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
Example, the early 2000s, the park service was not able to fully discuss slavery as the basis for the civil war. So, that took a transition in. He park service a reopening, as the secretary has talked about, so there will be these tensions. And who knows what we can say at this point . But there will always be people who care deeply in the park service who i am sure will continue to tell the full story. Question. My name is zach. I work at president lincolns cottage. Secretary babbitt, thank you very much for that. That theany danger National Monument might be overturned or changed or rescinded or anything like that by the Current Administration or in the future . Thank you. Do you want me to take that . Mr. Babbitt in this current political environment, one hesitates to make any comprehensive pronouncements about this. It seems like anything is possible, unfortunately. , in one sense,t been much direct it at the cultural, and the reason for t is the utah monuments nd staircase, bears.
Thank you for joining us this late on a saturday afternoon. Of the executive director us icomos. Panel, us today on the we will be doing brief introductions. Glenn eskew from Georgia State university who is coordinating the civil rights World Heritage nomination. Rant leggs brent leggs. , and patricia sullivan. First, a little bit about us icomos and why i am listed as session, glennis eskew is the architect of this session. I am here to provide context for the significance of the investments of Energy Taking place. Dates back to 1965. We are one of the 110 or so National Committees of the International Committee of sites. Ts and it is most notable for being the scientificthe u. N. And cultural committee. Im sure you are all roughly familiar with the u. S. Heritage list. Cultural sites, as opposed to national sites, comprise more than 70 of the more than 1000 sites on the World Heritage list. 23 of those are in the u. S. The vast majority of our National Heritage sitess. Stephen morris
Next, we continue our coverage of this weekends meeting in washington, d. C. You are watching American History tv on cspan3. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us this late on a saturday afternoon. I am the executive director of us icomos. I will describe who we are and set a little context. Welcome to the session on World Heritage and the New Birmingham National Civil rights monument. Joining us today on the panel, we will be doing brief introductions. Glenn eskew from Georgia State university who is coordinating the civil rights World Heritage nomination. Brent leggs, stephen morris, and patricia sullivan. First, a little bit about us icomos and why i am here. While i am listed as the chair of this session, glenn eskew is the architect of this session. I am here to provide context for the significance of the investments of Energy Taking place. Us icomos dates back to 1965. We are one of the 110 or so National Committees of the International Council of monuments and sites. It is an
Of ideas and policies by linking scholarship to issues of concern to washington. Congress established the center in 1968 as the official National Memorial to president wilson. Unlike the physical monuments in the nations capital, it is a living memorial whose work and scholarship commemorates, quote, the ideals and concerns of Woodrow Wilson. As both a distinguished scholar and national reader, president wilson felt strongly that the scholar and policy maker were both engaged in a common enterprise. The center takes seriously the views to bridge the gap between the world of ideas and the world of policy, enriching the work of both and enabling each to learn from the other. This series, wilson then and now, is our effort to make wilson and his period more central to that creative contact between ideas and practice in national and global affairs. In a grateful and inclusive way, we seek to highlight work on wilson and his time that offers explicit or implicit lessons for contemporary or