State of the Black Union 2007, Morning Session

Feb 10, 2007

Smiley Group

Leaders in education, public policy, religion, and black communities discussed the future impact of African Americans on Western culture, the country's global image, and the social, political, and economic future. They talked about the newly released book The Covenant in Action, published by Smiley Books. The book, a follow-up to The .. Read More
Leaders in education, public policy, religion, and black communities discussed the future impact of African Americans on Western culture, the country's global image, and the social, political, and economic future. They talked about the newly released book The Covenant in Action, published by Smiley Books. The book, a follow-up to The Covenant with Black America, demonstrated how ordinary people were finding solutions to the problems still facing blacks in America 400 years later. The State of the Black Union 2007: Jamestown, America's 400th Anniversary, was titled "The African American Imprint on America" to commemorate the 400th anniversary of America at Jamestown, Virginia. The event took place in the Convocation Center of Hampton University. This event was sponsored by Tavis Smiley Presents.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:00 none THIS IS ABOUT THREc HOURS AN 10 MINUTESc [APPLAUSE]
00:00:29 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING. I BELIEVE THAT SOMETIMES COURT SEE NEEDS TO PROCEED OUR FAITH. WOULD WOW SAY GOOD MORNING...
00:03:13 Unidentified Speaker LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME VIRGINIA GOVERNOR TIM CANE. [APPLAUSEc
00:03:30 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING TO ALL. ESPECIALLY TO THOSE VISITING VIRGINIA WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE Oc THRc...
00:10:08 Unidentified Speaker ONE MORE TIME FOR OUc GOVERNOR. THANK YOU VERY KINDLY. HOW Y'ALL? HOW YOUR MAMA AND THEMc I WOULD...
00:26:36 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSE]
00:26:39 Unidentified Speaker THAT ANNOUNCEMENT THIS AFTERNOON. TWO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS WE'LL MAKc ASIA ALEXANDER. SHE IS FROM...
00:27:54 Unidentified Speaker HELLOc EVERYONE. THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE FACING YOUNG PEOPLE IN AMERICA IS THE LACK OF GUIDANCE AND...
00:29:56 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSE]
00:30:02 Unidentified Speaker I WILL INCREASE THE STARTING SALARIES AND INSTITUTE A PROGRAM WHERE TEACHERS ARE PAID FOR THE VALUE...
00:30:43 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSE]
00:30:56 Unidentified Speaker MY AMERICc -cRc AMERICA WILL HAVE EVERYONE WORK TOGETHER NO MATTER WHAT RACE, AGE OR RELIGION. MY...
00:32:01 Unidentified Speaker ONE MORE TIME FOR ASIA. ALEXANDRIA FROM MISSOURIc I SHOULD ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAVE OVER 100 YOUTH...
00:33:44 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSE]
00:33:53 Unidentified Speaker IT MEANS SOMETHING TO LET BLACK FOLK SHOW THEIR BEST AND THEIR BRIGHTEST AND THEIR THINKERS AND TO...
00:35:33 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSEc
00:35:45 Unidentified Speaker HEY! HOW IS EVERYBODY? YEAH. HOW IS ANNA NICOLE SMITH. I KNOW. SHE IS A TOP NEWS STORY IT SEEMS....
00:39:19 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSE]
00:39:21 Unidentified Speaker WE NEED TO STOPcc BEING DISAPPOINTED WHEN OTHER PEOPLE DON'T GIVE US WHAT WE NEED. THERE IS A GREAT...
00:40:00 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSEc
00:40:07 Unidentified Speaker AND SO TAVISc THIS MORNING, WE HAVE A PANEL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO TELL THE STORc FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE,...
00:40:29 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSE]
00:40:33 Unidentified Speaker PLEASE WELCOME THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE REBECCA PROJECT FOR HUMAc RIGHTS, MALIKc SAc. PLEASE...
00:41:02 Unidentified Speaker PLEASE WELCOME THE PRESIDENT AND C.E.O. OF A GROUPc PLEASE WELCOME, THE REVEREND JESSE L. JACKSON,...
00:42:23 Unidentified Speaker OH, YES.
00:42:26 Unidentified Speaker WE'LL READING TOcWI-SHE IS THE FOUNDER AND CHAIRPERSON OF RADIO ONE.
00:42:29 Unidentified Speaker YEc SHE.
00:42:38 Unidentified Speaker PLEASE WELCOME KATHY HUESc
00:42:42 Unidentified Speaker THE HOST OF THE DAILY TALK SHOW, THE AL SHARPTON SHOW, THE
00:42:52 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSE]
00:42:56 Unidentified Speaker SHE IS THE REASON WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY, TOM, OVER TWO YEARS AGO, SHEuCHLLED M TAVIS, CAN I TAKE YOU...
00:43:48 Unidentified Speaker AND DAPHNE'S BETTER HALF, EMKNEE NOMINATED ACTOR, NEW MILLENNIUM STUDIjDc TIM REEDc
00:44:07 Unidentified Speaker TIM AND DAPHNE MAKE THEIR HOME HERE IN VIRGINIA AND OWN A STUDIO IN THIS GREAT STATE. LAST AND NOT...
00:44:34 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSE]
00:44:41 Unidentified Speaker NOW, BEFORE OUR MODERATOR COMEc OUT AND WE COMMENCE THIS CONVERSATION, EVERYBODY STAND TO YOUR FEET...
00:46:14 Unidentified Speaker COVENANT NUMBER NINE, ASSURING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND COVENANT NUMBER 10, CLOSING THE...
00:48:30 Unidentified Speaker FOR DECADES, AFRICAN-AMERICANS LIKE MOST AMERICANS DID [INAUDIBLE]
00:48:39 Unidentified Speaker THE IRE AND BITTERNESS RESULTING FROM THE LEGCY OF SLIVERY AND DISCRIMINATION WE'VE NOT MET THE CHEAGES...
00:48:59 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS A CALc TO ACTION. FLOOR 2006, WHEN THE COVENANT WAS -- WITH BLACK AMERICA ROSE TO NUMBER ONE...
00:49:35 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS A CALL TO ACTIONc
00:49:39 Unidentified Speaker REVEREND JACKSONc
00:49:42 Unidentified Speaker Mc NUMBER OUT OF ORDER. WHEN WE MADE BLACK AMERICA BETTER? WE MAKE ALL OF AMERICA BETTER. AND THE...
00:49:52 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION.
00:49:55 Unidentified Speaker A COVENANT ISc SOLEMN COMMITMENT. AMONG A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO ACT IN HARMONY TO ACHIEVE SPECIFIC GOALS....
00:50:28 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION.
00:50:29 Unidentified Speaker JUDGE HATCHET?
00:50:31 Unidentified Speaker YOU MUST TAKE THE ENERGY GENERATED BY THE COVENANT ANc STRATEGICALLY MOVE IT TO SUSTAIN COORDINATED...
00:50:56 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION.
00:50:58 Unidentified Speaker WHEN WE MAKE BLACK AMERICA BETTER, WE MAKE ALL OF AMERICA BETTER. THIS IS A CALc TO ACTION. AND THE...
00:52:02 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING.
00:52:03 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING.
00:52:06 Unidentified Speaker APPRECIATION TO TAVEANDISc
00:52:07 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSE]
00:52:11 Unidentified Speaker APPRECIATION TO THE PANEL WHICH INCLUDES THREE MAINSTREAM ARTICULATE FORMER DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL...
00:52:58 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSE] 6 @S c CONSEQUENCE OF THAT, THERE WILL BE MUCH TALK IN THE DAYS AHEAD ABOUT WHETHER WE...
00:53:27 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLEc I WAS BORN IN 196. A MONTH BEFORE THc GREAT WASHINGTON, EVENTUAL FEW MONTHS AFTER THE...
00:54:15 Unidentified Speaker PROFESSOR CLIENT IN WHICH WAYS ARE WE GROUNDED AND STUCK?
00:54:18 Unidentified Speaker INTERESTING QUESTION. WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT QUESTIOc, DO YOU KNOW WHERE I GO? I GO TO THAT NOVEL...
00:55:24 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSE] .
00:55:29 Unidentified Speaker KATHY HUGHS, VISIONARY BUSINESSWOMAN. ARE THERE ASPECTS OF OUR HISTORY WE NEED TO LEAVE BEHIND?
00:55:34 Unidentified Speaker WE CANNOT HEAR YOU DOWN ON THIS END.
00:55:35 Unidentified Speaker OK. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
00:55:38 Unidentified Speaker A LITTLE BETTER, YES. c KATHc HUGH, LEGENDARY BUSINESSWOMAN ARE THERE ASPECTS OF OUR HISTORc WE NEED...
00:55:46 Unidentified Speaker ARE THERASPECTc OF OUR HISTORY --
00:55:48 Unidentified Speaker THAT WE NEED TO LEAVE
00:55:49 Unidentified Speaker CAN YOU HELc US. I GUESS YOU CAN HEAR ME OUT HERE. BUT IT IS HARD UP THERE.
00:55:57 Unidentified Speaker WE NEED A MONITOR Oc THIS ENDc I THINK THERE ARE ASPECTS OF OUR HISTORY THAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER...
00:57:31 Unidentified Speaker GOVERNOR WILDER, CURRENT MAYOR OF RICHMOND. SO OFTEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HISTORY, MANc PEOPLE SAY WE...
00:57:38 Unidentified Speaker WE'RE WHAT?
00:57:39 Unidentified Speaker WALLOWING IN IT.
00:57:40 Unidentified Speaker YEAH.
00:57:42 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU FEEL THAT OUR KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY WOULD RECTIFY ILic TODAY? OR DO YOU THINK OUR OBSESSION...
00:57:51 Unidentified Speaker I THINK UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT OUR HISTORYc I THINK AS KATHY POINTED OUT, PEOPLE...
00:58:51 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSEc
00:58:55 Unidentified Speaker AND I THINK UNFORTUNATELY, MICHELLE, IS -- IN FORGETTING HISTORY, WE TENc TO BELIEVE THAT SOME STAR...
00:59:23 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSE]
00:59:29 Unidentified Speaker REVEREND JACKSON? SAME QUESTION, REVEREND JACKSON?
00:59:32 Unidentified Speaker WHICH IS?
00:59:33 Unidentified Speaker WHAT IS GROUNDING US AND WHAT IS IMPEDING US? c WHAT GROUNDS US IS OUR HISTORY AS DISTINGUISHED FROM...
01:01:57 Unidentified Speaker REVEREND MOSS WHAT MESSAGE OF OUR HISTORY DO WE MOST NEED TO RETAIN FOR THE FUTURE? IS THERE A MESSAGE...
01:02:07 Unidentified Speaker I THINK WE NEED TO RETAIN ALL OF OUR HISTORY BECAUSE THERE IS -- THERE IS A DANGERD4($(LC@ & C+ THERE...
01:04:55 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T THINK IT IS OUR OBLIGATION TO MAKE PEACE WITH OUR PAST. c I THINK Ic IS OUR OBLIGATION TO...
01:07:34 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSE]
01:07:36 Unidentified Speaker I THINK WE HAVE SOME THINGS Tc TALK ABOUTc I'M GOING TO BRING THE OTHER FOLK IN AND YEAM'S MAKE SURE...
01:08:08 Unidentified Speaker WELL, LISTENING TO WHAT HAc HEARD THE WORD PROPAGANDA. WELL, I'M IN THE PROPAGANDA BUSINESS. FOR...
01:10:58 Unidentified Speaker FROM THE IDEA THAT WE NEED Tc CONTROL OUR OWN IMAGES AND TELL OUR OWN STORIES AND STOP OUR STORY....
01:12:13 Unidentified Speaker STEPHANIE?
01:12:15 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLEc IT STARTED FROM HISTORY FOR US. I MEAN, WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD JAMESTOWN CALLING YOU IT...
01:14:29 Unidentified Speaker I'LL PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. ARE THERE SOME WAYS IN WHICH OUR REVERENCE OF HISTORY KEEPS US FROM EMBRACING...
01:16:17 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSE]
01:16:21 Unidentified Speaker NOW TELL US, YOUR ARE ANOTHER PERSON THAT CREATED AN ORGANIZATION OUT OF NOTHING. YOU DID A NEW THING...
01:16:36 Unidentified Speaker LET ME START OUT BY TELLING A STORY THAT I THINc CONNECTS WHERE WE ARE NOW WITH WHERE WE WERE. WHEN...
01:19:47 Unidentified Speaker JUDGE HATCHET, CERTAINLY LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN STATE COURT HEAD OF A STATE...
01:20:08 Unidentified Speaker INTERESTING THAT YOU'D PHRASE IT THAT WAY. I BELIEVE IN INTERVENTIONS. AND FOR SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE...
01:21:40 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSE]
01:21:50 Unidentified Speaker AND THEN C.T. SAID WITH TEARS IN HIS EYEc HE LOOKED AT THIS YOUNG BOY AND HE SAID AFTER JUDGE HATCHET...
01:22:09 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSE]
01:22:12 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN THAT. SO FOR OUR CHILDREN TO UNDERSTAND THIS ISSUE OF RESPONSIBILITY, REVEREND...
01:23:23 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSE] AND SO WE'VE GOT TO BE CLEAc. AND WE'VE GOT TO BE WILLINc Tc GENERATION OF CHILDREN. IF...
01:23:51 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSEc c THANK YOU, JUDGE. AND SPEAKING OF ONE WHO TOOK A BEATING SO SOMEONE ELSE WOULDN'T HAVE...
01:24:31 Unidentified Speaker FIRST OF ALL HAD DO NOT MAKE A CASE FOR OR AGAINST HIM ON THINGS TRIVIAL ANNUAL, LIKE WAS HIS FATHER...
01:27:26 Unidentified Speaker WILL YOU TAKE A QUESTIONc
01:27:27 Unidentified Speaker YES. I THINK JESSE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IN TERMS OF FALSE MEASUREMENT. I THINK QUITE FRANKLY IT IS...
01:28:11 Unidentified Speaker BUT I WANc TO DIGRESS JUST A MOMENT TO TELL HOW PLEASED I AM TO SEE WHAT IS TAKING PLACE THIS MORNING...
01:30:24 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSE] .
01:30:27 Unidentified Speaker OF THE 16,000 MUSEUMS IN THIS COUNTRY, THEY ONLY -- THE ONLc ONEc SOLELY DEDICATED TO THE PROSPECT...
01:32:28 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSEc
01:32:33 Unidentified Speaker REVEREND SHARPTON, YOU ONc THE DISCUSSION ABOUT SENATOR OBAMA'S BID. WHAT ABOUT THE IDENTITY OF POLITICS...
01:32:47 Unidentified Speaker THE IDENTITY OF POLITICS SHOULD NOT BE BASED ON RACE. IT SHOULD BE BASED ON AGENDA AND BASEc ON POLICY.c...
01:35:58 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSEc
01:36:04 Unidentified Speaker REVEREND, THOUGH, WHO IS THE US?
01:36:09 Unidentified Speaker -- TRADITION OF OPENING AMERICA, US THAT COME OUT OF A TRADITION OF MAKING SURE THERE( LAW. UNDERSTANDING...
01:36:35 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSEc
01:36:51 Unidentified Speaker CONGRESSMAN ELLISON, YOU KNOW I'M COMING OVER THERE. AS PARLIAMENT OF THE RISING GENERATION OF POLITICAL...
01:37:19 Unidentified Speaker BY FOCUSING ON THE THINGS THAT WE ALL SHARE. I MEAN, WE ALL HAVE -- LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE WE SEE THE...
01:38:52 Unidentified Speaker PICK UP ON Tc POINT, SOMEONE ELSE. HOW SHOULD WE AS AFRICAN-AMERICANS RELATE TO THE NEW LATINOT)jc...
01:39:01 Unidentified Speaker LEc ME SAY THIS? I'VE BEEc DIING TO SAY THIS.PART OF WHAT WE"hYuz DO IS TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY...
01:41:28 Unidentified Speaker [APPLCc
01:41:31 Unidentified Speaker SO DON'T HUSTLE THEM. PART OF WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY, HOW DO WE MAKE OUR HISTORY A LIVING TRADITION?...
01:42:24 Unidentified Speaker TIM REED Ic TRYING TO GET IN THIS.
01:42:28 Unidentified Speaker WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THIS ONE.
01:42:31 Unidentified Speaker YOU ALSO CHALLENGED HIM. MY MOTHER LOVED ME. BUT SHE DIDN'T ALLOW ME TO BEHAVE ANY WAY I WANTED. ...
01:43:34 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSE] c c TIM REED AND THEN REVEREND MOSS. TIM REED AND THEN REVEREND
01:43:51 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE]
01:43:55 Unidentified Speaker TIM REED.
01:43:57 Unidentified Speaker I KNOW HOW TO WORK THE ROOM. I'M GOING TO LET THEM FINISH. + THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. I APPLAUc...
01:47:15 Unidentified Speaker LET'S GO ACROSS THE GENERATION. STEPHANIE AND LET'S HAVE A DIALOgUPETWEEN THc AGAIN RAISINGS. STEPHANIE...
01:47:27 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING.
01:47:29 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS SOMETHING -- THERE IS SOMETHING I THINK WE MIGHT MISS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THc...
01:51:57 Unidentified Speaker BUT REVEREND I HAVE TO ASc YOU WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT STRATEGY TO OUR CHALLENGES TODAY? BECAUSE...
01:52:27 Unidentified Speaker ALL I'M SURFING FOR ARE MORE PURPOSES REDEMPTIVE BUT NOT EARN SUFFERING BY SELF-DESTRUCTION AND THc...
01:56:33 Unidentified Speaker WE CHANGED THE LAW. NO MATTER WHAT OUR CULTURAL BLING, BLING IS. WHEN THE LAW CHANGED, ALL OPTIONS...
01:57:39 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, REVEREND.
01:57:41 Unidentified Speaker WHAT ARE THE STRATEGIES I FIND MOST EFFECTIVE TODAY IN ADVANCING THE CAUSES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO...
01:58:05 Unidentified Speaker AS AFRICAN-AMERICAN PEOPLE -- IT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT WITH RESPECT TO SPIRITUALITY,...
02:00:18 Unidentified Speaker CROSSY HUGHES?
02:00:24 Unidentified Speaker I MAKE A LIVING WALKING THE LINE BETWEEN TWO AGE GROUPS.
02:00:45 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE A SYNDICATED SHOW. AND WE HAVE THE -- I HAVE TO SAY FOR THE FIRST 30 DAYS I HAD TO GO TO ALFRED,...
02:02:43 Unidentified Speaker THEY'RE TRYING TO WIN. THE STORY OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE HIP-HOP GENERATION IS GLORIOUS, BUT IT'S...
02:06:43 Unidentified Speaker WOW. EACH GENERATION MUST DISCOVER ITS MISSION, FULFILL IT OR BETRAY IT. HE DOESN'T SAY EACH GENERATION...
02:07:56 Unidentified Speaker I REMEMBER LISTENING TO AN ARGUMENT ABOUT WHY HE DOESN'T PARTICIPATE IN ELECTRICAL PROCESSING AND...
02:09:46 Unidentified Speaker WE'VE BEEN ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS. IT'S TIME TO START ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS. WE NEED TO BE...
02:09:55 Unidentified Speaker I THINK IT WAS YOU SAID, AND THAT IS THAT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE ORGANIZED. THEY'RE NOT...
02:11:38 Unidentified Speaker I NEED TO ASK CATHY, HUES, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, THAT IT'S NOT THE BLACK INTELLIGENTIA?
02:11:49 Unidentified Speaker I'M SAYING UNLESS I'M RUNNING WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE, EVERY PERSON I KNOW HAD A COPY OF THE COVENANT....
02:14:21 Unidentified Speaker REVEREND JACKSON.
02:14:23 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S WHY UNITY IS A BIG DEAL. HELLO? HELLO? HELLO? HELLO? IS IT CONNECTED AGAIN? WHILE UNITY...
02:20:00 Unidentified Speaker DEBATES ALWAYS LEAVE ME A LITTLE CONFUSED. IF YOU ONLY CARE ABOUT THE MERLISM AND MONEY, I'LL -- I...
02:21:55 Unidentified Speaker WHY DON'T YOU TELLIS WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO DO AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING?...
02:22:03 Unidentified Speaker PEACE IN IRAQ. I WILL BE SPEAKING OUT PASSIONATELY ABOUT GETTING OUR TROOPS OUT OF THAT MESS. [APPLAUSE]...
02:24:43 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO BACK A COUPLE THINGS SAID. FIRST, ABOUT USING A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. BORN IN SEGREGATION,...
02:26:33 Unidentified Speaker I'M PUSHING UP THE LINE, BECAUSE C-SPAN WILL GO TO THE VOTE AND I WILL TO HEAR FROM EVERYBODY.
02:26:42 Unidentified Speaker WE NEED TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS AN AMERICAN, AS AN AMERICAN. THIS IS OUR COUNTRY....
02:27:21 Unidentified Speaker REVEREND SHARPTON?
02:27:23 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THAT WE ALL MUST HAVE A COMMITMENT. I THINK THAT WE ALL MUST HAVE A COMMITMENT IN OUR TIME...
02:30:46 Unidentified Speaker CAN WE KEEP MOVING ON THIS? WE HAVE 15 MINUTES. WE WANT TO GET EVERYBODY ELSE IN THERE.
02:30:59 Unidentified Speaker I THINK WHERE CORNELL WEST WILL TAKE IT IS A RISK, BUT WE'LL FIND UNITY IN THE COMMON FIGHT FOR DIGNITY...
02:33:35 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
02:33:38 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO LEAVE US WITH THIS THOUGHT. IT IS PREDICTED THAT OUT OF ALL OF THE BLACK MALE BABIES BORN...
02:35:36 Unidentified Speaker ARE YOU READY TO TAKE IT? WE'RE GOING TO GO NOW TO QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE AND WE WILL COME BACK...
02:35:47 Unidentified Speaker FIRST OF ALL, ARE YOU ENJOYING THIS CONVERSATION? I SAID, ARE YOU ENJOYING THE CONVERSATION? ARE YOU...
02:37:15 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. BLACKAMERICAWEB COCK IS --.COM IS TAKING QUESTIONS -- BLACKAMERICA...
02:39:15 Unidentified Speaker WHEN CAN WE HAVE PERHAPS A MILLION MAN OR MILLION PERSON MARCH IN NEW ORLEANS TO REBUILD OUR BROTHERS...
02:39:26 Unidentified Speaker WHAT HAPPENED IN NEW ORLEANS IS THEY HAD DETERMINED, WHILE OUR PEOPLE WERE OUT IN EXILE, TO TAKE UP...
02:40:24 Unidentified Speaker LET ME ALSO SAY THAT I JUST LEFT NEW ORLEANS, WITH THE SAMUEL DEWITT PROCTOR CONFERENCE AND WE WILL...
02:42:29 Unidentified Speaker THIS NEXT QUESTION COME FROM VICTORIA IN GEORGIA. DO YOU THINK THAT INTEGRATION HAS HELPED OR HARMED...
02:42:53 Unidentified Speaker OF COURSE IT HAS HELPED.
02:42:57 Unidentified Speaker YES, IT HAS HELPED US. MY DADDY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO TO PRINCETON. I WOULDN'T BE A TENURED...
02:44:56 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T THINK INTEGRATION EVER HAPPENED. [APPLAUSE] WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RACIAL DISPARITY ALL ACROSS...
02:46:21 Unidentified Speaker HAVE FUN TRYING TO WORK THAT OUT.
02:46:25 Unidentified Speaker I'M TAKING IT BACK AND WILL CONTINUE WITH CLOSING THOUGHTS.
02:46:30 Unidentified Speaker CATHY HUGHES?
02:46:34 Unidentified Speaker THE MORNING SHOW DOES DAILY UPDATES OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN NEW ORLEANS, BECAUSE HE HAS TEAM MABS THAT...
02:47:45 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. STEPHANIE. CLOSING THOUGHTS?
02:47:59 Unidentified Speaker I AGREE WITH -- MY FINAL THOUGHT IS WE STARTED HERE AND CAME TO JAMESTOWN AND TALKED ABOUT OUR BEGINNINGS...
02:50:17 Unidentified Speaker THERE'S A PART IN "BELOVED" WHERE BABY BRINGS A COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND SAYS IN THIS SPACE OUR -- ARE...
02:53:01 Unidentified Speaker MILITIA.
02:53:03 Unidentified Speaker MA LEAKA. THANK YOU. GOVERNOR WILLED -- WILDER. WHAT IS YOUR CHARGE TO US?
02:53:16 Unidentified Speaker LISTENING TO JESSIE AND ALL SH DING THE AUDIENCE NEEDS TO BE REMINDED, THE ONLY THING THAT DEFINES...
02:56:58 Unidentified Speaker GOVERNOR WILDER, THANK YOU.
02:57:01 Unidentified Speaker BRIEFLY, I WOULD MAKE AN APPEAL THAT WE BE CAREFUL HOW WE GET DIS IMPERFECT BLACK MEN AND WOMEN AND...
02:59:55 Unidentified Speaker GOVERNOR.
02:59:57 Unidentified Speaker WHAT WAS YOUR STATE COORDINATOR IN MINNESOTA?
03:00:03 Unidentified Speaker WELLSTONE.
03:00:04 Unidentified Speaker AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT?
03:00:08 Unidentified Speaker HE BECAME A SENATOR.
03:00:11 Unidentified Speaker A UNITED STATES SENATOR. WHO WAS YOUR COORDINATOR IN NEW YORK?
03:00:16 Unidentified Speaker DAVE DIPPINGUS.
03:00:17 Unidentified Speaker AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM AFTER THAT?
03:00:19 Unidentified Speaker BECAME MAYOR.
03:00:22 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS A CONNECTION HERE. WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR INSPIRATION, RERCHEDS AL?
03:00:29 Unidentified Speaker RERCHEDS JACKSON.
03:00:32 Unidentified Speaker WHAT CHURCH GAVE YOU AN OPEN DOOR IN BROOKLYN?
03:00:36 Unidentified Speaker THE CHURCH OF GOD AND CHRIST.
03:00:39 Unidentified Speaker SO YOU HAD A BISHOP AND A PASTOR.
03:00:41 Unidentified Speaker YEP.
03:00:43 Unidentified Speaker ON --
03:00:47 Unidentified Speaker PASTOR AND JAMES BROWN. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
03:00:54 Unidentified Speaker YOU FEEL GOOD! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THERE IS A CONNECTION HERE. THERE IS A CONNECTION HERE. FROM...
03:01:10 Unidentified Speaker NEVER, NEVER.
03:01:15 Unidentified Speaker THE SACRIFICE IS NEVER OVER. DR. FRANKLIN SAYS NO ONE IS TOO POOR TO GIVE. NO ONE IS TOO POOR TO GIVE....
03:04:06 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. TALK ABOUT UNFAIR, DR. TODAY LARD. IS THIS
03:04:13 Unidentified Speaker I'VE TALKED SO MUCH TODAY AND I'M BLESSED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE STAGE WITH SUCH BRILLIANCE....
03:06:27 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. MA LEAKA. STEPHANIE BROWN, THE RERCHEDS JESSE JACKSON, CATHY HUES HUE, THE RERCHEDS AL...
03:07:24 Unidentified Speaker NO, YOU DIDN'T SURPRISE ME. THE SECOND PANELIST ARE OFF TO THE SIDE, WAITING. FIRST OF ALL, ABOUT...

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