Im Margaret Brennan. Were going to begin tonight with a nationwide scramble by millions to get home for the holiday and by Public Health offi officials to slow the staggering spread of the coronavirus. Tonight, cbs news has learned the c. D. C. And White House Coronavirus task force are now considering shortening the recommended length of covid quarantines, not because of new research, but simply to get more people to follow the rules and stay home if theyre exposed. Across the u. S. , every week, new infections are accelerating faster than the week before. Tonight, los angeles county, home to 10 million people, is debating a strict new lockdown that could leave streets and restaurants empty. And l. A. s mayor says cases are climbing so quickly in his city, theyll be out of hospital beds by christmas. Nationwide, things are even worse. A recordshattering 85,000 americans are hospitalized with covid19 tonight. Doctor tells cbs news they are running low on help and running out of hope. A
Conference. They also provided the video. We have three panelists today. I think i have this order right. Dr. Danielle mcguire who is a great friend from grad school and colleague. She is an author and historian and an independent scholar now and the author of tat the dark end of the street. We also have i have lost track of who is going. I think its kalonji is going next. Dr. Kalonji walton who is the director of global black studies at western carolina. And our third panelist is dr. David goldberg who is an associate professor at Wayne State University. The chair and commenter today is jamon jordan who is a the detroit president of the detroit chapter of asalh and a tour leader and historian of all things africanamerican detroit. Really an Incredible Community scholar out of detroit. A wonderful set of folks, going to help us think about politics in detroit and michigan and how to make sense of that. Im going to throw it over to the panel now. Again, thank you all for being here. All
Significantly. A typical aircraft squadron might have 85 fully operational. More investments are being made and stealthy, longrange aircraft, Unmanned Systems in the air or under sees hypersonic missiles, small satellites and artificial we will be leaving this here and take you to a live discussion on president ial transition and National Security hosted by the university of virginia plus Miller Center. To moderate todays conversation. It is a real pleasure to be with you all and have these terrific guests. The president ial transition act was stopped by congress in 1963 to provide important statutory framework for the peaceful transfer of power. It has been updated several times since then and today we will discuss some of the important issues coming out of that in the current transition and transfer. It has been almost a week since most Major Networks designated joe biden as president elect. The biden team has been moving forward on a transition and selected a new white house chief o
Black political organizing that culminated in the election of course black mayors like cleveland, atlanta and detroit from 1967 to 1974. They feel particularly vital right now as blackled struggles in the wake of Police Murders of george floyd in minneapolis, Breonna Taylor in louisville, and kenosha have sounded the call for black liberation while raising questions about the role of electoral politics and black freedom struggles. 50 years ago gibsons landmark election came on the heels was 1967 rebellion in newark when the Police Beating of an unarmed black man, john smith, had whit supremacy and its enforcers in blue in the jim crow north. Amid heightened racist renewal projects and educational injustice, it recalled countless Police Killings that had gone unpublished into the years and brought thousands into the streets that july. State police and National Guardsmen were brought into the city to violently suppress the uprising, claiming two dozen lives in the process including ed ed
A very complicated thing. Yes, just two quick questions. I was wondering if the panel was familiar with the work of the late dr. Reuben westin. He passed, i think, last year. He was the author of racism and u. S. Imperialism. He taught at central state. He was a chairman of the History Department at one point. We talked about how the u. S. Government squashed the revolts of antonio meseo in cuba. The second part is i had an uncle named richard kidd who fought in world war i and came back, quote, unquote, shell shocked, and he spent some time in a hospital in danville, illinois, and i dont know could you speak to how black soldiers were treated upon their return to the United States . I know going to a bad Army Hospital was not the worst thing that could happen to you, but i dont know if these hospitals were segregated or theres because having a crazy uncle somewhere in your house is a trope in fiction from that period of time. The crazy uncle probably also had a child with a french nam