State of the Black Union 2009, Morning Session

Feb 27, 2009

C-SPAN Smiley Group

Civil rights activists, lawmakers, scholars, and policy analysts gathered to discuss their thoughts and insights on the challenges facing African-Americans. Raymond Brown moderated a question and answer session with the panelists. Topics included the economic stimulus package, perceptions of black youth, and personal accountability. The program .. Read More
Civil rights activists, lawmakers, scholars, and policy analysts gathered to discuss their thoughts and insights on the challenges facing African-Americans. Raymond Brown moderated a question and answer session with the panelists. Topics included the economic stimulus package, perceptions of black youth, and personal accountability. The program included a video message sent the previous day from President Barack Obama. Mr. Smiley introduced his book Accountable: Making America as Good as Its Promise, published by Atria. This conclusion to the Covenant trilogy is a handbook with which the community can evaluate the successes or failures of its political leaders and of itself. "The State of the Black Union 2009: Making America as Good as Its Promise" was the 10th anniversary event and held in the Los Angeles Convention Center.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:56 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING. TAKE A DEEP BREATH, EVERYBODY. FATHER, WE COME TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN...
00:01:51 Smiley, TavisTalk Show Host YOU MAY BE SEATED. IT IS MY HONOR TO BRING TO THE PODIUM THE PERSON WHO WILL ON BEHALF OF THIS GREAT...
00:02:40 Ridley-Thomas, MarkSupervisor THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I AM PLEASED TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO LOS ANGELES AND TO JOIN YOU FOR THE...
00:04:40 Smiley, TavisTalk Show Host 10 YEARS AGO, WE STARTED AN AMAZING JOURNEY RIGHT HERE IN LOS ANGELES. IT WAS THE YEAR 2000, A NEW...
00:08:12 Obama, BarackPresident THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. I AM HONORED TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY AND AM SORRY I CANNOT JOIN YOU IN PERSON....
00:11:47 Smiley, TavisTalk Show Host I KNOW YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. [APPLAUSE] WE THANK THE...
00:33:24 Joyner, TomTalk Show Host GOOD MORNING. I AM TOM JOYNER, AND I'M HERE TO CONGRATULATE HAVE LESS AND THE STATE OF THE BLACK UNION...
00:40:04 Brown, RaymondLegal Adviser GOOD MORNING. A FAMOUS AFRICAN AMERICAN CALLED HAMILTON HOUSTON, THE FATHER OF "BROWN VERSUS BOARD...
00:51:16 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU FOR SETTING THE BAR SO HIGH.
00:51:20 Brown, RaymondLegal Adviser NOW THAT BROTHER DYSON HAS GIVEN US A THEORETICAL FOUNDATION FOR OUR LONGING TO REMAIN BLACK, LET...
00:52:33 Waters, MaxineU.S. Representative LET ME THANK HAVE THIS -- TAVIS SMILE BEFOREY GETTING US TOGETHER AND DOING THIS EVERY YEAR SO WE...
01:01:27 Brown, RaymondLegal Adviser I KNOW BETTER THAN TO STEP BETWEEN THE CONGRESS WOMAN AND HER ADMIRERS. IF WE MOVE PAST THE TARP,...
01:05:42 Morial, Marc H.President and CEO YOU NOT READ ABOUT THAT IN THE NEWSPAPER. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO READ AND GET THE FULL PICTURE OF THE...
01:06:28 Brown, RaymondLegal Adviser SOME OF US WOULD SAY LABOR HAS BEEN A MERCURIAL ALLY.
01:06:32 Morial, Marc H.President and CEO IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A NEW COVENANT IF YOU WILL, NEGOTIATED WITH THE LABOR UNIONS...
01:08:39 Brown, RaymondLegal Adviser LET ME ASK REVEREND JACKSON A QUESTION, RELATED TO THE POLITICS CONCERNING THE STIMULUS. RIGHT NOW...
01:09:35 Jackson, JesseFounder and President THANK YOU. THERE IS THE NOTION NOW THAT WE SHOULD BE TRYING FOR BIPARTISAN SHEPHERD WE SHOULD TRY...
01:12:16 Brown, RaymondLegal Adviser WHAT ARE THEY POSTURING IN A MANNER CONTRARY?
01:12:21 Jackson, JesseFounder and President ARE POSITIONING THEMSELVES ON THE POLITICS OF FEAR INSTEAD OF HOPE. GEORGE WALLACE ALWAYS STOOD IN...
01:19:57 Brown, RaymondLegal Adviser IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES WE WILL TALK TO -- BEFORE WE GET THERE, I WANT TO TRY SOMETHING I HAVE NOT...
01:21:43 Ogletree, Charles J. Jr.Founding Executive Director THANK YOU. I WAS SO EAGER TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT I COULD NOT AS A MODERATOR. NOW I HAVE HAD A CHANCE...
01:26:34 Brown, RaymondLegal Adviser YOU COME AT THE SAME CONSIST -- CONSTITUENCY BUT A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON WHETHER...
01:26:47 Rose, TriciaProfessor WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO BE HERE TO BE PART OF THIS DISTINGUISHED PANEL. THIS EVENT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT...
01:36:53 Brown, RaymondLegal Adviser WE JUST HEARD A VERY LEARNED ALLITERATION ON HIP-HOP LIFE. YOU HAD A DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIP WHEN YOUR...
01:37:42 Harvey, Peter C.Attorney General I AM SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. THANK YOU FOR LABELING THIS PANEL AND...
01:48:14 Brown, RaymondLegal Adviser LET ME TAKE THIS COME -- CONVERSATION TO A LEVEL OF REALITY THAT IS CHALLENGING. MY LIFE AS A LAWYER,...
01:49:20 Robinson, StephaniePresident and CEO I WANT TAVIS SMILEY FOR BRINGING ALL OF US HERE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK TOM JOYNER. PEOPLE THINGS...
01:59:53 Brown, RaymondLegal Adviser CAN YOU HEAR HER?
01:59:55 Brown, RaymondLegal Adviser COULD YOU MOVE YOUR MICROPHONE?
01:59:58 Vanzant, IyanlaFounder MY MICROPHONE IS RIGHT HERE. THEY'RE TRYING TO SILENCE ME BECAUSE I'M A WOMAN.
02:00:08 Brown, RaymondLegal Adviser CAN YOU GIVE HER A HAND?
02:00:10 Vanzant, IyanlaFounder HOW WAS THAT? IS THAT BETTER? JOINING IN THE CONSCIOUSNESS -- HOW IS THAT? WHERE MUST I PUT IT? LET...
02:00:36 Vanzant, IyanlaFounder JUST HOLD IT. I WILL JUST HAVE TO DO IT LIKE THIS. IS THAT ALL RIGHT? FOUGHT [LAUGHTER] IT GIVES...
02:13:47 Brown, RaymondLegal Adviser I KNOW THAT YOU WANTED TO GET IN HERE. THIS DIGNITARY IS GOING TO LEAD US OUT.
02:13:59 Singletary, MichelleColumnist I AM FINE.
02:14:00 Brown, RaymondLegal Adviser YES?
02:14:04 Singletary, MichelleColumnist GOOD AFTERNOON. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I THINK THEY ARE TRYING TO SHUT US UP. GOOD AFTERNOON. HOW'RE YOU...
02:26:59 Brown, RaymondLegal Adviser WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO HAS NOT BEEN HEARD FROM.
02:27:04 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, BROTHER BROWN. I JUST WANT TO THINK -- SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING THIS. THANK YOU,...
02:43:26 Dyson, Michael EricUniversity Professor I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO ENDORSE BARACK OBAMA. NUMBER ONE, I WAS ONE OF THOSE FOUR NEGROS,...
02:54:55 Dyson, Michael EricUniversity Professor PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING NOW. THIS HAS BEEN A DEEP MOURNING. I KNOW THAT IT IS GOING TO GET DEEPER. I KNOW...
02:55:23 Joyner, TomTalk Show Host I WILL ATTEMPT TO READ SOME QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME FROM THE AUDIENCE. WE SEE THAT IN MANY CITIES...
02:55:56 Jackson, JesseFounder and President ONE ISSUE IS GETTING MONEY OUT OF WASHINGTON. GETTING IT DOWN IS GOING TO BE MORE DIFFICULT THAN GETTING...
02:58:23 Waters, MaxineU.S. Representative I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND ALL ASPECTS OF THE STIMULUS PACKAGE. IT IS A BOLD...
03:01:26 Jackson, JesseFounder and President TOM?
03:01:27 Jackson, JesseFounder and President MAY I JUST SAY THIS? THE ARCTIC -- THEY ARE GETTING THE MONEY OUT OF WASHINGTON. WHEN YOU HAVE 13...
03:02:15 Morial, Marc H.President and CEO I HAVE A QUESTION.
03:02:19 Morial, Marc H.President and CEO IN THESE SESSIONS, IN THESE CONVERSATIONS, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT -- WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NOT...
03:06:16 Vanzant, IyanlaFounder I WANT TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE TABLE BECAUSE -- JUST SUPPORT AND WHAT HE IS SAYING. AS OPPOSED TO...
03:07:43 Waters, MaxineU.S. Representative THERE HAS BEEN A MORATORIUM ON FORECLOSURES.
03:07:47 Ogletree, Charles J. Jr.Founding Executive Director WE DO NOT KNOW ABOUT IT, BOTH IN TERMS OF HOMES AND THESE OTHERS. THE AUTO INDUSTRY IS COMING BACK...
03:08:47 Jackson, JesseFounder and President SOME OF THESE BANKS ARE NOT HONORING THE MORATORIUM. CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS, IF YOU ORGANIZE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD...
03:09:07 Joyner, TomTalk Show Host I AM DOWN WITH THAT.
03:09:13 Jackson, JesseFounder and President THAT IS WHAT IT WAS ABOUT. HAVE THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED AND JUST REFUSE TO LEAVE. THE WATER MAY BE...
03:09:52 Joyner, TomTalk Show Host THAT WAS ONE QUESTION. DO WE HAVE TIME FOR ANOTHER ONE? PLEASE COMMENT ON THE SAD STATE OF MANY OF...
03:10:18 Waters, MaxineU.S. Representative SINCE IT IS HERE LOS ANGELES AND JUST OUTSIDE MY DISTRICT, AND I LED THE STRUGGLE FOR A NUMBER OF...
03:13:32 Brown, RaymondLegal Adviser I THINK WE HAVE TO END THE SESSION.
03:13:36 Ogletree, Charles J. Jr.Founding Executive Director EVERYBODY SHOULD GO TO WHITEHOUSE.GOV. WHAT BARACK OBAMA HAS DONE IS WHAT NO PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY...
03:15:17 Jackson, JesseFounder and President IF THIS BOOK BY A BROTHER TAVIS IS ONE OF THE MOST READ -- THERE'S ANOTHER BOOK THAT IS NOT CORRECT....
03:18:09 Brown, RaymondLegal Adviser LET ME MOVE REALLY QUICKLY. WE HAVE FOUR MINUTES BEFORE TAVIS COMES BACK TO SAY GOODBYE TO C-SPAN....
03:18:22 Rose, TriciaProfessor I WILL. WE HAVE TO LOOK OF THE ROLE OF CULTURE IN SHAPING CONSCIOUSNESS AND ABILITY TO ACT AND WILLINGNESS...
03:19:21 Brown, RaymondLegal Adviser LES BROWN, CAN YOU GIVE US 30
03:19:24 Unidentified Speaker [UNINTELLIGIBLE]
03:19:37 Unidentified Speaker IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET GROUNDED. IT IS VERY TURBULENT, VERY CHALLENGING. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT...
03:20:14 Brown, RaymondLegal Adviser CAN WE TRUST YOU FOR 30? YOU ONLY SPOKE ONCE.
03:20:20 Brown, RaymondLegal Adviser IT IS NOT ON YET.
03:20:24 Singletary, MichelleColumnist WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING. I WENT TO -- I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK...
03:21:19 Harvey, Peter C.Attorney General HAVE YOU GOT 30 SECONDS?
03:21:21 Harvey, Peter C.Attorney General VERY SHORT. WE HAVE TO MOVE AWAY FROM A CRISIS MENTALITY. CRISIS MENTALITY PRODUCES AT HOC SOLUTIONS....
03:23:05 Brown, RaymondLegal Adviser SISTER? 30?
03:23:08 Robinson, StephaniePresident and CEO THERE ARE FEW THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY. ONE IS FROM A SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE. THOSE WHO LISTEN TO...
03:25:20 Jackson, JesseFounder and President WE WILL REVIVE THE BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS. THE AK-47, M-16 IS LEGAL. WE MUST RESENT THAT. I'M CONVINCED...
03:27:00 Brown, RaymondLegal Adviser I FEEL BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO JOIN YOU IN LISTENING TO A CONVERSATION LIKE THIS WITH THESE REMARKABLE...
03:27:25 Smiley, TavisTalk Show Host I KNOW YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT FOR THIS FIRST PANEL. I KNOW YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT. [CHEERS...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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  • Dyson, Michael Eric
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