Past 12 months, helping us learn the history and literary life of cities around the country. For eight years we have traveled to u. S. Cities, bringing the literary scene to our viewers. You can watch more of our visits itiestour. Org c many think the selma to montgomery march just started up overnight and was a oneoff idea, but a Voting Rights movement had been brewing in selma since the 1930s. [gospel singer performing] here in selma and in many places throughout the south, africanamericans were done night were denied the right to vote, not because it wasnt their right, but because there were folks in position of power who did not want these folks to have the right to vote. That way they could be considered secondclass citizens. Andes and literary literacy tests were used to prevent americans from getting the vote. Poll taxes was a price you had to paper year forgetting on the voter rolls. Lets say i live in a rural area and i am making 60 a year, but poll taxes are one dollar a year
Trade a year for both countries. 150,000 jobs rely on this network of transportation and international trade. Tremendously important part of our history and has been since precivil war. During prohibition detroit is responsible for ringing in 75 of illegal alcohol brought into ofs country with a 14 years prohibition. That comes from our neighbors to the south and windsor, canada. The city we now think of as the motor city was cigar capital of america. We were not only transporting in Raw Materials but out the finished. There were days in the 1860s where you had 7000 to 10,000 Railroad Cars waiting to be transported that could not get across the river because they they come into would come into detroit by train war. Ave to wait we needed infrastructure that could supply taking from canada and giving to detroit and vice versa. That means building a tunnel and later the bridge. Forave two tunnels, one is train transport, completed in 1910, it took four years to build at a cost of 8. 5 mil
It's a historic day for Windsor and Detroit's new Gordie Howe International Bridge. Ironworkers and engineers on both sides completed the installation of