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The Night Light: 'The unconquerable soul'

Ali Velshi on how the poem "Invictus" became a source of enduring light for Black Americans against those who try to erase them from our history.

"The Night Light" is a new series that will close The 11th Hour where Ali Velshi highights the stories that remind us that darkness is never total.

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