::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

buzzz worthy. . . CHARLESTON SHOOTINGS  REFLECT  TERRORISM - NOT ITS’ ORIGINS NEEDED:  A WH Conference On Racial Justice – Racism Deserves A Remedy June 18, 2015, Chicago, IL -- Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. -- Not unlike the four little girls killed in a church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963, today the nation and the world are saddened and outraged at the hatred and senseless killing of nine African Americans in the historic Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina – including its pastor and a state senator.  Over three decades ago Operation PUSH held its national convention centered in this church and I did two televised Firing Line interviews with William F. Buckley there. And, not unlike the economic and political context of Birmingham, the nation and its leadership are still failing to see, understand and come to grips with the underlying economic and political circumstances that led to such a tragedy. ...