To the National Security of the United States, the department of Homeland Security , more than 100,000 americans die every year due to the lethal poison of industrial drugs. President to participate in the 78th General Assembly of the United Nations moments before the new york test, a speech at the United Nations General Assembly and a meeting with a number of heads of state are the main agenda of the president in this trip. Before traveling to new york, hojjat alislam walmuslimin raisi , the president met and discussed with the Supreme Leader of the islamic revolution, ayatollah khamenei, before traveling to new york to participate in the United Nations General Assembly. Self and the leader of the revolution also gave the necessary recommendations and wished the president success. This trip also explains the positions of our country in the meetings with the heads of political, social, religious and media groups in america. As you have noticed, a few minutes ago on the khabar network ,
Crow. We dont want to lose sight of what is happening during this period and think of ways to capture this during the 1930s and 1940s. This is part of a broader democratic struggle of the new deal era, where people in the margins of american politics helped to shape the reach of the democratic reforms of that period. Activist, labor organizers. They connected. They had sort of a global perspective on things. These parallel activities and movements were part of the environment that shaped the Civil Rights Movement during these formative years. I teach in columbia, South Carolina. There is a major site where a number of these individuals came together in 1946. Of 1946. 1800 students, black and white, met in the township auditorium. Bob dylan had a recent concert october,there coming through to. Begun byete the task our forefathers during the civil war and reconstruction period. Their keynote speaker was w. E. B. Dubois, a key architect of civil rights struggles in this country, and someo
Thank you for joining us this late on a saturday afternoon. Of the executive director us icomos. Panel, us today on the we will be doing brief introductions. Glenn eskew from Georgia State university who is coordinating the civil rights World Heritage nomination. Rant leggs brent leggs. , and patricia sullivan. First, a little bit about us icomos and why i am listed as session, glennis eskew is the architect of this session. I am here to provide context for the significance of the investments of Energy Taking place. Dates back to 1965. We are one of the 110 or so National Committees of the International Committee of sites. Ts and it is most notable for being the scientificthe u. N. And cultural committee. Im sure you are all roughly familiar with the u. S. Heritage list. Cultural sites, as opposed to national sites, comprise more than 70 of the more than 1000 sites on the World Heritage list. 23 of those are in the u. S. The vast majority of our National Heritage sitess. Stephen morris
Next, we continue our coverage of this weekends meeting in washington, d. C. You are watching American History tv on cspan3. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us this late on a saturday afternoon. I am the executive director of us icomos. I will describe who we are and set a little context. Welcome to the session on World Heritage and the New Birmingham National Civil rights monument. Joining us today on the panel, we will be doing brief introductions. Glenn eskew from Georgia State university who is coordinating the civil rights World Heritage nomination. Brent leggs, stephen morris, and patricia sullivan. First, a little bit about us icomos and why i am here. While i am listed as the chair of this session, glenn eskew is the architect of this session. I am here to provide context for the significance of the investments of Energy Taking place. Us icomos dates back to 1965. We are one of the 110 or so National Committees of the International Council of monuments and sites. It is an
Preservation. So were here today trying to think a little bit about the Cultural Heritage of the American South especially after and during the american civil war. You know, its been in the news quite a bit lately, and so i think its a topic that folks are interested in Historic Preservation like yourselves have got to figure out. And we have a really fun opportunity, i would say, to try to make sense of all of this. So in order to do that i think we should go and think a little bit about not just where these monuments came from but the war out of which they came. At the beginning of the american civil war, United States soldiers seemed to take a great deal of care to leave private property, really all kinds of property alone. They really very strictly held to attacking military targets only. And this seemed to be of great importance to political leaders because they thought that the war would be short, and they needed a really quick integration of the American South back into the nati