MSNBC: Ayman
5/6/2024 3:06am
... as he famously wrote in a letter from a birmingham jail, we are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. never again can we afford to ...
MSNBC: The Saturday Show with Jonathan Capehart
5/5/2024 4:59am
... birmingham jail. another, metger evers who was gunned down in his driveway in 1963. he was remembered for his relentless quest for racial justice. tonight, you can learn more about him and his wife and fellow activist merly evers. ...
MSNBC: Joy Reid and Rachel Maddow Live at the Apollo
5/5/2024 2:09am
... rights struggle, i think we all know about the famous black recounts, obviously the birmingham boycott and the ...
MSNBC: Joy Reid and Rachel Maddow Live at the Apollo
5/5/2024 1:55am
... the movement and what he did in birmingham and alabama, he was trying to do that in mississippi. king had the same idea, which was the only thing you could do when you have people defying the supreme court of the united states, is to force them to ...
MSNBC: The Saturday Show with Jonathan Capehart
5/4/2024 10:59pm
... king jr.'s closest advisers and helped write the iconic i have a dream speech, and smuggled letter from birmingham jail out of the birmingham jail. edgar's was gunned down in his ...
MSNBC: Ayman
4/28/2024 11:37pm
... can now be in jeopardy. after the break, i will be joined by a professor of emergency medicine at birmingham health and science university. stay with us. ...
MSNBC: Velshi
4/20/2024 3:04pm
... during his first presidential bid, he repeatedly promoted violence on the campaign trail. anti-trump supporters were assaulted at more than one rally. it happened in birmingham in 2015 to a black lives matter activist. ...
MSNBC: Velshi
4/20/2024 2:07pm
... assaulted by trump supporters and more than one rally, it happened in birmingham in 2015 to a black lives matter activist. the following day, donald trump said, 'maybe he should have been roughed up.' when a ...
MSNBC: Trump on Trial New York v. Donald Trump
4/15/2024 3:54pm
... he was arrested in birmingham. where is the clergy of america? where are the people that have a moral standard in ethics? why are they outraged? what king asked when he was in jail when asked why aren't more ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
4/4/2024 5:08am
... would bomb a church in birmingham, alabama, but for the appalling silence and indifference of the good people who sit and sit around, and say wait on time. somewhere, we must come to see that human progress never roles in the wheels of inevitability. human progress never roles in ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
4/4/2024 2:08am
... actions of the bad people who would bomb a church in birmingham, alabama, but for the appalling silence and indifference of the good people who sit around and say wait on time. somewhere we must come to see that human progress never ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
4/1/2024 9:15pm
... gospel, this is not my christ, this is not my jesus. right? and so there was this argument being made by abolitionists, for example. what was king writing? who was king writing to in the letter from the birmingham jail? he wasn't just writing to the kkk who was burning crosses. ...
MSNBC: PoliticsNation
3/24/2024 9:49pm
... blood from birmingham all the way up to binghamten. you are going to do all that, a school teacher from brooklyn? yes, i'm just a school teacher from brooklyn. harriet was just a slave rosa ...
MSNBC: Alex Wagner Tonight
3/21/2024 1:43am
... or that meritocracy is racist or sexist. it also bans schools and agencies from sponsoring de i programs and bans trans people from using restrooms aligning with gender identity. the birmingham mayor wrote, if ...
MSNBC: Morning Joe Weekend
3/16/2024 10:11am
... trump. 75000 or so for nikki haley, ron desantis got a bunch of the votes, chris cristi got a couple thousand. i guess the question to you is in the republicans in birmingham, republicans in the bill, suburbs like that, are they thinking twice about donald trump? if they are, where are they going ...
MSNBC: Morning Joe
3/14/2024 11:30am
... cast not for donald trump. 75000 or so more nikki haley. ron desantis got votes. chris christie got a couple thousand. i guess the question is, republicans in birmingham, republicans in mobile, suburbs like that, are they thinking ...
MSNBC: Morning Joe
3/8/2024 2:29pm
... night last night. i happened to be in birmingham the day that the university of alabama birmingham, the big medical system, announced they were suspending all ivf procedures in the state. it was like a lightning storm that hit the city. people were shocked. ...
MSNBC: Morning Joe
3/8/2024 11:39am
... their faces. take a look. history is watching another assault on freedom. joining us is social worker from birmingham, alabama. 14 months ago, 14 months ago, she and her husband welcomed a ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
3/7/2024 8:18pm
... i think that's a critical piece that many people have overlooked. senator, why was it so important for you to invite elizabeth tonight? katy, when i heard about the alabama decision, particularly i was in birmingham the day that ...
MSNBC: Ana Cabrera Reports
3/7/2024 3:20pm
... procedures. now some fertility clinics in the state still evaluating the new landscape. the university of alabama at birmingham, the state's largest hospital saying it's moving to promptly resume treatments but adding we will continue to assess developments. ...
MSNBC: PoliticsNation
3/2/2024 10:46pm
... people have to consider what's happening right now and alabama. for a ivf facilities close and down for care. they're not to own procedures. the university of alabama and birmingham, for example, has suspended ivf procedures for now ...
MSNBC: Chris Jansing Reports
2/28/2024 7:04pm
... decision that frozen embryos are children. nbc's kathy park is on the ground in birmingham for us. what are you hearing there? reporter: hey there, chris, good afternoon to you. well, i have been hearing some real heartbreaking stories of ...
MSNBC: Ana Cabrera Reports
2/28/2024 3:41pm
... that's when i knew this isn't happening. her heartache felt by so many other fertility patients who shared their stories with the nation's top health official xavier becerra in birmingham. we're trying to figure out at the federal level what we can continue to do to try to be ...
MSNBC: Morning Joe
2/27/2024 12:47pm
... controversial court ruling that upended ivf treatment in the state. health and human services secretary xavier becerra joins us live from birmingham, straight ahead on 'morning joe.'. transform your skin in one simple step. ...
MSNBC: Way Too Early With Jonathan Lemire
2/27/2024 10:51am
... number of protest votes against president biden. we'll get into why democrats there could be turning away from the president. plus, health and human services secretary will be a guest from birmingham in the wake of ...
MSNBC: Morning Joe Weekend
2/25/2024 12:01pm
... ruling, that embryos are babies. the university of alabama and birmingham was the first to announce the change on wednesday. it's the states largest hospital. now, two others are following suit. provider side, because of the ...
MSNBC: Morning Joe
2/23/2024 12:05pm
... three alabama clinics have now suspended their in vitro fertilization services in a court's ruling embryos are babies. the university of alabama at birmingham was the first to ...
MSNBC: Way Too Early With Jonathan Lemire
2/23/2024 10:17am
... fertilization services following a state supreme court's ruling that embryos are babies. the university of alabama at birmingham was the first to announce the change on wednesday. it's the state's largest hospital. now two others are following ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
2/22/2024 8:17pm
... courts that have been stacked heavily by the trump administration four years ago with republicans who are not in favor of abortion. bren dan buck, thank you very much. university of alabama at birmingham has paused ivf. ...
MSNBC: Andrea Mitchell Reports
2/22/2024 5:03pm
... alabama at birmingham, and another fertility clinic in the state, have stopped all ivf procedures as they examine the potential legal fallout. the university saying they are saddened but must evaluate the ...
MSNBC: Jose Diaz-Balart Reports
2/22/2024 4:02pm
... that prompted the university of alabama birmingham health system, which is the largest healthcare system in that state, to stop ivf procedures and nbc news has just learned that a second clinic is pausing care now. would be parents like gabrielle ...
MSNBC: Ana Cabrera Reports
2/22/2024 3:41pm
... learned her birmingham fertility clinic canceled the appointment. as for what happens next there, we heard from megan cole's fertility clinic, alabama fertility, and they confirmed in a statement, we have made the impossibly difficult decision to hold new ivf treatments due to ...
MSNBC: Ana Cabrera Reports
2/22/2024 3:40pm
... that's a life. haley later saying overnight, i didn't say i agreed with the alabama ruling. our goal is to always do what the parents want with their embryo. it is theirs. while back in birmingham, couples now feeling the effects, unable to carry a child because ...
MSNBC: Ana Cabrera Reports
2/22/2024 3:38pm
... hospital stopping all ivf procedures fearing a lawsuit after controversial court ruling has patients angry and confused. my rage knows no bounds. reporter: the university of alabama at birmingham announcing ...
MSNBC: Morning Joe
2/22/2024 12:49pm
... learned her birmingham fertility clinic canceled the appointment. oh, my god. laura jarrett with that report. claire mccaskill, where do we begin? yeah, just unbelievable. you know, you think about it, mika, what's really bizarre ...
MSNBC: Morning Joe
2/22/2024 12:48pm
... that's a life. reporter: haley saying overnight -- i didn't say i agreed with the alabama ruling. our goal is to always do what the parents want with their embryo. it is theirs. reporter: while back in birmingham, couples now feeling the effects. ...
MSNBC: Morning Joe
2/22/2024 12:47pm
... my rage knows no bounds. reporter: the university of alabama at birmingham announcing it's pausing all ivf treatments, saying it's saddened as it evaluates the potential that our patients and physicians could be prosecuted criminally or face punitive damages for following ...
MSNBC: Way Too Early With Jonathan Lemire
2/22/2024 10:16am
... alabama's largest hospital is suspending its invitro fertilization treatments following a ruling by that state's supreme court. in a statement the university of alabama at birmingham hospital wrote it must, quote, evaluate the potential that our patients and physicians could be prosecuted ...
MSNBC: All In With Chris Hayes
2/22/2024 8:51am
... through ivf, or similar technologies. but after the ruling came down on friday, the university of alabama and birmingham health system, which includes the ...
MSNBC: The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle
2/22/2024 7:25am
... embryos must be treated as children. meaning people can be sued for destroying them. the university of alabama at birmingham saying, today, it said and. that must stop all ivf as it evaluates all the potential that our patients and physicians could be prosecuted criminally or face punitive damages ...
MSNBC: The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle
2/22/2024 4:25am
... birmingham saying, today, it said and. that must stop all ivf as it evaluates all the potential that our patients and physicians could be prosecuted criminally or face punitive damages for following the standard of care. my rage knows no bounds. reporter: abby crane, a ...
MSNBC: All In With Chris Hayes
2/22/2024 1:51am
... united states. in alabama alone, that same year, 437 babies were conceived through ivf, or similar technologies. but after the ruling came down on friday, the university of alabama and birmingham health ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
2/21/2024 8:36pm
... the alabama state supreme court ruled on friday that embryos have the same legal rights as children. and today, in the aftermath, the university of alabama at birmingham's hospital system says it is pausing its ivf program. it's just too legally dangerous, ...
MSNBC: Chris Jansing Reports
2/21/2024 6:53pm
... country. this is already having an immediate impact. just today the university of alabama at birmingham announced that it is pausing ivf treatments in the wake of this ruling. clinics and patients are all trying to figure out what this means, for what they could be held liable. and that means that ...
MSNBC: Morning Joe
2/6/2024 2:44pm
... everything we've ever won started from the bottom up, from birmingham up, from montgomery up. we know in these state houses they can block living wages, health care, medicaid expansion, ...
MSNBC: The Sunday Show With Jonathan Capehart
1/15/2024 5:56am
... you know letter from birmingham jail? what you might not know is that this man is the one dr. king handed those papers to and it is this man who smuggled it out of a jail. he is dr. clarence jones. thank you very much, dr. jones, ...
MSNBC: The Sunday Show With Jonathan Capehart
1/14/2024 11:56pm
... birmingham jail? what you might not know is that this man is the one doctor king handed those papers to, and it is this man who smuggled it out of a jail. he is doctor clarence jones. thank you very much dr. jones, for coming back to the sunday ...
MSNBC: PoliticsNation
1/14/2024 10:08pm
... but that is one day out of 365 days. what are they doing those other 364 days, because they are fighting against his legacy. there is a quote from dr. king's letter from a birmingham jail, where he said we will -- _ ...
MSNBC: PoliticsNation
12/24/2023 10:20pm
... care if he did not jump in the ring with the likes of dog birmingham or cassity autumn sun. so far, that bet has been proven to be correct. jen, the bag away. i mean, trump is the winner, ...
MSNBC: Alex Wagner Tonight
12/16/2023 5:59am
... up cases. a lot of ethics professors have said that congress should make that stop. congress should require the votes to be public. congress should force the justices to reveal what is going on behind the scenes, because that is the birmingham they can do to be transparent ...
MSNBC: Alex Wagner Tonight
12/16/2023 3:00am
... that is the birmingham they can do to be transparent with the power that they will. of course, the sport has shown no interest in doing this. as an example at that, the mississippi attorney general who argues dobbs in the courts is a former law clerk. ...
MSNBC: PoliticsNation
12/9/2023 10:18pm
... approximately 13 million people at risk for extreme weather, including severe thunderstorms from the mississippi valley to the atlantic coast. some hotspots running memphis, nashville, birmingham -- rain and wills winds will ...
MSNBC: Alex Witt Reports
12/9/2023 5:33pm
... little rock, in birmingham. as you mentioned it is coming as parts, cities, west are digging out from massive snowfall. parts of utah saw 33 inches over the past several days. it did cause a lot of havoc on the roads including that ...
MSNBC: Chris Jansing Reports
12/6/2023 6:54pm
... snow out of this. it gets a little stronger, pretty warm. we're going to have near record highs. that means we're going to have enough instability for thunderstorms, maybe even a few strong thunderstorms, memphis, birmingham, montgomery, as we ...
MSNBC: Chris Jansing Reports
10/27/2023 5:14pm
... measures, all in this incredibly difficult to cover maine terrain. i know frank remembers the hunt for eric rudolph who bombed an abortion clinic in birmingham and killed a police officer, bombed three locations including olympic park in atlanta, and then managed to escape and made ...
MSNBC: Way Too Early With Jonathan Lemire
10/16/2023 9:25am
... some spots. below freezing in garden city. other spots looking in the 40s as well. 47 in omaha, 42 in kansas city. a really chilly day. we're looking at chilly temperatures again tomorrow. temperatures in the 50s, also the 60s. knoxville, 55, birmingham, 64. ...
MSNBC: Dateline
10/8/2023 8:12am
... include manchester in birmingham ton, because they're the third or second, and it would create tens of thousands of jobs. he said that on july 17th. what actually happened in 11 weeks between july 17th and last week? what facts changed? ...
MSNBC: Way Too Early With Jonathan Lemire
10/2/2023 9:27am
... degrees below average. tuesday to wednesday, fall like weather returns by the weekend. but still in the 90s in little rock, st. louis, dallas, houston, birmingham, upper 80s. same story in wichita. boston, 14 degrees above average tomorrow right around 80 ...
MSNBC: Ayman
9/18/2023 4:55am
... the weekend with an important message from supreme court justice, ketanji brown jackson. justice jackson spoke at the 16 straight baptist church and birmingham, alabama this week. where she commemorated the 16th anniversary of the racist bombing that killed four young black girls. ...
MSNBC: Ayman
9/18/2023 1:55am
... the weekend with an important message from supreme court justice, ketanji brown jackson. justice jackson spoke at the 16 straight baptist church and birmingham, alabama this week. where she commemorated the 16th anniversary of the racist bombing that killed four young black girls. i have come to ...
MSNBC: PoliticsNation
9/17/2023 9:50pm
... we need federal help but all the blame is on the resources and they are not enough than the blame on the local level. but we don't have local control. mayor of birmingham alabama, always good to have you on. ...
MSNBC: PoliticsNation
9/17/2023 9:49pm
... opposite way. in the city of birmingham today you don't even need a pistol permit to carry a weapon. so you can imagine the number of guns that have been flooding into our streets. the number of people that are allowed to drive around and shoot out of their vehicle into another home or another car ...
MSNBC: PoliticsNation
9/17/2023 9:49pm
... repeat itself. and finally on a path cast last month you said he would be open to running for a third term as birmingham's mayor. one of the foremost challenges that you faced in your tenure has been a surge of violent crimes which you have likened ...
MSNBC: PoliticsNation
9/17/2023 9:49pm
... and so you cannot have it both ways. i would suggest that any teacher or any school system in the entire state that is incumbent upon our educators to teach our youth what happened in birmingham and what happened in alabama so history does not ...
MSNBC: PoliticsNation
9/17/2023 9:48pm
... above another. and of quote. if you are a public school teacher in birmingham, how do you teach students about the history of their city. why the 16th street baptist mean so much, while facing possible legal action for doing ...
MSNBC: PoliticsNation
9/17/2023 9:46pm
... terrorism. not just at this church, but so much more. i remember six years later, i have a responsibility here at city hall to lead and have social justice at the forefront. now. i am struck by the fact that 60 years after the birmingham ...
MSNBC: PoliticsNation
9/17/2023 9:46pm
... was a linchpin in the movement and birmingham. hence why it was targeted that day, 60 years ago, they have it marked this anniversary. how has this past week impacted your own perspective and leadership in birmingham and ...
MSNBC: PoliticsNation
9/17/2023 9:45pm
... presiding over the city that is synonymous with one of the darkest days of the civil rights movement. for young black girls killed by the explosion of a bomb planned by the kkk in response to birmingham's accelerated integration. the 16th street baptist arch ...
MSNBC: PoliticsNation
9/17/2023 9:45pm
... conceal it. joining me now, birmingham mayor randall woodson. mayor great to have you back with us on politics nation. let me start by saying as mayor of birmingham, you are ...
MSNBC: PoliticsNation
9/17/2023 9:44pm
... (woman) you're doing great! (man) oh, is that a buffalo? (woman) babe, that's a cow. (vo) the all-new subaru crosstrek wilderness. adventure on the edge. welcome back to. politicsnation. the city of birmingham, alabama ...
MSNBC: PoliticsNation
9/17/2023 9:02pm
... also, tonight we look back at the 16th street baptist church bombing 60 years later birmingham alabama -- would fan joins us tonight live on politicsnation. starting us off tonight's, ...
MSNBC: The Sunday Show With Jonathan Capehart
9/17/2023 1:44pm
... hope they prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt that the perpetrators were found guilty. they were in this case. it was such a cola desirable even birmingham, and really, throughout the country. i think that what was said ...
MSNBC: The Sunday Show With Jonathan Capehart
9/17/2023 1:40pm
... the washington, at the 16th street baptist church in birmingham, alabama. for little girls, and you make all, and cynthia wesley, carol robertson, and carroll denise mcnair, were killed. friday, marks 60 years since ...
MSNBC: The Sunday Show With Jonathan Capehart
9/17/2023 1:36pm
... after his acquittal, he was immediately reinstated with key conservative allies, including donald trump. hailing the verdict. next, marking 60 years since the baptist church bombing in birmingham, alabama. that's after the break. ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
9/17/2023 2:52am
... effect personified them today. yes. yes. i mean, i think it's really important, and certainly it's the case i think in birmingham, but throughout the south, to be born and come of age as a black ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
9/17/2023 2:51am
... heard from justice ketanji brown jackson tonight. i was so deeply moved. i was born in birmingham, alabama. i was there a few days ago. i think part of what she said ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
9/17/2023 2:50am
... america, a journey beyond the mason-dixon to under the soul of a nation. professor perry, thank you for joining us on this important night, this important night for the country and for birmingham. your reflections on what you ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
9/17/2023 2:44am
... baptist church in birmingham, alabama. 60 years ago today at 10:22 a.m., a ku klux klan sunday morning bombing of the church killed 14 year old cynthia wesley, carol robertson, and ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
9/17/2023 2:39am
... in birmingham, alabama today. that is next. we have to own even the darkest parts of our past, understand them, and vow never to repeat them. ...
MSNBC: Symone
9/16/2023 8:54pm
... jackson. she was speaking at an event in birmingham, alabama, on friday, marking 60 years since for little girls were killed and a bombing at the 16th straight baptist church. as my collins, carol robertson, cynthia wesley, and denise ...
MSNBC: Yasmin Vossoughian Reports
9/16/2023 7:32pm
... baptist church in birmingham, alabama. where 60 years ago, the ku klux klan that needed a bomb that killed four black girls. we cannot forget, because the uncomfortable lessons are often the ones that teach us ...
MSNBC: Yasmin Vossoughian Reports
9/16/2023 7:31pm
... much appreciate it. always happy to be here. all right, marking the 60th anniversary of the racist church bombing that killed four young black girls in birmingham, alabama. supreme court justice ketanji brown jackson delivering a rousing call urging americans ...
MSNBC: Velshi
9/16/2023 3:33pm
... these struggle is not. there is distracting. it is very timely that they appeared in birmingham at a time when the question of voting rights in the voting process is right again before ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
9/16/2023 5:52am
... effect, personified them today. yes, i think it is really important and it is certainly the case in birmingham, but throughout the south, to be born and come of age as a black girl in that region, in the shadow of that history you are ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
9/16/2023 5:51am
... i was born in birmingham, alabama, i was there a few days ago. i think part of what she said and the speech today she described her work as being the to commemorate and mourn, celebrate and mourn. ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
9/16/2023 5:50am
... much for joining us on this important night, this important night for the country and for birmingham. your reflections on what you heard from justice ketanji brown jackson tonight. i was so deeply moved. ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
9/16/2023 5:44am
... 16th street baptist church in birmingham, alabama. 60 years ago today at 10:22 am, a ku klux klan sunday morning ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
9/16/2023 5:39am
... justice ketanji brown jackson in birmingham, alabama today. that is next. we have to own even the darkest parts of our past, understand them, and vow never to repeat ...
MSNBC: Alex Wagner Tonight
9/16/2023 4:36am
... i felt in my spirit that i had to come. in birmingham, alabama, today, supreme court justice, ketanji brown jackson, stood in ...
MSNBC: Alex Wagner Tonight
9/16/2023 4:30am
... was an extraordinary speech from justice, ketanji brown jackson, the 16th street baptist church in birmingham, alabama, that's coming up next. so i didn't think i needed swiffer, ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
9/16/2023 2:52am
... today. yes, i think it is really important and it is certainly the case in birmingham and, but throughout the south, to be born and come of age as a black girl in that region, in the ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
9/16/2023 2:51am
... i was so deeply moved. i was born in birmingham and alabama, i was there a few days ago. i think part of what she said and the speech today she ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
9/16/2023 2:50am
... professor perry, thank you very much for joining us on this important night, this important night for the country and for birmingham. your reflections on what you heard from justice ketanji brown jackson tonight. ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
9/16/2023 2:44am
... a sunday morning. today, supreme court justice ketanji brown jackson delivered a speech from the pulpit of the 16th street baptist church in birmingham, alabama. 60 years ago today at 2020 2 am, ...
MSNBC: The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell
9/16/2023 2:39am
... in birmingham, alabama today. that is next. today that is next we have to own even the darkest parts of our past, understand them, and vow never to repeat them. ...
MSNBC: Alex Wagner Tonight
9/16/2023 1:35am
... to come. in birmingham, alabama, today, supreme court justice, ketanji brown jackson, stood in the pulpit of the 16th street baptist church. the justice was there to commemorate the 16th anniversary of the day the ku ...
MSNBC: Alex Wagner Tonight
9/16/2023 1:30am
... from justice, ketanji brown jackson, the 16th street baptist church in birmingham alabama, that's coming up next. iming up next keep your laundry smelling fresh waaaay longer ...
MSNBC: The ReidOut
9/16/2023 0:00am
... birmingham. just we went to god, because the devil came to destroy -- well, it's not sunday. ...
MSNBC: All In With Chris Hayes
9/16/2023 0:00am
... what happened and for what happened to my sister in birmingham. just we went to god, because the devil came to destroy -- _ ...
MSNBC: The ReidOut
9/15/2023 11:56pm
... found it on your southern black girls organization in memory of these little girls who perished from birmingham. tell us why you did that? how they inspired you? you know, growing up in alabama, as a little black girl, ...