State of the Black Union 2008, Afternoon Session

Feb 23, 2008

Smiley Group

Leaders in education, public policy, religion, and black communities discussed the role of the African-American vote in the 2008 presidential election. Topics included the possible election of African-American Democratic candidate Barack Obama to be president; the effects of the presidential election on the social, political, and economic future .. Read More
Leaders in education, public policy, religion, and black communities discussed the role of the African-American vote in the 2008 presidential election. Topics included the possible election of African-American Democratic candidate Barack Obama to be president; the effects of the presidential election on the social, political, and economic future of African-American communities; and the mortgage crisis and the U.S. economy. The rebuilding of parts of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina was discussed and survivor Herreast Harrison described her experiences and the ways in which she helped others. In the last portion of the forum Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spoke to the audience about health care, education and her thoughts on her candidacy. She then was questioned by Tavis Smiley. Senator Clinton was the only presidential candidate to accept the invitation to address the forum in person. "The State of the Black Union 2008: Reclaiming Our Democracy, Deciding Our Future" took place in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Conference Auditorium in New Orleans. This event was sponsored by Tavis Smiley Presents and moderated by Mr. Smiley.

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00:00:46 Unidentified Speaker A GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME TO THE GREAT STATE OF LOUISIANA AND TO THE FANTASTIC CITY OF NEW ORLEANS....
00:03:00 Unidentified Speaker ONE MORE TIME FOR MITCH LANDRIEU. I TOLD YOU ABOUT A MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY WHO CANNOT BE HERE TODAY...
00:16:38 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU AND GOOD AFTERNOON. ALL OF US AT WAL-MART ARE VERY PLEASED AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY...
00:20:55 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THESE ARE YOURS. THANK YOU.
00:21:04 Unidentified Speaker I AM SORRY.
00:21:09 Unidentified Speaker WE THINK WAL-MART FOR SPONSORING THIS PROJECT, WHICH WILL TRAVEL -- WE THANK WAL-MART FOR SPONSORING...
00:22:26 Unidentified Speaker GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. THIS IS A VERY EXCITING DAY FOR US. WE AT ARTS AND EXHIBITIONS INTERNATIONAL...
00:24:37 Unidentified Speaker FINALLY, I WANT YOU TO MEET THE PERSON NOW -- THESE ARE THE PEOPLE HELPING TO BUILD THE THING AND...
00:26:17 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. I LOOKED AROUND AND WAS WONDERING WHO TAVIS WAS TALKING ABOUT FOR A WHILE....
00:29:11 Unidentified Speaker TO GIVE HIM SOME LOVE AND SOME INSPIRATION. GO GET TO WORK ON GETTING THIS WONDERFUL EXHIBIT TOGETHER....
00:33:44 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY. IT IS MY GREAT HONOR NOT JUST TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT ALSO TO HAVE THE...
00:34:54 Unidentified Speaker PLEASE THANK JONATHAN DEMME FOR JOINING US TODAY. [APPLAUSE] FOR THOSE AT HOME, WE HAVE GIVEN COMPLIMENTARY...
00:37:59 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, DR.OC.
00:38:02 Unidentified Speaker HE WAS MAKING A PHILOSOPHICAL CLAIM, SAYING THE CONDITION OF TRUTH IS TO ALLOW SUFFERING TO SPEAK....
00:43:25 Unidentified Speaker DR. CORNELL WEST. [APPLAUSE] AND WE ARE OFF. WE'RE OFF AND RUNNING. I WILL GO TO MY FRIEND, REVEREND...
00:45:02 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND YOU. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A MORE CONSISTENT AND COURAGEOUS PERSON TO BRING OUR...
00:45:08 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH [APPLAUSE] ]
00:45:20 Unidentified Speaker -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]
00:45:26 Unidentified Speaker WHEN WE LOOK AT W. LEE B. DUBOIS, HE DID NOT JUST MAKE AN ANALYSIS ABOUT -- W.E.B. DUBOIS, HE WAS...
00:49:54 Unidentified Speaker ALL RIGHT. WHILE WE ARE RUN THIS PAST, WE WILL STAY ON IT. MANY OF US COMING THROUGH THE AIRPORT...
00:50:53 Unidentified Speaker FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE. AS YOU ALWAYS KNOW, I SAY I AM A COUNTRY...
00:56:13 Unidentified Speaker I CALL THEM THE DYNAMIC DUO. HE STARTED OUT AS A STUDENT OF DR. WEST, NOW THEY TEACH TOGETHER. HE...
00:57:33 Unidentified Speaker FIRST, I THANK AND PRAISE GOD THAT WE ARE HERE. I PRAISE YOU, BROTHER. I WILL FORGET THE INTELLECTUAL...
01:01:03 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S ALL. NOW NOW, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW BAD THINGS ARE. WHEN YOU SAID CHOCOLATE...
01:03:10 Unidentified Speaker SO BROTHERS, FINALLY LET ME SAY THIS. THANK YOU. THANK THIS MOVEMENT. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ONES...
01:05:19 Unidentified Speaker THEERT. [APPLAUSE]
01:05:25 Unidentified Speaker LISTEN, I DON'T WANT NOBODY TO TELL ME AND TELL MY GRANDCHILDREN TO GO TO THE POLLS AND VOTE AGAINST...
01:07:36 Unidentified Speaker DICK GREGORY. [APPLAUSE] I JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL KNOW. I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING THAT...
01:09:06 Unidentified Speaker HE IS THE ORIGINAL CONSCIOUS COMIC. CON SHE IS CONSCIOUSNESS IN THAT COMEDY. IF YOU CAN GET FOLKS...
01:10:41 Unidentified Speaker LET'S STEP BACK FOR A MINUTE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO REMEMBER IS THE MULTIFACETED LEVEL LEVEL....
01:17:53 Unidentified Speaker ALL RIGHT. THAT RAISES THEN IN MY MIND THE NEXT STEP WE TAKE HERE IN FLUSHING OUT THIS FRAMEWORK FOR...
01:18:46 Unidentified Speaker FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO BE HERE WITH YOU AND I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP...
01:27:42 Unidentified Speaker SO I SAY THIS, I FEEL I GOT A LOT IN MY HEART. I CAN RUN THE NEXT CAMPAIGN. I GOT SOME MO AND SOME...
01:28:26 Unidentified Speaker DONNA, YOU'RE TOO KIND. DAD IN A BRA DONNA BRAZIL FROM LOUISIANA. [APPLAUSE]
01:28:44 Unidentified Speaker CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE? LET ME JUMP NOW DOWN TO THE OTHER END TO DR. ROBERT FLANK LYNN -- DR. ROBERT...
01:29:59 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU TAV IS.IS. I'M HONORED TO OCCUPY THIS SEAT AND OCCUPY THE SEAT AS THE 10th PRESIDENT OF...
01:34:12 Unidentified Speaker HE ALSO USES A WONDERFUL PHRASE, WE NEED TO REHABILITATE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY BECAUSE AMERICA WAS SICK...
01:37:07 Unidentified Speaker DR. ROBERT FRANKLIN. I THINK WHEN I LISTEN TO DR. FRANKLIN OF THAT WONDERFUL PHRASE THE KING USED....
01:38:18 Unidentified Speaker FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND BRINGING US ALL TOGETHER. SPECIFICALLY I WANT TO...
01:43:32 Unidentified Speaker WHEN WE LOOK AT LATIN AMERICA OUR CHILDREN IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE BEEN ROBBED OF THEIR HISTORY. THEY...
01:45:57 Unidentified Speaker PLEASE WELCOME MICHAEL STEEL HERE TODAY. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR OUR EFFORT EFFORTS OF HELPING US...
01:47:53 Unidentified Speaker I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH A LOT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS. I LOVE...
01:49:33 Unidentified Speaker I WAS GOING TO SAY, THE REPUBLICAN STARTED SPEAKING, CUT THE MIC. LET ME GET AS MUCH CORD AS I CAN...
01:52:03 Unidentified Speaker THE FIRST FEW WEEKS THAT I WAS THERE. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, THE OFFICE IN THE STATE CAPITOL IS THE...
01:54:49 Unidentified Speaker PRO FOUND. DEEP. THOSE WORDS WERE UTTERED BY JOHN F. KENNEDY ON JUNE 11TH, 1963. LADIES AN JEGENTLEMEN...
01:55:12 Unidentified Speaker WHEN DO WE GET ANGRY ENOUGH TO MAKE THIS PERSONAL? WE HAVE EXCUSED OURSELVES, WE MADE MORE EXCUSES...
01:59:18 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S WHERE I SEE IT. THE STATE OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY IS STRONG, LIVE, VIBRANT, BUT IT NEEDS SOME...
01:59:54 Unidentified Speaker FORMER LOUIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. LET ME GO TO SHEILA JACKSON LEE
02:00:01 Unidentified Speaker . HELP ME ENVISION HOW, WHEN, WHERE, THAT COME TO JESUS MEETING WILL HAPPEN. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO...
02:01:23 Unidentified Speaker FIRST OF ALL, LET ME APOLOGIZE FOR MY VOICE. IT WILL CARRY ON AS LONG AS IT WILL. I AM AT THE POINT,...
02:16:22 Unidentified Speaker CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON LEE, I THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] I WANT TO PROTECT YOUR VOICE A LITTLE BIT...
02:18:06 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO PARTICIPATE ON THIS PANEL OF INTELLECTUAL EXCHANGE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK...
02:23:52 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, STEPHANIE. [APPLAUSE] LET ME ASK STEPHANIE A QUICK FOLLOW-UP BEFORE I GO TO MISS HARRISON....
02:25:53 Unidentified Speaker WE KEEP FROM BEING CRUSHED BY STAYING ENGAGED, BY NOT LOSING FOCUS OF OUR VISION, BY NOT LOSING FOCUS...
02:27:12 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS FOR ME THIS CONVERSATION EVERY YEAR, AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF WHAT WE DO TO...
02:28:30 Unidentified Speaker I WISH I COULD BRING YOU ALL WONDERFUL TIDINGS OF HOW THINGS HAVE GONE. I WANT TO REALLY SET THE ...
02:36:15 Unidentified Speaker YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR WORK AND I THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. LET ME ASK -- YOU ARE PART OF THAT WONDERFUL...
02:36:53 Unidentified Speaker I AM STILL LIVING IN A FORMALDEHYDE-LADEN TRAILER. I HAVE HAD THREE CONTRACTOR FRAUD SITUATIONS. ...
02:38:03 Unidentified Speaker IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE A ROLE MODEL TO THE CHILDREN THAT, TO THE GUARDIANS INSTITUTE, TO TEACH...
02:38:28 Unidentified Speaker GIVES SOME LOVE TO HERREAST HARRISON. MISS HARRISON. [APPLAUSE] LET ME START NOW A FINAL QUICK ROUND....
02:39:43 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OF WAYS. THE FIRST WHICH IS VOTING BEGAN THE FIRST WAY IS VOTING FOR OR...
02:43:38 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS TRUE.
02:43:40 Unidentified Speaker THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS THAT THERE IS RAISE LANGUAGE. HUCKABEE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE. BARACK OBAMA...
02:44:37 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, REVEREND AL. [APPLAUSE] THAT IS PRECISELY WHY WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION EVERY YEAR. NO...
02:45:52 Unidentified Speaker I THINK MEMBERS HAVE TO EXERCISE THE RIGHT TO DISCONTENTS AND TO -- DISCONTENT AND TO DISAGREE WITH...
02:46:46 Unidentified Speaker DR. WEST, A QUESTION FOR YOU. IN YOUR OPINION, IS THE FOCUS ON RACE ISSUES IN THIS CAMPAIGN DISTRACTING...
02:47:10 Unidentified Speaker I WAS GLAD TO SEE JOHN EDWARDS AND HIS WIFE HIGHLIGHTING POVERTY. THE HISTORY OF BLACK PEOPLE IS ...
02:49:27 Unidentified Speaker THAT WAS A BRILLIANT ADDRESS HERE. ARE WE NAIVE TO BELIEVE THAT IN THIS TYPE OF PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE...
02:49:45 Unidentified Speaker I DO NOT KNOW IF WE NOTNAIVE -- I DO NOT KNOW IF WE ARE NAIVE, BUT WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE KENYA, WHICH...
02:50:33 Unidentified Speaker CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON LEE, HOW WE BRIDGE THE ECONOMIC DISPARITY BETWEEN THE HAVES AND THE HAVE-NOTS...
02:50:52 Unidentified Speaker IT IS AGENDA, AGENDA, AGENDA. WE NEED TO BRING OUR TROOPS HOME AND TAKE AWAY THE $120 BILLION THAT...
02:51:04 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS RIGHT.
02:51:06 Unidentified Speaker I DO BELIEVE IN JUSTICE AS IT RELATES TO THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THIS PARTICULAR CITY. MY DEAR...
02:53:51 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, CONGRESSWOMAN. I KNOW YOU WILL GET WHAT IS AT THE HEART OF THIS QUESTION. WE HAVE BEEN...
02:54:12 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THAT IS AN INTERESTING QUESTION. [LAUGHTER]
02:54:17 Unidentified Speaker YOU KNOW WHAT IS AT THE HEART OF IT.
02:54:20 Unidentified Speaker WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT A DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN FIRST. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY OF BLACK...
02:57:28 Unidentified Speaker THIS QUESTION IS FOR MICHAEL STEELE. CAN YOU ADMIT, DO YOU LIMIT THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE DEMOCRATIC...
02:58:16 Unidentified Speaker I GOT A MICROPHONE THIS TIME.
02:58:24 Unidentified Speaker WE KEEP HEARING RUMORS THAT JOHN MCCAIN WILL PICK CONDI TO RUN WITH HIM.
02:58:30 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS STILL A LOT TO UNFOLD. I CAN TELL YOU VERY HONESTLY THAT I AM VERY PROUD TO SEE BARACK OBAMA...
03:02:26 Unidentified Speaker DICK GREGORY. THEY LAUGHING ALREADY. YOU AIN'T SAID NOTHING YET. THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW YOU ARE GOOD,...
03:02:56 Unidentified Speaker LET ME JUST SAY THIS FIRST. I NEED TO APOLOGIZE FOR YOU GIVING ME CREDIT THEY DON'T DESERVE AS AN...
03:10:58 Unidentified Speaker TELL IT, BROTHER GREGORY. THAT'S WHAT WE TALKING ABOUT. WHOO!
03:11:06 Unidentified Speaker AND THEN -- AND THEN WHEN YOU LEAVE -- WHEN YOU LEAVE WITH ALL THE HASSLE, CAN YOU HAVE THAT LOVE?...
03:11:15 Unidentified Speaker LOVE!
03:11:18 Unidentified Speaker I'M SO TIRED OF YOU BLACK FOLKS LOOKING ALL EVIL LIKE THAT GOING TO CHANGE SOMETHING, LOOKING ALL...
03:13:06 Unidentified Speaker HERE IT IS.
03:13:08 Unidentified Speaker SIT BACK DOWN. DON'T LOSE THE MIC.
03:13:11 Unidentified Speaker THAT DOWN IS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM A MANGANESE PLANT. HOW CAN A NINE-YEAR-OLD CHILD FIND...
03:15:15 Unidentified Speaker LET ME GO DOWN. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THAT. MICHAEL STEELE SAID YOU DON'T. LET...
03:17:04 Unidentified Speaker ALL I CAN SAY IS IT HAS BEEN SAID. THE REALITY IS THAT -- AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ALWAYS...
03:21:47 Unidentified Speaker DR. NA' IM AKBAR. LET'S START OUR CLOSING ARGUMENTS. LET'S GIVE THE PANELISTS THE FLEXIBILITY THEY...
03:23:02 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THE MOST SUCK SINKET WAY TO PUT THAT IS THAT YES, OUR VOTE IS ONE EXPRESSION OF OUR VOICE....
03:25:00 Unidentified Speaker PLEASE THANK DR. AKBAR FROM BEING HERE TODAY. NOW TO STEPHANIE WOODARD, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO YOUNG PEOPLE...
03:25:17 Unidentified Speaker VOTING YOUR CONSCIENCE. I HOPE THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALL PLAN ON DOING, THAT WE HAVE ALL DONE AS WE...
03:26:15 Unidentified Speaker PLEASE THANK STEPHANIE WOODARD OF DILLARD UNIVERSITY FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. PLEASE MICHAEL STEELE,...
03:26:26 Unidentified Speaker FIRST OFF I WOULD LIKE TO THANK FOR BEING HERE. VOTE REPUBLICAN THIS FALL. I HAD TO GO THERE. WE...
03:28:36 Unidentified Speaker IT IS A PROFOUND QUESTION, BROTHER TAVES. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR MAKING THIS CONVERSATION POSSIBLE. ...
03:30:06 Unidentified Speaker WHAT IS THE PRIZE?
03:30:08 Unidentified Speaker THE PRIZE IS REAL DEMOCRACY, AND REAL DEMOCRACY IS WHERE WE ARE THE LEADERS WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR....
03:30:20 Unidentified Speaker WHAT IS THE PRIZE? DR. GLAUDE FROM PRINCETON. POWERFUL. SHE'LL LA JACKSON LEE?
03:30:32 Unidentified Speaker YOUR VOTE EQUALS ACCOUNTABILITY. I STARTED OUT SAYING I WAS FULL. AND I REMAIN SO. HOPEFUL AND FULL....
03:33:58 Unidentified Speaker PLEASE THANK CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON LEE FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I BASE THIS IN PART BASED ON ...
03:34:18 Unidentified Speaker I THINK WE CAN LEARN SOMETHING FROM THE GREAT MUSICIANS, ESPECIALLY BEING HERE IN NEW ORLEANS. LUSE...
03:37:46 Unidentified Speaker PLEASE THANK DR. CORNELL WEST FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
03:37:52 Unidentified Speaker DONNA BRAZILE, WHAT SAY EWE IN THIS CRITICAL MOMENT IN BLACK HISTORY?
03:37:58 Unidentified Speaker WELL, TAVES LET ME EXPRESS MY DEEP GRATITUDE TO YOU, THE SPONSORS, THE STAFF AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS...
03:40:21 Unidentified Speaker GOD I LOVE YOU. PLEASE THANK DONNA BRAZILE FOR BEING HOME TODAY. RUNNING TIGHT ON TIME. FINAL THOUGHT,...
03:40:35 Unidentified Speaker LET ME SAY THIS, BROTHER, I KNOW IF YOU GAVE NEG ROW TOO MUCH TIME LIKE WE GAVE YOU, YOU WILL MESS...
03:42:08 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S RIGHT.
03:42:10 Unidentified Speaker IF ALL OF YOU ALL SITTING IN HERE TONIGHT WAS THE RICHEST, MOST POWERFUL, SCIENTISTS, COMPANIES IN...
03:43:21 Unidentified Speaker Y'ALL GOT TO THANK DICK GREGORY FOR COMING OUT TODAY. THANK YOU, DICK GREGORY. I THANK YOU. TRYING...
03:43:36 Unidentified Speaker WE TALK ABOUT HOPE AND HOPE IS THE ACCEPT ANSWER AND UNDERSTANDING THERE WILL BE STRUGGLE. YOU SEE...
03:45:03 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, NICOLE. PLEASE THANK NICOLE LEE. THANKS, NICOLE. DR. ROBERT FRANKLIN.
03:45:13 Unidentified Speaker REVEREND JESSIE AND AL HAVE BEEN TELLING US THERE ARE ENOUGH UNREGISTERED BLACK AND BROWN VOTERS TO...
03:46:45 Unidentified Speaker PLEASE THANK DR. ROBERT FRANKLIN. [APPLAUSE] AND I'M SURE MOREHOUSE SISTERS WILL TAKE YOUR CHECK ONLINE...
03:46:58 Unidentified Speaker MOREHOUSE.EDU.
03:47:00 Unidentified Speaker ALL RIGHT. REVEREND AL SHARPTON. FINAL THOUGHTS.
03:47:03 Unidentified Speaker LET ME SAY THIS. YOU SAID WHEN YOU OPENED ON APRIL 4 OF THIS YEAR WILL BE THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF...
03:49:59 Unidentified Speaker THE REVEREND AL SHARPTON. [APPLAUSE] WE CLOSE THIS CONVERSATION, A QUICK HOUSEKEEPING NOTE. WE GIVE...
03:50:38 Unidentified Speaker FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR CONVENING ALL OF THESE GREAT MINDS. I FEEL SO HONORED TO...
03:52:51 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, THE ENTIRE PHOTO. LET'S TAKE A QUICK PHOTO, LET YOU OUT OF HERE. IF YOU CAN ALL TAKE YOUR...

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

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