Historically black sites helped to tell the story of africanamerican migration. They argue for additional efforts and resources to preserve such places for current and future generations. This discussion was part of the association for the study of africanamerican life in history annual meeting. Hello, and welcome. Hello and welcome to the association for the study of africanamerican life and histories 104th annual conference. How the National Park service tells the story of black migrations. My name is madeleine, and im the Senior Executive assistant at the National Parks Conservation Association. Is this better . Sorr sorry about that. On behalf of theresa and the president and ceo, thank you for taking the time to join us and welcome. For those of you not familiar with the National Parks Conservation Association, weve been a powerful, independent voice working to strengthen and protect americas National Parks for 100 years. Through our nationwide network of offices and with our more
Their children in school. Sreenivasan all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff its three weeks to go till election day, just 24 hours until the last president ial debate, and charges of vote fraud and media bias are swirling. Today, the current occupant of the white house dismissed such talk, and rebuked the candidate behind it. It was a rose garden welcome for the italian prime minister, and president obama used it to call out donald trump on his claims of a rigged election. You start whining before the game is even over . If whenever things are going badly for you or you lose, you start blaming somebody else . Then you dont have what it tak
Their children in school. Sreenivasan all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff its three weeks to go till election day, just 24 hours until the last president ial debate, and charges of vote fraud and media bias are swirling. Today, the current occupant of the white house dismissed such talk, and rebuked the candidate behind it. It was a rose garden welcome for the italian prime minister, and president obama used it to call out donald trump on his claims of a rigged election. You start whining before the game is even over . If whenever things are going badly for you or you lose, you start blaming somebody else . Then you dont have what it tak
Today, we are going to look at the stablerleadbeater Apothecary Museum. 1790s is an the booming economy. It is a thriving seaport. There is a lot of construction in town, and people want to move to the city. Moved in andr opened a shop just a couple of doors down from this location. He moved to this location in and incorporates the building next door and uses it as his warehouse. During this time period is basically where people went to see the doctor. They mixed up something to help cure what ailed them. In the 18th century, doctors were trained generally by universities, so they would go through a general set of courses to learn their practice and trade. They would often not have their own practice the way we think of them today as in a doctors practice. And would go to your house, because of the home visit, things were more expensive. Alexandria, you would often solve your ailment by going to an apothecary. You would explain your symptoms. Those trained,had where they would read ref
Nd is bob willard i have been president of the Abraham Lincoln institute in the past. This is the 17th symposium of my Abraham Lincoln institute wife and i are now ensconced in southern california. In the past couple of weeks the eyes of the nation were focused on the reagan president ial library. As america said goodbye to nancy reagan to you interests james baker and ron reagan junior both claim to that without mrs. Reagan there wouldve been no president reagan. Im not a real fan of iunterfactual history conduct have expressed that same view regarding mary lincoln. Is underscore this morning by sidney blumenthal. I have attended lots of events like this. Ive heard many presentations on mrs. Lincoln from friends and foes of this controversial first lady. Love her or hate her. There is little doubt in my mind that they love each other deeply and supported each other for better or worse in sickness and in health. Her support was an indispensable elements of his ambition. Our next speake