Vietnamese forces. Our purpose is not to occupy the areas. Once enemy forces are driven out of these sanctuaries and once there military supplies are destroyed, we will withdraw. These actions are in no way directed to the security of any nation, any government that chooses to use these actions as a pretext for hardening relationships with the u. S. Will be doing so on its own responsibility and initiative and we will draw the appropriate conclusions. Now, let me give you the reasons for my decision. A majority of the American People, a majority of you listening to me are for the withdrawal of our forces from vietnam. The action i have taken tonight is indispensable for the continuing success of that withdrawal program. A majority of the American People want to end this war rather than have it drag on interminably. The action i have taken tonight will serve that purpose. A majority of the American People want to keep the casualties of our brave men in vietnam at an absolute minimum. Th
Located right beside taylor hall is the parking lot where four students event unfortunately passed away. I have parked in that parking lot. I have walked across it. Ive talked to my friends while walking across it. Theres something incredibly powerful about something that people encounter daily, having such a wound located there. I really am grateful that i have been able to attend kent state. Ive been able to exist in that space. It fires me up, honestly, every time i see it, to just keep fighting. Because some of the things they were fighting for back then, we are still fighting now. Complacency is not a privilege that we can afford. Hello, my name is todd dai akin. It is my great honor and responsibility to service you do not have to be a historian to understand the place of Kent State University and the history of modern america. But i am a historian and i do appreciate both the seminal place of our university and our nations history. And our ongoing responsibility to share this hi
Destroyed, we will withdraw. These actions are in no way directed to the security interests of any nation. Any government that chooses to use these actions as a pretext for harming relations with the United States will be doing so on its own responsibility and its own initiative and we will draw the appropriate conclusions. Reasonsme give you the for my decision. A majority of the American People, a majority of you listening to me, are for the withdrawal of our forces from vietnam. The actions i have taken tonight is indispensable for the continuing success of that withdrawal program. A majority of the American People want to end this war rather than to have it drag on. The action i have taken tonight will serve that purpose. A majority of the American People want to keep the casualties of our brave men in minimumat an absolute or the action i take tonight is essential if we are to accomplish that goal. Action not for the purpose of expanding the war into cambodia, but for the purpose
Abused and misused by man and his machines. Without the cuyahoga, the sprawling megalopolis of Cleveland Akron would not exist. The river was the reason for originally settling this portion of the western reserve in the 1780s. The river called crooked by the delaware indians provided a waterway to the interior of ohio, and so man came and continued coming until today nearly 2 Million People live and work in the river basin. In creating this urban complex, man has used the river as men have always used rivers. The flow has been put to work as a navigatable stream, a water supply and as a suewer. Mans mark is everywhere. Is this mark an epitaph for the cuyahoga. With us is the professor of history with the university of cincinnati and the coauthor of where the river burned. Physically, where are you located and explain what happens 50 years ago this month. Hi, steve, thanks for having me. We are sitting at the near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, the can cuyahoga reaches lake erie. But
Of the tusk gee institute and was a prominent figure in the africanamerican community. Up next, we learn about his connection to West Virginia and how his life there shaped him s a future leader. Booker t. Washington was for 20 years the spokesman and leader of africanamericans in america. And at the time, we had horrible jim crow race codes in the south. That didnt happen here in West Virginia. It was a different sort of race relations. And what he observed with his boyhood heroes was the building of a black middle class, and that really became his path, his career path as he went from tuskegee to being a National Celebrity. Booker was born in a place called hales ford, south of roanoke, virginia, about 225 miles from here, and in those first nine years, he was a slave boy. He didnt have pants. He wore a slave boy shirt. Shoes were two wooden slats with a piece of leather across each toe, across the top. He wanted very much to go to school. He saw white children going to school. He wa