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We return to the Mobile County Training School to record parts of the spirit of our ancestors festival. We spoke with organizer joscelyn davis. The spread of our ancestor festival is a day set aside to commemorate the descendants of the clotilda. There are festivals that started back in the eighties from the original founders of the descendants association, and i guess it stopped for a while, so i decided to start it up again. I was reading doctor natalie robertsons book, the slave ship clotilda, and the makings of africatown, thats how i came up with the title. I was looking for a title but a lot of things werent ringing a bell, but when i read her book i said, all, while spirit of our ancestors just jumped at me. You greeted everyone, and then there is a point when you had descendants speak. How did you come up with your program . Well, growing up here in africatown and attending Union Missionary baptist church, there was a bus of cudjo lewis in front of our church all my life. Back
Coronavirus lockdown even though infections are rapidly on the run. On 2 nasa astronauts safety make it to the International Space station. In nearly a decade that. Is the scene as we go to protest as are once again gathering in cities right across the United States over the death of an unarmed black man in minneapolis last week we have reporters standing by in 6 major cities the outpouring of anger of a Police Brutality is now entering its 6th day hundreds gathered again in minneapolis where this all started to denounce the death of george floyd he was killed by a white Police Officer were knelt on his neck for almost 9 minutes last monday when the protests spread across the country from new york to. Los angeles so far gatherings have been fairly peaceful but past nights have seen looting and vandalism well the National Guard has now been mobilized in several states to help contain the violence nightly curfews have been imposed and theres already a heavy Police Presence on the streets
Any and you are in the stream home edition a welcome to my dieting room table now today we are talking about people with disabilities and the impact that the coronavirus is having on them i have an excellent lineup of guests i am going to get them to introduce themselves that. I am director of disability rights and Human Rights Watch. Good to have you in the stream. Apparently a disability rights. Campaigner and a sports activist also all right looking forward to you bringing your expertise to our conversation and hello dr kim. Hi im very direct in our tradition and a disability rights advocate and active in. The Ability Coalition for 3rd pronoun dirge she and her. Get to have a dot to camp so as always with the stream ryall an interactive called the say she knew can be in the conversation as well. Thank you very much for being here you can comment you can have questions you can push back what are your stories please send them to us in at that and also if you are on twitter at a. J. St