Preserve such places for current and future generations. This discussion was part of the association for the study of africanamerican life and history annual meeting. Hello, and welcome. Hello and welcome to the association for the study of africanamerican life and historys 104th annual conference. We have of people moving, how the National Park service and preservation is how the story of black migration. My name is madeline, and the Senior Executive assistant at the National Parks conservation association. Louder . Is that better . Sorry about that. Im so proud to be with you this afternoon. On behalf of teresa and the president and ceo, thank you for taking the time to join us and welcome. For those of you not familiar with the National Parks conservation association, we have been a powerful independent voice working to strengthen and protect americas National Parks for 100 years. Through a nationwide network of offices, and with more than 1. 3 million members and supporters, npca s
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Cspan now, our free mobile video app or online at cspan. Org. Well, now on American History tv, were going to talk about Historic Preservation. I want to introduce you to jordan tannenbaum, the vice chair of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Mr. Tannenbaum, what is that organization . The Advisory Council of Historic Preservation is an independent federal agency, part of the executive branch. It was it is was created by the preservation act of 1956 and celebrated an anniversary. It is a Regulatory Agency and as we will see, have responsibilities not only in that area, but also to advise the president and congress on matters concerning preservation policy. The regulatory section is called section 106 and that is a requirement that all federal agencies have to request the to take into account the impact of their projects, of their undertakings and thats broadly construed, licensed in connection, nexus in any way, that they have to take that into account if theyre going to ha
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Kelly is with us. For the last segments, we will dive deeper into Robert Oppenheimer and the history of the Manhattan Project. We will get to your organization, but for the film, are you surprised a film about Robert Oppenheimer has become this Big Box Office draw in the United States . Guest this was my hope. I saw what happened with World War Ii History when Steven Spielberg came out with saving private ryan. Before that there was a World War Ii Commission trying to raise money for this big monument on the mall and they were getting nowhere. That film came out and galvanize the american audience. It taught them of history in a dramatic way that they had not heard before. They raise that money, not only did they raise all of the money for the monument, but money for keeping it maintained for posterity. It was a game changer. Books came out and so forth. We have needed a book a movie like that for the Manhattan Project. I have been working on this for 25 years. There have been great bo