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Happy-go-lucky plantation slave. that characters name was jim crow. that name was later used to describe the system of laws that treated african-americans as second-class citizens all across the south. and after the civil war, as jim crow laws took hold and the kkk used violence to keep african-americans disenfranchised and in fear, minstrel shows exploded in popularity, even black performers put on blackface. in many cases, it was the only way that they could find work, that they could make mon...

Rob black people of dignity and its a part of american history. blackface started in the northern united states in the minstrel shows of the mid-19th century. the white performers darkened their skin with polish and cork, mimicking southern slaves, portraying them as lazy, as ignorant, as prone to crime. you dont need to be an expert to know that those stereotypes haunt black people in america to this very day. back in 1830, thomas dartmouth rice developed the first popular blackface character, ...

Protesters during a white nationalist rally. a paralegal was killed. top democrat steny hoyer is in the hospital this morning after being treated for pneumonia. he was admitted to george washington hospital. a spokeswoman for the 79-year-old says hoyer is expected to make a full recovery and looks forward to getting back to work very soon. a navy dad taking his surprise return to a whole new level. watch this. [cheers] isnt that great? second class petty officer surprising his family at florida ...

Man is getting a work-out. running around chasing everybody. things are going to happen, they fall apart. theyre back on. now its taxes. >> bill: abc has a poll out. 44% oppose the presidents tax plan. 48% support it. 28% are undecided. i dont know how they know. >> shannon: we havent seen it yet. what plan is there. >> bill: it doesnt exist. i dont know who you are talking to. well find out in an hours time. despite the latest hurdle president trump vowing to get healthcare done and once again ...

Being able to push forward as much as we can to be able to sustain life. that includes opening up the roadways that have been heavily damaged. thats also doing debris clearance, establishing emergency communications. putting forward hundreds of satellite phones into these communities to establish a baseline level of communication the make sure we have total situational awareness over the issues. on top of that were having to provide security not only from points of distribution but also at the f...

"uss john s. mccain" collided with a ship off of singapore. they are now presumed dead. we wanted to take some time to honor each of them and their selfless service. kevin bushell second class. dustin doyon from connecticut. he was an electronics specialist. jacob drake was 21 years old from cable, ohio. electronics technician. timothy eckles jr. from maryland. he reported for duty on the mccain last october. charles findley was an electronics technician. he leaves behind an 8-year-old

Immigration reform to make the system dramatically more workable. >> i think that thats right. i think that there is a real possibility we could get immigration reform done. house republicans are only at the principle stage. it took them a year to get at the principle stage, laying out principles for reform. i hope that they will move a little faster over the coming months. the bipartisan bill is a good bill. it probably puts the greatest reforms in place for immigration reform in generations. >...

Being reared on dependence. >> right. >> we need to break the back of the dependence on government and the nanny state from childhood so if we have children sweeping the cafeteria floor and then they would learn responsibility. they would learn theyre a second-class of citizen that is essentially an serf class under the others. >> 5-year-olds are takers? look at the faces of these sweet children! >> i think one of the things that doesnt get talked about enough is at the end of every one of the c...

>> dont get me wrong. my last name is boudin, and im normally sympathetic to the language laws. >> you dont think its preposterous? >> i dont think think it is -- >> its stupid, i agree with you completely this province 40 years ago was in some respects an english city, so we needed language laws for signage and stuff. >> signage, for instance, must by law be principally in french. french first in all things. >> but ever bureaucracy produces stupidity, and it will not assistant. >> the anglicans...

That have lived in our community for more than ten years. individuals that work for us, that work with us. that are part of our parishes, part of our community. and many are even members of our family. and the only way that we can establish that were talking about a cohesive america is to insure that they can come out of the shadows. >> joining us as part of our immigration coverage is maria theresa kumar that was an incredible piece, it certainly gives us a real idea as we think about as we go ...