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And you always had a sense of injustice happening all around you. Stockton, california, i was raised as another Agricultural Community just like bakersfield is so you had a lot of the same dynamics going on there. A lot of people of color did warm work and so it was always like trying to denigrate the people who did farm work and making them feel like they were lesser individuals and that kind of dynamic sort of permeated the whole community. Started in 1942 i believe when we went into the car a...

Thank you so much, everybody, were going to move on to our first panel discussion. We are presenting this symposium, called organizing across the boundariries in the struggle for civil rights and justice. When poor people marched on washington, the 68 campaign in black and brown. I will introduce the speakers briefly and then they can come up and begin the discussion. So the first person ill introduce is Gordon Mantler, whos an assistant professor at George Washington university specializing in ...

Its an hour and 20 minutes. Thank you so much, everybody. Well move on to our first panel discussion. I should say my name is steve and im the writer and editor here at the library of congress and were presenting this symposium entitled organizing across the bound rice in the struggle for civil rights and justice. This first Panel Presentation is called when poor people marched on washington taerks , the 68 in black and brown. I will introduce the speakers briefly and then they can come up and b...

Rolling right now and they will be around through 8 00 and they will dissipate and we will be sunny by noon and 70 and a warm 80 by 4 00 and the clouds the return during the evening hours and temperatures drop to a comfortable level in the upper 60s. We have a few clouds in the north bay and 58, the low valley along the coast seeing the cloud cover and sunny and 78 at noon and hot at 90 at 4 00 and not so warm by 7 00 and 80 degrees. The coast is starting off with clouds in the mid50s and sunshi...

Live from the kgo broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. It is sunday, september 14. Lets start with a quick look at the weather, heres the meteorologist. Hi, everyone, live doppler hd depicting cloud coverage along the shoreline. Low clouds and fog are just over parts of the bay here. Temperatures are in the 60s for most areas. 63 in san carlos, yanother warm afternoon for most of you, we had a little bit of cooling yesterday in our inland east bay. That continues today, well have the high cloud...

New information now on the Veterans Affairs scandal. An internal audit says 121,000 veterans across the country are experiencing long wait time for va health care. 90 days for their very first appointments. The va says its eliminating its 14 day scheduling goal for appointments april finding it is, quote, not ataxicabbable. Mike viqueria is live in washington for us. Mike, do these not attainable. Do these numbers add a new perspective on just how bad these numbers are . With yet more to come to...

A new forecast on the Veterans Affairs scandal to tell you about. An internal audit released today shows that more than 121,000 are experiencing long wait times. More than 60,000 are waiting for their first appointments, the va is eliminating its 60 day goal for first appointments finding its not attainable. Mike viqueria is in washington for us. Do these numbers show how by the problem is . Well, tony, this is the first in a series of reports, when that report emanated in the phoenix facility, ...

This may be a slight exaggeration, but once the Current School system, schools are run by women for rules. Again, an early statement. And a lot of boys feel that way. One of the saddest, ever read, a group of educators, researchers, why did you leave school, what did you drop out. There was one little boy who said, but no one wanted me there. A lot of boys feel that way. Its operating. Someone made it clear them. But there is so much going on in our school, even at the level of what is assigned,...

Investigation into how qatar was awarded the 2020 world cup. And how a computer passed a decades old challenge fooling judges into thinking it was a real live teenager. At this hour, members of congress are holding a rare nighttime hearing to tackle one of the biggest scandals to hit the department of veteran affairs. 121,000 veterans are still waiting for va health care. Almost 60,000 had to wait 90 days or more just for their first appointment. And it is getting rid of its twoweek scheduling g...

Plus. Im phil lavelle in london on the hunt or art. Theres a big section, and this is roughly what it is going to look like. Find out why later. So the trial of the captain and crew of the south korean ferry that sank in april has begun. More than 300 people were killed in the disaster and the captain faces the Death Penalty if convicted. 15 people have been charged. Captain le joonseok and three crew members are accused of homicide. 11 others are charged on lesser charges of criminal negligence...