It was a group of Alabama State troopers who beat him bloody as bob was just telling us in 1965. He couldnt even remember what had happened. He thought he had died because of the injuries he sustained that day. And, yet, today, it is Alabama State troopers who will be helping to memorialize him. Its incredible. Reporter yes, and an honor guard taking him from the base of the bridge on the other side being passed to that honor guard, and then moving forward on to montgomery, where he will lie in state at the state capitol. I mean, the progress is incredible to think about. You know, as i was listening to you and nancy, i keep going back to that point of humility. It made him so approachable. And as i walk through the streets or i talk to people, each one of them has a slice of history that they can talk about, specifically, with john lewis. I think about Cheyenne Webb criseburg, who was on this bridge as an eightyearold with john lewis and so many other, those 600 protesters. She had co
So representative babbin. Yes, sir. Mr. Chairman, thank you very much. Id like to join the others in acknowledging those in attendance here today who lost loved ones in the accidents and our sincerest condolences to you and thank you for being here today. In the interest of time, id like to get right to it. Instead of directing my questions to one of you specifically. Id like to address these to both of you and let you decide who is best fit to answer. I think there is a feeling out there that after the lion air crash in indonesia boeing sat back and did nothing in terms of addressing the causes of the accident and since the second crash in ethiopia, weve heard a lot from boeing and the rest of the industry about how the information gleaned from these tragic accidents helped to ensure that they are not repeated. With that in mind, what did boeing do after the lion air crash to ensure that those circumstances were not repeated and do you have any specific examples of Lessons Learned tha
Turkey back groups and kurdish fighters as the deadline passes for them to pull out of Northern Syria. And the white house official who was on the controversial phone call between donald trump and ukraines president testifies before congress. Hello so we begin with breaking news out of lebanon and the Prime Minister assad heidi he has submitted his resignation to the countrys president following days of antigovernment protests says he has reached a dead end after unprecedented protests paralyze the country after the long awaited statement lebanese protesters took to the streets in celebration earlier on tuesday supporters off hezbollah attacked a protest camp set up by antigovernment demonstrators tearing down tents and roadblocks and banks have closed for the 10th straight day adding pressure to an already troubled Economic Situation. I made a similar call on all the liberties people to give precedence and priority to lebanon stability unity and civil peace and to steer the country aw
Pressure driven largely by the federal government as well as speculators and privateers to acquire native land and dispossessed native people from their homeland. Cially under andrew jackson, is a sense that native people, for their own good need be removed to, make way for white settlers and for the expansion of cotton. The scot is talking about the indian removal proper. Best known, better probably better known as a disposition act. There committed to moving Indigenous People so from georgia, florida, the carolinas, from arkansas people moved west so when it says is good reason to head south, its a big reason god be the case. With one observation we tend to think about violent disposition of native americans especially in the west and tradition of western movies and smiles it depicts but the bloodiest war against american indians. There are three of them so the violent occupation of florida is very much part of the story of the modern self. I think one of the themes we work isbout in
A healthy democracy does not just look like this. It looks like this. Americans can see democracy at work. Public thrives. And informed straight from the sources on cspan. Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. From the Nations Capital to wherever you are. Because the opinion that matters the most is your own. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. Good evening, everyone. I am Vice President of democracy initiatives here for the history center. I am sittingng here tonight with three great scholars. We are joined by scott nelson. Three of many contributors to this new volume. A new history of the American South. It just came out a few weeks ago each are professors of history. Each have different areas of expertise. We have a lot of ground to cover tonight. I will briefly introduce them and we will jump right in. The editor of this wonderful volume, at the university of North Carolina at chapel hill. Welcome from North Carolina. Appreciate you being here. Early America