Head quarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester hold. Good evening. With the stroke of a pen, South Carolinas governor just a few hours ago signed the law that will bring the confederate battle flag down once and for all. It follow as hardfought and emotional battle that went to the wee hours of morning with a hate motivated attack on members of a black church in charleston. It doesnt remove racial divides or bring back the nine lives taken but those who fought for the removal believes it makes a powerful statement, rippling to the halls of congress tonight. We start with ron allen. Reporter with the stroke of nine pens one for each worshipper killed at motheren manuel church nikki haley signed a bill that will remove the plag from the confederate grounds. Im proud to say that it is a great day in South Carolina. Reporter history after an extraordinary 12hour debate by lawmakers about heritage hate and the flag. I cannot believe that we do not have the heart in this body
Nightly news with lester hold. Good evening. With the stroke of a pen, South Carolinas governor just a few hours ago signed the law that will bring the confederate battle flag down from the state capital grounds once and for all. It follow as hardfought and emotional battle that went to the wee hours of morning with a hate motivated attack on members of a black church in charleston. Removing the flag doesnt heal racial divide or bring back the nine lives taken but those who fought for the removal believes it makes a powerful statement, one that is already rippling to the halls of congress tonight. We start with ron allen. Reporter with the stroke of nine pens, one for each worshipper killed at mother emanuel church, governor nikki haley signed a bill that will remove the flag from the state house grounds. Im proud to say that it is a great day in South Carolina. Reporter history after an extraordinary 12hour debate by lawmakers about heritage, hate and the flag. I cannot believe that w
What parents are saying tonight about the arrest of a counselor charged with sexual abusing a minor here at an exclusive local camp. Plus, millions of federal workers, their information already stolen. What some in congress tonight want to give them free for life. News4 at 11 starts now. New reaction from parents tonight about the arrest of a Camp Counselor in Montgomery County. Jose valenzuela is charged tonight with sexual abuse of a minor. His accuser, a student at the holton arms creative summer camp. News4s chris gordon outside the school tonight with more on these charges. Chris . Reporter well, the camp is called creative summer. And what police say happened here has created a reaction bordering on disbelief. When parents picked up their campers they learned that a counselor was arrested for sexual abusing a minor. Thats awful. Ive been sending my kids here since they were 3 years old. Thats incredibly surprising. Reporter 43yearold jose valenzuela, known as jolly, taught magic
I am an assistant professor of history at the university of maryland. Im going to be chairing the panel. Im going to offer some brief comments, some thoughts and questions i had to start generating conversation. Our threeto introduce presenters. If we are going to go in the order they appear on the program. They will speak for roughly 20 minutes. Our first presenter is going to be Graham Hodges. He has written on africanamericans and labor in new york city. He has written a political biography on underground railroad activities. He is working on a book and we will hear his ideas about the the secondrea printer is going to be as associate professor of history at northwestern university. U. S. After the war and emancipation. Our third presenter is going to be philip prop. Troutman. He is working on a project that essentially explores of the literature and the images of radical antislavery during the antebellum period. We will hear about his approach that combination of literature and ima
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