Martha good afternoon i Martha Maccallum not Martha Washington but im on assignment today in dc this is the story, President Biden telling latino voters i need your help desperately hes trailing former President Trump by six among latinos these kinds of numbers are unheard of in republican versus democrat politics so the president is about to speak in phoenix is part of a three State Swing Tour to court latino voters at least in part he is also hitting nevada and will also go to texas and in texas of course the battle is escalating over the states efforts to arrest suspected illegal Border Crosses but of course we are live near the border in eagle pass texas hello innate. Height martha the state of texas and not giving up on the interim status of Senate Bill Four especially a special hearing just wrapped up at a federal Appeals Court protections and United States government made their cases before a threejudge panel texas is seeking a stay that will allow them to temporarily enforce th
More on here and now. One righteous man samuel battle and the shattering of the color line in new york is a new book that tells the courageous story of the first black new York City Police officer. Now, samuel battle broke the color barrier on the police force, enduring hostility on the job and on city streets. Joining us today pulitzer prizewinning journalist and the author of one righteous man, arthur browne. Thank you so much for being with us this afternoon. Thank you for having me, sandra. I appreciate it. This book really is a walkthrough history, through new york city history, in a lot of ways and even the countrys to a smaller extent. What drew you to sam battles story . Okay. In 2009, an amateur historian had known about sam battle and known that hed been the first cop on the new York City Police force, that hed broken in in 1911. He persuaded new york city to place a sign up on the intersection of lenox avenue and 135th street. The daily news did a little story. They called h
It is really a great conference, something that really needed to be done in the country. I just said to a couple of people that the best memory is to write it down. And so, this important history, the people on this panel have been writing it down so that it will be preserved, not just for us, but for the next generation and the next generation. One german historian said that 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 until 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 had visited chattanooga, knoxville, nashville, as he did on his 1882 tour. One of them
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
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