Michel aoun named him his name is house and he is a former Education Minister and currently a University Professor he is also a sunni muslim and he is the new Prime Minister as part of the sectarian political system in lebanon now we have seen a huge amount of widespread political unrest there and we have heard from our correspondent that wolf that a number of sunni parties a sunni bloc actually looked out of parliament and theyre very unhappy the fact that hes been nominated the new Prime Minister he has he was initially nominated by the hezbollah led alliance and this comes often months and months of political upheaval protests began back in october. Hundreds of thousands took to the streets of beirut and various cities across the country demanding an end to this sectarian political system asking for and a complete overhaul of the political system now there has been a political stalemate and. The former Prime Minister did resign after weeks and weeks of of demonstrations and after th
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1619, ship over arrived carrying stolen African People taken from angola. Here, they were sold and sold again. The first enslaved African People who were not granted the same freedoms that would be given to white landowning they joined the thousands of virginias first people, the members of the Virginian Indian tribes who would also wait centuries to have the same freedoms. These commemorations of the First Representative Assembly in the free world, we have to remember who it included and who did not. Virginia,e paradox of of america, of our representative democracy. A full accounting demands that we confront and discuss those aspects of our history. It demands that we look not just in time for hundred years in the past, but at how our commonwealth and country of all dover the course of those four centuries. Over they evolved course of those four centuries. Joining us now is cassandra newbyalexander. She teaches at norfolk state university. We appreciate you being with us here on cspan
Ferry. Welcome to the Virginia Museum of history and culture in richmond, virginia. Welcome to our latest special exhibition which is titled determined the 400 year struggle for black equality. This is part of a statewide commemoration of the 400th anniversary of significant events that happened in virginia and fundamentally shaped the course of American History. That statewide commemoration is called american evolution 2019 and the determined exhibition is a legacy project of that statewide commemoration. In particular determined commemorates the 1619 arrival of the first reported captive africans in virginia. And then it looks at the ensuing 400 years and traces the legacy of the beginning of slavery in virginia through emancipation, segregation, the modern civil rights movement, up to the present day. One of the unifying themes of this exhibition is the struggle for equality and explores various ways in which black virginian have fought for equality. Whether it means freedom from en
Special exhibition that is titled determine, the 400year struggle for black equality. It is part of the statewide commemoration of the 400th anniversary of significant events that happened in virginia. And fundamentally shaped the course of American History. It is called american evolution 2019. And the determined exhibition is a legacy project of that statewide commemoration. And in particular, determined commemorates the 1619 arrival of the africans in virginia. It looks at the ensuing 400 years and traces the legacy of slavery in virginia through emancipation, segregation, the modern Civil Rights Movement up until the present day. One of the unifying themes is the struggle for equality. It explores various ways in which black virginians have fought for equality and that means freedom from enslavement and oppression. Whether that means fighting for equal justice and equal access for opportunities. It is for the consideration of humanity. The exhibition covers a broad chronological ar