Convener, that can bring anybody and everybody into a conversation around race. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by love me tender love me true we can like many, but we can l love only a precious few. Ew because it is for those precious few that you have to be willing to do so very much. But you dont have to do it alone. Lincoln financial helps you provide for and protect your financial future, because this is what you do for people youtu love. Lincoln financial youre in charge. Bnsf railway. Xq institute. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. Supported by the john d. Andd catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. Le and by contr
Exhibition. Museum director lonnie bunch and paul gar dull lo talk about the saga of the ship called sal jose. Take us back to december 27th, 1794 camps bay off south africa and the final hours of the sal jose. On december 27th, 1794, a ship that was heading from Mozambique Island around the cape of good hope heading towards brazil, northeast brazil, came close to capetown, south africa. Capetown was often a landing point for ships before they made their way across the long atlantic voyage. This ship came to close to shore and got call in swells in a storm and struck rocks about 100 yards, 350 feet or so from shore. The captain was captaining the ship called the sal jose tried to salvage what he could from the crew. They attempted a rescue from ship to shore. He rescued himself. He rescued along with the crew he rescued about half of the 400 enslaved mozambiquens were all aboard and the other half captured from the interior of africa and brought on board in early december perished in t
Convener, that can bring anybody and everybody into a conversation around race. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by love me tender love me true we can like many, but we can l love only a precious few. Ew because it is for those precious few that you have to be willing to do so very much. But you dont have to do it alone. Lincoln financial helps you provide for and protect your financial future, because this is what you do for people youtu love. Lincoln financial youre in charge. Bnsf railway. Xq institute. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. Supported by the john d. Andd catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. Le and by contr
Up soil because were going to plant a garden. I wont be satisfied, nor will my husband until every single veteran and Military Spouse has a job who wants one. At the end of the day, my most important title is still mominchief. In 2008, Michelle Obama became the first africanamerican first lady when her husband, barack obama, was elected our 41st president. As first lady, her focus has been on social issues such as poverty and healthy living, launching the lets moving initiative against Childhood Obesity sunday night, on cspans original series, first ladies, examining the lives of first ladies and their influence. Sunday night on cspan 3. Archeological excavation of a slave ship wrecked off the african coast in 1794 is adding a new chapter to the story of the trade. Museum director lonnie bunch and curator Paul Gardullo talked with American History about the saga of the sao jose. Take us back to the day. December 7, 1794, a ship headed for Mozambique Island around the cape of good hope,
President barack obama, former first lady laura bush, congressman john lewis, governor sam brownbeck, mayor vincent gray, the smithsonian and the museums leadership, broke ground right here on this spot for this museum, the National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture. Today, as you can see the building is nearing completion, and in the next ten months, well finish the interior, install the exhibits, and by september 2016, open the doors to welcome the public. Today, we mark a milestone in our progress by commemorating three, three annual anniversaries the 150th anniversary of the end of the civil war and the ratification of the constitutions 13th amendment ending slavery, and also, the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights act. These are signal events in American History and help define who we are as a freedomseeking people. Now you can read about them in a book and we certainly want people to read books, but the way we as a country publicly commemorate and celebrate our Maj