Deny any of your fellow americans the right to vote in this country. [applause] there is no issue of states rights or national rights. There is only the struggle for human rights. [applause] i have not the slightest doubt what will be your answer. The last time a president sent a civil rights bill to the congress, it contained a provision to protect Voting Rights in federal elections. That civil rights bill was passed after eight long months of debate. When that built into my desk from the congress for my signature, the heart of the voting provision had been eliminated. This time, on this issue, there must be no delay or no hesitation, or no compromise without purpose. [applause] we cannot, we must not, refuse to protect the right of every american to vote in every election he may desire to participate in. [applause] and we cannot and must not wait another eight months before we get a bill. [applause] we have already waited 100 years and more. And the time for waiting is gone. [applaus
The mensa patient proclamation was the emancipation proclamation was signed into law of 1862 to go into effect january 1, 1863 but the words and the enforcement of the emancipation proclamation did not go into effect here in the south until 2. 5 years after the effective date. Africanamerican slaves could not read. It was against the law for them to be able to read so i dont think they knew about it. The union troops arrived in galveston on june the 18th, 1865. There was 2000 union soldiers. Some of the slaves, one heard they were free, were jubilant and others were depressed because they had never been on their own. They did not have a place to go. They did not have any money to purchase anything. A lot of the slaves stayed at the First Baptist church which was established in 1840. Where we are at is ashton villa which was the first brick mansion constructed on galveston island. It was constructed in 1859. This place also served as the residence for the Confederate Army and later Gord
Diane cho picks up the story after speaking with a lot of those people in those cars. As you can see behind me two lanes in this southbound direction are getting by here on 95. As you can see, traffic is slow getting around this area where the tanker overturned on 95 near 198. Earlier this morning, we were told the backup in this southbound direction is backed up for miles because of the accident. Of course, we are going into rush hour now so it may not get too much better out here. When the lanes were shut down earlier southbound traffic was being detoured on to contera drive and back on to 95. A few people were stuck in traffic today trying to head north which was reopened by the early afternoon. Were coming up from florida after a wonderful, wonderful vacation heading to home to new jersey. And all the backups, got on our iphones modern technology my husband said we go here, here and there. And hour later were back on 95. And once again, two lanes are now getting by in the southboun
Mountain Thomas Jefferson and his slaves. It is a subject, which the Thomas Jefferson foundation has been a pioneer in researching and present a largely the collected essays published earlier this year by the university of virginia press. Theyre entitled by virtue my happiness, slavery of Thomas Jeffersons monticello is regarded as an authority on the subject. The book was released to coincide with an exhibit on slavery of monticello in the Smithsonian National museum of African American history which is cocurated by the staff of the Thomas Jefferson foundation. 70 of the descendents of those commemorated attended the opening night. After 50 years of archaeological and historical research, Thomas Jefferson foundation is now in the next phase of interpretation and restoration project funded by the National Endowment of humanities by private reports that the project is called the landscape of slavery, mulberry road in monticello, which includes creation of many exhibits, key sites, a web
He came to the president ial museum in 1996. Since that is up curator and shape over 70 including centennial of president mrs. Ford. The core exhibit in 1997 and 2016. He has a bachelors degree of history and science from oklahomas Baptist University where he served as adjunct professor teaching American History and ancient history. Donna welcome are you with us . I am thank you for having me. Excellent how are you doing . More importantly how is the staff . Are you guys reopen theres a lot of energy to get all of these museums reopen how are things there . We hope to share some the energy and soon. Library is in phase one. Some are returning and doing more on site. The museum continues at zero. The numbers are training our way. We hope in short order to be in a position we can reopen the doors to the public. We are excited because just this last weekend we were open in washington d. C. The headquarters were the rotunda on saturday and sunday were testing all the systems here in washin