Exemplified the activist businessman that often stood at the center of the freedom struggle. A figure that is really frequently under analyzed and continues to be under analyzed i would add. He was often overlooked due to an emphasis on the more incendiary elements of the movement. Protests, mobilizations and other dramatic events. I should add that im on this panel because i in a previous life, i studied North Carolina civil rights history. And so, again, i can speak to the ways in which brandons book is making a really significant intervention here in the history, not only in the civil rights period and the writ at large, but also the Civil Rights Movement and struggle and the black struggle in North Carolina and particular. From winners perch at mechanics and farmers bank in durham, he occupied a critical space. He was a consummate insider and power player and understood the calculus of social change dictated various gated approaches to the pursuit of freedom. This is certainly some
60s. This event was part of the association of the study for africanAmerican Life and conference, and they provided the video. So glad to be here, and so very excited to chop it up a little bit about brother winfords excellent book. Let me jump into my comments. It chronicles the life of the civil rights period. This is a trench at work in this work he replaces wheeler in the center of a compelling civil rights narrative there by casting a new light on the role this banker played in the middle of the century. I can speak to the way his book is making history, and also the Civil Rights Movement, the black peoples struggle in North Carolina in particular. So from wheelers bank in d durham, he was a insider and power player that understood the calculous of social change dictated approaches to the pursuit of freedom. This is going to be one of the questions i certainly want to knock around with dr. Winford in terms of the dynamic enter play that we see with wheeler and the ways in which he
Calistoga and a few others we have a little drizzle possible, so i would not be surprised. Certainly it could follow the coast. 60s and 50s for almost everybody and very low 70s. Good morning. 60s and 70s sounds doable. This is a look at interstate 880. The traffic is okay driving on interstate 880, no major problems. At the golden gate bridge, it is also looking good if you are driving through. Looking at the tracy super commuters a lot of people rely on that, and you know the traffic is okay driving this early. This is how early you have to get up to beat the traffic, and it 4 02 am it is pretty much clear on 205 and 580 out to livermore. We will watch when that begins to fill in. We are starting with breaking news coming in from manchester, england, there is a disturbance of some kind at the university. The police and an Army Bomb Disposal unit or at the Manchester College a few miles east of the manchester arena, the scene of the bomb attack on monday. It is too early to tell wheth
The main message is this significantly cooler pattern compared to monday and tuesday, we have taken the plunge down into the 60s are very low 70s. We will rebound on the weekend. It will be warmer by sunday and monday. Wind gusting up to 35 and 40, even vacaville and low clouds out to sacramento. We take the turning go to the north and that is a heckuva push. 50s on the temperatures, mostly cloudy this morning and partly sunny this afternoon with temperatures in the 50s and 60s for many and low 70s. Temperatures down 25 degrees for some in the last two few in the last two days. What do we see . More traffic at the bay bridge, and this will be a light day for the bay bridge. So far not terrible but certainly a lot of people trying to get into San Francisco in the cars. Especially those people that are solo in the cars but the carpool lanes are moving well. San francisco traffic north and southbound 101 is not bad approaching the i80 split with no major issues. On interstate 880, looking
Mendocino coach, a huge fog bank pushed in with turbocharge flow master on the delta breeze with fog and low clouds to the Sacramento Valley pushing north for those telling thats heading north it looks like it will be nice. Norma sacramento low 80s in writing at best 50s on the temperatures. Temperatures slow to recover because the low cloud deck higher clouds have cleared out the 50s and 60s and upper 60s for some, they are down considerably from 48 hours ago. 7 01 am. What you see except for gray skies . Gray skies not affecting drivers, steve if youre driving out, low clouds but visibility is good and Golden Gate Bridge traffic is light although theres a truck stuck in a toll lane and apparently theres enough toll lanes for cars to get through without major delay southbound 101, watch if youre headed to the goal debate into San Francisco, commute on the e. Shore freeway is okay from carquinez bridge to the mays 20 minutes, as good as you can expect. Bay bridge toll plaza same. 15 mi