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In reply to the discussion: Why listen to what Tavis Smiley or Firedog Lake have to say about Obama's speech? FUCK THEM!! [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)104. Both are tops in my book too. For you, Ucrdem:
Attorney General Eric Holder at the NAACP
Published on Jul 16, 2013
Attorney General Eric Holder addresses the 104th Annual NAACP Convention in Orlando, Florida on 07/16/13 and discusses the Trayvon Martin verdict.
The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door
When Alabama Gov. George Wallace positioned himself defiantly at the entrance to a University of Alabama gymnasium, he created a moment and phrase that still echoes half a century later.
His "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door" was an attempt to keep African-Americans out of the state's flagship university in Tuscaloosa. The politician, who had vowed "Segregation now, Segregation tomorrow, Segregation forever," provided one of the most dramatic moments of the 1960s when he tried to block two students from enrolling at the University of Alabama...
The two students who confronted Wallace, Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood, arrived at the university's Foster Auditorium on the morning of June 11, 1963, to register for classes. They were escorted by U.S. deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach with the support of the Alabama National Guard, which had been federalized that day by President Kennedy...
In another surprising twist, her younger sister married an attorney, named Eric Holder, who went on to become the first African-American Attorney General of the United States. Holder, who attended the dedication ceremony honoring his late sister-in-law, said nothing to reporters that day, knowing, it seems, that her achievement helped lead to his decades later. But happy endings were hardly assured after the confrontation at Foster Auditorium. The next day, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was murdered in Jackson, Miss., and many (including President Kennedy and his brother, then-Attorney General Robert Kennedy), feared violence might spread across the South...
More and a video at the link:
http://civilrightstravel.com/tuscaloosa.html
Vivian Malone Jones
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Malone_Jones
Eric Holder has worked on many issues important to progressives. He supports the view of the 2nd Amendment that has existed among liberals since FDR. That earned him many enemies and the bogus Fast and Furious charges by Darryl Issa.
A clear look at the total man reveals more about him than the media disinformation about him. As shown above, Holder does not crave the spotlight, but keeps working. He has been working hard for Americans:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Holder
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Why listen to what Tavis Smiley or Firedog Lake have to say about Obama's speech? FUCK THEM!! [View all]
Cali_Democrat
Jul 2013
OP
Did you listen to what Tavis said? Do you disagree with it? I applaud his honesty about DOING
chimpymustgo
Jul 2013
#83
"And i ignore from them what is obviously personal animosity toward the President."
Number23
Jul 2013
#46
someone asked Obama a question about Kelly, he said nice things as he is wont to do….
KittyWampus
Jul 2013
#36
I know the difference between floating, actually considering, and nominating.
AllINeedIsCoffee
Jul 2013
#87
Remember when Obama walked across the Potomac? The GOP said it was proof he couldn't swim.
Hekate
Jul 2013
#49
In 19 minutes PBO inspired more deep conversation about race than Smiley has his whole career
freshwest
Jul 2013
#21
Never heard of this, Cha. More money to be made prolonging a problem than solving it, huh?
freshwest
Jul 2013
#42
Sounds petty, But that 'black nurse' thing cuts to the quick. Just a nursin' something along but not
freshwest
Jul 2013
#52
You got that right. Anyone truly interested and not trolling can look at the responses from black
Number23
Jul 2013
#57
I don't use language like you did. EVER. Your grasp of how to discuss race is nil.
DevonRex
Jul 2013
#37
Got a post hidden in the other thread and DAMN proud of it. Like my third or 4th hidden post ever
Number23
Jul 2013
#45
"Tavis Smiley Made A Fool Out of Himself by Bashing Obama’s Trayvon Martin Remarks"
Cha
Jul 2013
#50
Black pundits, black media, the black Twitterverse, and a whole lot of black people on DU are saying
Number23
Jul 2013
#69
Frankly, if Trayvon Martin's parents are okay with it, who am I to second-guess?
calimary
Jul 2013
#65
Congratulations on alienating from the democratic party anyone with an IQ over 80
Fire Walk With Me
Jul 2013
#93
I've actually been pretty good lately at poking the people I want to poke
Cali_Democrat
Jul 2013
#99
“I think Ray Kelly is one of the best there is, so he’s been an outstanding leader in New York,”
Fire Walk With Me
Jul 2013
#102