in the excerpt i read from i note that she was really broken up by the death of medgar evers. he was her constant companion when she was in mississippi. he drove her back and forth to the courthouse, federal courthouse, where she was litigating that case. and she tells stories -- this is from oral history -- about how frightening it was being in mississippi. they would -- there are instance where is the state police was tailing them. and you know, evers, who is accustomed to this would say things to her like "don't look back" "don't look back" or "look straightforward. the state police are on our tail" or he would tell her, put your legal pad away. don't do your work. put the legal pad inside the "new york times" because he didn't want -- if they were stopped -- the police to see she was doing the intellectual work of the civil rights movement. she was quite devastated by the death, by the death of dr. king, and experienced trauma, you know, from some of those incident. title one of my chapters on the meredith case, it includes the word "trauma". so james meredith was famously

and medgar evers and his brother decided they were going to vote. which no one had offer done in their county. and they went -- their parents were told, don't let this happen because you are not going like what happens to them. the parents told them what this white visitor had said, but they -- but they did not tell them not to go to the polling place, and they did, where they were turned back by guns and, you know, the threat of violence. they turned back, and they got their own guns and walked back toward the polling place. they were met by more guns and decided, wait, we don't really want to get killed. so they walked home. they were not able to vote in 1946. and, i mean, it's striking to me that we are still talking about voting rights. there is going to be a debate in the senate tonight. maybe it's going on already, about voting rights. how could this be? it's disgusting. >> there is a historical precedent relating to this. about black soldiers returning from world war i. and there is a quote that i -- i could read the quote or do you want to r

evers and he was her constant companion when she was in mississippi. he drove her back and forth to the courthouse federal courthouse where she was litigating the that case and she tells stories and this is from oral history about how frightening it was. being in mississippi, they would their instances where the state police was tailing them and you know, evers who was accustomed to this would say things to her like don't look back don't look back just you know book straightforward. don't pay attention, but the state police are on our tale and he would tell her put that legal pet away, you know, don't don't do your work put the legal pad inside the new york times because he didn't want if they were stopped the the police to see that she was doing the intellectual work of the civil rights movement. and so she was she was quite devastated by that death by the death of dr. king and experienced trauma, you know from from some of those incidents i title one of my chapters on the meredith case. it includes the word trauma so james meredith was famously he ap

the amazing story that is not often told, two brave activists from the mississippi naacp, medgar evers and amzie moore, had been involved since till was reported missing, first looking for the lost boy and then seeking eyewitnesses to the murder. despite the eyewitnesses, an all-white, all male jury acquitted the suspects. one member of the jury said they reached the decision within minutes but held off for an hour to appear as if they had actually deliberated. edgar evers would later be assassinated. after the acquittal, bryant and milam sold their story to "look magazine for $4000, about the same amount that mamie till paid to ship her dead son home from equivalent of over $40,000 in 2022. they admitted they had murdered him. reverend wheeler parker, jr., your response to the emmett till antilynching act that has now been signed into law 70 years later -- this is after over 200 attempts at getting and antilynching law over the last century. your thoughts? >> i've great accommodations for those who had the courage, the fire and gets in their belly to do what is right. too many times t

i visited one of them, medgar evers, and medgar evers college. because such and a tremendous focus on reaching other otherwise disenfranchised communities and making vaccines accessible. the point of reinvestment is a very important one, and i will follow up on it. >> >> >> i just want to quickly, quickly in puerto rico. they saw a massive power outage that led to the loss of electricity for hundreds of thousands. if the kind of repeat power failures in puerto rico were happening anywhere else in the united states it would never be tolerated. and in my estimation, the chronic breakdown of the electric grid input rico points to a border breakdown of american democracy. puerto rico has long been relegated to the status of a colony. puerto ricans on the island have them been eradicated to the status of second-class citizens. what role can dhs play and expediting the rebuilding of puerto rico's electric grid, which has become a national emergency? >> so, we have discussed one issue specifically, congressman. that is puerto rico's need for additional