Next, the announcement by National Trust president stephanie makes followed by a brief history of the library. This is 40 minutes. [applause] [laughter] good day. Welcome everyone here to Howard University for another momentous occasion. Specifically the president of the National Trust Historic Preservation. I want to thank you for your partnership and stewardship of this arrangement and what we are about to announce. Is anunders library iconic building on college campus. Represents aer major symbol of the university. It ensures everyone understands what has happened in this building over time. This building was designed with inspiration from independence hall. That was not done by accident. That was a building that housed the constitution of the United States of america. At the time he used that as inspiration because blacks in this country at that time, despite what the constitution said, were not operating under an equal system. The building was designed with that in mind. I have to
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Recruitment, retention and moralee . Thank you, senator. Thank you for that question. Let me begin at the beginning. Why did we do this in the first place . The reason to open up all mos to females is to make sure that were able to access what is, after all, 50 of the population. Right. And understandably. Im not worried about the merits of that but the implications for the Selective Service. I do understand. That is the action we took. As far as informing the congress, we have the implementation plans for that, including everything that is required by law in order for us to do what we need to do. Separately is the Selective Service system, which is not administered by us. And is governed by statute. You will have a voice in any implications for that. My own belief about that is twofold. First, it stands to reason that you will reconsider the Selective Service system in its treatment of females in view of the department of defenses policies and practices with respect to women as well a
Welcome to montgomery, alabama, on American History tv. It is considered one of americas most historic cities for its role on the civil war and Civil Rights Movement. Today, it has a population of 205000 and is alabamas secondlargest city. With the help of our Cable Partners, over the next 90 thetes, hear the story of montgomery bus boycott and its impact on the city. Each day that the buses ran empty, the bus company lost about 3000 per day. About 1955. Ng three thousand dollars was the average yearly salary of most people in the area. It speaks to the amount of of the busestate because remember the bus fare was only . 10. Quite later, we will learn about an alabama governor who made a bid for the presidency. When people ask him what the takeaway from the 1958 campaign is, he says, i try to talk about progressive improvement and good and goodgood roads schools, known would listen. When i started to talk about segregation, everyone started to listen to me. But first, learn about court
Influencenot just journalism at his time. He is such a powerful force. Sensationalism is the one word that is possibly linked to joseph pulitzer. Asthink of sensationalism tabloid journalism, but he was using it to rights wrongs. At 6 30, we continue with the 100th anniversary of Pulitzer Prizes in st. Petersburg, florida. Keynote speaker Georgia Democratic representative john lewis. [indiscernible] you must not give up. You must hold on. For the complete American History tv weekend schedule, go to www. Cspan. Org. All weekend long, American History tv is joining our Comcast Cable partners to showcase the history of tuscaloosa, alabama. citiestourspan. Org. We continue with a look at the history of tuscaloosa. The name of my book is turning the tide the university of alabama in the 1960s. Thes a student at university of alabama in the 1960s and i missed a lot of it because i was studying. I wanted to take the story of beyond the desegregation that occurred in 1963. I want to take it th