Criticized antiapartheid protesters at Columbia University. Then we go to vermont where the immigrant community has been shaken after ice detained three prominent immigrant rights activists, including a member of the state attorney generals Immigration Task force. When i was detained, they stood up for me in the mobilized the community to fight for my freedom. And i was freed. So now i am here to fight for of these men because they deserve their freedom, too. Amy and recent spike in casualties in u. S. Airstrikes abroad and nearly 49. In syria with the u. S. Struck a mosque and iraq u. S. Air sex continue in mosul. Often coast of yemen, saudi arabia is accused of using a u. S. Apache helicopter to kill refugees on a boat. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Confirmation hearings begin today for neil gorsuch, President Trumps pick to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. If confirmed by the
Criticized antiapartheid protesters at Columbia University. Then we go to vermont where the immigrant community has been shaken after ice detained three prominent immigrant rights activists, including a member of the state attorney generals Immigration Task force. When i was detained, they stood up for me in the mobilized the community to fight for my freedom. And i was freed. So now i am here to fight for of these men because they deserve their freedom, too. Amy and recent spike in casualties in u. S. Airstrikes abroad and nearly 49. In syria with the u. S. Struck a mosque and iraq u. S. Air sex continue in mosul. Often coast of yemen, saudi arabia is accused of using a u. S. Apache helicopter to kill refugees on a boat. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Confirmation hearings begin today for neil gorsuch, President Trumps pick to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. If confirmed by the
Africanamerican politics and culture. This is about an hour and 45 minutes. Sixth session,he internationalize asian of africanamerican politics and culture. I learned this morning that there was some confusion in the mandate to my panel and i think that may have been the case with others. So a number of people have rather more full documents and have now geared them back. One of them was really quite wonderful and would have been a history of internationalism in africa from the battle to the end of apartheid, and that would have been splendid. It prompts me to say what i thought i would say about what is not for this morning i thought one of the things we would wish to entertain what had been the pan african movement. The seven Pan African Congress es, with the fifth meeting in manchester, england with all the cast of characters. At that point, what had been a concept, and ideology became a moving phenomenon that would have literal impact in the history coming with colonization. It goe
American history. The opening session is on africanamericans and religion. While we wait for the conference to begin, a look at a 2011 trip to a storage site in a washington, d. C. Suburb with the director of the Smithsonian National museum of African American history and culture. He showed us some of the artifacts that will be on display in the new museum, opening on the national mall, september 24, 2016. Right now, we are in the Storage Units of the National Museum of African American history and culture. In essence, this is the heart of the museum of. Because whats behind me, and what we will see today are many of the objects that are going to be the soul of this museum. This is an opportunity to sort of preview some of the material that the public will see when the museum opens in stores. The story of the africanamerican experience is both a story of resiliency at achievement, but its also a story of struggle. Parts ofe hard exploring this history is that were athe people who the w
And Historic Preservation and interpretation, and about how African American history fits into the larger narrative of american history. Next, the opening session on African American religion. This event was cohosted by the Smithsonian Museum of African American history and culture and the american historical association. It is an hour and 40 minutes. Thank you for joining us on this rainy day in washington, d. C. This panel attempts to answer the simple but complex question, what is African American religion . , at leastn america the vast majority, were chattel to be bought and sold, exploited, and often cast aside when every ounce of value had been extracted an. But unlike the livestock listed alongside them at state inventories and at auction, this peculiar brand of property sought to preserve their humanity. In their relationships with each other, in the establishment and operation of their social institutions, and especially in their sacred beliefs. Percentof african adopted a bel