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
Years ago. It was then that Irena Webster and Barbara Spencer dunn joined with the woman who became my first boss at the aspca. They had the vision to get right to support the works the Parks Service was doing to protect the africanamerican experience. Sadly, irena passed away at the start of this year, and i wanted to take a moment to talk about the preservation of the history to achieve black Voting Rights to remember my boss, my friend, and the true pioneer in the long and ongoing process to make conservation and preservation organizations like npca more inclusive. For our panel today, people will understand that it is wideranging, multifaceted and current. Its still going on. What we want to do with this panel of experts and people who are my friends, folks that i admire, is to get their insights on this issue, but maybe in more specific and direct ways. We have one person, Josephine Bolling mccall, who actually lived through the struggle for Voting Rights. Well hear from josephine
This, we are going to get through this together. I know it looks a little bit different today. Atts because we are over our Emergency Management operations center. Muchis the area where so do in response toin battling covid19 and also the work we do responding to natural disasters and every challenge we face and everything that happens here. An opportunity to show you a little bit to show the inside of our response. I want to start today by introducing the head of Emergency Management in kentucky. Gives him an opportunity to welcome you to the center. He has been doing a great job. Thank you, governor. Christened the building in 20 13. We have about 25,000 square feet on the roof. Currently at level three. We are under unified command. About 100 personnel working. If you have an opportunity to see some of the floor, we are spread out over a number of buildings to social distance and do our work. For this event, we are in support of our department of Public Health, also colocated with u
Operations center. Of the work that we do in response to battling covid19 and also the work we do responding to natural disasters and other challenges that we face. Some of it so much of it happens here. It gives us an opportunity to show you a little bit of the inside of our response. Inside of our response. And i want to start today by introducing the head of Emergency Management here in the National Guard has a joint Operation Center and we work in concentration with all cabinet. Every cabinet is represented on the floor, and we work shifts seven days a week, and we assist in procurement for ppe, obviously that is a strong issue about the nation and for our state, and we also do Resource Management in support of 120 counties. Thank you. Gov. Beshear michael has been team,aluable part of the as has all of his staff in everything from securing ppe to coordinating our kroger testing sites, we appreciate his work, and he is renowned across the country for his experience in Emergency Man