Representing the narrative arc of the popular story of the civil rights movie. We are going back to our topic of origin points, with the objective of putting those events and contacts, but also troubling the idea of them as origin points. Last week we discussed brown v. Board of education, the decision, response, the impact, and also the legacy. I want to talk more about the legacy as we go forward. We will not do that today. Spent time we talking about the emmett till case, the lynching of emmett till in august of 1955. We used a mix of secondary and primary sources to consider how ideologies of race, gender and justice impacted that case and the lived experience of the people in the case. I wanted to take a moment to pull out and say that this week, what happens this week that is of significance in relationship to the emmett till case. Anybody paying attention . Yeah . Ahead. Student [indiscernible] legislation. Prof. Greer they passed the emmett till antilynching act, it designates
I always like to ask this question. How many of you have been here before . Show of hands . All right. Everybody. Great. Welcome back to the museum. Always like to make a shoutout when i see mr. Richard lions in the audience. The reason we are here in this space is because mr. Lyons made an incredible discover in the 90s that saved the building from being torn down. Always like a round of applause for mr. Lyons for his discovery. This Evenings Program is a pay what you please event. Meaning that at the conclusion of the program we encourage you to leave a donation based on what you thought the program and the museum is worth to you. And for an evening of Civil War History the donation bin is at the bom of the stairs at the front of the Visitor Center on the first floor. As you head out this evening if you would just drop something in there, all proceeds go to support the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office museum. The museum is member supported as well. If you are interested in learni
How power lunch starts right now the dow is down about 200 points slightly off the lows of the session. The big loser is the nasdaq. Down by more than 1 ty thanks very much. President trump heading to the nato summit in london today. Before he left he cast more doubt on a trade deal with china. President trump was noncommittal today on whether the phase one deal would be done this year. The chinese are always negotiating. The chinese want to make a deal. Well see what happens President Trump tightened one screw on china by signing into law a bill with hong kong protesters trump faults the countrys massive devaluation. I gave them a big break if tariffs. Its very unfair to our manufacturers and very unfair to our farmers. Our steal companies will be very happy and our farmers will be very happy on top of all of that theres still the usmca where officials are hopeful for movement soon. Theres eight working days left in the capital back the you trade concerns only part of the reason stock
Died by apparent suicide. Theyve pleaded not guilty. A lawyer for one of the guards says the two are scapegoats. All we have is a rush to judgment, a rush to charge the smallest of people who are getting paid the least, and make those people pay for the ndhe t didnt happen throughout an entire system. Reporter but the prosecutor points to jail surveillance allegedly showing the guards sat at their desk and appeared to have been asleep, at times shopping online. Guard Michael Thomas allegedly later telling a supervisor, we messed up, we didnt do any rounds. Epstein had just been removed from suicide watch, but was left for eight hours before he was found with a noose around his neck. Prosecutors say no one was seen entering epsteins cell block. The defense wants to see those videos. The prosecutors say the evidence in this case includes hundreds of hours of jailhouse surveillance. Eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. Russia may be banned from competing in the next two olympics. Experts at t
Visitors to take another look at some everyday objects. Suzanne we are in the michigan history exhibit. We are looking at our new exhibit, secret lives of michigan objects. Secret lives of michigan objects is a playful and fun exhibit about museum collections, and the way that objects in museums add up to michigan history. It is a way to involve people who live in michigan to think about their stuff as part of michigan history. Especially in history museums, we like to put things into context. An object is not just an object, it tells a story about the time it was made, the people who used it. In this exhibit, we are saying, what are other ways to look at objects . And what are other stories that objects can tell . The first thing people see when they come to the exhibit space is this one object. Its in a dark room, lit very dramatically. Whats in this case . It is a bottle of vernors. It is a kind of ginger ale from detroit. Very well known to people in michigan. We decided to exhibit