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Four years after brown vs. board of education rather than admit 17 black students assigned by the norfolk school board governor jay lindsay almond jr. seized norfolks all white junior and high schools and ordered them closed. a fierce legal battle ensued. that included a strategy called "massive resistance." they remained closed until february 2nd, 1959, when they reopened with the 17 black students in attendance after rulings by the virginia supreme court and the u.s. district court in norfolk....

Rather than admit 17 black students who had been assigned by the norfolk school board governor jay lindsay almond jr. seized norfolks all white junior high schools and ordered them closed. a fierce legal battle ensued that included a strategy called massive resistance. they remained closed until february 2nd, 1959, when they reopened with the 17 black students in attendance after rulings by the virginia supreme court and the u.s. district court in norfolk. these are the kinds of things that amer...

Support several nations in cris crisis. the major concern remains greece, which is imf says might require a second financial bailout. the funds latest economic report also says despite bailouts for greece and ireland and probably portugal, still remains a risk that the crisis can spread across western europe and even to eastern europe as well. the imf support calls for greater financial integration across borders and strengthening multinational institutions to deal with the financial crises weve...

Before they leave tonight for tanzania. are you excited about it? i didnt know it was that high actually. >> youre having second thoughts? >> the good thing is because you start off high, at about six or, so ive done the climb, its fun. its exciting but it is physically schaelging and nancy, you and some of the other wounded warriors are going in there with some challenges already. tell us about it. >> oh, yeah, its all fun and games until you lose an eye. were going in there and were doing this...

The nation has a big problem, not enough white students. the trouble of integration, and nearly 60 years after "brown v. board of education" and that is next. do you have an english menu? no english. [ speaking chinese ] [ gasps, speaks chinese ] do you guys like dumplings? i love dumplings. working with a partner you can trust is always a good decision. massmutual -- let our financial professionals help you reach your goals. hey, dad, think i could drive? ill tell you what -- when we stop to fi...

Administration of the law and balanced. and to brick a sense of justice to his administration of the law. its just wrong, too many american citizens being impacted. too many meaningful people being impacted by our broken immigration system. they are not criminals. they are not gangbangers and drug dealers. they are not -- you know, they are people who are working hard and their integration into the fabric of our society is so -- how i would say -- so enmeshed into the fabric of our society. we n...

The bush and obama proposal. we need to have some system where we can have people -- have some sort of status here. >> you need both sides to play to pass this. >> you do. but the reality is this is about as political, an overture to the by spannic community ive seen from this president in a long time. the reality of it is, i dont care if youre talking the senate, the house, nothing is going to pass on immigration over the next 18 months. there is going to be a lot of noise and it will lead immi...

Of integration. after signing the 1965 voting rights act president lyndon johnson famously said that i just handed this out to the republicans for 50 years. for those of us born after the civil rights movement, the idea of being be holden to one party seemed limited. when i conducted a poll for my first book we found more than a third of black voters under the age of 25 were registered independent. many i interviewed felt as do i, when you give your vote away to one party, you leave yourself vu ...

Much dependent upon the success of trade and economic integration. how to create more jobs, how to grow economies and thats one of the reasons all of us have talked about the importance of completing the afghanistan/pakistan trade agreement as soon as possible. foreign secretary, i thank you very much for your hospitality and i look forward to our questions. >> thank you very much. [ inaudible ]. >> because of time constraints we are only able to take three questions. firstly, we will give first...

I think people need to remember how they feel night. remember how they felt last night. remember that unity. remember that sense of pride. and carry it over. memorial day is coming up in a couple of weeks. we need folks to remember that day and keep this energy and momentum and keep this unity. its unlike anything ive ever seen. the only time ive seen this has been after 9/11 and that was for something different. we have an opportunity to harness that and become stronger as a country. >> i wonde...