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late part of integration. so ive been suspended from school three times expelled once all because. im old enough to know what the struggle is about. >> your organization is geared to getting -- getting women to be active. its called girl trek. what will it mean for you and your organization to walk across the bridge? >> this will be a great thing. im new, but this is a relatively new organization. so it means a lot to us because of the exposure of it all. so that women will see all these wome...

Which are certainly alarming. >> lets put it in context, anderson. ferguson is a city thats integrated. 67% black. 33% white but its an island of integration and a very segregated portion of st. louis county where the entire region together has a population of 85% african-american. those are people working and shopping and driving through ferguson and thats what you would expect as far as police encounters. >> so youre saying because more black people come to ferguson than the 67% of residents? ...

Celebrating an important moment. >> how ironic that this is on the back of the show. one of the solutions -- >> like the back of the bus? >> one of the solutions when you are fighting the man is to become the man. i think one of the great advances in integration is in law enforcement if you look at the new york police department where it makes a huge difference in the community. when president obama said there was a break down between communities and law enforcement that is a mistake because bot...

Of the world including, of course australia. weve heard threats from isis that it would carry out some of these actions on the street. we dont know who is responsible but looking at these images lets talk about the muslim community in paris and some of the political controversies that have taken place over the past few years. >> well its certainly one of the largest populations in all of europe within the population of france anywhere from 8 to 10%. many of the muslim community there dissents of...

>> yeah, you forget the history? >> its been a long time. >> my point to you is we now have a police department in this city, where we have some racial integration. >> im saying thats because people push to say lets get the best police officers. >> you got to apply for the job. apply for the police, theres tremendous opportunities to be able to work in government positions, to work as first responders, embrace it, dont complainal all the time, be part of the solution. if i dont do it, who will? ...

Racist statement. you know what its saying? you shouldnt hire white officers because theyre going to be racist. that is a grotesque statement. >> wait a minute, you should hire the best officers. the chinese, the black -- the police union, the firefighters union, thats a fact. but when you get to the toobin thing. >> yeah, you forget the history? >> its been a long time. >> my point to you is we now have a police department in this city, where we have some racial integration. >> im saying thats ...

Places like the crystal palace ballroom and the alamo on farish street. what happened? where did it all go? >> what killed it was integration. once we were able to break out of our own indigenous black-run businesses, the black-owned businesses died. great for the black race but terrible for the black business. in fact, the only reason youre coming here right now is you have two churches, two funeral homes and the big apple inn. so youre going to either die, worship, or come to my place to eat. ...

Usa today contributor regina lewis is here. chances are most people got something that did not quite fit or wasnt their style or was just hideous and they didnt want it at all. how hard or easy is it going to be for them to make a return? >> well, they want to make it easy because its actually an opportunity, craig, for retailers. they know they can build brand loyalty by handling that transaction fairly effortlessly. dont view it as an interrogati interrogation. they want you in that store. if ...

Callaway, count basie and louie armstrong all took the stage at places like the crystal palace ballroom and the alamo on farish street. what happened? where did it all go? >> what killed farrish street was integration. once we were able to break out of our own indigenous black-run businesses, the black-owned businesses died. great for the black race but terrible for the black business. in fact, the only reason youre coming to farrish street right now is you have two churches, two funeral homes a...

Time now, in the past what he would do is walk them over to the new york times or put them in touch with the media source. now it happens you have vertical integration. he is that media source. who better to send them to, right? >> vertical integration. its a perfect phrase for it. errol lewis, thank you for being here. >> thank you. we have just seen this video of eric garner and seen michael brown in ferguson. why do we show the line for showing beheadings, for showing some deaths but not ot...