Separation of Powers and Civil Rights
A discussion on how the Executive, Judicial and Legislative branches have dealt with civil rights. Panelists argued that Congress has relinquished its designated powers, leaving the Supreme …
732 viewsA discussion on how the Executive, Judicial and Legislative branches have dealt with civil rights. Panelists argued that Congress has relinquished its designated powers, leaving the Supreme …
732 viewsJames Swanson retraced events leading up to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. He is interviewed by Jesse Holland, author and race and ethnicity writer for the Associated Press.
1,460 viewsDerrick Johnson, the new NAACP president, talked about the direction he wants the organization to take. He has said he wants the NAACP to become more politicalls involved. Other topics inclu…
781 viewsAssociated Press race and ethnicity reporter Jesse Holland talked about President Obama’s influence over the national discussion on race relations.
493 viewsHouse Judiciary Committee Chair Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI) discussed their bipartisan working group examining the use of force by police, aggression toward l…
968 viewsCornell William Brooks talked about the Justice Department’s report on Baltimore policing and the NAACP’s belief that a national policing crisis exists. He also spoke about voting rights in …
1,087 viewsJesse Holland talked about his book, The Invisibles: The Untold Story of African American Slaves in the White House.
1,367 viewsJesse Holland talked about his book The Invisibles: The Untold Story of African American Slaves in the White House, in which he looks at the lives of slaves in the White House and reports th…
1,126 viewsJesse Holland spoke by phone about efforts by the Republican Party to recruit African Americans as candidates and voters.
385 viewsInterim NAACP President Lorraine Miller talked by remote video from Los Angeles about U.S. jobs, the minimum wage, voting rights, the Affordable Care Act, and criminal justice reform. She, a…
712 viewsNational reporters who cover the U.S. Supreme Court assessed the court’s past term, which included decisions on voting rights, same-sex marriage, and affirmative action. They also responded …
359 viewsJesse Holland, Associated Press reporter who covers Congress, presents a history of the slave labor that was used to complete the construction of the United States Capitol and the White Hous…
855 viewsSupreme Court reporters reviewed the 2011-12 term. Among the topics they covered were the consistency of the justices on First Amendment issues, rulings against the government in life senten…
629 viewsMr. Holland spoke about the failure of a jury to reach a decision after two days of deliberations in the corruption trial of Republican Senatory Ted Stevens of Alaska.
43 viewsCongressional Black Caucus Chair Carolyn Kilpatrick talked about the role of the Congressional Black Caucus in Congress, the caucus’s efforts to come together after members split over the Ob…
326 viewsJesse Holland talked about his booko Black Men Built the Capitol: Discovering African-American History in and Around Washington, D.C., published by Globe Pequot. He was interviewed at the…
415 viewsParticipating by telephone, Jesse Holland reported on the Teamsters Union endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. He talked about the role unions are playing in the no…
113 viewsMr. Holland and Ms. Chaddock discussed the confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. They talked about key legal and congressional issues in the confirm…
120 viewsParticipating by telephone, Mr. Holland spoke about Harriet Miers' 12-page questionnaire to the Senate Judiciary Committee, which was released on October 18, 2005.
33 viewsMr. Holland talked about the nomination of Judge John Roberts to the United States Supreme Court, a review of the upcoming confirmation hearings, and the documents that have been released pe…
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