The gulf and massive wind and you may be able to hear the heavy winds in the background through the window. We are pretty safe in the distant this is a historic event for us. We are told that it is tied for the worst hurricane that has ever hit our state in recorded history. Its pretty massive, the damage is widespread. We dont have many fatalities, if any yet area if any yet. This is a big one. We prepared as best we could, but there will be damage and things to recover from for quite some time. Host how is the district responding . Rep. Johnson what i always say about folks in louisiana is we are a tough and resilient people and we do Disaster Recovery well. One is extraordinary. We had calls with fema and the National Hurricane center and they projected yesterday that we would have thousands of homes and businesses destroyed in our area by today, because they were measuring waves as high as 40 in the gulf and massive wind and rain. Hotels were set up statewide to accommodate the eva
With teachers and relatives and at 14 she went to work in another womans house taking care of that womans children and she served as an example as a mother. She was loving and attentive and involved and caring. Cspan what about your dad . He had a different kind of upbringing both of his families had come to this country is young children. They were intent upon working hard his mother was a strongwilled woman. One of the things i learned the last several years is that my grandmother who died when i was quite young insisted always using her maiden name as well so hannah jones bottom. Rodham. Cspan what would have both of them do for a living . Im with the was a homemaker my father had a small business. He was the only. Employee but he came close to one man who was a continuing employee but my mother would help out. My brothers and i would help out. Righto you had two brothers. Guest two younger brothers. Cspan u. N. Tony . How much younger with you then you . Guest hugh was four years y
Professor taylor focuses on the 1954 u. S. Supreme Court Decision in brown v. Board of education, the integration of a high school in little rock, arkansas, and the 1960 sit in at a lunch counter in greensboro, North Carolina. Folks, welcome to this class in africanAmerican History. Were going Movement Origin our discussion of the Civil Rights Movement tonight. For those of you in this room who know who i am, but for others im Quintard Taylor and im a professor of history, American History at the university of washington. Ok, well get started. Last time last week we talked about world war ii and one of the things that i tried to emphasize was the fact that ordinary people were becoming much more militants or militant or aggressive in defending their civil rights. Im going to continue that theme tonight and, indeed, i think its even more so the case in the 1950s and 1960s that ordinary people became the engines of the Civil Rights Movement. We tend to think about the Civil Rights Moveme
Weekend in the bay area. A cooler start today. Thats today. How about what happened on this date 35 years ago . [music playing]. Today is the 35th anniversary of live aid. Freddie mercury performed with the rest of queen during that iconic set. Live aid was watched by 2 billion people worldwide when it was broadcast back in 1985. Welcome to that 9. Other big performances included Paul Mccartney as well as you to. I will say and i remember watching this at home. Freddie mercury with a great performance. A lot of pressure on queen. They had an album that failed back in 1982 in here they were in 1985 in making this come back. A lot of people said, can you prove it and do it . He took the challenge and took the stage. Will start with you claudine. He wanted to nail it and he did kneel that performance. When you watch it still and video its Pretty Amazing to watch the energy that flows through. The Freddie Mercury story is so amazing in his voice and talent is so incredible. I was watching
Emphasize was the fact that ordinary people were becoming much more militant and aggressive in defending their civil rights. Im going to continue that theme tonight and, indeed, i think its even more so the case in the 1950s and 1960s that ordinary people became the engines of the Civil Rights Movement. We tend to think about the Civil Rights Movement as Martin Luther king, jr. , fanny hammer and largerthanlife figures. The Civil Rights Movement was made up by ordinary people including and youll find out tonight a lot of College Students. A lot of College Students. In fact, in some ways the driving force of the Civil Rights Movement came from people who were probably no older than you in this room. I want you to remember that. College students were the main force in terms of the Civil Rights Movement. Okay. I want us to keep that in mind when we talk of the evolution of this movement. Ill begin the lecture by discussing the decade of the 1950s because the 1950s really provide, i think,