a matter of implementing that, and that's what the naacp is focusing on. but if the business is a private business and it's not run by the government, then it's much less clear whether the constitutional rights actually apply to that. so whether it is unconstitutional for a private business to discriminate based on race is a very difficult question, and most of the n ark acp lawyers -- naacp lawyers thought the answer was likely no. thurgood marshall said this is not the right way to be doing it. there are so many other issues. they were looking at it as a potential litigation campaign, and he didn't think it was going to be a very strong campaign. it is worth noting that eventually thurgood marshall and the naacp did come around. the doctrine was in enough flux that they eventually were able to form an argument that they would take the court for why there actually should be constitutional limitations i put on private businesses when those private businesses actually sell themselves to the public if like these public accommodations, like a lunch counter or

was a good case study and there was a lot of fertile ground to look atd that that leadership of the naacp but that conservative accommodating mindset and with that mutual interest with the fbi to keep that unrest out they didn't want it from birmingham or albany they wanted a more stat on - - steady and gradual course ernest was older and naacp. >> did he think of it as a conflict of interest? . >> i don't think so. particularly the more militant part of that. he was good friends of james that he was the father of the freedom writer movement that was a seminal movement that people hear about but the epicenter was in nashville he spent time in india with those nonviolent tactics with the breakout movement he was kicked out of vanderbilt for that he just needed to come back down south and to consider him to militant. because of that history book and then was agitating. and then to go through all these reports scores and scores of reports and photographs i count 48 different incidents and a lot of this is pretty amazing this domestic intelligence operation was because it looked at the broad

years ago tensions erupted when caucasian-american rachel dolezal, at a leadership position at the naacp, was outed as white. after she was unable to respond to a reporter's question about her race. >> are you african-american? >> i don't -- i don't understand the question. >> reporter: her parents sitting down with "nightline" to set the record straight. >> it's alarming that rachel mal statements. >> reporter: the controversy eventually leading her to step down from her position at the naacp, although she still maintains that she identifies as black. even becoming the focus of a netflix documentary, "the rachel divide." >> she never woke and up said, franklin, i know what i'm going to do today, i'm going to be black. >> reporter: jackson argues the modern version of blackface is about cultural appropriation and blackfishing is popping up all over social media. >> the internet that is wonderful and diverse and great, but it's also part of the wider world where race and socialization and culture and all these things matter in the way that we interact with each other. >> reporter: she say

the aclu and naacp went right after the the core issue there was no voter fraud. theretherefore there was no stae interest at stake. certainly nothing that could warrant this assault on the 15th amendment. it bares reare peteing they asserted. that indiana had not identified even a single instance of voter impersonation fraud occurring at the polls in the history of indiana. and no one in the state has ever been charged with that crime. ever -- moreover, when the the bill was being drafted, no evidence of in person impersonation fraud was presented to the legislature making 483 at best a solution in search of a problem. and to punctuate that point aclu and emphasized even in this hearing, before the u.s. supreme court, no such evidence was presented in this litigation. there were, of course, the same old tried and true anecdote about dead voting in st. louis, et. but all of those stories have been debunked so they asked, what state interest could possibly justify the burdens placed on a citizens right to vote? indiana, of course, had pointed to free identification

the aclu and naacp went after the court issue. there was no voter fraud. therefore there is no state interest at stake. certainly nothing that could warrant the assault on the 15th amendment. it bears repeating that indiana had not identified a single instance of voter impersonation fraud occurring at the polls in the history of indiana. no one in the state has ever been charged with that crime. ever. no evidence was presented to the legislature making it at best a solution in search of a problem. to punctuate that., the aclu emphasize that even in this hearing before the u.s. supreme court, no such evidence was presented in this litigation. there were the tried-and-true anecdotes about the dead voting in st. louis. all of those stories had been debunked. so they asked what state interest could possibly justify the burden based on the right to vote. indiana had pointed to pre-identification cards to ensure there were protections. the state assured the court that only 1% of indiana's voting age lack the necessary identification. the fact that supposedly onl

i stopped at a beauty shop across the street from an naacp office. i didn't have any shoes because i lost them when i was dragged across the floor at woolworth's. my stockings were sticking to my legs from the mustard that had dried on them. the hairdresser took one look at me and said, you were involved in that sit-in, huh? yes, i said. do you have time to wash it and style it? there were -- right away she said and she meant right away. there were three other ladies already waiting, but they seemed glad to let me go ahead of them. the hairdresser was real nice. she even took off my stockings and washed my legs while my hair was drying. i remember when i was working on this book project, i thought this was such a powerful scene and a powerful moment to get us to think about black women within the civil rights movement. here we have ann moody whose body is literally embattled, right? she was on the front lines at a sit-in movement, trying to get african-americans better access and equal access to a woolworth lunch counter. and she gets ketchup and mus

the naacp, aclu said the birth certificate was necessary to get a drivers license but in the obvious catch 22 in marion county with more than 200,000 of the population the health department required a drivers license to get a copy of a birth certificate. with that state voter id law had consequences, real-life consequences. theem supreme court did not get that way the majorityti of justices saw before them of the never do wells to undermining did not lie - - democracy the court recognized the only kind of voter fraud that v was addressed voter impersonation of voting places. and again forced to admit that the record contained no evidence of any such fraud actually occurring in indiana at any time in its history. that easily should have been the end of it but it wasn't. instead flagrant examples have been documented in other parts of the country to than pull out the story of boss tweed from the 1868 election. [laughter] followed by a swan dive into the swamp of the canine and dead voters not only do they swallow whole the myth of rampant voter fraud but equally important they could no

hotel there used to be a building that started out as a social and then it was the headquarters of the naacp which the government is very interested in today and then the organization called freedom house but he organized and still exists today proclaims itself as a voice for democracy and freedom around the world. it was apparently torn down in the dead of night to become a bank and some conservator saved a plaque and put it up on the building. i don't know how i got there but it's here and this is the perfect place, so we are excited. i made it all up, it's not true. [laughter] if you'll indulge m you will ina couple more minutes i would direct your attention to a program all of you having your hands. you will see upcoming programs in the building over the next 12 months. rebecca will be here as well as john and later on in carson. the tickets cost money but they are fantastic and i encourage you to join us for those. we have much more happening in the fall of if you think you would like something else i would encourage you to go to these events and you can also find us on twitter and inst

so in that way ernest was older and naacp guy and memphis movement was run by the naacp. >> did he see did he think of it as a conflict of interest? >> i don't think so. he's i just doing. i don't think so. i think you know a lot of this -- particularly more militant part of it -- was younger grouch people and james -- he was good friends with james but he did not grow with what he was doing. he was basically you know if you know the story of jim, he was kind of the -- the father of the freedom rider movement he was influential in the national movement when they were trying to -- integrate accommodation with the epicenter fsz here this nashville and jim was, you know, had been doing you know direct, he spent time in india and had studied, and the nonviolent tactic giving for years leading up to this breakout movement so -- he was kicked he was kicked out of vanderbilt for that, and was arrested and basksly made a praia to leave the south left school in boston college and came back down south and then in 1962 settled in memphis and he was not embraced by the -- by naacp leadership and t

: "so i call upon any person of goodwill who appreciates these issues to boycott">the naacp and civil rights attorney john burris have joined together in calling for a boycott of the san francisco giants. this comes on the heels of learning that one of the team's 30 owners, charles johnson, made a financial contribution to a mississippi politician, who while on the campiagn trail allegedly made racially insensitive comments about attending a public lynching burris says the comments are particularly troubling when viewed through the historic lens of the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old emmit tillsotsot charles johnson's legal

the naacp went over my gosh. then there was a case called classic, usb classic. >> since 1940. >> what usb classic said, this was new, if the primary election has an impact on the general election that deals with federal stuff, comes under the 14th and 15th amendment. that opened up the space in the mid-1940s, smith versus all right, the supreme court ruled the primary is unconstitutional. they got me here. it is unconstitutional. texas wasn't done. then they have something real for you. we know how to handle this. we are going to illuminate all the election laws. there is no law on the books that could be challenged by anybody. texas says we got this. we are doing this 5 times. the terry decision and the supreme court said stop it, no white primary. american citizens have the right to vote. texas came back in 1963 and said we are keeping the poll tax. this the eric can tour race in 2014 and concluded that is similar to the george wallace race and you're concerned what that means for people running campaigns toda

anza joining the ncaa p/e -- naacp. he brings thurgood marshall there and trains him. and theyeral statutes need to set up residence to dismantle jim crow. he becomes known as the man who kills jim crow. he dies in 1949. he never gets to see the fruition of his efforts. however, his protege thurgood marshall argues that case in front of the supreme court. noting that the naacp increases its membership by sixfold. it goes from 9000 to 63,000 members. many of those members, veterans from world war i. they are returning to dedicate themselves to a quality. it's not just african-american soldiers who are concerned about their civil liberties and rights. beginning in 19 10, you have a movement of african-americans into northern cities. before the war, 90% live in the south. they begin moving to southern urban locations before that. they shift up to the north for job opportunities and to escape the oppressions of the jim crow south. the war accelerates that. you shut down immigration. that had been the lifeblood of industry. you ship off 2 million soldiers to go overseas. yo

: "so i call upon any person of goodwill who appreciates these issues to boycott">the naacp and civil rights attorney john burris have joined together in calling for a boycott of the san francisco giants. this comes on the heels of learning that learning that one of the team's 30 owners, charles johnson, made a financial contribution to a mississippi politician, who while on the campiagn trail allegedly made racially insensitive comments about attending a public lynchingburris says the comments are particularly troubling when viewed through the historic lens of the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old emmit tillsot giants president and ceo larry baer released a statement reading in part " the giants have more than 30 owners. just like our fans, they come from different backgr

: "so i call upon any person of goodwill who appreciates these issues to boycott">the naacp and civil rights attorney john burris have joined together in calling for a boycott of the san francisco giants. this comes on the heels of learning that learning that one of the team's 30 owners, charles johnson, made a financial contribution to a mississippi politician, who while on the campiagn trail allegedly made racially insensitive comments about attending a public lynchingburris says the comments are particularly troubling when viewed through the historic lens of the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old emmit tillsot giants president and ceo larry baer released a statement reading in part " the giants have more than 30 owners. just like our fans, they come from different backgr

but he wouldn't desegregate the armed forces but nevertheless lied to the public saying the naacp went along with this policy, which was not true. everyone has things they did that historically we wish we could get back in a sense, and he was very bad on a lot of race issues which is why there's that famous poem by langston hughes, waiting on roosevelt, which is a poem about -- and, you know, hughes famously gave up politics long before, but he wrote this poem about how all the black voters have gone over to roosevelt and gotten, in his judgment, nothing in return. well, maybe that's true, maybe that's not true. the important thing is about her story, though, isn't what happened in politics later on, it's the fortitude and the feistiness with which she almost single-handedly brought an entire office of 19 white prosecutors plus dewey around to her theory, her lonely theory that turned out to be the correct one on how to convict lucky luciano. thank you all very much for your kind attention. [applause] >> [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] >> i think i'll, i'll sit, i guess. i'll try

we're going to tell you who thomas farr is and why the naacp calls him the vote suppressor in chief. place, the xfinity xfi gateway. and it's strengthened by xfi pods, which plug in to extend the wifi even farther, past anything that stands in its way. ...well almost anything. leave no room behind with xfi pods. simple. easy. awesome. click or visit a retail store today. >>> democrats stacey abrams and andrew gillum are calling on the senate to reject president trump's nomination of a federal judge in north carolina saying that he supported measures that disenfranchised black voters. they join all 49 democrats who say they will vote against thomas farr's nomination as well. how did president trump's judicial nominee become such a lightning rod for civil rights vooblgs? well, farr is currently a raleigh based employment attorney, but it's his past political work which is raising those concerns. here's some of those instances. back in 1990, thomas farr was the lead lawyer for former senator jesse helms' election campaign. in that campaign, the department of justice filed a complaint ag

so he applies after back and forth court case the naacp lawsuit he wins the right to attend. so with the first african-american to attend but only after widespread battle on the cap this will - - campus and with the national guard violent white supremacist but then he graduates 1953 so then in 1966 there was to stated ambitions and one is to encourage black mississippi presidents to register to vote and then believes this is when they can get more plaques to vote this is the lowest rate in the country because of the racial tenets. but then about highway 51 go 221 miles they will show other african-americans. and then for political reasons. and then raise awareness with the political base so he steps out and marches to the state line and then to face some harassment as they leave the city yelling racial epithets but but on the second day it is relatively uneventful which is the first town in north mississippi but then gets the tries to say they support them but then the town's white people are looking on angrily and they are disturbed so they keep marching gently in the area j

naacp and a boycott. the owner and his wife contributed to the campaign of mississippi senator cindy hyde smith. >> senator cindy hyde smith say her comments were taken out of context. but the uproar asked that their contributions returned. >> there was more than i could take and i decided on my own one person, that never again would i support the giants. i would not buy a ticket. i would not encourage any of my friends to buy tickets. >> reporter: civil rights attorney joined with the chapter of naacp called for a boycott. while telling reporters this has been a big misunderstanding. saying his client didn't know about the controversy before he wrote the check. >> has he asked for it to be returned? >> i think he has. i think it has all hit the fan. >> reporter: the giant ceo issuing a statement saying in part the giants organization don't condone. every fan said pretty much what geraldine davis told us. she was born and raised inbirmi. >> i don't see boycotting the giants but on the other hand it wasn't

second, i don't get realized it created a central role in creating the naacp, an august civil rights organization that some people say is to moderate. and in regards to women, i don't think i really thought about what the war meant to suffrage. if not for the war, it is questionable if women would have gotten the amendment for voting. it would've happened eventually. i don't know if it would have happened in 1919. the war played a critical role in facilitating the process. finally, immigration. it was a major issue in 1917. it's a major issue in 2017. we are still talking about many of the same issues we did then. we have noncitizens serving in the military and gaining citizenship. non-americans gain citizenship even though the 1917 immigration act banned them from naturalization previously. it also demonstrates the centrality of military service as a means to civil rights and citizenship. whether that is good or bad is up for debate, but this places that at the forefront. and the idea of immigrants making this country their home is something we still talk about today. it was a centr

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. >>> the naacp is speaking out in defense of a north carolina mother charged with a crime after her baby drowned following hurricane florence. here's dimarco morgan. >> the recovery of the 14-month-old's body from the soggy field this past september was heartbreaking for his 20-year-old mother. >> i was holding his hand and trying to hold him and trying to pull him up and it got so hard and he let go. >> i did everything that i could as a parent to save him and protect him. >> reporter: on monday the union county sheriff held lee responsible for her son's death charging lee with involuntary manslaughter. according to a criminal summons she unlawfully drove around a highway barricade that had been placed there due to the department of transportation flooding and a road not passable. this was said in september. >> these are dangerous times. this driving through water where the roads are closed is a danger for anybody. >> the decision has divided the community. some claiming racial bias. local naacp president karim mack is speaking in lee's defense. >> here's a case where the sheriff s

naacp guy. the memphis movement was ran. >> did he even see, did he think of it as a conflict of interest? >> i don't inc. so. particularly the more militant part was a younger group of people. he was good friends with james lawson. he did not agree with what lawson was doing. you know the story of jim lawson kind of the father of the freedom writer movement. national sit in movement. trying to integrate public accommodations here. the seminal movement. the epicenter here in nashville. doing direct. he spent time in india. he was kicked out of vanderbilt. he finished community school and came back down south. settled in memphis. the naacp leadership there. always trying to keep them at arms length. ernest had made a comment about them at one point. in a history book that he did. he thought that jim lawson was egocentric. out for himself and stirring up a lot of agitating. he kicked back a lot of information over the years. when i went through all of these reports. forty-eight different incidents

he was the head of the national naacp and he was chosen because he was very important in building the new memphis. this is after the civil rights movements when the quality was the goal for the first time and so he's a perfect representation of what memphis is today in the 21st century. one of the more interesting items we have in the collection is this map from 1940. at first glance, it's looks like any other map from the time, but looking at it more closely, you see that it shows very specifically where memphians lived, particularly african-americans so you get an idea rof what parts of town atwere populated by african-americans which can tell us a lot , being concentrated in specific parts of town meant that other parts of town, other businesses, schools were cut off from you. it meant that transportation may not exist there. there may be businesses that aren'tlocated in those neighborhoods . and so we can get a better idea by looking at this map at how difficult it can be, could be for african-americans to be concentrated in specific parts of town. the other thing that's interesti

the naacp says he needs to withdraw his nomination, the architect of the worst voter suppression law in the country. if you voted to move them forward in the next consideration level, the headline says senate only lack republican tim scott sells out in vote on trump's racist judge nominee, jennifer rubin, self described conservative blogger of the washington post said what a fraud he is on civil rights referring to you. >> hogwash. if i took the time to respond to every negative criticism i get from the african-american community or the naacp or some other group i would spend all my time only responding to the criticism. if this is a civil rights issue we just talked about it, having prison reform see the light of day and get past. the opportunity of this legislation brings more money back to the poor communities i grew up in as an immigrant household, talking about ways to improve education which is one of the greatest civil rights issues of our generation and make sure every single zip code has quality educational options for parents. we can agree to disagree on a specific nominee.

naacp. ben jealous. "marylander of the year". endorsed by president obama for his "vision, experience and courage to move maryland forward." ben's vision: medicare-for-all, fully fund our schools, and an economy that works for. working peop the sun says jealous has "the stature and gravitas" to lead maryland. we can do much better on jobs, on education, on healthcare.e' but it means got to believe in each other. ben jealous. governor i waso i'm used tor, getting to work early. now i have a general practice, with a lot of patientswho . president trump many of away protections ki for pre-existing conditions. and women are frightened they could lose reproductive health car it's why i'm glad i have a friend named ben. ben is a national leader who's protecting obamacare from president trump. he's my friend ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin and i approved this message. to execute a searrant when wor an arrest warrant, we'd line up and we'd put our hand on the shoulder of the person in front of us. you always knew who ha

they formed groups like the naacp in los angeles. all based upon the influence. unlike other places, they took from each of them. capitalized on the advice and opportunities. if you are in new york city or chicago, you would have the irish neighborhood, the italian neighborhood. was that also what we would see in los angeles? >> yes and no, not really. initially when the population was very small, you would find african-americans lived in the same neighborhoods as these ethnically defined white , they also lived in the same neighborhoods as the chinese population, the japanese population. and, the mexican-american population. you found more and more levels of segregation and enclaves forming. other people of color get pushed further and further to the margins, until the places they are pushed are different and enclaves begin to form. that is also for housing discrimination that occurs. covenants are placed on by whiteoods designed people. people of color had to find their own spaces. initially they were able to find space together. as time wore on, they went into

he was the head of the national naacp. and he was chosen because he was very important in building the new memphis. and after the civil rights movement when equality was a goal really for the first time, and so he's a perfect representation of what memphis is today in the 21st century. one of the more interesting items we have in the collection is this map from 1940. now at first glance, it looks like any other map from the time period. but, looking at it more closely, you see that it shows very specifically where memfens live. particularly african americans. so you get an idea of what parts of town were populated by african americans which can tell us a lot. being concentrated in specific parts of town meant that other parts of town, other businesses, schools, were cut off from you. it meant that transportation may not exist there, there may be businesses that aren't located in those neighborhoods. and so we can get a better idea by looking at this map and how difficult it can be, could be for african americans to be conc

people understand that we had leaders to include the naacp and include michael steele, the former head of the rnc who said this is basically about controlling the browning of america. we are now a nation that sees the number of babies born in this nation are now minority. they are the majority. it is hate speech that we thought we left behind during george wallace in the 50s and 60s. >> trump is not wrong that immigration is a more powerful motivator in this mid-term election. i get while he is not just touting the good economy. that's not going to pour people out to the polls the way immigration will. we just put up immigration is more important to republicans. immigration policy actually favors republicans. they were deeply unpopular in lots of voting groups. it's the way he is doing it. he doesn't need to call himself a nationalist. that turns off a reliably republican voting block in the past. suburban women who are well educated and the question, the question of this election tomorrow will be, will the nativist nationalist rhetoric come at the expense of the voting block that will

the naacp said there were more than 700 lynchings in the united states between 1882 and 1968 and more happened in mississippi than in any other state, about 1-8 in a state where the current population is nearly 40% black. senator hyde-smith issued a statement that she didn't mean anything negative and an exaggerated expression of regard and added she will not speak of the incident again and has not. trace gallagher reports on the state of the race. >> reporter: shepard, records show african american women and teenagers were among those lynched and the naacp has come down hard on the comment calling it sick and going on to stay, quoting to envision this brutal and degenerate type of frame during a time when black people and jewish people and immigrant are still being targeted by while nationalists is hateful and hurtful. when hyde-smith's component was first asked about the comment on cnn he deflected saying we need leaders to bring us together but later his campaign called hyde-smith's comments reprehensible saying there's no place in our political discourse. in mississippi and our co

now ben jealous that is the former president of the naacp has comeut strong in terms of broadening a new gun control law to restrict access. he has pushed hard saying it would be better for education but he has failed to get a lot of traction in a state that avily opposes donald trump. now larry hogan is very popular. he has come out opposing many of donald trumps issues. ing to issues rel donald trump. people just like him. the governor has done things like lowering tolls on the pay bridge which many people were happy about and of course his ca ser fightwing that strength and that fight and beating it, indeered a lot orar people. >> he didn't pull prince george's county the last time around but he didn't need it to be able to win t racen the state of maryland. we're live this morning. back into you. >> thank you. and voters in the district will cast ballots in several races today. >> the news 4 team will be rking for you all day today. tune in at 7:30 tonight for an nbc 4 election special. we'll have updates throughout the day and tonight right through news 4 at 11:00 and the news 4

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it provides direct services that the naacp is normally associated where the urban league does a lot of direct services like job placement for f people and that kind of thing but i am a board member of a new nonprofit and we work with african-americans and other people of color so for us that means voter education registration and turnout and protection and it looks like what has popped up in the last two or three years because we have this urge to get people involved in those have been around for hundreds of years that now have a greater focus on voter turnout to get them as involved in that process from where we are now in the country and what we can b focus on. >> yes we want to know it is are doing to improve voter turnout. >> truth decay is whatur we are using to talk about facts and data and analysis in the civil discourse and rand is focused on improving policy analysis and decision-making so obviously it is a significant concern to us not only for what we do but for our democratic institutions so in those disagreements of objective facts between fact and opinion increasing re

a lot of anger, the ncaa among others in the naacp tried to continue the boycott saying in a sense, that is with the politicians compromise, we are not in. a lot of people did not buy that compromise and tried to keep the pressure up to remove the flag from the monument as well as from the statehouse, in part because they sensed victory but also because of that belligerent reaction of the day. it was clear that it was just going to be a temporary armistice and as demographic change occurs, as fewer people descend from confederate veterans, as we as a people become weaned from the flag, the --e culture overseas make the more controversies make white americans uncomfortable with the flag, and polls show a withering of support for the retention of the battle flag, that has been constant over the last half-century. it has been a slow change over time. we're seeing cultural change occur before us in it was at a gradual level and was clear that as generations change, eventually that compromise would come apart. what happened in 2015 made it happen far more quickly than any of us would have exp

and derek johnson, president and ceo of the naacp. so glad to have both of you on. reverend, you first. thank you for being here and thank you to your father because his story speaks to what so many people of color and women and other disenfranchised people went through to vote. >> and thank you, don. and thank you for the work you do. >> mm-hmm. she's telling that story, reverend, and i think about when i was born, i am the first person who is i guess with full rights to vote born in that time because everyone born in my family, my sisters were born before the voting rights act. i was born after voting rights act and the civil rights act of 1968. and here i am. i mean it has not been that long ago. and i think about my mom, who tells me the story of my grandmother, who used to have to count the jelly beans, the things in the jar. but those stories are real, and, you know, you were 11 years old when your dad walked those 18 miles. do you remember anything about that day? what do you remember? >> that is correct. i remember it well. i remember that early morning when

larry hogan was reelected, defeating democrat ben jealous, former head of the naacp. rashad robinson commute are the executive director of color of change. >> i think what happened last night, particularly with andrew and stacey's race, represents the way the south is changing. these are candidates who came out of democratic, progressive infrastructure and were able to win primaries, where they were not the establishment choice. and not only did they win their primaries, but they showcased what the next generation can actually look like on the national stage. through their debates, through their campaign, attracting wide range of donors, a wide range of support. in in both places, we're not sure what is going to happen yet with stacey's race, but four years ago we have to remember that jimmy carter grandson was at the top of the ticket and did not get as close as stacey abrams. there is never been a black woman governor in the united states. if always known there was going to be a high hurdle to get there, especially in a state like georgia. i do think that the messag

and derek johnson, president and ceo of the naacp. so glad to have both of you on. reverend, you first. thank you for being here and thank you to your father because his story speaks to what so many people of color and women and other disenfranchised people went through to vote. >> and thank you, don. and thank you for the work you do. >> mm-hmm. she's telling that story, reverend, and i think about when i was born, i am the first person who is i guess with full rights to vote born in that time because everyone born in my people -- my sisters were born before the voting rights act. i was born after. and the civil rights act of 1968. and here i am. i mean it has not been that long ago. and i think about my mom, who tells me the story of my grandmother, who used to have to count the jelly beans, the things in the jar. but those stories are real, and, you know, you were 11 years old when your dad walked those 18 miles. do you remember anything about that day? what do you remember? >> that is correct. i remember it well. i remember that early morning when he got up with

and the naacp had to even step in to ask for extended time, et cetera. this does not bode well when your opponent is in charge of the elections process and did not recuse himself. so she has a right to do this. we are now sitting in a time where we are not having voting rights enforced. we don't have voting rights anymore. it's gone. >> considering all the consternation, congresswoman, are you surprised to see this? because voter suppression, there were accusations of that. there were several lawsuits there was even one filed tonight. are you surprised that this is the outcome? >> i'm not at all surprised there is litigation. i predicted that. >> but refusing to concede. >> i don't blame her for not conceding, but i don't think the outcome is going to change. with the absentee ballots and the mail-in ballots, they tend to break the same way as the machines. she has to get a lot more votes in order to change this outcome. i don't see it changing, although i think she is right not to concede. they should count them all. >> but can you imagine, though, let'

derek johnson, head of the naacp, derek, what have we been seeing? there have been concerns across counties and across atlanta that these voter suppression efforts are working. funny business at the polls? >> we're preparing a lawsuit right now to extend voting time for precincts in gwinnett county. you have voters standing in line over four hours because they didn't have power cords. we're finding the same stories in other counties. we're standing outside the morehouse precinct where we'll have been turned away because of the exact match. it's unfortunate brian kemp did not stand down as secretary of state to ensure a fair election. >> how much do you think is mismanagement of the polls and how much might be nefarious? >> whether malicious intent or benign neglect, it should not take place. we should have a transparent and fair system. he should have stepped down. i wish we could bring criminal charges against how he's treating our democracy during this election cycle. >> is there concern any of this controversy, what we're seeing at the polls, wome

larry hogan being challenged by ben jealous, former head of the naacp. we are getting phone calls and waiting for the president, who will be speaking in around 12 to 15 minutes. denver,oining us from the line for independents. tomorrow's vote, what will happen in colorado? >> i am going to be voting republican. >> why? >> i am tired of the hate. constant it is the argumentative instead of a conversation with people here in colorado. our country is heading in the right direction and i believe that donald trump and stapleton will take us in that direction and we are headed there. a lot of change has been made and i just don't see how people are not seeing the changes that are being put forth. why anyoneerstand would think we shouldn't protect our borders. i don't get that conversation at all. i believe in immigration, we are all a part of immigration, but it should be done in due process the right way, just like our ancestors did, and it is the process of the united states. >> we are hearing from voters only on this midterm election eve. we welcome listene

burris says he is still not satisfied but the chronicle is reporting the president of the san francisco naacp rescinded a call for a boycott. >>> despite the controversy, republican senator cindy hyde- smith won a very divisive runoff election in mississippi. she beat the democrat -- democratic challenger mike espy. >> this victory is about our conservative values. it is about the things mean the most to all of us mississippians, our faith, our family. but it is those things that i will take to washington, d.c. that i want to represent all of mississippians with these values and i will fight for it, i assure you, every single day. >> now, hyde-smith is the first woman ever elected to the u.s. senate from mississippi. she was first appointed to the seat in april when then senator thad cochran retired because of health problems. she will have to run again in 2020 to serve a full six-year senate term. >>> today, democrats in the house of representatives vote to nominate their new speaker of the house an congresswoman nancy pelosi is running unopposed. there had been some opposition but in the en

: "so i call upon any person of goodwill who appreciates these issues to boycott">the naacp and civil rights attorney john burris have joined together in calling for a boycott of the san francisco giants. this comes on the heels of learning that learning that one of the team's 30 owners, charles johnson, made a financial contribution to a mississippi politician, who while on the campiagn trail allegedly made racially insensitive comments about attending a public lynchingburris says the comments are particularly troubling when viewed through the historic lens of the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old emmit tillsot giants president and ceo larry baer released a statement reading in part " the giants have more than 30 owners. just like our fans, they come from different backgr

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