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As rose attempts a putt for par. Nick this is no fun this one. Jim to be a finalround 70 for justin. Again, in all four majors made the cut. Three top 10s, a second at augusta. Its either going to be here a share of third or fourth alone. [captioning funded by cbs sports [captioning performed by the which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] jim sixth at the open championship. Colin swatton. Hell keep him focused. Clates numbers and nick yeah, keep plotting exactly where you want to land it. No need to be looking at that flag at all. Jim grace for third. Tonight on cbs begins with 60 minutes and a monumental project 80 years in the making followed by a new big brother, madam secretary and c. S. I. cyber. Theres jasons wife ellie, whos from the outskirts of columbus, ohio, and their little boy dash. Ellie is pregnant with their second child, expected to arrive the first half of november, right around the time of jasons 28th birthday. Nick got to be careful because jordan is going to be planning to throw this one in inside 10 feet. David 185 yards. He has 5iron. Nick no. I think he just blocked it a touch. Jim its not that bad. Really good shot. Nick that is the flattest approach. Its the perfect angle but once again, if jason can just fire it at that golf ball, that will do very nicely. That for me would be the spot to go for. David i had my numbers the wrong way around. This is actually 1 5 for jason. He has 6iron. 198, the shot that jordan just hit. It was 5iron. But 6iron for jason. David looks like hes done just about that. Jim thats going to be a good enough shot to enjoy the walk now. Nick say gday to australia and welcome jday to the major circle. Jim hes a great one to add, isnt he . Nick he sure is. Its what weve been talking about. We had the big three moons ago and now i think were approaching on having another big three in the game of golf. Jim there are others who can wide than circle. Nick i said a couple of years ago big six. Maybe were going for the big six. It would be very impressive for our game. Jim a little walk around whats called sevenmile creek. Theyll emerge at the top and wisconsin will greet the man about to be minted as a major champion. Jim on the bookend majors. These two performances spieth going wire to wire, tying the 72hole augusta scoring record and then here ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the 18th green, from australia, jason day and from dallas, texas, Jordan Spieth jim spieth about to become number one in the world. As soon as he putts out. But days performance, two putts away from becoming the first player in the history of the game to finish a major championship at 20 under par. Nick i hope he does. Two putts, level 67s. Im very proud i shot 18 under at st. Andrews and then tiger shot 25 years ago and then tiger shot 19 under 15 years ago. Its going to take a while before somebody shoots 21 under in a major, im guessing. Jim unless he holes the putt. Could be 20 seconds away. Nick good thinking. How negative of me just to give him a twoputt, sorry. This is so impressive. The two leaders go out on a really difficult day. We werent hamming it up at the start of the show, saying how the breeze was up. The greens were definitely shinier. Hole locations were tough and weve got jordan at four under, jason day at five under today. Jim a look at that family waiting for this to finish. And its a sweet family that leans heavily on colin and lisa. Like a big brother but like a big sister. They look after this two and the day families family travels around the pga tour in an motor home. Inseparable at every tournament. Nick you might be right, jim. [laughter] oh. Jim hes already starting to shea show a lot of emother, which you could see in his eyes when he filed make the putt on the 72nd at st. Andrews. Nick i think he came on a mission after that. I think hes gone. Jim boy, hes worked hard at it, too. And he has often talked about just getting to this very day this point. Wanting to win for his father alvin, who passed away when jason was just 12 years old and the incredible efforts that his mother made to get jason on track and in the proper hands to teach him the game. Off to boarden school. The golf component, seven hours away. Spieths putt. That was a fine effort too. His mom, who sold their house so jason could go to that International School and hook up with colin swatton, his caddie today, and focus not only on his school but his golf. So Jordan Spieth is going to shoot 68 here today. Nick yeah, level 67s for the major. Sorry, jordan you were saying. Jim jordan is going to shoot 68. Nick yeah, and break tigers record. Jim and hes now number one in the world. And hes applauding for jason. As jason steps in to finish it off. Nick i hope he can see the golf ball through the tears. Jim a phenomenal talent and a major champion ian theyve come a long way together, jim, those two. Thats a great story. Jason hey jason come here. Ah. Jason thanks, may. Appreciate it. Thank you. Thanks, mate. Can we go home . Jim dash says can we go home . Nick yes. Jim were going to be taking something with us. It is rather sizable. Good luck. Good stuff. Whoo yeah, man. Awesome. Jim theres tony finau to congratulate him. Ian, how do you quantify this journey for jason day . Ian its difficult to explain, jimmy. Hes come a long way from a humble beginning. And you can tell what it meant to him there at the 18th green. Tears in my eyes too, mate. Jim setting the alltime major championship record in relation to par. 20 under. Its never happened. Gary mccord said it goes back to 1860 and the first open championship. 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And after we close this broadcast, after the presentation of the wanamaker trophy, well be inviting you to join the Cbs Sports Network and the cbs championship clubhouse report. Here is the mercedesbenz shot of the day. Second shot into the 16th. I thought the reaction here was really telling, nick. Nick yeah. Jim just gave the stare over the colin swatton. Lets go to you, david. David thank you, jimmy. Jordan, you didnt quite get it done today but you took a heck of a shot at it. Jordan there wasnt a lot i could do today. I thought with the wind up that four or five might be enough. Turned out jason was really great off the tee and a little too much for me to handle. A couple of those up and down saves were nice to get into solo second and accomplish a goal. David not number one at the pga the world. Thats got to feel pretty good. Jordan it feels unbelievable. I knew when we were walking tomb 18 green, by that time id accepted that jason was going to win and i knew two putts in and we had that goal. What a year its been. David thank you for an unbelievable season. Well done. Jordan thanks, dave. Jim heres a look at those who made the cut in all four major this is year. And Jordan Spieth setting the alltime high watermark of 54 under. Jason day second best at 35 under par. And there were others. Lets give them all credit. I hate to wait until april 7 till the first round of the masters. Thats the next time we have a major championship round. This has been unbelievable. If you cant stand the heat, get off the test track. Get the mercedesbenz youve been burning for at the summer event, going on now at your authorized mercedesbenz dealer. But hurry, offers end august 31st. Rick new club . Todd new set. Check it out. This ones forged titanium. Real bruiser. Ive also got one with tungsten. This one here, 12 hosel adjustments. 12. 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Its time for the presentation. Lets go down to the green. Heres bill macatee. Bill ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the president of the pga of america, from Malone Golf Club in malone, new york, derek sprague. Thank you, bill. Id first like to thank off the wonderful fans who joined us this week at beautiful whistling straits for the 97th pga championship. And now its my honor to recognize our low Club Professional from Quaker Ridge Golf Club in scars dale, new york, please help me in congratulating brian gaffney. And now, on behalf of all pga professionals who teach and grow the game every day, please help me in congratulating the 2015 pga champion, jason day [applause] bill jason, congratulations. It has been quite a journey for you already, hasnt it . Jason its been a long journey. I mean, just i didnt expect to ever go out and be on the pga tour. Im being a little emotional here but its an amazing feeling just the work ive put into my game ever since i was a 12yearold kid and to be able to stand in front of a crowd like this today and win the pga championship is pretty special. Bill weve watched you visualize your shots all week. How does the visualization of this moment compare to the reality . Jason i didnt expect i was going to cry. A lot of emotion has come out just because ive been so close so many times in major championships and just fallen short. Just really close. And to be able to play the way i did today, especially in tough conditions, especially with jordan in my group, i mean i could tell that he was the favorite and you know, just to be able to play the way i did and finish the way i did was just amazing. Bill jordan didnt make it easy on you today. Was there a key moment down the stretch that you felt was essential to wrapping this up . Maybe the second shot at 16 . Jason the second shot at 16 definitely helped but it looked like he had a tough lie, especially on the 16th hole but he got up and down. Hitting the shot at 17 was a big confidence boost to be able to get on the green, twoputt there and hitting a drive down 18 the way i did. Overall im really pleased with how i played. I couldnt ask for anything better and to be able to just finish it off and finish it off in style was just an amazing feeling. Bill congratulations. You are in elite company. Jason day, the 97th pga champion. [applause] jim he may have felt that there were many people pulling for jordan but i got to say, he is enormously popular too, and rightfully so. Nick . What a tournament. What a championship. And that scene at the 18th, ill never forget. Nick that was incredibly special. I want to congratulate jason coming here on a mission to win. I want to congratulate herb kohler, whistling straits. Pga championship and very importantly to me, i want to congratulate jason and justin on their integrity and sportsmanship all day. That was fantastic and all the guys atop the leaderboard. Jim tonight on cbs, 60 minutes, madam secretary. I want to thank our crew for four days of coverage up and down the dunes of whistling straits. Jason day, fully credentialed now as a major champion. With the alltime performance in relation to par. In the history of major championship golf. This truly was a dream born out of a lot of hard work and for a long time. [captioning funded by cbs sports division] [captioning performed by the which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] jim you know, nick, we began by calling this a quest. One that begins as a boy with a bag full of dreams. This one in greensland, australia. The son of alvin and denny. All those countless hours of rehearsal. The little games of make believe. Until one day, it actually comes true. Now we can engrave the name jason day into history. We asked people to tell us something that happened in their past, and something that might happen in their future. The good things were put on yellow magnets, and the bad ones on blue. The results show the past was a pretty even mix of good and bad. Yet the future was almost all good things. Now that youve seen the results of this experiment, what does it mean to you . We all want to think about positive stuff. Realistically, there will be down times. Its great to think optimistically, but lets plan for whatever the future might bring. Prudential, bring your challenges. Get this. I was at my shop tied up with a customer when i realized the time. I had to get to the bank before it closed, so i made a break for it. When i got out it was almost closing time. Traffic was bad. I knew i was cutting it close. But it was ok. I use td bank. Its got the longest hours and stays open an extra ten minutes every day. Im sid. And i bank human at td bank. Captioning funded by cbs and ford cooper you want the company to remove all the flooring. . Every single board, at their cost, and replace it with clean flooring. Cooper hes talking about Lumber Liquidators, americas largest retailer of Hardwood Flooring and the subject of a 60 minutes investigation after we got a tip the companys chinesemade laminate flooring contained unsafe levels of a cancer causing chemical. It was so high, in fact, that one of our test labs thought their machine was broken. Cooper the lab itself . The upper limit of the radar gun and they thought it was broken. Pelley the 500 Million National museum of African American history and culture is rising on the national mall. The complexion will be rendered in shades of bronze, a building of color, against historys white marble. This is not the museum of tragedy. It is not museum of difficult moments. It is the museum that says, here is a balanced history of america that allows us to cry and smile. Ive done close to 150 expeditions, and as i look back upon my history, the most important discoveries were the ones that i didnt know were there. Logan bob ballard discovered the titanic in 1985, and as youll see tonight, he hasnt stopped exploring. Oh, i love that. Logan when youre operating 2,000 feet beneath the sea, you never know what youll find. Oh, beautiful. Oh, wow. Holy cow. Wow logan . Or what will find you. Kroft im steve kroft. Stahl im lesley stahl. Cooper im anderson cooper. Whitaker im bill whitaker. Logan im lara logan. Pelley im scott pelley. Those stories tonight on 60 minutes. This is my body of proof. Proof of less joint pain. And clearer skin. This is my body of proof that i can fight Psoriatic Arthritis from the inside out. With humira. Humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to both joint and skin symptoms. Its proven to help relieve pain, stop further joint damage and clear skin in many adults. Doctors have been prescribing humira for nearly 10 years. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis serious,sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened, as have blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. Before treatment, get tested for tb. Tell your doctor if youve been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if youve had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flulike symptoms or sores. Dont start humira if you have an infection. Visit humira. Com and talk to your rheumatologist. Humira. This is a body of proof cooper Lumber Liquidators is the largest retailer of Hardwood Flooring in north america, with over 360 stores in 46 states and revenues of more than a billion dollars a year. But hardwood isnt the only product they sell. More than 100 million square feet of the companys cheaper laminate flooring is installed in American Homes every year. Lumber liquidators is a u. S. Company, but much of its laminate flooring is made in china. And as we discovered when we first reported this story in march, it may fail to meet health and Safety Standards because it contains high levels of formaldehyde, a known cancer causing chemical. Lumber liquidators has insisted ever since our report that its chinesemade laminate flooring is safe, but it doesnt appear that way based on what we learned from our own reporting, and from the work of people like denny larson. You want the company to remove all the flooring . Denny larson every single board. At their cost and replace it cooper how much is that going to a cost . Larson you know what . I dont care. Selling people product that could make them sick. Cooper these worried california homeowners, who arent waiting for lumber they are ripping up their floors now. But many cant afford to replace the flooring on their own. Larson they dont know what to do. They have flooring that they think is making them sick. Cooper California Environmental activist denny larson teamed up with richard drury, a prominent environmental attorney, to test Lumber Liquidators chinesemade laminate flooring. Do you have any idea how much of this wood is in peoples homes right now . Richard drury we believe there are probably tens of thousands of households in california that have installed Lumber Liquidators chinese laminates that may exceed the formaldehyde standards. Cooper nationwide . Drury nationwide, its probably hundreds of thousands. Cooper drury and larson bought more than 150 boxes of laminate flooring at stores around california and sent them to three certified labs for a the results . While laminate flooring from home depot and lowes had acceptable levels of formaldehyde, as did Lumber Liquidators americanmade laminates, every single sample of chinesemade laminate flooring from Lumber Liquidators failed to meet california formaldehyde emissions margin. Drury the average level in Lumber Liquidators products that we found was over six to seven times above the state standard for formaldehyde. And we found some that were close to 20 times above the level thats allowed to be sold. Cooper that sounds like a huge amount. Drury its a startling amount. It was so high, in fact, that one of our test labs thought their machine was broken. Cooper the lab itself thought. Larson it hit the upper limit on the radar gun. And they thought it was broken. Philip landrigan its not a safe level, its a level that the u. S. E. P. A. Calls polluted indoor conditions. Cooper would you want that in your home . Landrigan no. Cooper dr. Philip landrigan of new yorks mt. Sinai hospital specializes in environmental pediatrics and exposure to toxic chemicals. Hes talking about the results of another kind of test drury and larson conducted measuring the concentration of formaldehyde emissions coming off the laminates into the air of a typical home. Landrigan i would say long term exposure at that level would be risky because it would increase the risk for chronic respiratory irritation, change in a persons lung function, increased risk of asthma. Its not going to produce symptoms in everybody, but children will be the people most likely to show symptoms at that sort of level. Cooper children are featured prominently in Lumber Liquidators ads, and the company likes to promote the donations of flooring they make to habitat for humanity, Ronald Mcdonald house charities, schools, and community centers. Trust the people over two millions families trust. The flooring experts at Lumber Liquidators. Cooper and on their website, Lumber Liquidators promises that all of their flooring meets or exceeds rigorous emissions standards. And they say we not only comply with laws, we exceed them. Is that true . Drury that is not a true statement. Cooper is it legal to sell these boxes of wood in california . Drury no, it is not. It is illegal to sell these boxes of wood in california. We hope that they will not sell these products anywhere in the nation, because they are above the healthbased standards that the state has set. Cooper drury and larson, who are backed by short sellers a group of wall Street Investors who are betting the company is overvalued have sued Lumber Liquidators, accusing them of violating californias toxic warning statute. Drury has also launched a Class Action Lawsuit against the company. It is legal for flooring to contain formaldehyde. The chemical is present in some of the cheap glues used in factories like this one in china. Investigators hired by 60 minutes. Formaldehyde is in the glues used to bind wood particles together to make the core boards in laminate flooring. The laminated top, which covers the core board, keeps most of the formaldehyde emissions trapped inside. But formaldehyde does leak into the air. How much is inhaled by homeowners depends on how much formaldehyde is in the glue and how much ventilation is in the home. Larson youre in a chamber, so youre living with it. Youre sleeping in there. And youre constantly exposed. Thats the threat. The constant exposure to a potent carcinogen over a long period of time. Cooper because formaldehyde can cause Myeloid Leukemia and nasopharengeal cancer at high levels and respiratory issues as well as eye, nose, and throat irritation at even low levels, california has strict standards for how much of the chemical the core boards in laminate flooring can emit. Every box of laminate flooring Lumber Liquidators sells carries this label, stating its carb phase two compliant. Carb is an acronym for the California Air Resources Board, which sets strict standards for formaldehyde emissions in wood flooring. Congress adopted californias limits when it passed the formaldehyde standards act in 2010. That law is scheduled to take effect nationwide this year. Drury and larson only had wood tested that was being sold in california. But we wondered if the chinese made laminate flooring that Lumber Liquidators is selling nationwide also has high levels of formaldehyde. So we went to stores in virginia. Florida. Texas. Illinois. And new york. And bought 31 boxes of it. We sent the samples for testing at two certified labs. It turns out of the 31 samples of chinesemade laminate flooring, only one was compliant with formaldehyde emissions standards. Some were more than 13 times over the california limit. Both labs told us they had never seen formaldehyde levels that high. But when we took those test results to Lumber Liquidators founder and chairman tom sullivan, he refused to accept the methodology as valid and points out the company is not required by law to test their finished products like we did. Tom sullivan its not a realworld test of the laminate; its not the way its used. Cooper you say you dont believe in this test, but what you believe doesnt really matter its what the California Air Resources Board believes. And they believe in this test. Sullivan we will do whatever the regulations are. Cooper i just dont understand how a group can do tests on your chinesemade laminates and every single one of those failed to meet the emissions standards. Sullivan people have Different Reasons for this test. This is a group of lawyers who are suing us selling short on our stock. Cooper but the short sellers are not conducting this test, its these certified labs. Sullivan but it started with short sellers. Cooper one of the first people to raise questions about Lumber Liquidators back in 2013 was Whitney Tilson, a wall street hedge fund manager. He has shorted the companys stock but is not involved in any lawsuits against it. Whitney tilson in 16 years of professional money management, ive seen hundreds of companies do all sorts of bad things to get their stock prices up. But this has got to be the worst. Cooper Whitney Tilson studies the workings of companies hes interested in investing in, and he noticed the Profit Margins at Lumber Liquidators seemed unusually high compared to its competitors. Tilson when you see a commodity business suddenly double its Profit Margins, that raises red flags. Cooper because its hard to have your profit margin double in two years . Tilson exactly. Its almost unprecedented for a company. Cooper based on those profits, Lumber Liquidators stock price had gone from 13 a share in 2011 to 119 in 2013. Tilson suspected the Company Might be breaking the law. He learned there was already a federal investigation looking into the company for allegedly buying timber illegally logged in russia. U. S. Agents raided Lumber Liquidators headquarters in september of 2013. The Company Denies buying illegally logged wood but admits that the department of justice is seeking criminal charges against them. Six months after he bet millions the stock would go down, Whitney Tilson got tipped off by someone familiar with Lumber Liquidators operations in china, who said he was missing the bigger story. Tilson the much bigger story, he said, is that Lumber Liquidators was almost certainly purchasing formaldehydetainted laminated flooring in china. Cooper why would Lumber Liquidators purchase wood thats tainted with formaldehyde . Tilson the answer is greed, plain and simple. Its cheaper and net, it reduces the cost by about 10 . Cooper which in a business with these kinds of Profit Margins, 10 means its a lot of money . Tilson its enormous. Sullivan our goal is to sell a good product at a good price. And we dont get the price by skimping on anything. We get the price by low overhead, huge volume, and being very efficient at what we do. And were never going to a sell something unsafe. Cooper do you trust your mills in china . Sullivan we do. We have inspectors that double check them. The mills are licensed by california. The chinese mills we deal with in the laminates are licensed by california. Cooper when you say its licensed by california, what that really means is california says this mill is capable of making carb 2 compliant product. California is not saying every out of this mill is carb 2 compliant. Sullivan but our specs are to make it to california standards. Cooper but for months, we had been hearing from former Lumber Liquidators employees, suppliers, and industry competitors that their chinese made laminates are not being made to california standards. So we sent our investigators undercover to the city of changzhou, the laminate flooring capital of the world. Posing as buyers, and using hidden cameras, the investigators visited three different mills that manufacture laminates for Lumber Liquidators. Employees at the mills openly admitted that they use core boards with higher levels of formaldehyde to make Lumber Liquidators laminates, saving the company ten to 15 on the price. At all three mills, they also admitted falsely labeling the companys laminate flooring as carb 2, meaning it meets california formaldehyde emissions standards, and the new u. S. Federal law. At this factory, the general manager told investigators Lumber Liquidators is one of their biggest customers. This is a bestseller for Lumber Liquidators. For Lumber Liquidators . Yeah . Yeah. How long have you been selling this . From last year. Is this carb 2 . Compliant with california law. But listen to what the general manager told us. No, no, no. I have to be honest with you. Its not carb 2. Can i get carb 2 . Yes, you can. Its just the price issue. We can make carb 2 but it would be very expensive. Cooper and thats the same thing the Undercover Team was told at all three mills they visited. All this stuff here, Lumber Liquidators. All their labeling is carb 2, right . But its not carb 2 . Not carb 2. Cooper remember, Lumber Liquidators founder and chairman tom sullivan says that he trusts the chinese mills his company uses. Employees at all three mills told us the laminates they make are not carb 2 compliant. I want you to look at this. We shared some of our hidden camera footage with him. Sullivan i dont know the whole situation here. I will guarantee well be in that mill tomorrow and test it. And that is not anything we can condone in any way, to save a cent. Cooper this concerns you . Sullivan yeah, yeah, of course. Cooper is this acceptable to you . Sullivan if its true, no. Cooper all three mills told us they falsely label your products as carb 2 compliant thats cheating. Sullivan that would be if thats true. Cooper nobodys ever reported this to you . Sullivan again, we will investigate it. If there is anything going on, we will stop it immediately. I dont know if its true or not. I dont know what the whole story is, but we will investigate it immediately. Cooper it certainly calls into question not just these question your oversight of these mills. Sullivan it could, yes. Cooper two months after we first broadcast this story, Lumber Liquidators pulled all flooring from the market nationwide. Also since then, the chief executive officer resigned and the chief Financial Officer was replaced. The chief merchandising officer, who was in charge of sourcing from china, was fired. Multiple state and federal investigations are underway by agencies including the Consumer Product safety commission, the California Air Resources Board, and the department of justice. This past week, a spokesman for the company said Lumber Liquidators has taken and continues to take significant steps to investigate these issues and reassure our customers. Cbs money watch update brought to you in part by glor good evening. Germanys Angela Merkel said debt to be cut. Dish network and sinclair broadcast agreed to a shortterm contract extension as talks continue. And fed minutes on wednesday could offer new clues about a potential september rate hike. Im jeff glor, cbs news. Dunkin donuts kcups are available here at the grocery store. And people seem to be really excited about it. Like, really excited. Have a good one. New Dunkin Donuts kcup pods are here, available where you buy groceries. Pelley 400 years have passed since americas original sin, and still, riots are ignited in the friction between race and justice. As this debate continues, the smithsonian is completing a monumental project, the 500 Million National museum of African American history and culture. The idea was authorized by an act of congress, which called it a tribute to the negros contribution to the achievements of america. The words are jarring because the act was written in 1929. As we first told you last spring, building this museum has been a long struggle, just like the story it hopes to tell. Beside the monument to washington, a slaveholding president , the museum is breaking free of the ground on the malls last five acres. Eight decades after congress framed a museum on paper, and then failed to fund it, the dream is being written, this time in steel and stone ten floors five above ground, five below; its complexion, rendered in shades of bronze, a building of color against historys white marble. Youve been at this nine years now. Its a big job. Lonnie bunch well, as i tell people, at 8 00 in the morning, i have the best job in america, and at 2 00 in the morning, its the dumbest thing ive ever done in my life. This is a Romare Bearden from the 1950s. Pelley sleepless nights are all in a days work for the museums founding director, lonnie bunch, a scholar of the 19th century. Bunch clearly, this is. Ought to be one of those moments where people are going to sort of reflect, pause. What does it mean once we open . What does it mean in terms of Development Opportunities . Pelley in 2003, president bush signed the law creating the museum. Congress put up 250 million, and bunch has raised most of another 250 million. Bunch i knew that this is where this museum would have to be, that this is americas front lawn, and this is the place where people come to learn what it means to be an american, and this museum needs to be there. Pelley so, were on the ground floor. This is where the visitors will come in. This will be their First Experience in the museum. So, whats going to be here . Bunch they will walk in either from the mall or from constitution ave, and they will run into amazing pieces of africanamerican art. Pelley when all of this is finally complete, what will america have . Bunch america will have a place that allows them to remember to remember how much we as a country have been improved, changed, challenged, and made better by the African American experience. Theyll have a place that they can call home, but theyll also have a place that will make them change. Pelley but even this place is only space until you fill it. Oh, my goodness. Now, did somebody already look at some of these things for you . No. No . pelley seven years ago, the smithsonian began rummaging the attics and basements of america. This may have marked a milestone in his life. And what we dont know is what that was. But at least it gives me something i can investigate. Pelley 3,000 people brought their Family History to 16 smithsonian events across the country. Mary elliott and this is the early free black family based out of baltimore . Yes. Pelley it sounds like antiques roadshow. Nancy bercaw it is like antiques roadshow. Pelley mary elliott and nancy bercaw are curators. Elliott we have experts from across the museum field. Experts in conservation. Experts who understand about paper, about metals, about you name it fabrics, textiles. And they come in and they review objects for the public. The coating on this is in pretty good condition. Some of that looks like its dried out a little bit. And dont put it near the air conditioning unit because that will dry it out too much. Pelley how do you convince someone to give up a priceless family heirloom . Bercaw do you know what . Our museum pitches itself. All we have to do is tell the absolute honest truth. People have been waiting for us. People in america have been waiting for this moment. And so, literally, they just hand us things. Elliot and were very excited like you are. Pelley thousands of relics were examined, but only 25 will be in the collection. This is one of them. Renee anderson this was actually a connection we made with the family. Mr. Jesse burke was an enslaved man, and he was charged with playing this violin and entertaining the slave holder and his guest. Pelley this is the smithsonians warehouse in maryland, where the story is being written. And these are a few of the lines. Received by grigsby e. Thomas, the sum of 350 in full payment for a negro boy by the name of jim, about ten years old, this 31st day of december, 1835. Jim would have been familiar with these shackles dating before 1860, bondage that might have been broken if the keeper of this bible had succeeded in his bloody rebellion. Nat turner had said that god commanded him to break the chains. His bible was taken away before his execution. Paul gardullo is a leader of the curating team. Paul gardullo i think many of us who know the story of slavery know about nat turner; know about nat turner from the perspective of perhaps a freedom fighter, perhaps a murderer. Well, we know this is a religious person. That, and those ideas, suddenly, the person of nat turner and your understandings of nat turner take on a whole new light. And i look to do that again and again, ways that we can see wellworn stories, stories we think we know, in a new light. Pelley you may think you know the story of a boy murdered for whistling at a white woman, until you are confronted with his casket. Bunch the story of emmett till is a crucially important story in terms of what it tells us, both about sort of reinvigorating the civil rights movement, but also its a story of his mother, mamie mobley, who was really one of the most powerful people, who said that her sons murder should not be in vain, that it should help to transform america. Pelley no one was punished for the murder of emmett till. His body was exhumed in a later investigation, and the original casket was neglected. Bunch but then the question

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