Press ? i suppose i m as ready as i will be. my idea, i understand that i have broken the ice. we re going to negro is still a victim. were you bitter i wasn t bitter then, i am not now. neither i nor the americans would that s a very strong statement this morning. it is indeed. the watergate matter should have been handled properly. some people when i say conservative automatically think you re talking about a monster who eats his young. so you want to be president. i do. does sarah palin and i disagree on issues? yes, because we re both mavericks. i will be voting for senator barack obama. we ll be able to not just blunt the momentum of isil, but alsoly dwight them. men marrying men and women marrying women are entitled to the sail rights.
And finally, have you ever wondered why there’s not one book in the Bible that was written by either a Black man, a woman, or an Asian; or why women are not allowed to be Priests, Bishops, Cardinals, or Popes in the Catholic Church?
You know, she always says harlem was on fire in the 60s and it was very exciting. no man can speak is for negroes who tells negroes to turn the other cheek. there is no negro in his right mind today who is going to turn the other cheek. yuri met malcolm in 1963, which changed everything. as she would say, her political awakening. she joked later, you know, that the first thing she did when she saw him is she runs up to him and shakes his hand and says i want to thank you for what you re doing for your people. he said what am i doing for my people? she said you re giving hope and direction, you know. but i disagree with your stance on integration. she said he smiled a really wide grin and he took out his business card and said make an appointment with my secretary. come and talk to me about it. and so they started talking. and over time and after his death, she became a radical
Here s anne thompson bill russell, the backbone of the world champion boston celtics. reporter: bill russell never backed down on the court or off it while winning an unmatched 11 nba titles in 13 years with the boston celtics, he used his fame and stature to fight for civil rights i did what i thought i could do to help change it it is very easy to hide your head in the sand you know, when you make money and things are going well for you, you don t want to risk it. but he was willing to put everything on the line to use his position to move our society forward. reporter: he led a walkout of black celtics players when they were refused service at a kentucky restaurant in 1961 joined dr. martin luther king jr. in the march on washington and sported mohammed ali, then called cassius clay nine top negro athletes meet with
Most special to you? was it the first one or was it the last one? the first year i was player coach and we won a championship. first black coach in the nba, is that right? yeah. as a black man in america, russell recognized his work off the court was equally as important. in 1961, he led one of the nba s first boycotts in kentucky, after a waitress refused to serve two of his black teammates. nine top negro athletes meet with cassius clay. reporter: in 1967, along with other top black athletes, russell stood inside solidarity with muhammed ali, who refused to fight in the vietnam war. in 2011, president barack obama awarded russell the presidential medal of freedom. i never felt i would make any contribution. i was just doing the best that i could. reporter: his family says he died peacefully sunday with his wife janine by his side.
About seven different ways. he was a shot make jer he would always go for broke. he didn t really want to have ten hits in a rally and then try to win the point. here are four of the world s best internationally recognized players. practicing doubles. arthur ashe. bright young member of the united states davis cup team. star of the future. the fact my skin is brown. my hair is a certain way. people look at me. sure, he is a negro before anything else. but now it s well, it s almost like money in the bank. what do you mean? well, this world tennis now being the only one i m a drawing card whether i like it or not. by the mid-1960s arthur ashe
it s inevitable that you will be referred to as the first negro this and the first negro that. are there still country clubs in this country where you wouldn t be welcome? oh, sure. yes. really? yes. there are some tournaments i can t play in alabama or louisiana. if they don t want me it s okay with me. i majored in business at ucla. that was a very busy time in my classes and also practicing with the team. but when black students from black colleges in the south were getting their heads kicked in at the sit-ins, i didn t like myself for not speaking out more. i was more single focused about tennis and i i felt very guilty about doing that. arthur was named to the davis cup team.
Arthur kind of jumped into the court. he had a tremendous serve. i mean, whip-like. but his backhand, he could hit about seven different ways. he was a shot maker. he would always go for broke. he didn t really want to have ten hits in a long rally. he would hit four or five times and then he d really try to win the point. here are four of the world s best internationally recognized players practicing doubles. arthur ashe. bright young member of the united states davis cup team. star of the future. the fact that my skin is brown, my hair is a certain way, people look at me, sure, he s a negro before anything else. that s the way it is. but now it s well, it s almost like money in the bank for me now in a way. what do you mean?
History, as a parent and pleased to say, a grandparent. i have one grandchild now. as a black father, what are you thinking about on this juneteenth? this juneteenth coincides with father s day. i m thinking about my dad. i m thinking about my dad. you mentioned he was an architect. he designed the smithsonian national museum of african american historian culture. juneteenth is about celebrating that history. about cherishing that legacy of black struggles and black resiliency at is so such an important part of our story. if we don t tell our own story, then somebody else will. frederick douglass who said, what is the fourth of july to the negro? we need to have our own opportunities to celebrate our legacies, history and culture. i think god that my father and
Centuries after black americans came here involuntarily. again, great replacement theory, it is preposterous. it is preposterous. most african-american people, descendents, came from people here in the 1700s. around 1 million people, africans brought to the united states. 1865, 4 million. these people were in place for a long time. james baldwin said if the american negro is not an american, there is no american. there is no american. yeah, all right. professor at harvard university, annette gordon-reed, thank you so much. thank you for having me. juneteenth is on sunday. the federal holiday is on monday. yup. yeah. alex, does that mean we get off monday, we can sleep in monday? you can, but the rest of us can t. oh, okay, good. still ahead, we re going to talk about the significance of john eastman asking for a