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There were four servicemen who died in niger a few months ago. members of congress didnt even realize that we have troops there. the reason we have troops there, we have national security interests there. the expansion of isis across north africa. we need to cooperate with these nations, and the final thing id add is that if you look at all of the investment in africa that china has made over the last decade, were behind the eight ball now with africa. i remember once an african foreign minister...

Dont miss a day of brilinta. >> rosa parks refused to give up her seat and go to the back of a city bus. she was arrested and taken into custody. rosa parks was fined $10 plus a $4 court fee. the montgomery busboy cot to protest segregated seating on buses started four days later on december 5, 1955, and continued for just over a year. on december 20, 1956, the u.s. supreme court upheld a judges order to the city of montgomery to integrate its bus system. the busboy cot ended the next day. rosa ...

>> rosa parks refused to give up her seat and go to the back of a city bus. she was arrested and taken into custody. rosa parks was fined $10 plus a $4 court fee. the montgomery busboy cot to protest segregated seating on buses started four days later on december 5, 1955, and continued for just over a year. on december 20, 1956, the u.s. supreme court upheld a judges order to the city of montgomery to integrate its bus system. the busboy cot ended the next day. rosa parks boarded a montgomery bu...

Heartbreaking to see her there. obviously we cant -- even imagine the magnitude of her loss. i would just like to add a note perhaps of caution. i dont think it is clear that this movement is going to take off. i think it is not -- these movements are very tough to sustain. the montgomery busboy cot was a decade before the civil rights act. these movements take a long time. they are difficult. were heading into the winter when it is going to be harder to be outside and this stuff matters. so yes...

These municipalities. the criminal cases, as we keep discussing, often dont go very far. but certainly civil cases have been around for quite some time. >> john gaskin, a lot of us will remember that montgomery busboy cot thats lasted what, 381 days. its now been 123 days since michael brown was shot. a week since the eric garner grand jury decision was released. whats the mood out there? you ore a community activist. are these protests going to continue? is it far from over or is it ending pret...

Im going to show you my credentials, my papers. >> exactly. one of the things thats important in this conversation is that in 1908 when jack johnson won the heavyweight championship and jack johnson was known to travel in the company of multiple white women at one time, booker t. washington actually criticized him and said youre setting the race back. >> 500 years? >> yeah. i dont think it was quite 500 years at that time. [ laughter ] and johnson had choice words for washington. fast forward ha...

She said in some speeches that dr. king couldnt give, coretta would take the notes, show up on his behalf and give the speech. thats a story we never hear. theres a woman named joanne robinson, who was actually the brains behind the montgomery busboy cot. because she was employed at alabama state university and worried about losing her job, no one knew she was one of the main ones to organize the boycott. in general, the role of women in the civil rights movement is a story that still needs to b...

During the time she was serving as a domestic worker. do we have that image? we dont. but part of rosa parks story is a story of being violated by the white man in the household for whom she worked. i think part of what was so distressing about the movie is that aspect was so left out. >> exactly. all of the frameworks of exploitation, segregation are actually held external to the xpeenss of the women in this film. sot civil rights movement happens almost as a setpiece out of the narrative, out ...

Lowery. he says he couldnt help but reminiscing about another historical moment. lowery was with martin king luther jr. at the 1963 march on washington and recalls a conversation between members of their inner circle. we talked about how long before wed see a black president. and as i recall, none of us saw ourselves witnessing the first black president. we felt that wed be -- unless we were watching from glory, didnt think wed live to see it. >> reporter: the man known as the dean of the civil ...

Described him, filled with a sense of purpose who was trying to decide whether to enter medicine or law or the ministry. and many years later, after that gifted child had become a gifted preacher, im sure hed have been told to be on his best behavior after he led a busboy cot at montgomery and inspired a nation with his dreams. he delivered a sermon on what he called -- a sermon that said bee all have the desire to be first. we all want to be at the front of the line. that was the life dr. marti...