A period of time when it was out there but i dont think numerically there were as many athletes who had a political bent a seem to have today is going to so many instances i know you will for and for a long time i wish to what do you make them washington finally dropping the redskins. Well as i said a week ago theyre not doing it because they saw the life theyre doing it because theyre feeling the heat Daniel Snyder the owner had been adamant ill never change the name never and you could put it in capital letters but now when fedex when they play his name fed ex field fed ex says we dont want any part of it if you consider you with that name nike pepsi others hundreds of millions of dollars involved there along with the social pressure thats been building since the death of george floyd the murder really of joe which way thats the reason they did it not because they actually change their point of view are we going to see a lot more teams doing it. I think youve got to go on a case by c
As we both remember were of very very contentious period of time yet tommie smith and john carlos with the race facility the 1968 olympics in mexico city a lot of Young Athletes protested the war in vietnam some were part of the counterculture bill walton d an extremely likable man nonetheless had some countercultural ideas which many agreed with so that was a period of time when it was out there but i dont think numerically there were as many athletes who had a political bent a seem to have today lets get to some of the instances i know you were for and for a long time i wish to what do you make of washington finally dropping the redskins. Well as i said a week ago theyre not doing it because they saw the life theyre doing it because theyre feeling the heat Daniel Snyder the owner have been adamant ill never change the name never and you could put it in capital letters but nothing will when fed ex with a players name fed ex field fed ex says we dont want to be part of it if you consid
And processing. Today, millions of americans take ferryboats each year to visit ellis island and the statue of liberty. On American History tvs american artifacts, we visit the ellis island museum. We learn about the immigrant experience. Good morning. My name is peter urban. I am a park ranger for the National Park service at ellis island. This island, for Many Americans is the place where their american story began. A lot of people do not know about ellis island before this time. Today we are 27 acres. Originally it was three acres. A small island in the middle of the harbor. Barely came above sea level and highside. For most of his life, it was a military installation, and the world of 1812, and as a storage depot. Somewhere around 1890 it was decided it would be the place the first building specifically constructed for the processing of emigrants. They did construct that between 1890 and 1892. This is not the first Processing Center. It is the second. The first one burned to the gr
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