History always must be revised. It must always be rewritten, because even we in this generation cannot write the final part of the story. Because new resources are coming up, new interpretations, and consequently we must keep working at the same topics and subtopics until we get it, and till we get it right. Frederick douglas visited tennessee three times before he died in 1895. He came in 1873, 1882, and in 1892, 3 years before he died. He did not come to memphis in 1892 because of the riots. And massacres that took place. He visited chattanooga, knoxville, nashville, as he did on his 1882 tour. One of them asked douglas, what must we do after slavery . And better douglas said, Frederick Douglass said, we must learn or die. That is still true today. We have to learn our history, keep writing and rewriting it until we get it right. And we have to learn what has happened in the past in order to be able to govern ourselves in the present, and to plan for the future. So these three schola
In the wake of the 2000 president ial elections, professor king directed the task force on election administrations for the National Commission on election reform chaired by former president s gerald ford and jimmy carter. That effort had landmarks and voting legislation signed by president bush in late 2002. He later oversaw the evaluation and structure for the Boston Election Department and he served in the Advisory Board of america elect. Org. In the past, professor king chaired harvards Bipartisan Program for newly elected members of the u. S. Congress and he directed the executive program for Senior Executives in state and local governments. Professor king is the author, coauthor and coeditor of three books and he has published in a range of journals including the american Political Science review and the journal of politics. Please welcome david king. [applause] david thank you. Is this amazing just to be in a group of people who are like you . Isnt that wonderful . I know there
Next presenter is not new to the National Urban league. He is always with us at our conference. He is a friend of the National Urban league. He is a friend of mine. He is one of the most important voices on civil rights and social justice in this nation, in these times. Say, as we always say, the civil rights leadership of the 21st century finds common ground, works together, does not engage in petty bickering, turf battles, in the barrel mine says. The barrel mindsets. We are unified interactive find solutions. To welcome back to the National Urban league the reverend al sharpton. [applause] reverend sharpton thank you and certainly to all in the National Urban league, i am very happy to be at another conference of the National Urban league and certainly my friend and moreague, no one has done and no one has worked harder to correct the ills that we face in this country than Mark Morreale has in his over a decade as the president of this organization. Me be very clear to you as we gat
Caller i wanted to make a couple of statements about the states rights. And that is sending things back to the states. Wo points. One the civil war philosophy of denying people their rights, primarily african americans. In Michigan State government has taken over the Emergency Managers School Systems have become resegregated under the uise of School Choice. According to marketplace programming, nationwide only 25 of the welfare money goes to the individuals needing it. And in michigan only 12 is returned to the people. Host we only have a few seconds left. I want to give jonathan a chance to respond. Guest theres a lot of good points i dont have a particular response to. Im a supporter of welfare reform. Its 20 years old and example of a reform that went well. The number of people on welfare slaverping. The number of people on jobs grew. It is not true that most money in welfare does not go to welfare recipients. It does. Host Jonathan Roush contributing editor to the atlantic and seni
Attack speaking out. The first thing you notice is the fear in her eyes. The Terror Threat at home. The focus now on both president ial candidates. We cannot continue to allow thousands upon thousands of people to pour into our country. As the world unites in solidarity with orlando, tributes pouring in around the globe. Announcer live in times square and orlando, florida, this is a special edition of Good Morning America. And good morning, america. We have all the latest often the fallout from that Orlando Attack this morning. The world standing in solidarity with those victims and youre looking live at the growing memorial in orlando remembering those lost in the massacre. Amy is there right now. Good morning, amy. Thats right, george. Good morning to you and we are learning so much more now about the 49 victims who have now all been identified and theyre from all walks of life ranking from age from 18 to 50. Brother, sisters and friends and, yes, i am speaking with that survivor who