thomas, however, black nationalism today is a lot of rhetoric and academia types with salary and a little bit of shot light than a complete overhall of the structure. >> well, joining us to discuss malcolm x's legacy dr. cornell west, renown academic, and is malcolm x real or not reinvented. you know , black nationalism tanks on different meanings, depending on who you ask. >> i think black nationalism is always relevant because it's founded on three pillars, self-respect, self defense, self determina
we're brutalized because we're black people in america . >> reporter: black nationalism, some say, has fallen from politics. has the movement fallen short ? we're bringing in all of your comments throughout the show. we've been asking people what black nationalism means, and we've gotten so many though thought-provoking comments. >> good luck, a lot of heated informed passionate comments as you can imagine. tweets have rolled in. >> reporter: does black nationalism have an...
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he has been in office five years, have his policies been good for black america? >> i would argue that the president's policies have been good for black america. not only are they helping the health care, but beyond the fact they can get health care, you can't just look at the numbers in a vacuum, you have to look at a broader view. we have more in the education system, the president is committed to that. there is more work to go done. it is not a one-day fix, sean. >> by the way, in fairness, it is also women and other groups that voted for him heavily. and crystal, those numbers are equally as bad. >> you know, sean, it is stunning to me when i listen to richard who is a black man, and he dances around the issue that black americans are worse off under the first black president of the united states of america. and what is even worse, as you point out, sean, is black americans not only gave him overwhelmingly over 90% of the vote the first time around. the second time around, too. and the congressional black caucus, which wants to weigh in on everything under the
he has been in office five years, have his policies been good for black america? >> i would argue that the president's policies have been good for black america. not only are they helping the health care, but beyond the fact they can get health care, you can't just look at the numbers in a vacuum, you have to look at a broader view. we have more in the education system, the president is committed to that. there is more work to go done. it is not a one-day fix, sean. >> by the way,...
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i think black america drives culture in america, and other communities have utilized that to their advantage. now the thing that i would ask -- we are in the end of the year, and there are all these films coming out about black subjects, and a lot of black artists are getting attention, so if we have black celebrities who would pay attention to this issue, i would say, give me a month, and we could turn this epidemic around. resources,ll the that would be huge. tavis: why do you think that isn't the case? >> at the difficult question. there is someone on our board who is a heterosexual man. people say all the time, i didn't know you are gay. he is not gay. because he took on this issue people think he is gay. there is a stigma. it really undermines the ability to address this issue, particularly when we have an opportunity to make a difference. >> how do you read the potential ?f obamacare on this issue >> it is critically important for people with hiv. there are roughly one point one million americans. roughly 300,000 of us are eligible for insurance market voices. for all 1.1 million of us
i think black america drives culture in america, and other communities have utilized that to their advantage. now the thing that i would ask -- we are in the end of the year, and there are all these films coming out about black subjects, and a lot of black artists are getting attention, so if we have black celebrities who would pay attention to this issue, i would say, give me a month, and we could turn this epidemic around. resources,ll the that would be huge. tavis: why do you think that...
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of one or two more beloved, adored, celebrated then you are inside of black america. chunk of the moviegoing public. there is a reason why even when you aren't starring in nothing, you're still on the covers of african-american magazines. black people love nia long. >> thank you, black people. tavis: i'm not saying why people don't, but in your own community, your beloved. there is a frustration that we don't get to see you more. you ought to be out there. not name names, but there are people less gifted, less talented, and we see more of them than we see you. i am glad you have a mature way of handling this but part of the frustration is that there is not a lot that we as ticket buyers can say or do about that except support what you are in. we vote with ticket stubs. managemente is anger about nia long. long soliloquy that leads to the question, how do you navigate seeing folk who are less talented? judgment every actor has to make. i know that there have got to be times where you're looking at somebody like, wow. "wow" a lot.d i have. but i don't think i've ever lo
of one or two more beloved, adored, celebrated then you are inside of black america. chunk of the moviegoing public. there is a reason why even when you aren't starring in nothing, you're still on the covers of african-american magazines. black people love nia long. >> thank you, black people. tavis: i'm not saying why people don't, but in your own community, your beloved. there is a frustration that we don't get to see you more. you ought to be out there. not name names, but there are...
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black america is not a monolith where random acts of teenagers in one state represent all black youth everywhere. it's dangerous to paint black youth as dangerous. we saw that with trayvon martin. he was smeared as a criminal. and i think that it leads to, you know, an amount of white panic. >> okay. zerlina maxwell, thanks for joining us. >>> hey, bon jovi, taylor swift and prince william? what inspired wills to lend his royal pipes to sing "living on a prayer." >>> and you're looking live at portland, oregon. that's where the sun is shining but lots of america dealing with rough weather. bill karins is tracking it all for us coming up. >>> and we want to know why you are thankful this holiday season, so share your reasons with the #why imthankful. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] with five perfectly sweetened whole grains... you can't help but see the good. whole grains... across the country has brought me to the lovely city of boston. cheers. and seeing as it's such a historic city, i'm sure they'll appreciate that geico's been saving people money for over 75 years. oh... dear, i'v
black america is not a monolith where random acts of teenagers in one state represent all black youth everywhere. it's dangerous to paint black youth as dangerous. we saw that with trayvon martin. he was smeared as a criminal. and i think that it leads to, you know, an amount of white panic. >> okay. zerlina maxwell, thanks for joining us. >>> hey, bon jovi, taylor swift and prince william? what inspired wills to lend his royal pipes to sing "living on a prayer."...
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america and the fight for a place to call home. welcome to our show. > > thank you for having me. > > i know that you have done a lot of research with your book and one of the things that you've found is that african americans were hit hardest by the housing crisis. so why was that? what happened here? > > we saw-- you know just to start from the top-- we saw people of all races, ethnicities, religions, everybody hit really hard from the housing crisis. through my research i uncovered that there were 10 million people in this country evicted by bank pursued evictions throughout 2007 to today. that's as if every man, woman, child in the state of michigan were thrown out of their homes in the span of five years. > > that's a lot of people. > > it's an incredible amount of people but we still saw disproportionate lending practices, disproportionate enforcement hit people of color harder and we saw people of color-- african americans-- really being hit the hardest, and the reasons for that are complicated and related to a long trajecto
america and the fight for a place to call home. welcome to our show. > > thank you for having me. > > i know that you have done a lot of research with your book and one of the things that you've found is that african americans were hit hardest by the housing crisis. so why was that? what happened here? > > we saw-- you know just to start from the top-- we saw people of all races, ethnicities, religions, everybody hit really hard from the housing crisis. through my research i...
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america. so you think you're in the same situation as an african-american living under jim crow well call me the next. you get lynched for supporting creationism otherwise stop whining. the very very ugly idaho gun laws state rep mark paterson of boise pled guilty in one nine hundred seventy four assault with the intent to commit rape but thanks to idaho's lax gun laws he is still out to carry a concealed weapon even though he lied to law enforcement about his conviction when police discovered that patterson wired about his right away they revoked his carry permit but it turns out that doesn't even matter because i don't know exams state officials from the gun permit law and that it's well that's just very very ugly. coming up while republican lawmakers continue to deny the existence of climate change countries across the globe are introducing carbon taxes to help fight back against the greatest threat our planet has ever faced it's time for the united states to do the same thing because our p
america. so you think you're in the same situation as an african-american living under jim crow well call me the next. you get lynched for supporting creationism otherwise stop whining. the very very ugly idaho gun laws state rep mark paterson of boise pled guilty in one nine hundred seventy four assault with the intent to commit rape but thanks to idaho's lax gun laws he is still out to carry a concealed weapon even though he lied to law enforcement about his conviction when police discovered...
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america's booming private prisons people tougher sentences and lonely nights but let's call it tells us how profit something could be for rehabilitating criminals into society.
america's booming private prisons people tougher sentences and lonely nights but let's call it tells us how profit something could be for rehabilitating criminals into society.
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. >> arnett has an understanding of what black america is about. i have a lot of admiration for him. >> reporter: bill arnett went on to discover dozens of other artists. >> this is an artist from memphis who died a few years ago. his name was joe light. this is a woman named mary tillman smith who lived in hazel hearse, mississippi. >> reporter: artists in the art establishment failed to notice even though they were hiding in plain sight. >> the next artist we'll come to here is pervis young. he began painting in an alley, in a ghetto of miami. >> reporter: and bill found artists in an isolated pocket of rural america in alabama, a place arnett would make famous. >> every day we spent it was a sense of discovery. we would meet a new quilt maker that would show us work that had been made 20, 30, 50 years ago, and here it was seeing light for the first time . >> so we decided to go on a regular basis, and word got around that there were crazy white people paying crazy prices for old tattered stuff. >> reporter: the quilts were made from old work clo
. >> arnett has an understanding of what black america is about. i have a lot of admiration for him. >> reporter: bill arnett went on to discover dozens of other artists. >> this is an artist from memphis who died a few years ago. his name was joe light. this is a woman named mary tillman smith who lived in hazel hearse, mississippi. >> reporter: artists in the art establishment failed to notice even though they were hiding in plain sight. >> the next artist we'll...
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. >> we won't win until we look like the rest of america. brown, black, white, with tattoos, without tattoos, pony tails. >> he must appeal to social conservatives. to win the white house he needs the middle. >> part of my message could appeal to moderates. i think we shouldn't put people in prison for long period of times for possessing drugs. >> that was on the display at the military academy where paul tried to convince cadets and voters he's not their father. >> channelling the pentagon's chief, he says any investment must be the consent of congress.
. >> we won't win until we look like the rest of america. brown, black, white, with tattoos, without tattoos, pony tails. >> he must appeal to social conservatives. to win the white house he needs the middle. >> part of my message could appeal to moderates. i think we shouldn't put people in prison for long period of times for possessing drugs. >> that was on the display at the military academy where paul tried to convince cadets and voters he's not their father....
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black america is about. i have a lot of i have a lot of admiration for him. admiration for him. >> bill arnett went on to >> bill arnett went on to does cover dozens of does cover dozens of other artists. other artists. >> this is an artist from >> this is an artist from memphis, died a few years memphis, died a few years ago, his flame was joe ago, his flame was joe light. light. this is a woman named this is a woman named mary tillman smith, who mary tillman smith, who lives in hazlehurst, lives in hazlehurst, mississippi. mississippi. >> artist who the art >> artist who the art establishment has failed establishment has failed to notice. to notice. earn though they were earn though they were hiding hiding in plain sight. in plain sight. >> the next artist we >> the next artist we come to here. come to here. he began painting in an he began painting in an alley in alley in a ghetto in a ghetto in miami. miami. >> and bill with his son >> and bill with his son matt, found artists matt, found artists hidden in an isolated hidden in an isolated pocket pocket o
black america is about. i have a lot of i have a lot of admiration for him. admiration for him. >> bill arnett went on to >> bill arnett went on to does cover dozens of does cover dozens of other artists. other artists. >> this is an artist from >> this is an artist from memphis, died a few years memphis, died a few years ago, his flame was joe ago, his flame was joe light. light. this is a woman named this is a woman named mary tillman smith, who mary tillman smith, who...
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is black america -- which voted for him 90-some-odd-percent. >> right. >> are black americans now heading into the sixth year of presidency, are they better off than before he became president? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> numbers don't show it. >> and here's the thing. >> and the black community, the labor participation rate is lower than it has been in 30-some-odd-years. how do you make that case? >> because we had years of republicans who were in office. is. >> i thought 2010 was the recovery. >> decades of policies being put in place, namely first under reagan who made it hard for african-americans and people of color -- >> ronald reagan left in -- in 1988. i think we're past reagan. go ahead. go ahead. you want to say something? >> the youth vote in virginia. and that was shocking to most people and very liberal northern virginia. and this is a decade where people are saying republicans have lost youth. that's not the case. >> erin, you're a nurse practitioner. >> i am. >> that's a great profession. >> it is. >> i work in the health care system on a daily basis and i've had a chance
is black america -- which voted for him 90-some-odd-percent. >> right. >> are black americans now heading into the sixth year of presidency, are they better off than before he became president? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> numbers don't show it. >> and here's the thing. >> and the black community, the labor participation rate is lower than it has been in 30-some-odd-years. how do you make that case? >> because we had years of republicans who were in...
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president obama once said, i am not the president of black america, i am the president of all america. hmmm. his relationship with the black community has always been a complicated one. and revelations from mark halperin and john heilemann's latest book about the 2012 election probably won't help. a passage in "double down," the duo follow up to their 2008 book "game change" puts it simply. obama had little patience for the professional left and vanishingly close to zero for what one of his senior african-american aides referred to as professional blacks, as opposed to black professionals. apart from georgia congressman john lewis and jim clyburn, obama had nearly as much contempt for the cbc as he did for the tea party caucus. new york's charlie rangel he derided as a hack. jesse jackson senior was effectively banned from the white house. obama remembered all too well a conversation with cornell west in 2009 in which the professor used the precious time to complain about his seating at the inauguration. joining me now is our oh rapid response panel, msnbc con tritter james peterson,
president obama once said, i am not the president of black america, i am the president of all america. hmmm. his relationship with the black community has always been a complicated one. and revelations from mark halperin and john heilemann's latest book about the 2012 election probably won't help. a passage in "double down," the duo follow up to their 2008 book "game change" puts it simply. obama had little patience for the professional left and vanishingly close to zero for...
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. >> before white folks in the world, -- he has an understanding of what black america is about. i have a lot of admiration for him. >> bill arnett went on to does cover dozens of other artists. >> this is an artist from memphis, died a few years ago, his flame was joe light. this is a woman named mary tillman smith, who lives in hazlehurst, mississippi. >> artist who the art establishment has failed to notice. earn though they were hiding in plain sight. >> the next artist we come to here. he began painting in an alley in a ghetto in miami. >> and bill with his son matt, found artists hidden in an isolated pocket of rural america. a name the arnetts would make famous. every day that we intent in the early days it was a sense of discovery, daily. >> we would meet a new quilt maker that would show us work that had been made 20, 30, 50 years ago, and here it was. seeing the light for the first time. >> so we started going on a regular basis and word got around, and some crazy white people paying crazy prices for some of your old stuff. >> everything about it was life changing. >> t
. >> before white folks in the world, -- he has an understanding of what black america is about. i have a lot of admiration for him. >> bill arnett went on to does cover dozens of other artists. >> this is an artist from memphis, died a few years ago, his flame was joe light. this is a woman named mary tillman smith, who lives in hazlehurst, mississippi. >> artist who the art establishment has failed to notice. earn though they were hiding in plain sight. >> the...
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black america was painfully aware of since they are disproportionately victims of deadly force crimes. now most police officers use deadly force correctly, which means they never use it. they never even have to think about using it. well over 90% of police officers never have a legitimate occasion to draw their guns in their entire careers. well over 90% of police officers have never fired their guns on duty and have never had shots fired at them and never heard shots fired. police work is not as dangerous as hollywood would have you believe hollywood isn't about to start making movies about brave death defying farmers. the officer who you see firing his gun at the minivan has taken his guidance from tv cop shows instead of the united states supreme court. in 1985, two years after my book came out, to use deadly force against unarmed fleeing felony suspects. i had been urging that change in law since my first public words on the subject in a 1979 "new york times" oped piece. policing has never been done by the rule book and policing the police is usually not done by the rule book eith
black america was painfully aware of since they are disproportionately victims of deadly force crimes. now most police officers use deadly force correctly, which means they never use it. they never even have to think about using it. well over 90% of police officers never have a legitimate occasion to draw their guns in their entire careers. well over 90% of police officers have never fired their guns on duty and have never had shots fired at them and never heard shots fired. police work is not...
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with the attention of black america focused on his every at bat, he succeeded in in spite of excrew chaiting -- excruciating tension. he became the perfect model for black americans and for white americans too. his style of play was everything that blacks were then rarely allowed to be; confident, aggressive, dashing, aristocratic. in a 1947 game with the archrival giants with the score tied and one out, robinson doubled. when he tagged and went to third on a flyout, a giant official complained that's bush league stuff. with two occupants he's just -- outs he's just as valuable on second as he is on third. what's he going to do now, steal home, i suppose? on the next pitch, he stole home. [laughter] some called him uppity. more called him exciting. in 1946 a war-weary nation welcomed the ball players home by setting a new major league attendance record. in 1947, thanks to robinson, the record was smashed. most a called him admirable. by the end of 1947, a poll ranked him the second most admired american man behind bing crosby. [laughter] he certainly was a bargain. his 1947 salary was the ma
with the attention of black america focused on his every at bat, he succeeded in in spite of excrew chaiting -- excruciating tension. he became the perfect model for black americans and for white americans too. his style of play was everything that blacks were then rarely allowed to be; confident, aggressive, dashing, aristocratic. in a 1947 game with the archrival giants with the score tied and one out, robinson doubled. when he tagged and went to third on a flyout, a giant official complained...
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the black regiments at appomattox numbering 2000 men in all for a microcosm of black life in america. they included xbase train at kentucky's camp dawson and free blacks at philadelphia's camp william penn. included men who became race leaders in the postwar era searches are not destroying destroyed george washington williams of the baptist editor william demint does the journalistic mentor to none other than ip laws. regardless of their background, the presence of the battlefield with a felt the culmination of a long struggle. if you know, federal or returned with black volunteers, claiming african american men did not possess attributes of patriotism and courage and kept it the worst difficult moment. when you stt regiments got the chance to fight, they proved their mettle with dozens of engagements. the u. s. e. t. a bad appomattox seemed considerable action. dh survived a bloody initiation into combat in florida february february 1860 for joining the granting warfare of the overland campaign in virginia and then the trenches through the siege of petersburg entering the city in tri
the black regiments at appomattox numbering 2000 men in all for a microcosm of black life in america. they included xbase train at kentucky's camp dawson and free blacks at philadelphia's camp william penn. included men who became race leaders in the postwar era searches are not destroying destroyed george washington williams of the baptist editor william demint does the journalistic mentor to none other than ip laws. regardless of their background, the presence of the battlefield with a felt...
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black kids like my son. but the reality of this plan, it didn't work. so we have to find another plan. >> a lot of african americans have come on my show, notable ones and said how disappointed they are that barack obama hasn't done enough for african americans in this country in the time he's been president. do you think that's a fair criticism from what you hear on the streets? >> listen, we got to stop being involved with the knockout game. we have to conduct ourselves as respectable african americans sometimes and i'm not blaming obama. it has nothing to do with obama. he's the president of the united states and supposed to help us. that's -- that's never happened in the history. no president has cared about the african american community. and i don't think that's ever going to happen, and i'm just talking as a black man, a person that lives on this planet for, what, 47 years and watch the struggles through african american communities. >> when you see so many young african american teenage boys in parti
black kids like my son. but the reality of this plan, it didn't work. so we have to find another plan. >> a lot of african americans have come on my show, notable ones and said how disappointed they are that barack obama hasn't done enough for african americans in this country in the time he's been president. do you think that's a fair criticism from what you hear on the streets? >> listen, we got to stop being involved with the knockout game. we have to conduct ourselves as...
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stuart: we had a lady on the show who said and net penetration of black america is going through the roof and latin america uses the internet a lot had that would help a company like that. if we just say this ebay of let in america. this time he is calling out mcdonald's and he has a reason why sales are falling at the fast food operation. but first i bring you this. from neil cavuto's show, last night. stuart: you just caved, you are like varney. >> varney were not even be allowed in the schoolyard. sometimes they just drop in. always obvious. cme group can help you navigate risks and capture opportunities. we enable you to reach global markets and drive forward with broader possibilities. cme group: how the world advances. life's an adventure when you're with her.and i. but your erectile dysfunction - it could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequ
stuart: we had a lady on the show who said and net penetration of black america is going through the roof and latin america uses the internet a lot had that would help a company like that. if we just say this ebay of let in america. this time he is calling out mcdonald's and he has a reason why sales are falling at the fast food operation. but first i bring you this. from neil cavuto's show, last night. stuart: you just caved, you are like varney. >> varney were not even be allowed in the...
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black in canada and in many waysitis different and in some ways the same as in america. let's have a conversation here. viewers, listen. what you are doing, regardless of what people say about you because i know you are getting a lot of hate online. what you are doing is brave. whether i agree with you or not, or viewers agree with you or not, by saying this, you are going to get people to talk and discuss this and change minds. do you realize you are very brave? >> yes. my sister -- my sister told me i was very brave. i got e-mails from people telling me they are proud of me. i also have to thank heather long, the assistant editor at "guardian america." she published my article. she thought i had important things to say so i have to thank her for giving me the opportunity to write this. >> people want me to beat you up, tell this man to sit down and you are a self-hating black man. i don't know your experiences so i can't tell you that. do you mate to go online now? >> no. it's intriguing. i'm fascinated by it. it's strange to have people talk about you and say these na
black in canada and in many waysitis different and in some ways the same as in america. let's have a conversation here. viewers, listen. what you are doing, regardless of what people say about you because i know you are getting a lot of hate online. what you are doing is brave. whether i agree with you or not, or viewers agree with you or not, by saying this, you are going to get people to talk and discuss this and change minds. do you realize you are very brave? >> yes. my sister -- my...
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the black regiments at appomattox numbering 2000 men and all were microcosm of black life in america. the included ex-slaves trained at kentucky's camp nelson and free blacks trained it philadelphia's william penn and included men who had become race leaders in the post-war era such as the renowned historian george washington williams and baftas editor william j. simmons who was the journalist inventor tuned none other than i did the wheels. the federal army initially turned away black volunteers claiming african-american men did not possess the attributes of courage of black troops kept faith that the war was their golden moment. when you see to regiments finally got the chance to fight the proofing metal in dozens of engagements indeed the u.s. regiments at appomattox have seen considerable action. eight usc tiefer example survived a bloody initiation to combat in a florida joined in the dining -- grinding warfare in virginian man the trenches through petersburg entering the city in triumph when it fell on april 2. african-american soldiers were keenly aware that even after giving t
the black regiments at appomattox numbering 2000 men and all were microcosm of black life in america. the included ex-slaves trained at kentucky's camp nelson and free blacks trained it philadelphia's william penn and included men who had become race leaders in the post-war era such as the renowned historian george washington williams and baftas editor william j. simmons who was the journalist inventor tuned none other than i did the wheels. the federal army initially turned away black...
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>> because there are many alienated black youth in america. and then there are many alienated youth in america. in the african-american community there are people who are doing things about it to address it. you just don't hear about it or it's not -- >> -- i don't know how effective it's being with the the crime stats the way they are. >> crime is going down in new york city. >> not among young black males. do these people, in your experience, know right from wrong? do they know right from wrong? >> i think they know right from wrong. they are angry. they are alienated and like other alienated youth they are acting out. >> so they don't mind, you know, if you punch somebody like that, you could kill them. you could literally kill they will. >> i don't pretend to know what's going on in the mind of a 14-year-old. >> wouldn't that be an important thing to know? i'm not getting -- i understand the alienation, said that myself. i understand the anger that the families dissolve and they don't have a dad and i would be angry too if that were my sit
>> because there are many alienated black youth in america. and then there are many alienated youth in america. in the african-american community there are people who are doing things about it to address it. you just don't hear about it or it's not -- >> -- i don't know how effective it's being with the the crime stats the way they are. >> crime is going down in new york city. >> not among young black males. do these people, in your experience, know right from wrong? do...
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you know, for me, having lived here and raising my children in america, when i come to america, i'm black. when i go to south africa, i'm colored. ands a whole weird way, yet, i found the music. a relationship has made me new creation. therefore, i kind of look beyond that and try to speak for everything and for everyone, as opposed to just, hey, i'm doing this for the colored community. tavis: i'm laughing on the inside. i'm afraid to ask what they call you in london, the midway point. [laughter] what are you in london? >> i don't even know what i am in london. say, i'ms -- i british, not english. that is what i call myself. tavis: fair enough. [laughter] the other thing i wanted to ask due performing a little bit later, and we will talk about the record -- do you mind picking up your guitar? i have another jonathan. i have a friend named jonathan. when you walk in, and i saw this guitar, that things beautiful. i have never seen something like it. this is wood? >> it is african. it is a rare guitar. i can take each part apart and put it back together. it is african wood and canadian spru
you know, for me, having lived here and raising my children in america, when i come to america, i'm black. when i go to south africa, i'm colored. ands a whole weird way, yet, i found the music. a relationship has made me new creation. therefore, i kind of look beyond that and try to speak for everything and for everyone, as opposed to just, hey, i'm doing this for the colored community. tavis: i'm laughing on the inside. i'm afraid to ask what they call you in london, the midway point....
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black friday the day after thanksgiving is america's busiest shopping day of the year millions standing in lines for hours or even days before stampeding into stores to snag door buster deals oddly enough the first reserve bank has also used this pseudo holiday to launch its own on precedented spending spree otherwise known as want to teach it easy two thousand the financial crisis the fed began buying up massive bonds to drive down the cost of credit and experiment pitched at helping main street as the program marks its five year anniversary the former fed official who helped spearhead the quantitative easing is publicly apologizing to all americans for the role he played his name is andrew who sar and he joins me now andrew what is so bad about quantitative easing that you felt you had to publicly apologize to the entire country i believe we have a very big wakeup call with the financial crisis five years ago we had a we realize we have this economy that was over we were lying on wall street where the banks had become too big and too too concentrated for the larger economy and what i
black friday the day after thanksgiving is america's busiest shopping day of the year millions standing in lines for hours or even days before stampeding into stores to snag door buster deals oddly enough the first reserve bank has also used this pseudo holiday to launch its own on precedented spending spree otherwise known as want to teach it easy two thousand the financial crisis the fed began buying up massive bonds to drive down the cost of credit and experiment pitched at helping main...
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with the black friday shopping thought about to kick off in america we look at the wild buying spree of the federal reserve and where it's taking the american. international is coming to you live from moscow. and from everybody here welcome to the program ukraine will not be reviving its plans for signing a pact with the e u after the block failed to convince president during the eastern partnership summit currently in effect in lithuania about says mass demonstrations continue to take place in kiev. against the government's decision to shelve for trade pact with europe have joined rallies in the heart of ukraine with the opposition for a nationwide strike and even pledging what they call a euro revolution the e.u. ukraine deal was due to be concluded at that summit in the us that's exactly. right . ukraine stalling of signing an e.u. association agreement in vilnius threatens to turn this summit. into somewhat of a down square here of cozying up to the ai was meant to be the highlight of the two days here are you nikolaevitch has been keen to stress that the deal can be signed any t
with the black friday shopping thought about to kick off in america we look at the wild buying spree of the federal reserve and where it's taking the american. international is coming to you live from moscow. and from everybody here welcome to the program ukraine will not be reviving its plans for signing a pact with the e u after the block failed to convince president during the eastern partnership summit currently in effect in lithuania about says mass demonstrations continue to take place in...
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america's first world's fair. and here you see the illinois writers' project compiling the papers. fenton johnson, bontemps, several of them worked on it. he was then appointed to supervise the negro in illinois with jack conroy who worked on the missouri writers' project previously, and conroy -- a radical -- was fired, run out of town for trying to unionize the writers' project in missouri. and so eventually -- his friend nelson recruited him to chicago and got him a job on the illinois writers' project. perhaps a somewhat more progressive writers' projectthan any other in the country really. conroy took up that study of black cults that dunham had started, and when she moved out to new york to pursue her dancing career, conroy took the study over. this is the first actual document i was able to find documenting the start of the illinois writers' project. you know, what we have are papers with dates on them, we can kind of figure things out. but here is a newsletter produced by the illinois writers' project. i f
america's first world's fair. and here you see the illinois writers' project compiling the papers. fenton johnson, bontemps, several of them worked on it. he was then appointed to supervise the negro in illinois with jack conroy who worked on the missouri writers' project previously, and conroy -- a radical -- was fired, run out of town for trying to unionize the writers' project in missouri. and so eventually -- his friend nelson recruited him to chicago and got him a job on the illinois...
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as the black friday shopping someone kicks off in the glass we'll look at where the wild buying spree of the federal reserve has landed the american economy five years after it started. international news live from moscow this is our senior national with me you know. and welcome to the program. e.u. leaders have failed in their fight to move ukraine closer to europe president yet in comics refused an association deal during an eastern bloc summit in vilnius meanwhile in ukraine's capital kiev thousands are keeping up round the clock protest to try and push the government into cozying up to europe and earlier i spoke to paul scott and. then following the events for as expected in vilnius has concluded without ukraine assigning that association agreement however on friday the president of the european council herman van rompuy he's hopeful that the deal can be revisited at a later date. remains clear. of signing the most ambitious agreement the european union has ever offered to a nonmember state is still on the table so the e.u. insists that the offer is still on the table however it i
as the black friday shopping someone kicks off in the glass we'll look at where the wild buying spree of the federal reserve has landed the american economy five years after it started. international news live from moscow this is our senior national with me you know. and welcome to the program. e.u. leaders have failed in their fight to move ukraine closer to europe president yet in comics refused an association deal during an eastern bloc summit in vilnius meanwhile in ukraine's capital kiev...
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as the black friday shopping in the u.s. we look at where the wild buying spree of the federal reserve has landed the american economy five years after it started. this is r t international live from moscow with twenty four hours a day. police have been deployed on independence square in the ukrainian capital where thousands of been besieging the parliament building day and night demonstrators are angry that the country's president refused to sign an association deal with the e.u. joining an eastern bloc summit and she is in kiev and joins me now live appears and these protests are in big growing what can you see from where you are what do you know. well clearly the protests that kiev's independence square a central square of the city are getting bigger and bigger every minute working hours are coming to an end in kiev and more and more people are flocking here we can say maybe tens of thousands are already here and at one point all of a sudden several hundred right policemen arrived on the scene and created some tension the
as the black friday shopping in the u.s. we look at where the wild buying spree of the federal reserve has landed the american economy five years after it started. this is r t international live from moscow with twenty four hours a day. police have been deployed on independence square in the ukrainian capital where thousands of been besieging the parliament building day and night demonstrators are angry that the country's president refused to sign an association deal with the e.u. joining an...