medgar evers was a field by tary for the naacp white spremities. the museum is dedicated to his memory. >> for many of us who have gone overseas, fought for this country, fought for mississippi, we fought for alabama. we fought for north carolina. we fought for illinois. and we fought for every state in this union. now we're going to stay here it become reality. got out of his home. about 40 yards away a sniper fired a high powered rifle. it hit him in the back into his body. he did within an hour at a ackson hospital. >> former home of medgar evers in jackson, mississippi. address is 2332 margaret walker drive. medgar was born and raised in a little town called decatur, mississippi. and he talked about when you read about him and listening to him talk, he talked about he knew the differences how the races between them could never understand why. he talked about having white playmates. it was only after they would hunt and fish tonight -- it was only about when the three got to be the age of 16 that they were separated with their different ways. an

now that he was an attorney with the naacp and working with charlie houston, mr. marshall about that.ee they filed suit on behalf of a young student, scion oft grad and prominent baltimore family. they filed suit against the of maryland and their case was deemed so hopeless by whitemarylanders and folks paid it no mind in maryland, that no one showed up the case. no one except thurgood marshall's father, willie, who it hadave been there if been a hit-and-run trial. simple.gument was the university of maryland is plessy v.under ferguson to provide separate but equal law schools. of marylandty provides the university of maryland for its white students. schoold provides no law for its black students. they don't have one. so until maryland builds a law school for its black students an equal law school for its black students, maryland its black applicants who are qualified to attend the maryland. of houston and marshall assured the judge, we're not asking you to overturn plessy, we're plessy v. to enforce ferguson. you have to make it separate but is no separate school

but the naacp can certainly do its own set of research, for sure. but one thing -- i talked about healing. tonight the naacp, st. louis county, is hosting a public mass meeting. and we're going to have some experts on hand to provide some insight on what the process is. a lot of folks are angry, because they don't trust the process, possibly because they're unaware of what that proper process is. and there is certainly proper steps. and so although we want to tell people to be calm, we want them to be proactive. and that's going at the cme church here locally, not far from here, which is really right down the street in normandy. >> i bet you will get some crowds. >> we're asking people to be peaceful. we're asking for folks to be peaceful. parking is very limited. so if those locally are watching, we're encouraging you utilize our metro transit here and our high-speed rail so you don't have to worry about parking. and most of all, our number-one priority, today and going forward, is the safety of the people within the community and the greater publi

deploy i covered for the naacp. marcus garvey, the separationist leader had written about the riot and it was the front page for a week or so. 1917 was not that long ago. the fact that weissert mastery blacks in the streets of middle sized american city is just horrific. in the early years of world war i, america had just entered world war i. the fact is across america cheered at that very many jobs available and blacks in the south at the same time the bulls will is destroying the cotton crops in jobs disappeared the blacks are moving in large numbers north to industrial city in east st. louis was an industrial city and they were inevitable clashes between five to place over these jobs and it just evolved in to a riot as a place in july of that year 187. the night of july 1st, a black model t. ford drove through a black neighborhood. people shooting out of the windows. an hour later, a black model t. ford moved through a black neighborhood with people shooting out of the windows. no one was killed, but the third ti

bringing you something out of the naacp, every right that you have, every privilege that we have, was gifted to us in blood. because people had courage. i can look at you all up there, and look at your race and some someone had not been willing to sacrifice, none of you would be where you are. it is your turn, thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> i want to make one comment on that. >> i very much, appreciate your comments on prop 209 as you know, there were lawsuits, and the city of san francisco, joined in to challenge it, and we lost. and i would be happy for the additional losses and i think as a city we should continue to be on the record and push hard for its repeal. and i am happy to talk to you about it. >> in the mic. >> please. >> because we lose a battle that is not the end of the war i agree. we have to keep on fighting. >> that is all that i am trying to tell you. >> we can't say i appreciate it and i would assume that i know that this is i am talking to the choir. thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please? >> thank you, very much. i re

mississippi did not have an naacp secretary. his job was to come in and organize 82 counties in the state of the city, getting people registered to vote, taking complaints, and just checking out what was going on. he was selected by the after henaacp officer tried to get into the university of mississippi. when they denied him admission, this is when the national naacp asked him to become secretary. to do that, he had to comment jackson. maybe at first, they didn't take medgar seriously. it was only after he came in to jackson and really begin get things flowing, so to speak, and then got involved with the student movement, the freedom riders and all of that. --hink that is when medgar people begin to see, this man is shaking things up. he will not give up. blacks couldn't speak. you couldn't speak. i haven't heard medgar evers' voice. i heard it only when i went away to college. he was not on television. he was not on radio. i think this is when people begin to see -- they were not going to turn people around. i call at the gra

let's turn now to the new president of the naacp, cornell brooks. mr. brooks, first of all, thanks for coming into the studio. >> good morning. >> i hosted this show roughly 24 hours ago and the news of that day was the police would release the name of the man, the police officer involved in this shooting. they chose not too do so. was that a mistake? >> the police are trying to balance the safety of this police officer with the need of the community for accountability. here i would simply emphasize that we have a family that's grieving, a community that's grieving, and a community and a family that are demanding accountability. that police officer's name is going to come out at some point, sooner rather than later would be better. >> the congressional black caucus on tuesday called on the department of justice to get involved in this. the fbi is involved already. how much of a federal role do you see in this case and how much of one should there be? >> well, when the naacp previously prior to michael brown's death called upon the justice department to

the naacp said was responsible for organizing naacp chapters, responsible for investigating all instances of brutality and wrong-doing throughout the state. the field secretary also was responsible for making reports, any kind of problems or issues, and sending that to the national office in new york for publication as well. and so the field secretary position was not just something that was localized but they went all out of state, speaking to groups of individuals, encouraging individuals to register to vote, encouraging lawsuits, filing affidavits, showing vivids -- individuals how to register and organize. and the field secretary's responsibility was that. medgar evers, one of the more significant ones happened with the 1955 -- the 14-year-old was killed and his responsibility was to investigate what happened to try to seek out witnesses, and then try to get justice for the family. and it was many instances -- that was something that bothered him also, because we lad a 14-year-old child who was brutally murdered, and these replicated themselves as well inch 1955 we had several murders

louis county naacp. i don't know if you had an opportunity to hear the police chief describe in his words the incident that took place, saying there was a struggle over the officer's gun. i'm sure you're also hearing that the family of this young man and other members of the community do not believe that version of events. talk about the naacp's role in trying to mediate between the community and law enforcement at this point. >> thank you very kindly. the st. louis county naacp looks to heal the community while seeking justice. it has come to our attention that the department of justice under the direction of eric holder will investigate the death of michael brown. we also know that as of 11:35 this morning, the fbi has taken over the investigation from the county police department. so hopefully every time i think about the citizens of this nation, all over america, we all are concerned about the excessive violence from the law enforcement. we have a mother and we have a father that have lost their son.

louis naacp has met with the local police. do you know if the police have spoken to these witnesses? we have played two witnesses giving such a divergent account from the police account of what happened. >> what i'm aware of is that the st. louis president mr. prewitt has spoken to these witnesses in conjunction with the justice department, and the naacp is assisting this effort in terms of bringing forward witnesses who have credible testimony and offering a safe space for them to come forward. it is important to preserve the integrity of this testimony and convey to the community that it is safe to come forward. and what you say, any evidence you may provide, will be taken seriously. to the extent the naacp represents a trusted vehicle, we're happy to do that on very circumstances.ad >> this is the st. louis county police chief speaking monday about how police responded to the demonstrations over the weekend. >> we really felt like the emotions running as high as they were with the shooting the previous day of mr. brown that

he takes the helm of the naacp at a time when the fatal chokehold on new yorkers eric garner raises new questions about race relations and police brutality. >> when we have a young man on the streets of new york subjected to an illegal chokehold, forced to the ground, a knee placed on his neck, his lungs compressed, stretching and straining for oxygen, it was called lynching then. it's lynching now. >> joining me for his first interview on national television since starting as the president of the naacp, cornell william brooks. mr. brooks, thank you so much for joining me this morning, and congratulations. >> good morning. thank you, it's an honor to be here. >> well, let's just start right there with those impassioned words that you had about the death of eric garner. i know that you met with the new york police commissioner, bill bratton. are you satisfied with the results of that meeting? are you confident that there's going to be a full and swift investigation into mr. garner's death? >> i can't speak to you the progress that has been made thus far, but i believe that commissioner b

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pruitt of the naacp in st. louis. our live coverage of the situation there in missouri will continue now with chris hayes. >>> good evening. let me start tonight with separation anxiety.

i think it's a very good message that the naacp gave and the kid's parents. there's a lot of unanswered questions here, but the last thing they need is to have pictures of rioting in the streets. it feeds into the stereotype of people in the ghetto. i think that's a sad thing. >> eric, the police department made an effort the first night not to go out actively and take on the protesters. they went out last night and used tear gas. they tried to minimize the violence. do you think they have handled this well by hold iing the cop' name and pulling back a little initially as not to maybe escalate or get another casualty? >> i don't know. i think had they gone in with the heat of the first night and the animosity, the anger that was going on, they probably would have caused more. that said, the poor business owner, what was he involved? what did he do? his store was looted, windows broken, the violence was forced upon him. hats off to the family, the parents who in a couple days came out and said, everyone, calm our heads and prevail. completely agree. they are f

louis chapter of the naacp, also on the board of the national naacp. first of all, what's your reaction to the release of this surrender vials video from the convenience store at the same time the officer's name was released? >> to us, that's a problem, because typically here lolley, the first thing you see on the evening news is a surveillance camera of the alleged action that takes place. but to wait four days, almost, to release this kind of information at the same time that you release the name, it's almost as though it's an approach from local law enforcement to justify what happened to this young man. which is completely unacceptable. it's -- i believe it's a tactic to allow people -- to cause people to lose sight of what has happened, and we're not going to fall into that. and i believe auto as a media won't fuall into that either. >> if that was michael brown on the video, certainly we all wish he were alive and well today. but the police could argue, look, this wasn't just some guy that was stopped. this was somebody who was wanted for a stron

first of all i would like to thank the naacp, the african american chamber, and the organization as well as all of the other organizations that participate and became our partner and we appreciate the partnership because it is through this collaboration that san francisco has been able to improve our efforts and further our mission of attracting visitors to san francisco. when we first began in pro-stes about a year ago at our offices of san francisco's travel, we saw that there were two faces of travel, and tourism that needed to be addressed and the first was the external face, and how san francisco is portrayed to the rest of the world and the world that we felt could play a significant role in. and we are blessed in that historically, san francisco has been viewed as an ininclusive and welcoming to all of those, and all walks of life. and examples include, the welcoming of immigrants, and china town, and north beach, and the mission, and these would not be what they are known for today, without the chinese, italy an and the latinos immigrants who were welcomed and we have the assets

louis naacp. mr. pruitt, where are the elected leaders as this community is under siege tonight? >> you know, that's a very good question, and they're probably covering up their faces and hiding from the tear gas if you ask me. it's unfortunate the fact that in this country, i remember in the occupy movement and some of it happened in st. louis, where people protested and stayed for weeks and months and they didn't take anything like this in order for that movement to eventually dissipate and people were returned to alternative use of their time. i have no reason whatsoever for the ferguson police, st. louis county police, any police to rely on these tactics to deal with the crowd out there. it makes no sense whatsoever at this point in time. the saddest part about this is that all of this actually started by the police. we have witnesses who have come forth and told us that on sunday night, they fired a flare towards the marchers, which resulted in them throwing bricks and rocks and an explosion happened that sunday and has been going on ever since. it seems that they have not l

it's been organized by the naacp. also this afternoon, a group of supporters of officer darren wilson. who are not speaking on behalf of the officers. we certainly want to make sure we note. they're rallying in support of him. they asked other supporters to call and write governor jay nixon to demand an end to what they call bias against officer wilson. michael brown played offensive tackle, kicked off its season with a moment of silence in his honor. all over town today in this week from food banks to prayer circles, people are coming together to clean up and try to build back up. overnight, local leaders, a third night of peaceful protests. this time without a single arrest. but as a strained and still very much frustrated community looks forward. new word this afternoon that two police officers involved in policing the protests have been suspended from their departments after being accused of making offensive comments. we'll start with st. louis county officer dan page. you're seeing him right there. he spent time

60 leaders representing san francisco community faith based community, that is the sf travel and the naacp and the chamber of commerce from the beginning and i am the senior advisor to the mayor. and the african inclusion and i also serve at the public utilities commission as a policy and government affairs advisor and so the city was really second to the party if you will and this was a community-driven, from the very beginning and continues to be implemented in the city. and so these are just some of the stake holders who have come to the table, local two, and the hotel council, and university of san francisco and so many more. in terms of the background and timing, time line, this process started in earnest in september of 2013, showing the community engagement from the naacp and the president brown, and san francisco african american chamber of commerce and conversations with sf travel on how can we open it up and be more ininclusive and it started out is how can we market more of the diverse community into the growing industry? >> and this, was all of us were in gaged in the mayor's o

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how is the naacp relieving that tension so we don't see the looting we did the other night? >> one of the things that's important is the naacp has been in the community of ferguson for at least 60 years, over half century, in st. louis for over a hundred years. we are here on the ground. we have chapter branch presidents who are doing the work. one of the ways in which they are keeping the calm is by being out on the streets, working with the justice department, to ease tensions and to turn anger into action. that's critically important, and that's what we're doing. >> can you say something to the looters, to anybody who is thinking of looting directly so they can know that this isn't helping their case at all? >> well, according to michael brown's family, this was a young man who never got into a fight, who was non-violent, who had a wonderful sense of humor and the best way to honor this young man's memory is by seeking justice non-violently. let's be clear here. martin luther king did not live and die so that the grandsons and granddaughter's of the civil rights revolutio

. >> joining me now, spokesperson for the naacp, who also serves on the national board of directors. you were in the meeting today, weren't you? >> i was in the front row. >> describe what went on? >> the energy in the meeting was probably some of the best energy i've felt since i've been here on the ground in the last week and a half. he was positive, he made people feel very confident that he's on the job. and that the justice department is going to do what it needs to do to ensure that the justice does prevail. >> you walked away from that feeling better about the state of the investigation? >> yes, i did. i felt very confident in eric holder, he said all the right things, talked about the civil rights movement, and how we're obligated to ensure the civil rights and justice as a priority here in america, he really said all the right things, the groups like the naacp that have been on the ground since day one, want to hear -- one thing i got from the message, is the people that have been on the ground protesting peacefully, their voices have been heard, i just look here right withi

when you read this book and you see what the head of the naacp said about dr. king, roy wilkens, what whitney young, the head of the urban league said about dr. king, what thurgood marshall, supreme court justice, said and felt about dr. king, he was the most controversial figure in the country including inside of black america. so he is murdered on this balcony in memphis a year after giving that speech to the day, april 4, '68, he's dead on that balcony. he dies not having any idea of the monument and the holiday and the postage stamp. took us a long time to come to terms with him. the problem now is the reason i wrote this book is that he's become so sanitized and so sterilized and even lionized that we really haven't come to terms with who he really was, what he really wanted us to address, and we're trying to honor him on the cheap, if you will. but we still haven't come to terms with addressing that triple threat of racism, poverty and militarism. and were he here now, he'd be on those issues every day. >> host: how did you research this book? >> guest: w

we are hearing new calls from the naacp for the removal of the st. louis county prosecutor handling the michael brown case. the same demand came up last week when missouri state senator came on this program. i asked her to explain why she believes the democratically elected prosecutor cannot do his job. four times the people of st. louis have said, yes, he can. >> african-americans didn't vote for him. >> you keep saying that, but you won't answer my question. how are you going to find somebody -- that's why we have elections for these positions. >> megyn, what we can do is we can find someone we know would be fair and impartial. because at the end of the day the community, mainly the black community, they've had issues with him in the back. >> joining me the new president and ceo of the naacp. mr. brooks, thank you very much for being here. >> good evening. >> you heard that discussion. her principle objection was that the black community does not support this county prosecutor. but as i pointed to the state prosecutor, that's what elections are for

louis naacp and also works with the state naacp. and i wanted to ask you. i understand that you have been in touch, constant touch with michael brown's parents, even masaslate as today. what do you think about the developments and their concerns at this point? >> you know, they have had a chance to meet with the folks from the justice department in d.c. had a chance to meet the u.s. attorney here locally. and a lot of folks who have to deal with this situation. and i think that they feel very confident and comfortable that the federal government is moving in the right direction as it relates to trying to determine what went wrong and who to hold responsible. and they also had a brief conversation, i know, with the -- with eric holder. >> the attorney general of the united states, they spoke to him directly? >> you yeah, i think he gave them some condolences directly. i don't know the content of the conversation, but i can imagine what he would have told somebody at this time of need. and so i think they feel very comfortable right now. they are still grievi

i want to bring in the naacp board member from st. louis. what do you think as you watch these images from ferguson tonight? >> well, as we watch these images, i think you have a lot of folks that are very angry and a lot of people that want answers. i believe that it is probably in the best interest of folks here in law enforcement to release the name sooner than later but also develop a plan on how to deal with people on the ground that are going to be very upset and angry as we look at more details forthcoming. we're just at the very beginning of this investigation. so it could be months. it could be weeks until more information is forthcoming. >> those are images from earlier this evening of some of the kind of gear the police have been in. one of the things that's been surprising for folks who are watching this is the -- is not just the response in terms of tear gas but these images that appear, you know if you didn't have placement on them to maybe be coming from the ukraine during the uprising there or perhaps from egypt during tahrir

there is a naacp rank-and-file and i think they are wide differences. and it is unfortunate to me that many of the media, many in the media continue to run to the house sharpton speak on behalf of blacks and over the past decade the interest of the jesse jackson and al sharpton is diverged wisely from what the black underclass in particular needs in terms of the public policy. >> host: before we go to break and after we come back we are going to talk about more of these issues that you dare to touch in this book. does it bother you when you hear the community rise up against you for what you say? >> guest: that would be a little melodramatic. no one likes to be called names. i don't believe that. but i believe these things need to be said. i don't think liberals and the policies that are put forward would help the black underclass furthermore i don't think they are not just not helping. i think in many cases talking about affirmative action earlier that they are harming. they are doing more harm than good. that's what motivates me. they are saying what

louis county naacp is here while st. louis alderman antonio french is here also. thank you for being on the program. mr. gaskin, i'll start with you. what the the release of the video doing to the already fragile relationship between police and people in missouri. >> well, it furthers our argument that many people on the ground distrust the local police department, that they have a fear of police here on the ground, that they fear police officers and they feel as though many police officers here do not have their safety as the number one priority. that's exactly why the naacp youth are leading a march this saturday at 3:00 -- 2:00, excuse me, here in ferguson to put up -- make a stand of everything that's happening in america. we have youth across the country are very upset about that. we have board member theresa veer here on the ground that are providing mentorship to these young people to help them channel their energy. but that's one of the reasons we're having a huge national march here in st. louis this weekend. >> john, these officers were doing their job.

and also a member of the san francisco, african american, chamber of commerce and also the naacp for years and resulting to having the conversations to support all of the minorities and small businesses and inclusion and the diversity and the travel hospitality and my goal is to have the multiple business owners up here testifying next year about how they have benefited from this initiative that has been brought before you by the san francisco. we want to see the execution and the delivery that can become the model of the other industries as well. >> my name is gregory and i am an artist, and a really good, relationship, with mr. jordan and the chamber, because the foundation, is our fiscal sponsor to our project. our project is the san francisco veteran's mural project. and including these districts and the americans and our cities, and everyone here failed to mention it, and the tender loin, to 15 to 18 percent population, and i created that in the community, and over 3 and a half years ago. and it became a project. and the project today is recognized worldwide, as the very signifi

far earlier than naacp or any of the others. >> the most common thread that is important to understand in what i portray in the book. we use guns obviously used in slavery and in the post civil war effort to the paleface brotherhood of bunch of organizations seeking tulu dismember the fledgling attempts at creating democracy in the south of follow civil war. black veterans of world war i and a world war ii have a very large presence in this book because after world war i and especially after world war ii with the fight for freedom in this house. this is the guy who pulled sncc in to mississippi and the pharmacists that became the president of the naacp. it is all over the south and i argue in the back -- in the book change the climate of the south. there is a whole story i don't tell in this book about the slaughter of black veterans. the story that i tell in this book are the black veterans who survived and willing to be in the coal or 21 years old and sncc project director was the old guy. these veterans always had their weapons ready. how and why. largely made up of world war ii a k

if you have the naacp meeting or the tea party and i have been to both. it no longer feels is safe to be a member of our country economically we have taken for granted by father's family came over in 1624 my mother came shortly after. for centuries we have taken for granted every generation will be better off and now kid's command of college will be worse doesn't matter if they are white or black or immigrant in have been here for centuries it is time for us to come together and figure out how to get the plane back up the 40,000 feet to recognize and will take all of us because they're the true barometer of the health of our country the pour state for and the rich get richer the country is broken that is not how it is supposed to be. let's fix it. god bless. [applause] >> thank you. sometimes john says i.m. his mentor but i learn more from him but he said you are my black brother per bryce said i am too old to be your brother i am your white and uncle. [laughter] or your dad or something but i learn a lot more from him. working on poverty i did not realiz

john gaskin is with me, spokesperson for the missouri naacp. jelani cobb, my friend, contributor with "the new yorker." john, you grew up in ferguson, right? >> that's correct. >> what were your interactions with the cops like growing up? >> my mother used to hate the ferguson police department. she said they were very harassive, very abrasive. she couldn't stand them. that was always my understanding of a young child, she could not stand the ferguson police department still to this day. >> did you have interactions growing up with them? >> very few. i do know at the end of the street there was a stop sign, once a week they'd say she ran the stop sign consistently and it was very annoying. >> this is the weird, weird hidden truth of ferguson which, if i'm not mistaken, i'm pulling this out of my head, half of the revenue for ferguson comes from traffic stops so there's a constant sense that you're getting pulled over all the time. >> i believe that. i believe that. that's a problem. you know, this was really my first night being here on the gro