And where it is going into the future, its all being done. [indiscernible] why would they not want to the brand exposed to tens of thousands of people . Asthink the blackout obsolete. The ftc took a first move and they will vote at the end of the year. A bill that tries to address concerns of rules over retransmission consent. Being able to negotiate with a broadcast in being able to negotiate with providers and people trying to deliver. Deliver that media to the consumer. It puts people on a playing level field. A republican representative from ohio, new york representative amah and colorado republican representative monday night on the communicators on cspan 2. Year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1964 mississippi summer project when more than 2000 volunteers. Many of them College Students went to mississippi to participate in the Voter Registration drive courted native by several civil rights organizations. We hear more about the summer of 1964 from lonnie bunch. This summer marks
We continue with our look at the history of jackson. This is American History tv on cspan3. To send into mississippi this summer upwards of 1000 teachers, ministers come a lawyers, and students from all around the country who will engage in what we are calling freedom schools, Community Center programs, Voter Registration activity, research work, work in the white communities, and in general, a Program Designed to open up mississippi to the country. Did you hear me . With freedom summer, the idea was they needed to attract National Attention to what was happening in mississippi. Civil rights activists worry that with their action, there was a lot of violence directed against them. There were murders and beatings that were not attracting National Attention. The idea is if you can bring in outsiders, northerners, whites, that can attract more National Attention, then they could show to the country and the rest of the world what needed to change. Civil rightsdown activists to come help in
Voter registration drive coordinated by several civil rights organizations. Next, we hear more about the summer of 1964 from lonnie bunch, director of the National Museum of African American history and culture. Lonnie bunch, the summer marks 50 years since freedom summer. What is freedom summer . It is amazing that almost 50 years ago that people throughout the south and throughout the north came together to basically the south,he laws in especially mississippi. Freedom summer really was on the a massiveive Voter Registration drive. The belief was that if young people, mainly collegeage students, but come from throughout the united states, black and white, they would get training in college and go down to mississippi and they would reach out to the community, help register voters, but they would also do things like create freedom schools that would allow people to get educated in a way that the segregation laws did not allow. Freedom summer was really almost an invasion of people of l
A three horse trailer. Im going to need two more horses. I want to thank all of you for watching. I want to thank bank of america for making the conversation possible. Thank all of you for coming out in the middle of the day. Thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] thank you so much. The next, attorney general speaks about the Civil Rights Act. And then a talk on u. S. Diplomacy and the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17. And then Charles Bolden on the anniversary of the moon landing. Tomorrow washington journal, marking the 45th anniversary of the moon landing. Buzz aldrin responds. A Bloomberg News reporter will talk about talks. She will discuss the democratic president ial candidates. Abouttrick clawson talks the status of talks concerning the iran nuclear program. And youtake your calls can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. For over 35 years, cspan yougs events directly
Next, eric holder talks about the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Then, Charles Bolden on the anniversary of the moon landing. John quincy adams was the second adams to be elected to the white house. The second northerner to be elected to the white house. Twoas only one of antislavery president s to be elected to the white house. He was deeply feared by the south. They worry that his vision of a unified country in which the federal government of the states were partners in a relationship that enabled the federal government to play leading roles in binding the country together through infrastructure projects, supporting manufacturing, and so on. He was deeply suspected by the Southern States who thought that he wanted too much power for the federal government. Frank kaplan on john quincy adams. On tuesday, eric holder spoke at a ceremony at Howard University. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act. That law was signed by president Lyndon Johnson on july 2 1964.