Pretty much the same way only to discover that that is not true. We also, of course, have formalized this notion, and it is something called the one drop rule, which we used to distinguish Race Relations on most of mainland america, or compare race or understanding race on mainland north america from elsewhere in the world, and it of course speaks to the fact that African Americans and africans have had a common enemy and have had a shared experience, all of which complicates our understanding of the question of who is black, and those of you who were here last night, when our discussions kind of mobilized and moved notions of identity, the question of exactly what blackness means clearly grew and became on the floor. We know this from a historical perspective, we know people who were dragged across the atlantic started off not as africans but as congols, and angolans. On that trip, as sidney mintz and Richard Price tell us, there is something called shipmates that began to arise with
By the ford motor company. That is the mansion you see right there. It was built before that by the washington family. It expanded by none other than George Washington. Mount Vernon Ladies Association has maintained this property at the highest level of Historic Preservation so that people every recommend about the life and lessons of George Washington. And they have done this without seeking any government money. They are a privately funded astitution and it is part of our mission to help people everywhere learn about the principles of the founding and of course George Washingtons light. The topic tonight is perfect for what we do. We are really excited to have this special presentation for you. Today with the mount vernon ladies, please welcome aging harrison, dr. Adrienne harrison. She is currently a fellow and consulting historian with battlefield leadership. She is a graduate of west point and later went on to earn her and a and phd degrees in American History from rutgers univers
She said to me, on that day, i want you to see what you can be when you grow up. I will never forget that day. I thought about that day while we stood here in this field. Now i said to bakari a few ago, this day has even more significance to me. At the time that we came here, i was also serving as chairman of the board of directors of the shaw boys club in charleston, South Carolina. Many of you may not recognize shaw. Me robert gould Robert Gould Shaw was the quiet kernel colonel who commanded the 54th regiment. And to see here today reenactors of the 54th regiment participate in this program and reflect back on that day, this day has significant meaning to me in the way that you would not believe. [applause] heres what i want to say about today. I dont know if i ever thought, while standing on these grounds 50 years ago, that i would be back here 50 years later, as your representative to the United States congress. But i am. And its because of what was launched that day. Remember wat
African descent has the same opinions, shares the same music, can play and dance pretty much the same way only to discover that that is not true. Course, have formalized this notion, and it is something called the one drop rule, which we used to distinguish Race Relations on america, orland compare race or understanding race on mainland north america from elsewhere in the world, and it of course speaks to the fact that africanamericans and africans have had a common enemy and have had a shared experience, all of which complicates our understanding of ,he question of who is black and those of you who were here last night, when our discussions kind of mobilized and moved notions of identity, the question of exactly what blackness means clearly grew and became on the floor. We know this from a historical perspective, we know people who were dragged across the atlantic started off not as africans but golans angd olans. On that trip, as sidney mintz and Richard Price tell us, there is somet
Because youre engaging and organizing which is capacity building, which is building peoples ability to have those conversations. And also to figure out how to act together, how to make each other strong instead of feeling isolated. And, you know, it is certainly true that when that legal structure fell down a lot of people sort of thought, well, thats taken care of. And it was only the beginning of a beginning. Well, two words. I mean, one is when clay said struggle, theres struggle in the macro sense and then theres struggle within movements to find a Common Ground that we can stand on together, right . Right. And thats critically important and it involves dealing with all the complexities that jessica just laid out there. Can i Say Something . Yeah. I think we have to remember the young people who are coming up, like through elementary school. Im not talking about teenagers. And the way they perceive not only children of color, but children who are white as well. Especially since we