that corner is home harlem is good, they're seeing us and the people of harlem. that can happy in every major city of america. i really belief the growth can be in urban america and you can't outsource a restaurant. can't do it. can't do it. >> what makes a great restaurant? do people come from your perspective? i imagine it's subjective, because you're passionate about your food. is it 80%, 90% food and the rest, the experience is the atmosphere, the service is the people? why do people come to your restaurant? >> i would say 50% is the food, but then other factors. for us, i think our big star is harlem we, i would say hey we've got to work for the food to come, and then i challenge my service and say i want service to be the star. then you work for the design team and say i want the day core to be the star, it's about challenging, delivering and always keep your eye on that and be sure. and reading the guest. we have an open kitchen so they can see is. it's not an anonymous thing you're part of the theater. >> is this loud, like we're watching hell's kitchen?

and that means a little bit different in harlem too. we have 19 percent unemployment in this booming community. among african-americans, 39 percent unemployment. so i am, i have hired 110 people in my restaurant. i have 110 employees. 70 percent of them come from harlem. that means that the restaurant is also there to lower unemployment. it has a real meaning in that community but it talks about aspirations and we can do it too. >> rose: when you write a memoir do you come to some kind of accounting of your life as it is when you write it and therefore ask yourself where do i want to go? where do i want to be and what is next? >> yes. well, i haven't -- well, what is next for me is obviously develop more inclusive and deeper, better relationship with my daughter. when i look at what has been missing in this journey is obviously i put my profession so far ahead of my personal relationship, so just the fact that i could get married, the fact that i allowed that side to even open up to me is very new. like a chef doesn't have -- for me i n

and that means a little bit different in harlem too. we have 19 percent unemployment in this booming community. among african-americans, 39 percent unemployment. so i am, i have hired 110 people in my restaurant. i have 110 employees. 70 percent of them come from harlem. that means that the restaurant is also there to lower unemployment. it has a real meaning in that community but it talks about aspirations and we can do it too. >> ro: when you write a memoir do you come to some kind of accounting of your life as it is when you write it and therefore ask yourself where do i want to go? where do i want to be and what is next? >> yes. well, i haven't --ell, what is next for me is obviously develop more inclusive and deeper, better relationship with my daughter. when i look at what has been missing in this journey is obviously i put my profession so far ahead of my personal relationship, so just the fact that i could get married, the fact that i allowed that side to even open up to me is very new. like a chef doesn't have -- for me i never

in all the harlems of america. [applause] >> thank you. your words are important. how do we cultivate an interest in history in herstory? i teach my bondage and my freedom and if i don't stand over a student and give a lot of quizes they won't finish reading it and i teach the narrative of soldier truth. women's voices too. my question is how do we cultivate an interest in our young people, reading of our stories and writing a series of plays on the presidents who owned slaves. how do i -- >> thank you. last question. i want everybody to answer just one minute. >> you are cultivating an interest. there is no e media result or pay off. everyone in this room more than likely because they are here, the same literature to the same historical figures. i most certainly was an 5 headed to wall street 20 years ago so you have to plant the seed. if you don't planned secede they will never grow but you have to at a minimum plant the seed and nurture the sea which means you have to water them. >> we are going to take three qu

and that means a little bit different in harlem too. we have 19 percent unemployment in this booming community. among african-americans, 39 percent unemployment. so i am, i have hired 110 people in my restaurant. i have 110 employees. 70 percent of them come from harlem. that means that the restaurant is also there to lower unemployment. it has a real meaning in that community but it talks about aspirations and we can do it too. >> rose: when you write a memoir do you come to some kind of accounting of your life as it is when you write it and therefore ask yourself where do i want go?where do i want to be and wh is next? yes. well, i haven't -- well, what is next for me is obviously develop more inclusive and deeper, better relationship with my daughter. when i look at what has been missing in this journey is obviously i put my profession so far ahead of my personal relationship, so just the fact that i could get married, the fact that i allowed that side to even open up to me is very new. like a chef doesn't have- for me i never had so

on a street in harlem. >> right. so, , buif you puthat against what was before, which was not talking at all, i think it's a measured improvement. as you say, it's definitely qualified, but as opposed to not talking at all... i mean, again, for me, i've just learned so much about white people, because i now have to write... you know, that's a large part of my audience. and they write back, and they tell you about their world and they tell you about their little individual tics. you know, i'm a kid from west baltimore. i grew up around, you around, in 95% black environments all my life up through college. i don't know white people an intimate level. but you learn, you know, if you want to know, if you truly... if you're open for that. there's just so much to hear out there. >> hinojosa: you know, you grew up in this place in west baltimore, and you have spoken about the fact that, you know, when you were growing up, it was at the height of the crack epidemic... >> right. >> hinojosa: it wasn't exactly the wire, but it

. >> every year i beg my wife to put them in camp in harlem and she won't do it. i really-- like, i think my whole rich-ass neighborhood needs to go to camp in harlem in the summer and get their lunch money taken. >> jon: there's got to be a camp. >> there's got to be a camp kick-ass. >> jon: i think that's an excellent idea. and if it's not an excellent idea, you should franchise that. >> i might do that. >> jon: when is the stand-up coming? >> it's come, it's coming. i'm working-- i'm writing some jokes. it's hard to go to the clubs because people tape your ( bleep ) all the time. >> jon: i know, it's a different world now. >> like before it's ready. >> i don't mind if i'm at madison square garden and want to tape it, but i'm at the cellar working on a bit and it ain't ready and it's on youtube and then it's like -- >> it's like, "chris rock said...." >> and somebody is mad at me. >> jon: and it get out there. >> it gets out there. >> jon: vawdful, what they had to face when tv came around. they'd do 15 minutes of tv and perfect it and see their family for 50 ye

of course, 20s, harlem, it was the heart of the jazz age, the harlem renaissance. he was obsessed with musical theater, with the plays of broadway, with jazz music. in the 1930s, the years of the great depression, i think these were formative years for him. he cam back from school to help -- he came back from school to help his family. he got a job in new york city's welfare department and witnessed firsthand the immense suffering of his neighbors. he started doing writing, theater reviews for the news in harlem and parlayed that eventually into a regular column that covered all as pecks in harlem life, especially politics. harlem, during those years, was a political hot house, and ottley was sucked into the rough and tumble of the political life there. he was an active participant in the amsterdam news strike in 1935, became very much engaged in labor issues in the 1930s. he covered the controversies surrounding the italian invasion of ethiopia, participated in the organizing sessions of the national negro congress. in a way, like so many americans at the trough o

i went down to 125th street in harlem that night, the night dr. king was assassinated. protesters and writers swarmed the streets, clashing with cops overturning cars, setting trashcan fires at white owned businesses. one of the storefront windows were shattered by the airport trash can. looters ran into the store and started taking clothes, appliances and whatever else they could gather. not everyone limited. in fact, most of the crowd continued to chant, the king is dead and black power. but it was enough for the cubs to start swinging clubs come to shooting pistols making arrests. a cop grabbed the intermediates the wall. before he could hand pick me up in the paddy wagon come to a group of rioters turned the police car over. the cop told him to stay put and ran towards the rioters. i was scared, but i wasn't. i took off running in the opposite direction. i blended in with the group of rioters and tried to figure out which way to go. a group of cops headed towards us. some ran into a clothing store be included. i followed. the cops entered the store swinging clubs an

>> good afternoon, everyone and welcome to this chapter of the harlem book fair which is essentially the 150th year anniversary of the emancipation proclamation. our question today what passes for freedom the 150th year of freedom. thanks to the quarterly black review and the direction and genius of its founder max rodriguez and thanks for our panelists we will hear from shortly. ibm christopher paul moore special assistant for the schomburg center. our talk today what passes for freedom begins with the notion that african-americans have long been ambivalent about the achievement of freedom. it is a notion that perhaps comes treacly from the american paradox of the kinship between slavery and freedom for 200 years. freedom seems sometimes to be elusive and the benefit of the privileged. is the elusive mix of freedom exclusively african-american experience? what is the distinction between emancipation and freedom? freedom of movement, migration, religion, and the freedom of expression are some points we will explore. as any freedom yet to be delivered and in the freedoms run amok that

in harlem as it was in philadelphia as it was in chicago, it was like the drug dealers were acting with impunity. blocks and blocks of addicts with lineup. it was like an open air market, abandoned buildings. we were seeing kids 12, 11, ten years old buying drugs and going off into one of those abandoned buildings and of being. so we began to shut them down by force. and then finally there was the longest which was the state and federal prison where i met an old prisoner who give me some credit vise. it was good advice for being in prison and a good advice for life. yeah and but, you can serve this your time or you can let this time serve you. and at that time at leavenworth you could get into the college program to university of kansas. i dived in, read everything i could hear was able to turn to degrees from the university of kansas. it's also where i found the power of the creative part because i had done some place and been involved in the black arts movement. when i get to the first day. yes, he was part of the panthers. yes. a lot of people that. oh, yeah. you taught karate and ma

. >> reporter: rowe adams is the founder of harlem mothers. members are parents of murdered children. >> we have a support group here, mothers-- and now fathers-- who have joined us. not only in harlem but all over the city. >> put the guns down! >> put the peace sign up! >> reporter: her group advocates for stricter gun laws and police tactics focused on getting weapons off the streets. she supports the new york city's police departments stop-and-frisk strategy, which allows officers to search anyone they find suspicious. you support stop-and-frisk. it's a controversial tool. >> see, you have to walk in my shoes to understand when i say stop-and-frisk is needed because maybe if they would have stop and frisked those kids that shot my two kids maybe they would still be alive. >> reporter: in 1982, her 17-year-old son anthony was murdered by two teenagers who didn't like the way he looked at them. 16 years later, her 28-year-old son tyrone was gunned down by a thief. but critics who have protested the policy say the tactic encourages racial pro

this spring myers published his latest novel "all the right stuff" set again in harlem. he tells story of a young man trying to find direction in his life. in the meantime myers will continue to proselytize in his role as a reading ambassador. his mantra, he says, "reading is not optional." >> ifill: again, the major developments of the day, it was day four of the london olympics, and a big one for american athletes in gymnastics and swimming. bipartisan leaders in congress agreed to keep the government funded through next march, avoiding a possible shutdown at the end of september. and a sweeping blackout hit india, affecting a region with more than half the country's population of 1.2 billion. next week, a new visitor lands on mars. kwame holman explains. >> holman: the countdown is on. nasa's rover, named "curiosity," arrives on the red planet early monday. on our science page, we look at the nine-month journey, the purpose of the mission, and how difficult the landing might be. plus, you can pose questions to economist larry kotlikoff, author of the wildly popular bl

. >> july 7th, 2002, the king of pop was in harlem taking his label sony music to has can. and claiming the music industry exploited black artists. >> the president of the record division is a mean, he's a racist, and he's very, very, very devilish. >> michael's stunning statement that day at the public event is sited as evidence israel was forged and there for invalid. >> in 2002 swore under perjury the will was signed michael jackson another person on that will in los angeles it clearly shows that on july 7th my brother was in harlem with al sharpton thired finance chers. >> the executives of america's will resigned. they believe that john mcclaine forced michael jackson's will in 2002. a will that could be worth billions of dollars in las vegas is a catalog. >> why would you do something like that? >> i would think the money. they are making 10 percent of the production that is are done inside michael jackson. >> jackson's will named his children prince, paris, prince michael, joseph known as blanket and father katherine as soul beneficiary. executive estate maclaine. >>

aunt and uncle for that than her parents so what was so excited about chicago packs here we are in harlem, an audience full of new yorkers. share with us why chicago was such an important place. [laughter] >> it man has been no bias about chicago. >> chicago has such an important place in the story. >> chicago bliss where he was happening and you know really it was one of those take cities where people were trying to go to. one of the most fascinating record sources i found where these letters of migrants that one of the journalists collected, people in the 1902 were looking for places. the "chicago defender," the black newspaper there played a big role in encouraging the migration. people wrote things like, looking for a place, you know this kind of work for that kind of work and one of the letters that shocked me which i think i quote here was, looking for a place where i'd be a man or a black bank can be treated like a man. people thought that in this place, it wasn't segregated. not like it was in the south. you could go to integrated schools and he could devote. you could make a real

early sunday police responded to the 400 block of harlem avenue am pasadena for a report of a deceased mail. it didn't take long to learn that 50-year-old darius keenan may have been the victim of foul play. >> we have a person of interest. however, i'm not at liberty to elaborate more than that. we're treating this as a suspicious death. the victim suffered some trauma. this is an active case. >> police in another jurisdiction picked up the family member on a traffic violation. anyone with information is being asked to call the homicide unit at 410-222-3456. >>> tonight police need your help trying to find a driver who killed a man in harwood. pedestrian was found just before 7:30. the driver was in a volkswagen golf and did not sto. the victim is described only as a black male wearing dark clothing appearing to have been following the rules of the road when he was hit. call 410-222-8573 if you have information. >>> the repairs on the water main break that caused that traffic nightmare on light street are done. here's the bad news. the work is not completely done. crews have to repast

the harlem tournament historically every summer where the best bketball players come to harlem in the world. a shootout there? little girl, 4-year-old girl, get shot in the head. you know, stray bullets. it's insane. it's absolutely insane. >> has to change. we've run out of time. a fantastic movie. powerful, raw. very spike lee. thanks for come on. coming up, the creators of "will and grace." >>> when things really began to change is when the social culture changed. i think "will and grace" probably did more to educate the american public than almost anything anybody's done so far. >> joe biden on eet the press." crediting "will and grace" with changing the conversation in america on being gay. joining me now are the emmy-winning creators. david cohan and champ. what a moment that must have been. all i could think when you said it was, i wonder how the writers of "will and grace" feel about that because what an incredible affirmation really of what i guess you were trying to achieve with the show. >> personally, i nearly fell out of bed. >> and it was 2:00 in the afternoon. >> you kn

the harlem tournament historically every summer where the best basketball players come to harlem in the world. a shootout there? little girl, 4-year-old girl, get shot in the head. you know, stray bullets. it's insane. it's absolutely insane. >> has to change. we've run out of time. a fantastic movie. powerful, raw. very spike lee. thanks for come on. coming up, the creators of "will and grace." >>> when things really began to change is when the social culture changed. i think "will and grace" probably did more to educate the american public than almost anything anybody's done so far. >> joe biden on "meet the press." crediting "will and grace" with changing the conversation in america on being gay. joining me now are the emmy-winning creators. david cohan and champ. what a moment that must have been. all i could think when you said it was, i wonder how the writers of "will and grace" feel about that because what an incredible affirmation really of what i guess you were trying to achieve with the show. >> personally, i nearly fell out of bed. >> and it was 2:00 in the afternoon. >> you

as a policy is not that old but as an informal practice numerous instances happened in brooklyn and harlem. here is the point. today's stop and frisk if you look at the form that a police officer fills out the boxes create tremendous opportunity for discretion. so suspicious behavior. probably the one that is most indicative of this is one box that says wearing clothing known to be associated with criminals. what does that mean for an 18-year-old black or latino boy in new york city? he has sagging pants? is that sufficient grounds for investigating whether or not he is a criminal or not? does he have a white t shirt. is he wearing a backpack that could contain drugs? in other words, it is incredibly elastic. >> it could include a hoody in florida. >> it allows law enforcement in this city just like in alabama to have the widest berth of discretion to challenge a person, a black male on the streets to ask them where are you going and do you belong here. if you don't have i.d. you can be subject to arrest in the city. they are the hallways monitoring program that the nypd uses to go into pr

police were des patched to a home on harlem avenue. family members found 50-year-old darius keenan dead inside. a family member is a person of interest in the case. the death does not appear to be a random act of violence. >>> temperatures pretty comfortable for this part of early august, mid-80s so no 90s on the map. 81 in georgetown, delaware. the skies have been clear. no showers, no storms anywhere in the mid-atlantic states. new weather approaching from the west. you can see the frontal boundary bring showers and storms. tomorrow could feature showers and storms around maryland but through the evening 80 or so, partly cloudy. 74 past midnight and 72 when you wake up tomorrow morning. you look dry but it changes through the day. we got those details and your weekend coming up. >> our back-to-school supply drive is in full swing. we're working for you. we want to make sure kids from our community are armed with all the tools they need. we're helping out the preston mitchum foundation and the celebree learning center -- preston mitch

. >> apparently he's even performed with the harlem globetrotte globetrotters? so he's somewhat pro. >> i think you're pushing him a little bit too much, natalie. you have to be objective. >> is it true that your horse can actually play basketball? >> he can play basketball. you want to see? >> let's go for it. >> get it. ♪ ♪ >> go get it. >> the balls are getting bigger so it's going to get harder. >> this is a tough one. >> that's his globetrotter ball. >> that's a hard one to pick up. want to try another one? >> they have to be a little bit soft. >> how did you get him to start playing basketball? >> great job. >> treats. >> isn't that unbelievable? >> there we go. >> amos, 3 for 3. >> wow! >> that's pretty impressive. >> i can get my dog to give me licks. >> exactly. >> one more? >> one more. >> there we go. for the slam dunk! >> can you believe how calm this giep is? unbelievable. >> so impressive. thank you very much. >> my girls are going to be so jealous. >> that's a tough one to beat. >> i think ruby's leaning towards the horse. >> she's even making

policies help to create the ghettos of harlem of chicago, of west philadelphia that were in their infancy at the turn of the 20th century. it was only on the basis of crimnality that progressives and other liberals said that we are going to let you work out your own salvaton and le you stay in these isolated communities until you exhibit the behaviors, the respectability. all of this may sound appropriate to viewers listening today except that the same didn't hold true for european immigrants who gave so much trouble to civic reformers. they didn't speak the language. they brought old world cultural trades. they were loud. they wanted to pedal their wares. they lived in dense places. th wer brewing wine and other liquors in their bathtub. some were extortionists. they didn't say we are going to let you work out your own salvation. they said we have to get in here and americanize these people. >> that's social welfare, public parks, job opportunities, social ability but not you say for blacks. >> they were pinned off in a way that crime became the legitimate reasoand rationale for that seg

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