From the bus boycott in monger, alabama until february 1, 1960, virtually Nothing Happened in the arena of civil rights. It was dead, absolutely dead, even Martin Luther king said that. In 1960 things did change dramatically in greensboro. Greensboro is the origin of all the events that occur subsequent to february 1, 1960. I happened to be there. Mcneil happened to be there. When you hear a railroad, the train is coming from far away and it is coming closer and you become increasingly aware of the track the train is rolling on. That track is what divides white from black. Thats what separates the white ghetto from the black ghetto. Its the track that heads somewhere but you do not know exactly where. And it is not really for the good of society. And before sitins, walked right across the track in the wrong direction, went to the other side. I think greensboro liked to think of itself as polite and being polite and moderate and open to different points of view. Greensboro is a town tha
Sit in protests along with archival footage. That begins right now. And we feel also that one of the great pillars of american democracy is that we have the right to protest for our rights. We will do it in an orderly fashion. This is a nonviolent protest. We are depending on moral and spiritual forces using the method of passive resistance. From the bus boycott in montgomery, alabama until february 1, 1960, virtually Nothing Happened in the arena of civil rights. I mean, it was dead, absolutely dead. Even Martin Luther king said that. In 1960, things did change dramatically in greensboro. It is the origin of all of those events that occur subsequent to february 1, 1960, and i happened to be there. Mcneil happened to be there, and so did richmond and blair. When you hear a railroad, the train is coming from far away and it is coming closer and you become increasingly aware of the track that the train is rolling on. And that track is what divides white from black. That is what separates
A williamsburg nurse is facing serious charges for stealing prescription drugs according to James City County police. And apparently this isn t the first time she s been accused of similar crimes. The story new at 5. Stealing drugs while working at the pavilion at williamsburg place as a nurse. That s what 28 yearold Meagan Howell is City County Police. The deputy chief tells us the crimes happened in december of last year and she was arrested just last week. The pavilion is an inpatient according to their website. The charges which including possessing drugs and larceny are very similar to the ones brought against howell a year ago in january of 2015 in newport news. She was going by meagan weis at that time. James City County Police say that was the previous name that was listed for her on the paperwork that was used to secure the warrants for her arrest. It s unclear where she was working at the time of her arrest in newport news but according to Court Records she s facing a charge
Internment camp if you will agree to go voluntarily. Then i discovered what the real secret of the camp was. They also had to agree to voluntarily repatriate to germany and japan if the government decided they needed to be repatriated. So, the truth of the matter is that the crystal city camp was humanely administered by the ins , but the special war divisions in the department of state used it as roosevelts primary Prisoner Exchange. It was the center of roosevelts Prisoner Exchange program. Sunday at 8 p. M. On cspans q1 day. All weekend long American History tv be featuring greensboro, North Carolina. Television commentator edward r. Murrow was born in greensboro. He was known for criticizing senator mccarthy and his catchphrase did night and good luck good night and good luck. The International Civil Rights Center and Museum Opened in greensboro february 1, 2010. Museum tells the story of the sitins that happened in the city that launched a wave of sitins across the south. What hap
Online as well. I think the family always felt my mother had left a special gift for the family and the world. I think im acknowledging that. That is really great. You can watch this and other american artifex programs any by visiting our website at cspan. Org history. Tonight at 6 30 p. M. Eastern, former cia chief of disguise jonna mendez recounts the story of two czech k. G. B. Spies. They infiltrated the cia and gathered topsecret information to the use of sex. One popular washington, d. C. , Swingers Club counted at least 10 cia staffers any u. S. Senator as members. That is tonight at 6 30 p. M. Eastern on American History tv. Monday night on the communicators, we spoke with two industry executives at the Consumer Electronics show in las vegas. The Senior Vice President at ericsson and the cisco Senior Vice President. They talk about their companies and the technology on which the internet, mobile phones, and the cloud operate. In ericsson, we talk about a Network Society. And th