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It. i could get as angry as angry could be about politics. so, as i was praying that serenity prayer in the area of politics, well, how did god answer this prayer for me? he put me in the house of representatives. where my job is not to have an opinion and not to express my opinion. >> he is happy in his job, as is chaplain black. >> i was in alabama in the '60s in college. i actually listened to martin luther king speak and participated in the desegregation of lunch counters in alabama. to have that experience as a very young man and then to have the honor of delivering the innovation when ro...

U.s. history. it's become a central organizing issue for activists. leading the most influential organization to lift the 120 year ban on civil disobedience. dozens were arrested for acts of non-violent protests. one of those was julian bond, who helped found the coordinating committee civil rights organizationization. she has faced the consequences of activism in movie theaters and lunch counters. joining us from washington, d.c. is julian bond, chairman of the naacp. nice to see you. >> pleasure to be here. thanks for having me on. >> hearing you had been arrested, i thought this was an inte...

He the obama camp's secret weapon or their biggest headache? >> probably a little both. definitely a headache in terms of saying things like the middle class has been buried over the last four years, but in terms of their charm offensive he's somebody who they believe can relate well to working class folks, white working class folks pap tour of delis and diners and places, lunch counters, where working folks are going to eat in the middle of the day. in particular, though, there's a certain set of women i like to call them the medicare eligible set, 65 and over and certainly a little younger t...

Saying may have you have to pay about $15. don't you think having to sue for $200,000 is kind of out of range, so to speak? >> here is the interesting thing, wait, i want to bring this up because i think it could be important for viewers to figure which side of the fence they're on with this. apparently a guy sued a nail place discrimination, with the same attorney, i don't know maybe he wanted to get a pedicure and women are usually paying more than men. >> that's the point. >> gretchen: that's the reverse, how do you respond to that, tad? >> well, the bottom line, mr. hunter and his lawyer, ...

Latino women. instead of spending time in educating our youth, we are criminalizing behavior that just 10 to 15 years was not criminalized and the response to it is no longer a trip to the principal's office. it's a trip to the local police precinct. once you are in the criminal justice system, it is extremely hard to extra kate from that. >> i think folks sometimes miss that particular point, that the crimes that people are currently being incourse rated for were not crimes of very short time ago. because i think it is real easy when we start talking about prisons and juvenile incourse ration...