union. haiti, i spent some time in haiti, it is a really dire country in many ways in dire circumstances, that has had too many operations over the years so an understandable desire to wind it up and has become overly dependent in a pathological way on international assistance so winding up the peace operations has to be part of that. on the international organization, i will pick a geneva-based organization. the world health organization, one of the problems is funding has been up and down and disease specific versus strengthening the overall agency. one way to reform would be to balance the relationship between headquarters and who, a strong regional office and that could have helped the response to the ebola crisis and there may need to be further reforms in the who's international health organizations to deal with the bio security threats coming down the pike but it is possible to get reform in a place like who, all the major stakeholders to get behind that kind of reform. we saw that in

union of concerned scientists, religious group. just gave it talk couple of weeks go to a another group. they are trying to figure out and we all need to figure out, what are the analogous, new ways of speaking. that we need to adopt in order to get through to people on the urgency of the danger that we are facing there. i don't know what they are but i think it proves us all to be trying to figure that one out. that's a big one. [applause] >> thank you very much. his books are available at the checkout desk. please form a line to the right of the table and he would appreciate if you put up your. chair. >> author of educated. killing the deep state.

the fact that union out laid the push for the evolution of slavery in 18th century colonies in north america. in this representation liberty with arts and sciences to an audience of enslaved africans who are at her feet. and behind her in the background there is another scene of what appears to be enslaved men, women, and children engaging in their own dance about liberty. there will be ways in which this is used to critique the limitations of the constitution. and the way in which the constitution and state law sanctions the enslavement of people's property. i want to remind you that it is important to think about the degree to which representation of the country and the leaders have from the start. they are engaged in a deep and painful conversation about race in the united states. and about race and family in particular. this is a cartoon from 1804. four years after thomas jefferson was elected president. here jefferson is pictured alongside sally hemmings. he had many children which he denied probably for the entirety of his life. this incredibly interesting painting from 1848 is

and that is what maya we'llly was referring to -- maya wily was referring to in the labor unions. african-americans were excluded for many years, until the middle of the 20th century, does it become a real recognition that there is a kind of co-fraternity of interests between those labor and those of african-americans and the reach, the attempt to gain rights for inequality for all. looking at it from that point of view, it could be -- the temptation to be depressed would be great saying that we have seen this again and again and again and again. but in 1965 when martin luther king gave that speech at the end of the montgomery march, he said that colonialism had taken the land from black people and given -- taken the land and given black people the bible. and he said that in america they had taken the wealth from white people and given them segregation. and that they had been tricked into believing that they had this thing that had actual value. and king goes on to talk about a very vital and important tradition, an inclusive tradition of populism. that when they talk about george

and the fact of union outweighed the push for the abolition of slavery in the 18th-century colonies in north america. and here in this representation liberty is displaying arts and sciences to an audience of enslaved africans who are supplicant at her feet. and behind her in the background there is another scene of what appeared to be some enslaved men and women and children. in their own kind of dance about liberty. and their aspiration for liberty. so they will be all kinds of ways in which this iconography is used to critique the limitations of the constitution and the way in which the constitution and state law sanctions the enslavement of people as property. i want to remind you that it is important to think about the degree to which representation of the country and of its leaders have from the start, been engaged in a deep and painful conversation about race in the united states. and about race and family in particular. this is a particular cartoon from 1804. after jefferson is elected president. here his picture alongside sally hemmings. woman with whom he had a decade-long sex

african american, in 19889 -- fell in love with the west that was then much more conservative, god-loving, peace and then suddenly to 25 careers later they see a totally different west, and the problem of the imitation is with -- you always have the last version. because basically otherwise it does not work. so from this point if you decide you have been cheated in a way, they said listen, we like the west because unlike communism which was against god, the west was forgot, and now you're talking secularism is good. we did not like internationalism, we believe that nationalism is positive, and we see this in the west and not this anymore. this is particularly strong case of central europe and european union imitation was not so much imitation of the united states, it was imitation of germany, and it was quite interesting and we have been talking from a -- one of my most interesting policies intellectuals in germany who is the foreign policy advisers to the general president made a valid point. he said -- was an american idea and the german dream. because for the first time in the history

middle of the 20th century does it become a real recognition of interest between labor and those of african american and the intent to gain rights or any coffee for all. it would be great to say that we have seen this again and again and again. that's 1965 when martin luther king gave that speech at the end of the montgomery march, he said that colonialism had taken the land from black people, taking command and had given people the bible. they've been tricked into believing they had an actual value. and he goes on to talk about a vital and important tradition that there are twin lineages when they talk about george wallace we have to respond by talking about henry wallace and when they talk about strom thurmond, we have to respond by talking about the populism of the origins of populism in the country that the white and black farmers said they would equally dispossess. and the movements of the 1950s and 1960s and the movement of the campaign from the last effort he put together and that there is an actual vital tradition fighting in this country and that tradition has been tested and susta

this enlarged the manpower available to the army so lincoln also had a clever scheme dependent on the union victory otherwise it was the sense that this would seem it has been waiting in his desk at the white house had issued on the hills of the loss it would seem like a desperate measure. one of lincoln's employees i mentioned earlier he shared the emancipation of a few of his close associates but he was somebody who worked in the white house and they were close in age and shared a similar sense of humor. he liked to tell stories of lincoln center friendship kind of graduated, their employee employer relationship and they became friends and with that he gained a new duty. he was a terrible insomniac and they stayed up with them at the whithim at thewhite house and tt as you might imagine often the topic would fall to slavery. i came across an old account that indicated winning the proclamation was issued according to the family they memorized every last word of it. so now i will take you to the battlefield and describe the main features of the battlefield to give people an idea of when i n

we had a change in demographic in our union of janitorial industry that used to be predominantly african american that became 99% latino in california. we had natural tensions there. we had to change mind set at the union that a lot of organizations have that we build solidarity what we have in common and we have to change that to guiding principle of we build solidarity and we celebrate different and when we started our work on inclusion, a lot of the same principles of really understanding what it meant to work while black from many security officers, understanding what it was to be undocumented immigrant woman working on night shift and what lgbtq community is experiencing within our industries, i would say that a lot of what you heard from verÓnica really does supply what we view as cohorts. we have a black worker justice campaign in our security industry where a lot of african americans are being run out of california and are being displaced like the way they are around the country and so the same principles that is actually organizational inclusion is what allowed before we starte

slavery was about to be abolished before the american revolution and the fact of union outweighed the push for the establishment of slavery in the 18th 18th century colonists here in north america. and the misrepresentation, the arts and sciences of enslaved africans, who are at her feet and behind her in the background, another scene of what appeared to be enslaved men, women and children engaging in their own kind of dance about liberty and aspiration for liberty. there will be all kinds of ways in which this is used to critique the limitations of the constitution the way in which the constitution and state law sanctions with the enslavement of people as property. i want to remind you it's important to think about the degree to which representation the conversation about race in the united states and racing family. here is jefferson pictured alongside sally having a bushy eyed relationships and many children which you deny publicly for the entirety of his life. this kind of incredibly interesting painting from 1840 of which is called war news for mexico as i've seen a representation

americans can smalley and african union forces have disrupted al-shabaab and symptoms might and improved security in mogadishu that have not yet broken its hold on large areas of southern somalia. these games will evaporate it ethiopia, kenya or uganda which faces this click political crisis falters and replace troops home. the problem at al-qaeda and isis must also be considered alongside issues of human rights and democracy. these groups constrained by defending and governing sunni populations made vulnerable i i conflict and societal disruptions. conditions in ethiopia could create this opportunity. ethiopia is conflict typically divided along ethnic lines rather than sectarian ones. al-qaeda has a strategy of co-opting ethnic conflicts and the succeeding in west africa. both al-qaeda is an al-shabaab ambitions extend beyond greater somali which includes parts of eastern ethiopia to all of east africa. isis which is going in somalia could also target ethiopia. legitimate and responsive government for all ethiopians both protects the human rights and unlikely to them against extremist

american somali and african union forces have disrupted all shabob in central somalia and approved security and mogadishu peer but not yet broken the hold on large areas in southern somalia. this will evaporate if ethiopia kenya or uganda, which faces escalating political crisis, falters. the problem of al qaeda and isis must also be considered along side human rights. they gain strength with conflict and societal disruption.conditions in ethiopia could create this opportunity. ethiopia is conflict typically divided along ethnic lines rather than congressional or sectorial in spirit al qaeda has a strategy of ethnic conflict and succeeding this way in west africa for example. both al qaeda and all shabob ambitions extend beyond greater simile which includes part of eastern ethiopia to all of east africa. isis, which is growing in somalia, could also target ethiopia. legitimate and responsive governance for all ethiopians both protect the human rights and inoculates them against extremist organizations. the ethiopia -- is another positive development that nonetheless raises threats to u.s. i

in the 80s as a response to the lack of lending to african-americans in the door on the area and the legacy of redlining was real and indisputable and our ceo started this credit union with that mission we are very much carrying through that mission on a policy side and have had that kind of input from an industry perspective of what works, what products have worked, what products don't, what's a threat to financial stability and what would directlycompromise that . >> good step. good, positive action. miss debbie? >> i would underscore that the importance of addressing the issue of these lending practices as a barrier to retirement savings. let's back up a little bit to retirement savings. we recognize this serves as a barrier to savings. and employers have increasingly embraced this by trying to address the emergency savings fund or trying to help people address problems , payments where they are caught up in payday loans . and sort of a cycle. one of our members, and really many more of them have this but one of our members even established a not for profit trust to provide emerge

influence and resources and strengthening the positive relationships we have such as the african union and the amazon truth contribution in the organizations in somalia will be our top priorities with your confirmation, sir. about all of confirmed or to ensure the safety and security of the staff from the u.s. government colleagues, u.s.a. descendents amalia, security challenges in mogadishu and there are significant, challenging, dangerous and will continue to challenge us for years to come. mr. chairman, somali is on change. we have the return of the aspera and the american citizens investing in amalia. somali products will continue to the efforts we make and deal with coordination with our colleagues. mr. chairman and members of this committee, i'd like to take this opportunity to say if confirmed i will do my utmost to seriously dedicate myself to service some values of this nation into people and objectives in somalia. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. ambassador. for the information of all the nominees as well as the members present, it is unclear at this point whether w

who would have been sort of leaders in the union movement likea philip randolph or people like the secretary of the naacp and his deputy, roy wilkins and the sterling attorney, thurgood marshall. henry lee and the assault these people. they are all actually intimate of his. he's this important journalists. the 1% to break the story in "the new york times" and the national press about the shift in electoral voting patterns that will enable african-americans who moved to major northern metropolises to build a shift the balance of power. african-americans get behind a democratic candidate, then those candidates will win because the balance of power has shifted that this new black migration and henry lee mood brings that out in a series of articles in "the new york times" and the really inspires chester who wants to sort of, you know, stay even with his brother who earns a phd and also his cousin, a big shot in new york and he starts thinking once they get out of prison i can sort of make it. what happened with the fire is the ohio state parole starts to take it seriously. it gets reduced to a s

we represent black, white who gave their life to make this country a more perfect union who fight for civil rights and fight for justice. it is within that spirit we have grave concerns and oppose the nomination of justice kavanaugh. they key for a time. i know i went over. >> thank you. now we go to mr. olson. [background noises] >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you. i have had the privilege of practicing law throughout the united states for over 50 years in state and federal appellate courts and 63 times before the united states supreme court. i have argued 220 different supreme court justices appointed by 11 presidents from president eisenhower and president trump. one fifth of our nation presidents and appointed by one fourth of our presidents. my experience is giving me first-hand exposure to justices numerous presidents have selected for the supreme court, the qualities these justices have them provide and the standards they have established for themselves and for their successors. each of these justices has manifested the highest professional and jurisprudential standards and

of this country, lack, white and the spirit who gave their life to make this country a more perfect union and to fight for civil rights and to fight for justice. and it is within that spirit that we have grave concerns and oppose the nomination of justice kavanaugh. thank you for your time and i know i went over. >> thank you very much congressman. now we go to mr. olson. [shouting] >> thank thank you, chairman gr, ranking member feinstein and members of this committee. [shouting] >> i've had the privilege of practicing law throughout the united states for over 50 years in state and federal appellate courts, and 63 times before the united states supreme court. i have argued to 20 different supreme court justices appointed by 11 presidents from president eisenhower to president trump. one-fifth of our nation's justices appointed by one-fourth of our presidents. my experience as give me first-hand exposure to justices, numerous presidents have selected for the supreme court, the qualities that these justices have example five and the standards they have established for themselves and for th

officials, all republican, i might note, which i believe at the time was the most of any state in the union, and i think it's the case that rhode island has none. >> brett kavanaugh must be stopped! we will not be silenced. >> and i would note as well -- >> for the record, i apologize to my colleague if he takes any umbrage about my reference to the general residents of texas. this was a specific quote from a federal court decision in texas referring to the decision makers in that case. >> senator cruz, you have 30 additional seconds. >> judge kavanaugh, yesterday you had some discussion with senator leahy about what it means to be a textualist. and i want to go back and revisit that conversation and ask for someone at home, who's watching this, why should it matter to them if a judge is a textualist? what difference does that make to somebody not involved with the supreme court? >> senator, it goes to the foundation of the constitution and the system that the framers designed with a legislative branch and executive branch and a judicial branch that were all separate. as was said in federal

very, veryth nice suffering and that is why he is successful with six union officials. and that grants presidency was betrayed and that's in many ways it was a successful presidency with the african-american community. with that revisionist vents so people accepted the portraits i'm happy for that but surprised. jean. translator: _spee17 speemac we are are joined by our fox and friends .

. >> he wanted to protect the union. >> he wanted to protect the union. whether he was right or wrong, he was, you know, he was not as part of one of thinking is a moves was to try to move every african-american to liberia and to create a state effectively there. that is not something many abolitionists in the north supported. so i say this just as background to say, yeah, that lincoln on one hand you could say in retrospect lincoln didn't do enough and on the other hand you could say lincoln did exactly the amount that he knew was palatable for the country at that time. and i think that is one of the reasons he is so well regarded today is because he had a very good feel for what the country would expect, how he could go about not crossing the political lines. >> he was a politician. he did sign the emancipation proclamation and he did make it possible for you know, they are to be a truce. >> when he signed it, many said to to him he wasn't going far enough in the investigation proclamation and others said he went too far. >> you talk about the lincoln d

he said you are in a congressional district that's two-thirds african-american and none of the black people here can vote. of course, they could vote during reconstruction but that ended after ten years, you know, with the termination of reconstruction and the pulling of union troops out of the south in 1876. since then, it's just been grandfather clauses and literacy tests and poll taxes and kkk night riders. so black people were basically driven off the voter rolls. moore said if you want to help, register people to vote. bob moses almost got himself killed several times just going door to door urging people to vote. he came up with the phrase one person, one vote. that was not invented by the supreme court. that came out of the blood and sweat and tears of the civil rights movement and the student non-violent coordinating committee in the early 1960s. moses's work led to the student non-violent coordinating commission -- committee, the freedom summer where many young people lost their lives, just trying to get people registered to vote. it was through their sacrifice we got the ci

king advocated for union rights in the turn away from self-seeking individualism. at the university of washington. he teaches african-american and labor history as well as martin luther king studies. tonight michael honey will discuss it for about 35 minutes. they will say a few words and then open the floor to questions. because we are being filmed it is felt it is important that your questions be ask at those two microphones. and now i will introduce rodney kate strong to you. Élan public policy concerted film. he represents away. we are excited to head him with us this evening as well. we are excited to head him with us this evening as well. before i talk about the book. we had four days of celebration. also the movement he is part of. i'm good to gonna say a few things about what happened there this week. they had been doing april 4 ever since. for 50 years. it was a huge shock. i will tell you a little bit about myself towards the end. i can recall easily what it's like. they were on a wild rampage during the strike. there was huge movements in the community.

mary livermore and john hogan and the other people in this book as well as the men who brought these union arteries to the gate of atlanta and and into the carolinas the focus of this story as well as the african americans who were denied weapons by sherman who nonetheless fill the roads and bridges in order to bring the troops down into the south and they did that in ways that we would find typical you imagine. think of this law, i don't know if you know southern south carolina but places like that that at least in the 19th century were fearsome and having to trudge through them in the winter rains and knee-deep or waste the money and having to build votes through them so that's what a number of men who had formerly been enslaved did. they could have just gone home or not gone home but gone to a military encampment or on north but they chose to continue aiding sherman's forces. these are more unsung heroes of the war and they did so in terrible conditions and what they did, if you can imagine was late a transverse plank of wood or excuse me, rails first and follow them with transverse pla

reconstruction but that ended after ten years with the termination of reconstruction, the pulling of union troops out of the south in 1876. since then at a just been grandfather clauses a literacy test and pull taxes, kkk and night writers. a lot of people are driven off the voter rolls and he said it will tell you a registered people to vote. bob moses almost got himself killed sometimes just going door-to-door urging people to vote. he came up with the phrase one person, one vote. that was not invented by the supreme court. thank you out of the blood and sweat and tears of the civil rights movement and the student nonviolent court in committee and the early 1960s, and moses work led to the student nonviolent core dating commission, committee, the freedom summer where many people lost their lives including, just to get people rich to vote. with the sacrifice of support act of 1964. we got the mississippi freedom democratic party and the challenge of atlantic city democrat convention which helped to open up the democratic party and we because the voting righs act of 1965 which is been inst

great moves was to try to move every african-american to liberia, and to create a state effectively there. that is not something that many abolitionists in the north supported. so i say this just as background, that lincoln, you know, on the one hand, you could say in retrospect, lincoln didn't do enough. and then on the other hand, you could say lincoln did exactly the amount that he knew was eligible for the country at that time. and i think that that's one of the reasons he is a well regarded today is because he had a very good feel for what the country would accept, how he could go about not crossing the political lines. but i'm going to find -- >> he was a politician and when it's all said and then come he did sign the emancipation proclamation, and it did make it possible for there to be colored troops. >> but when he cited, many said to him he wasn't going far enough in emancipation proclamation and other city went too far. >> thank you very much. you talk about the lincoln-douglas debates and relationship between the extremes. -- experience. but how was trial work informed h

there are room for unions. you can unionize these innovative schools and when they don't work we close them down. we will be the first city that moves, continues to move this needle in a very difficult mostly poor mostly african-american, but we have growing hispanic and white population, and wealthier african-americans coming back to our public school system. we are going to the most diverse, vibrant, excellent, and when that happens and as it happens the economy of our city and region will grow. we can start filling the gaps and in putting a lot of other things together to make the american dream true again for all people in our country. thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much, senator. so we actually a time for some discussion. so think about your questions, your comments. and while you including those of you in the audience, while you're thinking about those i'm going to ask governor markel if you would like to make any comments. because as governor he was one of the first states to win a race to the top

see idea of a plan is a very important one, during this mass session of the african union for the first time we look at the migration concept. it will be established in morocco, and the european union, and that was a collaborate to partnership should look at. once again when they issued the migration is important to us 85% or more do not live in europe, they live elsewhere, and rising competition. that means it needs a global solution. we also talked about making this for those who are not granted the right, the african union's also discussed the fact that there will need to be legal options. in this will there's skilled labor and it's also very important for our perspective, where our interest and how can we convince this where they have illegal migration unless we won't be able to -- we also discuss this secondary migration meaning migration within the european union, we know that the advantages of the travel ban in the area -- when it is this important that members must and should take important measures it is equally important that they work together. this is the basis of my discuss

union. it's a struggle that has defined our own history as a country. and from the founding of this nation, the struggle for freedom about who defines freedom and who gets to be free and who doesn't. it's been freedom like the founding fathers were trying to push all the while living a hypocrisy that resulted in the confinement and oppression of certain people but also from the marginalized communities. and that of dignity and humanity we know in the course of the history the greates greatest ths have always involved a deep dehumanization of certain people in certain communities. we are fighting for our freedom to be with our children, to have families stay whole. yet what this administration has put in such detail it is a freedom to live free from the mass incarceration. it's the freedom to love who we wish to love and marry who we wish to marry a. a freedom to worship where we want to worship, a freedom that is fundamentally about being able to be who we are with a full rights afforded to

in other areas -- would try to -- but if they come close enough, slaves qowld try to escape to the union armies. had is mainly in arkansas, texas and oklahoma which was then an indian territory, and emancipation proclamation goes into effect all through the confederate state. and so you have new opportunities for african-americans, obviously, lingering the ku klux klan will appear within a short period of time and other kinds of -- violent opposition freedom will linger in a sporadic way across the state but at first -- even though freedom has been granted, there's not a clear cut set of rights with emancipation proclamation says it is free but it doesn't say what else he can do. what they do is pass -- segregation laws, schools can exist but they have to be separate black and white schools and -- what that means is that -- an increasingly and less money for the black schools that are supposed to the white schools. and local cities -- governments, are going to take the same approach, you know, they're going to do kind of a bear minimum to keep from getting in trouble. but the overall tre

. >> he wanted to protect the union. >> yes whether he was right or wrong, one of lincoln great move was to try to move every african-american to library a and two estates effectively there that is not evolution party in the north supported. so it is as background that on the one hand in retrospect he didn't do enough on the other hand you could say he did exactly the amount due was eligible for the country at that time. and i think that is one of the reason he is so well-regarded today because he had a very good feel for what the country would except, and how he could not cross the political. >> that he was politician when he signed emancipation proclamation be met when he signed that many said you didn't go far enough. so thank you very much. and with that relationship and that experience but how is trial informed his debate? look. >> , we did not overwhelmingly windows lincoln douglas debates. there were several and he was viewed as winning a couple douglas on a couple they were long thought that'll and remember they were not fundamentally about slavery right or wrong douglas phys

in southern african context. but even a disertation and it's where i first met him hat moscow state university where we talked, debated democracy with our host there and eventually mike became activists helping to support ngo's, national democratic institute and opened the carnegie endowment moscow office in supporting russia's democratic and mike came back to stanford as assistant professor of political science and hoover institution where he is now the peter and hellen senior fellow and finally to institute where he has served as director of the center on democracy development in the rule of law and the deputy director of the institute, again, i now hold, i feel trajectory is quite good. since 2015 he has been director of the institute. mike's first trip to soviet union as sophomore would be the first of hundreds of visits to the soviet union and russia cull -- culminating as president obama's ambassador which he held till march of 2014. as he's careful to note and i can feel presence here, he got out before cr

little did they know , that our house /union organizing center became the gathering spot forevery african-american woman in tyler , texas. >> i love that story. >> also, just the partnership that you incurred. from the very moment you began working together, i guess in new orleans or was it washington? also, i love the setting of the scene where you are trying to raise money through organizing efforts and you're going around telling ride fish sandwiches or dinners? >> we did anything. once you sold fried fish suffers for a living, you will never star. kurt is here tonight actually and he's kind of the hero of this whole book. so thank you kirk. gail king was like, i like her she read the book and said i want to meet kirk . so anyway, he's become kindof famous . but then you went to la and it was a bit of a culture shock between east texas and new orleansand la but the problems were the same . the same kind of issues, huge skyscrapers in houston. >> in los angeles. essentially being cleaned by immigrant janitors who, many of whom had, their stories of getting to the united states just to make somet

organizing center became the gathering spot for every african-american woman in tyler, texas, and so -- [laughter] it was -- [applause] but -- >> i love that story. >> you know, also just a partnership that you and kirk had from the very moment that you began working together. i guess in new orleans or was it in washington. >> new orleans right i loved the -- the setting of the scene where you're trying to raise money for your organizeing effort and -- you're going arranged what selling fried fish sandwiches or dinners. >> we did everything. we did anything. and that's what i said boy once you sold fried -- fried fish suppers for a living you'll never starve. you can always make a living but kurk was great. kirk is here tonight actually and he's kind of a hero of this -- whole book. so thank you kirk, in fact, gail king was like kirk, i like kirk and she's like immaterial -- i want to meet kirk. kirk has to write his own book that's true. >> that's a good idea. but then you went to l.a. and it was -- a bit of a culture shock between, you know, east texas and new orleans and l.a. but

union and obviously the broader international community. i believe that this is a great opportunity, and i hope that the government of zimbabwe will live up to its commitments. >> as long as i've been reading the newspaper, we've been talking about u.n. reforms. obviously that's your top priority. what do you think is the single biggest impediment to reform the u.n.? or impediments. you talked about protections. but what are the main problems? >> to say the single most impediment i think it's the political will of other countries and reaching those -- that common understanding and agreement on those reform. i think altogether they're -- >> how do you overcome that? >> it's a constant engagement promoting our position and the values and the priorities that we place. i think that interestingly the rising rates and the conversations have changed the mindset. i've seen more countries disciplined than they have -- there are. if confirmed, i will continue to work promoting those on human rights or other areas that we will -- that fundamentally an

alexandra was union occupied during the war and if blacks came from slavery into the area they could remain free. that was her mission, that was her struggle for purpose. she then became one of the first generation offices female government workers at the patent office, worked for suffrage, and coming from very quiet backound, left a pretty momentous life. >> thank you. eugene meyer, grew up in long island in the suburbs and since january 2004 has been free lance writer. he work for three decades at the "washington post" as a reporter and an editor, he has had more than bylines at the "new york times." u.s. newsu.s. news and world reo been the editor of the quarterly b' nai brith magazine since 2009. his writing is closely connected to his love of history. likes to talk about where people live and work and travel and likes to write but the dynamic changes of cities especially. guess washington, dc. over his long career he has interviewed justice thurgood marshall, covered antiwar protests, spent jimmy cart's' presidential christmas in plains, georgia, and gone crabbing and oystering

, and above all, the story i tell is how activists from different groups, african-americans, mexican americans and whites, came together and built an alliance, coalition for both the sive rights and labor rights and political power. there are four legs the coalition. mexican-americans, where most liberal militant faction of mexican-american, the most liberal militant faction of african-american civil rights actives. the most liberal wing. the organized labor which becomes under the umbrella of the texas afl-cio, the federation, and the group of white liberal democrats. we became known as independent democrats but previously in a group called the democrats of texas, the do torch. people confuse a coalition with a coalesce sense or two groups merging together and basically lose their identity. but a coalition is the opposite. it's the great civil rights activist, bernice johnson reagan pointed out, one has to have separate homes and houses before you can forge a coalition. so when these groups came together, didn't usually go well. this was not a smooth alliance. for all of the ways th

civil rights act amazing, union change and the story i tell is how activists from different groups, african-americans, mexican-americans and whites came together to build an alliance, a coalition for civil rights and labor rights and political power. there are ultimately for legs . before legs are the americans which are the most liberal militant faction of mexican-americans, the most liberal faction of african-americans , the most liberal wing of organized labor which is under the umbrella of the texas afl-cio and agroup of white liberal democrats . we come down with independent democrats but the previous group was called democratic texas for dot which was a breakaway liberal faction struggling for control of the party. people often confuse the coalition with a coalescence or two groups that are merging together but a coalition is theopposite . as a great civil rights activist pointed out, one has to have separate homes and separate houses before you can forge a coalition. so when these groups came together, they didn't easily go away.this was not a smooth alliance. for all the ways in which they mi

african-americans to be members of the union and the even excluded them from various training programs in and that kind of thing. it was somewhat of a mixed message. but he have some union support by no means across the board were all that union supporting him. are there other questions. come on down. in response to that last point about the poor people's campaign. i was living in atlanta at the time that it was being organized. and the vision of the poor people's campaign they would come in caravans from all over the south from all over the country. from poor white communities in the south. everywhere to try to produce a unified campaign as they compared it to the bonus marchers of 1932. we heard that this was not going well. they needed hundreds of communities or at least dozens of communities hundreds of people to converge on washington and some kind of organized way. it's an unbelievable -- unbelievable organizing challenge. whether it would have come together if dr. king had lived. his work in chicago had been somewhat disappointed and i think it's probable there was a gathering i

orphans we didn't know what else to do with them so protesting to the union army that was responsible for affairs leave you heard about harriet jacobs and had escaped avery the two had met in the 1840s when harriet came down early 1863 so they became partners and allies. one ofca the things i liked about this as i was working on it it really was a black woman in a white woman working together as partners and that doesn't happen often in that time. >> i don't know as much about but i understand she did have more present or awareness of what she was doing?ce >> she had written a narrative about her experience as the life of a slave girl that is available even now and i encourage people to read this. writing articles for the liberator which was the abolitionist newspaper of the day. so she knew it she was getting herself into. >> what about race relations? was there a big change in her awareness of race relations when she started to come down dealing with former slaves? >> up north it was easy to romanticize i am here to help but when she came down and started to hear people's stories or

she was working for the rights of african-americans, it was union occupied. and into that area, they could remain free. that was her mission, her struggle for purpose. she was one of the first generations of female government workers, works for suffrage so coming from quiet background, and a pretty momentous life. >> thank you very much. eugene meyer grew up in the suburbs. since january 2004 has been freelance writer, he worked for three decades at the washington post as a reporter and editor, he had 50 bylines in the new york times, he worked with bethesda magazine as a contributing editor. us news and world report, has also been the editor of the quarterly tme magazine since 2009. gene's writing is connected to his love of history, a sense of place about where people live, work and travel and the dynamic changes of the city especially. i guess washington dc. over his long career he interviewed justice thurgood marshall, discovered antiwar protests, spent jimmy carter at last presidential christmas in georgia and gone crabbing and oyster ring with maryland

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in addition to his message of racial and quality, doctor king advocated for union rights,on te poor and turn away from self-seeking individualism. he currently holds the professorship of humanities at the university of washington tacoma where he teaches african-american and labor history as well as martin luther king studies. his work has received numerous awards including the robert f. kennedy award for his book going down jericho road. tonight he will discuss his book for about 35 minutes and then will be joined by rodney strong will say a few words and then open up the floor to questions. because we are being filmed it is important iff your questions be asked at the two microphones. and now i'm going to q introduce rodney, the chairman of griffin and strong demand as the disparity study and suppliers diversity from consultant for numerous clients. we are excited to have him with us this evening as well. now please welcome michael to the atlanta history center. ve[applause] >> is this picking up okay? before i start talking about the book, i want to start with memphis. i just came fro