Of the Newyork Historical Society top of the articles in the joint publication. A civil war in 50. Objects they risks they discuss objects civil war technicality, includings will secret war codes. The new york Historical Society provided the video. So harold, weve been talking in the series about the power of objects being touchstones and historical event, being conduits to understanding the past. Its a thrill and extort a experience being historian in new york historian and working along these treasures and using them in my exhibitions. Lets talk about a second for the inspiration for this program a civil war in 50 objects. I can 50 objects tells such a sweeping . Story we so after cells that question often when we were whittling down the list and it was so much to choose from. I guess the way we did it as i recall, his first we discussed the medium of the object. We wanted, photographs paintings, objects, relics and then we wanted to represent every year of the civil war. First year
Is this your property . My first instinct is again . This . Again . Now at 11 00 and encounter over a piece of lack live spanner black lives matter art and we talk with the man behind the camera. Unrest following the Deadly Police shooting of a black man. The nearby business up in flames tonight. Supporting blackowned businesses following the shelter in place order. Just in time for another warmup, state parks are opening across the bay area. What you need to know before headed out to one. Good evening, i am brian hackney. I am juliette goodrich. A white woman calls the police on a man drying a sign with chalk on his property. It all unfolded in san franciscos Pacific Heights neighborhood. Kenny choi said the woman accused him of committing a crime. The video has gotten millions of you since the person who lives here posted on social media using chalk to write lack lives matter when a couple walking by said that he was doing something illegal. Whats your name again . Lisette. What is y
Chopper five flew over the flames. Around the same time, another brush fire started at fort mason. You can see it burning dangerously close to those buildings. Fortunately none were damaged but fire crews quickly put out the flames and no word yet on what caused either fire. And now, a live look at the arena in oklahoma. President trump is set to take the stage here in just a few minutes for the First Time Since march. It is all going on despite concerns the rally could not only fuel the state worsening coronavirus outbreak, but also causes civil unrest. Three statues of controversial figures are gone today from golden gate park. Last night protesters stormed the park targeting junipero , Ulysses S Grant, tagging the statues with graffiti and pulling them down with rope. Wilson walker has details on the aftermath and why these figures stoped so much anger. Wilson . Reporter that might depend on who you ask and which statues youre talking about. Two men notorious for owning slaves, and
People from a Broad Spectrum of political backgrounds in the progressive era believed were important. They believed they were not incompatible but you can see some ways in which they were fundamentally adding tension. Throughout class today, think about democracy versus efficiency. So the central question for historians of the early 20th century is, what is progressivism . A famous article that came out in 1982 was entitled in search of progressivism which aptly summed up the way historians were rummaging around knowing that this era existed but quivering about what counted as progressivism. When it ended, when it started, who counted in it . Some people limit only to the Political Party it was named for. Others to find it much more broadly. So for me in this class, this is how i will define progressivism. And the broadest sense, it was the way a whole generation of americans defined themselves politically and how they addressed the problems of the new century and what i think we can a
And the Church Committee hearings, which your viewers who are informed on history will remember were investigations into overreach and wrongdoing in the Intelligence Community. Especially the fbi. Congress passed a law that was creating these inspectors general in each of the agencies. They have expanded now, i think it is 78 inspectors general across the federal government. They are part of the executive branch, but they are unique in that while reporting directly to the head of the agency, they also report directly to congress. Port directly to congress. What sort of training do they need to have two how do you become an Inspector General . Guest that is a good question. It is clear there is confusion about that. In the 2008 reform act, they formalized a system where the report in 2008 reform act, they formalized a system where the Inspector General would go through a vetting process that would look at potential report in 2008 reform igs, making sure they had proper evidence of a Law