[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] each week, American History tvs american artifacts visits historic places. The National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture open in september of 2017. The museum has quickly become one of the most visited in the nations capital, with capacity crowds almost every day. Up next, the second of a twopart look at the museums history galleries. We tour the era of segregation 18771968, and hear the story of africanamericans after the civil war. At the end of the civil war, African Americans who were released from their bondage immediately thought about creating their own lives with their own resources. One of the first things many of them tried to do was reconnect with family members who had been separated during the era of slavery. They traveled the country looking for their relatives. They
The scene of a ceremony marking the surrender of japan. In the bay of tokyo itself, destroyer buchanan comes alongside, bring you representatives of the allied powers. General of the Army Douglas Macarthur boards the missouri. The fleet commander and Admiral Halsey welcome the chief of staff, general sutherland, aboard. The escort General Macarthur to the grand deck with a 20 minute ceremony is to take place. 2, 1945. Day, september [indistinct chatter] level or on the 01 veranda deck. We now call this deck the surrender deck. This is for the japanese assigned the Unconditional Surrender ending world war ii. This part behind me here is where the table sat. The ship looked different. The shady canopy was not installed and the tourette was turret was terret was rotated 30 degrees to make more room. You would find the crew of the crews hangingther on trying to get a glance of what was happening. Members of the japanese delegation were making their way on board. There were 11 of them and m
Are watching American History tv, all weekend every weekend on American History tv. Tv,ext on American History novelist and historian kevin baker discusses his book, america the genius how a generation of tinkerers changed the world. At an event in cape cod, mr. Baker describes what he thinks are key factors in the nations innovative spirit. Guestant to thank our tonight. Kevin baker has written several your, at you are still in but also was raised in rockport, massachusetts. He has experienced being a massachusetts person. Tonight,ing forward to keeping an ion the weather, but please welcome kevin baker. Mark, for having me. Great to be on the cape, if only virtually. Hoped to be there, but i am going to have to make do. Talk to you about america the ingenious, this book i wrote. The best thing about writing books is that hopefully, you learn something. I learned a great deal writing this. Americansory of how invented, developed or learned to exploit so many innovations that would sha
Plus, the ballot battle brewing. Colorados secretary of state filing a lawsuit against the u. S. Postal service saying voters are being misled. Shes with us live right here this morning. Arrest investigation. A sheriff deputy in georgia caught on camera repeatedly punching a man during an arrest. How the incident escalated into this scene, and what his family and the department are saying about it. And twotime champ. Naomi osakas historic comefrombehind victory at the u. S. Open, raising her game and raising consciousness. Good morning. As millions of americans wake up to another morning of smoke and fear from those massive wildfires, President Trump is planning to travel to california for a briefing on that situation. Heres a look at what hell find tomorrow. More than two dozen people have died, dozens more are missing, approximately 5 million acres burned in three states. The former Vice President joe biden, meanwhile, issuing a statement denouncing the president for, as biden put it
A question for Martha Teichner to consider, in our sunday morning cover story. President trump we must put politics aside, stop the partisanship. Reporter well, that didnt happen. Politics and covid19 have become comorbidities. Is the politicization of coronavirus worse than the politicization of other diseases . Ive never seen anything like this before. [yelling] reporter coming up this sunday morning, red and blue gone viral. [yelling] pauley going country proved a bit of a challenge for singer keith urban during a quarantine. With tray tracy smith this morning, we take note. Reporter when the pandemic shut his world down, keith urban had a tough time getting used to life as a traveling musician with no place to go. How did you react in the initial days and weeks. I would put my sweat pants on and sit on the couch and watch tv with the family, and wait until the whole thing blows over. Reporter but then something happened that got him off the couch. Keith urban, later on sunday morni