Derrick johnson, the interim president and chief executive officer for the National Organization for the advancement of colored people. First of all, i would like you to at least silence your cell phone and other electronic devices, though we do encourage you to follow us on social media. Just because we were born in 1908 does not mean that we are still there. Sclubdc,follow us pres npclive. As you are setting your phones to vibrate, getting your twitter questions ready, i also want all of you to have these lovely whitcards in front of you. Start the time to scribbling those wonderful questions, if you have not already submitted any, so we can keep the conversation going and healthy. You can keep passing them up to the front. You dont have to wait for mr. Johnson to finish his remarks. There are members who will raise their hands and help bring them forward at any time and get them to donna, who will sort through them and get them to me. There is another way you can get questions in, t
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Arguments over confederate statues. This is about one hour. [gavel pound] jeff yes, i do it with authority. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the National Press club where we have trademarked a moniker of being the worlds leading professional organization for journalists. Also where i have been saying this year, in challenging times, the freedom of the press, that we are the constitution. I am jeff ballou, the editor for Al Jazeera English and the 110th president of the National Press club. We are pleased to have as our headline luncheon speaker Derrick Johnson, the interim president and chief executive officer for the National Association for the advancement of colored people. The naacp. Own as first of all, i would like you to at least silence your cell phone and other electronic devices, though we do encourage you to follow us on social media. [laughter] in jeff just because we were born in 1908 does not mean that we are still there. You can follow us pressclubdc, usi