Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States speaks about his hope for the constitution as the" Law of the Land".

John Fitzgerald Kennedy reads the Declaration of Independent and , Frederick Douglass on "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro" in 1852.

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It was a supportive crowd that heard President Barack Obama's speech at Memorial Hall, 72 Seventh St., Wednesday afternoon.(Racine Jounaltimes)

"Leaders of the Republican party said (financial) reform was like using a nuclear warhead to target an ant," Obama said. "That's what he said. The recession was like an ant. We lost 8 million jobs. People lost their homes. Their savings. He can't be that out of touch with the struggles of American families. If he is, he's got to come here to Racine.

Texas Rep. Joe Barton's apology to BP for the government's requirement that the company set aside $20 billion to help families and businesses affected by the Deep Horizon spill.

"He called it a tragedy that we made them pay for the destruction that they caused," Obama said. "The tragedy is what the people in the Gulf (of Mexico) are going through. That's the tragedy. Our government has the responsibility to hold those who caused it accountable."President Obama

Robert Carlyle Byrd, the longest-serving member of Congress in United States history, who spent much of his career as a conservative Democrat and ended it by fiercely opposing the war in Iraq and questioning West Virginia's powerful coal industry, died Monday. He was 92.(The Charleston Gazette)

He said in 2000, "West Virginia has always had four friends: God Almighty, Sears Roebuck, Carter's Liver Pills and Robert C. Byrd."

This Week in Politics is a hard news look at the past week and the upcoming week in the political world with commentary and insight into polling tends.

Michael Jackson was the People's musician,artist and

cultural worker.

He was born on August 29, 1958 to an African American working-class family, in Gary, Indiana.

We join Emma Young,Bill L A Graham and Jerry Pippin

In an extraordinary turn of events, Obama called General Stanley McChrystal on the carpet at the White House, relieved him of command and replaced him with his boss, General David Petraeus, architect of the Iraq war turnaround.(Reuters)

Julia Gillard has been sworn in as Australia's 27th Prime Minister after ousting Kevin Rudd in an unopposed Labor leadership spill this morning.

State Rep. Nikki an Indian American Haley wins Republican nomination for the governorship in South Carolina, defeating Rep. Gresham Barrett

Tim Scott an African American defeated Paul Thurmond for the GOP nomination. Paul Thurmond is the son of the former Senator Strom Thurmond. Elaine Marshall wins the North Carolina Democratic U.S. Senate primary. She will face Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) in November.

In Utah, Mike Lee wins the Senate Republican primary.

Jerry Pippin(jerrypippin.com joins us to discuss the events of evening.

Barack H. Obama is the 44th President of the United States.With a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas, President Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961. He was raised with help from his grandfather and grandmother

The Rev Dr. Al Sharpton was born in Brooklyn, New York,in 1963 father left home.The family moved to a public housing project in the Brownsville.

They present two views from events in Washington DC and New York.

The States of North Carolin, South Carolina and Utah

all have runoff primaries on Tuesday.

Peter Orszag will leave his job as the White House budget director in July.