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Their High Stakes debate. Former President Trump Vice president Dick Cheney and his daughter liz say they will vote for Kamala Harris. Ill ask my family why the most prominent political families are standing up against trump. One notable person sitting out. And details about the Torture And Murder of Emmett Till. Im Jonathan Capehart and this is the Saturday Show. We are entering the final stretch in the race for 2024. There is just 59 days until the election. But some will get to cast their bal...

President, Dick Cheney, and his daughter, Liz Cheney, have announced they will vote for Kamala Harris. More on families lining up against trump while one major republican leader is sitting this one out. And justice denied. Newly revealed details about the Torture And Murder of emmett till and the journalist who withheld information about the man who killed the young boy. I am in for jonathan capehart, and you are watching the saturday show. We are entering the final stretch in the race for 2024....

Authors discuss then < 1955 mur of emmett till, and the role of these events in the Civil Rights Movement. Cspan recorded the panel at the 2018 festival of books in nashville, tennessee. Greetings. My name is lee williams, jr. Im an associate professor of africanamerican and public history at Tennessee State university, and i will be the moderator for this panel. First id like to welcome you to nashville. If youre not a nashville resident, welcome, welcome. And welcome to the greatest library in...

Who is here tonight who came from salt lake, utah, his name is devery anderson. He is the author of the book, emmett till the murder that shock the world and propelled the Civil Rights Movement. It is one of the most definitive books on the subject. It took him 21 years from conception to completion to write this book. And i had the privilege to work on this case, emmett tills case, starting in 2002 with emmett tills mother, to work toward the reopening of the case to be reinvestigated and to ha...

He is the author of the book till the murder that shocked the world and propelled the Civil Rights Movement. It is one of the most definitive on the subject. I have the privilege to work on tills case,mett starting in 2002, to work on the reopening of the case, and to have the United States Congress Passed the emmett till unsolved civil rights crime act. That is being reauthorized again. Congress is working on it right now. We expected next several weeks for that to pass. [applause] Devery Ander...

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I saw a lot of hands. Okay. I was curious about hotels in new york. I mean i know my parents stayed at one of the few hotels in new york that allowed black people to stay there. Well, you know, it was different. Like up where i interviewed paula, up at the polo grounds, she mentioned in her building at one time walter white from the naacp, Thurgood Marshal stayed there, judge bruce wright stayed there at one time in that building. But further up is a building count 555. Gnat king cole would come...

From chicago. Hes spending his summer with his uncle down in mississippi. His uncle was a farmer and his uncle had a son who was emmetts age. His uncle is moses wright. Moses wrights son, simeon, and theyre all living together in the wright house down in mississippi having a good summertime. Two days before this day, 60 years ago on august 24th, emmett till had gone into a local Country Store called bryants. Bryants meet and grocery i think its called. And h was hanging out with simeon, with som...

August 20 6, 1955, remember what happened, but i will take a measure of how long ago it was in a minute. Emmett till was a 14yearold boy from chicago. Spending the summer with his uncle in mississippi. His uncle was a farmer. He had a son who was his age. Wright. E is moses his son was simion wright. They were all living together in mississippi, having a good summertime, two days before this day. Emmett till had gone into a Country Store called brians meats and grocery. He goes into the store to...

Intersections in history that was very important. We are here to say that we are not afraid. One of the reasons why Martin Luther king was so successful was that he understood television. Thank you. He understood that imagery was everything. Show the pictures. Show the images. Violence is that visual. It prompts people to action. Shameful, arresting children, for what . The right to vote. Dr. King understood you need to make people own their shame. Their story of struggle and triumph. They took ...