Carol so as you know, on monday we ended with the freedom rides. Those freedom riders were being funneled into parchment prisons as a way to hush them up. To hush them up quietly without the cameras rolling. The visual image was essential for movement, to be able to see the violence of jim crow. But it wasnt over. Bobby kennedy and jack kennedy knew it. So check kennedy is giving his state of the union jack kennedy is giving his state of the Union Address and president kennedy is all, we are fighting for democracy and freedom and there is an opportunity for what is happening here on the globe because we have all of these people. It was the middle of decolonization. Africans, asians arabs, latinos, those nations are getting free. Imperial bonds are loosening and he sees this as an incredible moment for freedom in the global south. But he didnt mention the american south. In this freedom struggle. A kind of silence there. But he needed that silence, because what he was dealing with, he h
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Good afternoon everyone and thank you for coming to the session. Civil rights in american issue. I am doctor sidney mcdaniels, im a graduate school. Will have about 45 minutes for this and 15 for q a. Also i lost you at this time to place silencer phones. Our sponsors for this panel are the Mississippi Humanities Council. Do we have any members from the Advisory Board or cancel . Thank you. And also ray harper who recently retired from congress from mississippis third district. Longtime supporter of the festival. Thank you. [applause] our moderator for the session is the ralph. Visiting professor of english and southern studies at the university of mississippi. When he is also the former editor of the virginia orderly review. And the other of two from ours. We introducing our distinguished panelists. [applause] thank you and thank you all for joining us in this panel this afternoon. If i were to wreak title this panel, i would call it family memory history in civil rights because our p
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Trump will surrender at and atlanta, georgia, jail. Why the fbi is now investigating the threats for the grand jurors who voted for his fourth indictment. We have breaking down all of the latest legal development. Classroom culture war. A new school year means new confusion for teachers over what they can and cannot teach. States like florida restricting lessons on race and sexuality. I will talk to a teacher who was so fed up, she quit. The grim reality of the postroe world. A 13yearold rape survivor forced to give birth after her state effectively outlawed abortion. The heartbreaking story that has galvanized the reproductive rights movement. All of that and more is coming up. We start this hour with new details on Donald Trumps fourth indictment. Nbc news has learned that Law Enforcement officials are now expecting the former president to surrender to a Fulton County jail no earlier than thursday of next week. Fulton county d. A. Fani willis as given trump, along with his 18 codefen