Anytime soon either. Progress. We have to go forward well, you can make it come back if you restrict peoples ability to vote and control their reproduction. [laughter] and thats what the fight is right now. Were at the heart of it. Were at the heart of, you know [inaudible conversations] i think weve got time for one more. Wheres my timer . I have a san antonio question. The Economic Innovation Group came out with a study recently talking about income inequality, and san antonio is one of those places where theyre side by side, some of the worst poverty and well off. And i was thinking about your point about women having children out of wedlock more and more. And i think historically weve always been taught to think thats a bad thing, thats something that we need to help those women not do. Just like we need to improve the educational system and everything. Are we thinking about this wrongly . I believe that we are. I am, however, a lefty feminist. [laughter] it is conservative dogma,
Africanamerican politics and culture. This is about an hour and 45 minutes. Sixth session,he internationalize asian of africanamerican politics and culture. I learned this morning that there was some confusion in the mandate to my panel and i think that may have been the case with others. So a number of people have rather more full documents and have now geared them back. One of them was really quite wonderful and would have been a history of internationalism in africa from the battle to the end of apartheid, and that would have been splendid. It prompts me to say what i thought i would say about what is not for this morning i thought one of the things we would wish to entertain what had been the pan african movement. The seven Pan African Congress es, with the fifth meeting in manchester, england with all the cast of characters. At that point, what had been a concept, and ideology became a moving phenomenon that would have literal impact in the history coming with colonization. It goe
American history. The opening session is on africanamericans and religion. While we wait for the conference to begin, a look at a 2011 trip to a storage site in a washington, d. C. Suburb with the director of the Smithsonian National museum of African American history and culture. He showed us some of the artifacts that will be on display in the new museum, opening on the national mall, september 24, 2016. Right now, we are in the Storage Units of the National Museum of African American history and culture. In essence, this is the heart of the museum of. Because whats behind me, and what we will see today are many of the objects that are going to be the soul of this museum. This is an opportunity to sort of preview some of the material that the public will see when the museum opens in stores. The story of the africanamerican experience is both a story of resiliency at achievement, but its also a story of struggle. Parts ofe hard exploring this history is that were athe people who the w
And Historic Preservation and interpretation, and about how African American history fits into the larger narrative of american history. Next, the opening session on African American religion. This event was cohosted by the Smithsonian Museum of African American history and culture and the american historical association. It is an hour and 40 minutes. Thank you for joining us on this rainy day in washington, d. C. This panel attempts to answer the simple but complex question, what is African American religion . , at leastn america the vast majority, were chattel to be bought and sold, exploited, and often cast aside when every ounce of value had been extracted an. But unlike the livestock listed alongside them at state inventories and at auction, this peculiar brand of property sought to preserve their humanity. In their relationships with each other, in the establishment and operation of their social institutions, and especially in their sacred beliefs. Percentof african adopted a bel
He talks about the awardwinning documentaries his students have made including several prizewinners from cspans student competition. Mr. Lamb clifton raphael. Why did you leave broadcasting to Teach High School . Mr. Raphael well, there are two answers to that, so i will do the first part which is why i left broadcasting. I was in local television. I will give you an example of a story from local tv. Now, let me preface this by saying, i loved the people i worked with. They were some of the smartest, funniest people i have ever known. Mr. Lamb where . Mr. Raphael first in lynchburg, virginia and then in memphis, tennessee. One day, and i was a newscast director and directed a number of things including studio wrestling. You could have me on a totally different show. I was in the control room about 4 00. We had a 5 00 newscast getting ready for the news and we have to do a news breakin. A small plane crashing in memphis. There is nobody famous in it, nobody terribly important, no big de