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[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2024] host this is washington journal. Protests continue at colleges and universities this week as administrators try to handle student activism. To start the program, we went to hear your view 202 7488000 of those protests. At College Campuses. The line for support is we want to hear your views of the protests at College Campuses. For support is the line for support is 202 7488000. You can text us at 202 7488003. We will get to your calls and comments in just a moment. A headline about those protests. They persist as unrest mounts. Authoritie...

Want to hear your views of the protests at College Campuses. For support is the line for support is 202 7488000. You can text us at 202 7488003. We will get to your calls and comments in just a moment. A headline about those protests. They persist as unrest mounts. Authorities arrested around 200 people. Student groups resisted orders to break down encampment while some universities pointed to antisemitic acts committed on their campus. Student groups are demanding cutting financial ties to israel , define pressure from administrators to disperse. It has prompted schools to do away with gradua...

Who is here tonight who came from salt lake, utah, his name is devery anderson. He is the author of the book, emmett till the murder that shock the world and propelled the Civil Rights Movement. It is one of the most definitive books on the subject. It took him 21 years from conception to completion to write this book. And i had the privilege to work on this case, emmett tills case, starting in 2002 with emmett tills mother, to work toward the reopening of the case to be reinvestigated and to have the United States congress to pass the emmett till unsolved civil rights crime act. That is now i...

He is the author of the book till the murder that shocked the world and propelled the Civil Rights Movement. It is one of the most definitive on the subject. I have the privilege to work on tills case,mett starting in 2002, to work on the reopening of the case, and to have the United States Congress Passed the emmett till unsolved civil rights crime act. That is being reauthorized again. Congress is working on it right now. We expected next several weeks for that to pass. [applause] Devery Anderson is an editor at signature books in utah and is working on a masters degree in publishing at the ...

Mrs. Obama let me thank the dr. Meyers for that wonderful introduction and leadership of this fine university. And i thank the representatives and all the elected officials and members of congress who are here with us today as well as mr. Perry, all of the trustees, dr. Blaine, reverend rodes and all of the faculty and staff here at jackson state. Lets take a moment to give it up to the people who helped get you here. Thank you for your incredible hospitality. I would not be anywhere else but here. I might be a little jetlagged, but i am here right now to celebrate all of you, so im grateful. ...