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Nobel prize for literature. >> barbara jordan. she was a political trailblazer, a figure ahead of her time. >> katherine johnson was a mathematical genius. >> clarence jones is a lawyer who was martin luther king jr.'s lawyer. >> a share cropper from alabama who in 194 was abducted and gang raped by six white men. >> former detroit mayor coleman young. >> i chose one of my mentors, gwenna evil. >> la roam benefit. >> jackie robinson. >> a leader as a young student rode busses in the south to stand up to entrenched forces. that's john lewis. >> as a journalist, chris, i'm going to look to w.e.b...

On a wednesday, i come without a red tie on and she said, john, where is your red tie? i said, i just didn't wear it today. she said, i'm going to get you another red tie. so i have another red tie. thank you. i'll wear one from now on. thank you. thank you for all that you do. young men, i grew up very, very poor in rural alabama. 50 miles from montgomery. i was in a little town called troy. my father was a share cropper, a tenant farmer. back in 1944, when i was 4 years old, and i do remember when i was 4, how many of you remember when you were 4? what happened to the rest of us? [ laughter ...

Red tie on and she said, john, where's your red tie? i said i just didn't wear it today. she said, "i'm going to get you another red tie." so i have another red tie. thank you. i will have one from now on. thank you. thank you for all that you do. young men, i grew up very, very poor in rural alabama, 50 miles from montgomery, outside of a little town called troy. my father was a share cropper, a farmer. back in 1944 when i was 4 years old and i do remember when i was 4 -- how many of you remember when you were 4? what happened to the rest of us? my father has saved $300 and a man sold him 110...

Haven in the last 50 years and he said to me, more than half of the patients we see are either medicare or medicaid. these are poor folks, these are poor folks, old folks and sick folks. this isn't the young, healthy population we have here and conservative folks and people need health care. >> "the new york times" reported, you close hospitals and it devastates communities. people remember having their children there. they remember going there when they were sick. it occupies a very public and personal role in both imagination and emotion. >> i talked to another woman there who is from the co...

Where maybe we haven't necessarily been at the forefront but we have been trendsetters. great example was the repeal of don't-ask, don't-tell in 2010. soon after that law was repealed several states followed suit. >> yeah. and passed marriage equality i would agree with you. how would you say your personal story -- you're a professor at west point. "forbes" magazine said west point is the number one college in the country. was it difficult for your journey >> my journey has been very interesting. i would argue for me it's very improbable that i'm here. i'm the son of irving smith jr. whose dad...