So if youre on that side of the street you look over and say, hey what is that . Positioning the sculptures where visibilityws greater. As you enter from the west side you come inrth end, on axis with that brothers in arms sculpture. You can see it all the way down the street. From the elevation perspective having the raised park will allow people, especially in the winter, to see down pennsylvania avenue. They will make that connection with the rest of the street where they cant now. If we can get people into the , they will see it and see out, they will have a greater connection with the urban area. Elevated space with greenery. The idea is we are doing figures to create a sense of elevated humanity. Going on from that. Now we have to get this done. What is coming next is we have to meet with the centennial agencies we need to meet with. Address their concerns. So we can create something that answers not only how we would come to the table but also elevates to a higher level artistic
Books in the rack outside the pump. , found crosbys motel in pensacola, florida. My parents owned the first fully accredited africanamerican owned travel agency in the united states. They were able to convince people over time. It took many groups and eventually thousands of people. Between the fighting, the dogs, the people that had died for the right for us to stay anywhere. [applause] is my pleasure to introduce Calvin Ramsey. An author, photographer, and playwright whose works has been shown around the country, showing the light on missing pages of africanAmerican History. His plays bring the audience closer to truth. ,is first play the green book had its premiere. It then one recognition as a finalist in the last frontier contest in alaska where it was critiqued by playwrights and directors. The success was well above other critically acclaimed work, of theng his exploration career of an africanamerican actor and civil rights activist. He has been on the collection of thelibrary i
This wasnt a history that you could find. Betty at first was surprised there was such a thing as a black marine. You dont believe it, ask a tuskegee airman. Hell tell you. Victor green was a mailman for 40 years, lived in harlem, lived right across the street from duke ellington. Victor green was a man with a seventh grade education yet he put together a publication that touched all aspects of life. My parents liked to travel. They figured that was helpful for our education. The thing was, finding the black section of town and you used the green book to find places to eat so i always knew that we couldnt stay places. Mr. Green was distinguished and even as a child, a very lovely man, and i would say it was unusual to have a black client working with a white printer. The green book, my dad found what was the first place that he could stay between new orleans and the end of the drive for that first day. And the next day we drove all the way to miami and we stayed at the Lord Calvert Hote
[video clip] where are you from . New york city, manhattan. My parents lived in our home when i was born. Lived in harlem when i was born. I lived and moved in queens. Your parents met here . They met in kansas, where my mother lived, and my mother grew the up. During world war ii, my father was stationed there. That is when they met. Then my father was sent to france, and when the war was over they got married and moved to new york. And that is where i was born. At the Womans Hospital . The Womans Hospital, which is no longer there, near columbia university. And your family would go back south for holidays and summer vacations, weddings and funerals, things like that . You go south to her three times a year. We would go for thanksgiving, holidays mainly. Christmas, and we would visit my mothers family in kansas. This was before interstate highways as well. To lane, blacktop highway spread exactly. Mountains of west virginia. What about food . Issue spend a lot of time cooking . Yes, w
Drugsment not to tolerate. Wont you join us in this great new National Crusade . President reagan god bless you and good night. A 25yearold architect in training was named a finalist in an International Competition to design the world war i memorial in washington. , heully realize his vision invited bedroom he invited veteran classical sculpture to join him. The Centennial Commission announced in january. They talked with American History tv about the ideas behind the memorial which commemorates the wars centennial and the 5 million americans who served. It will be built entirely with private donations. It is a short walk from the white house. The way it is set up is to relate to the context. On the eastern side having the plaza. On the western side having the sherman memorial. How do you get people from this part into that part . How do they see the park from each of those places . As you walk along the sidewalk from Freedom Plaza over there, that becomes the line that draws you into