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This morning and next up here on cspan a look at the supreme courts landmark brown v. Board of education ruling, ending segregation in Public Schools, may 18 was the 63rd anniversary of that ruling. Educators and historians this week examined the impact of the decision. This three and a half hour forum is hosted by the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Good afternoon. I am its kind of quiet in here. Looks like i walked in and i felt i was at a funeral. We have to do something about this. Were going to the body is not here. You know it was really somber and everything. Id like to welcome you. My name is johnny taylor. Im the president and c. E. O. Of the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Welcome to our headquarters. This is home for us. We share this building with gallop, our partner in the work were going to be embarkin ....
With matt lauer live from philadelphia and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a. And good morning. Welcome to a special splitedition of today on this wednesday morning. Its 7 00 on the west coast. Its 10 00 here in the Port Richmond area of philadelphia. And as the sun comes up, matt, you are seeing such an awful scene there. Philadelphias mayors going to take part in a News Conference at any moment, including other officials as well, but i think he really put it best overnight. He walked the length of those trains. He saw the scene, and he said it was an absolute disastrous mess, the worst thing he had seen in his life. Thats right. Its a pretty accurate description. That News Conference, by the way, will happen just feet from where im standing. Meanwhile, look ....
Several Cubans are among those displaced by a large-scale fire that ravaged the Temple Court apartment complex in Miami. At least 47 people, mostly el. ....