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Did you accept this interview if you dont want to be in the spotlight? >> i weaseled out on you last time. the reason why i canceled last time was because the day before david webb went on tv and did all this nonsense about kicking me out of the group i never belonged to, i had sat down with the urban league, the naacp, reverend al and a bunch of people and we reached an agreement to put the rancor behind us and face common ground. this guy webb looking for headlines, cashing in, whatever it was...

Quote, we color people have take an vote and decided we dont cotton to that whole emancipation thing. freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves and take consequences along with the rewards. that is just far too much to ask of us colored people and we demand that it stop. don lemon talked to williams about why he left his own group. >> to take the spotlight off of me, it is a movement, it is not about me, it is not about my ego or my fat head. i did succeed in getting the naacp t...

When you go to tea party rallies you hear the exact same remarks. im glad to hear one person has been removed. what id like to see is an statement repudiating the racist wing of the party. thats a step forward. >> larry: michael, heres some of what williams wrote in his blog. a fictional letter from what williams called colored people to abraham lincoln. dear mr. lincoln, we colored have taken a vote and decide weed dont cotton to that whole emancipation thing. freedom means having to work for r...

Im glad to hear one person has been removed. what id like to see is an statement repudiaing the racist wing of the party. thats a step forward. >> larry: michael, heres some of what williams wrote in his blog. a fictional letter from what williams called colored people to abraham lincoln. dear mr. lincoln, we colored have taken a vote and decide weed dont cotton to that whole emancipation thing. freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves and take consequences along with rewards. ...

Quote, we colored people have taken a vote and decided we dont cotton to that whole emancipation thing. freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves. and take consequences along with the rewards. that is just too much to ask for us colored people, and we demand that it stop. mr. lincoln, we had a great gig. three squares, room and board, all our decisions made by the massa in the house. please repeal the 13th and 14 amendments and let us get back to where we belong. that was writte...

The world trade center site. she called upon peaceful muslims to "refudiate." after getting some teasing, she took down the post and later put up this one. quote, refudiate, misunderestimate. those are examples she suggested of new words. english is a living language, she argued. shakespeare liked to coin new words, too. got to celebrate it. lets keep listening to her. maybe well get a clue. >> next, the tea party reaches its tipping point. it started when mark williams wrote a fictional letter ...

>> reporter: williams then responded with a blog post pretending to be naacp president benjamin jealous writing to abraham lincoln. heres what he wrote. we colored people have taken a vote and decided that we dont cotton to that whole emancipation thing. freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves and take consequences along with the rewards. that is just far too much to ask of us colored people and we demand that it stop. well, williams explained why he wrote the tloert cnns john...

Melbourne beach. police think the women may have had help from two guys. the suspects stole credit cards and then went on a shopping spree. a thousand dollars reward is being offered for any information that leads to their arrest. im marianne rafferty. now, back to "geraldo at large." for the latest headlines go to fox news.com. the tea party was winning. until he did the dopey. writing a pretend letter from jealous to presidenta to abe lincoln. we dont cotton that whole emancipation thing. say ...

It started when mark williams wrote a fictional letter in defense of slavery to president abraham lincoln. we colored have taken a vote and decided we dont cotton to the whole emancipation thing. freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves and take consequences along with rewards. thats far too much of us to ask of us colored people. yesterday they expelled williams. the sentiment continued today. the tea party nation, the group that hosted the big party convention down in nashvil...