As we transition this afternoon, i want to welcome back those who joined us this morning. And i want to welcome those who are just joining us this afternoon including one of my fellow commissioners, irene riley. Thank you so much for coming and joining us. Im Karen Clawson T chair of the San Francisco human Rights Commission. This morning i made a few remarks but what we didnt do which i wanted to make sure we did right now is to thank everyone who has helped to make this summit possible including, of course, the asian Art Museum Staff t San Francisco public library staff, all of the people who have given us technical support, the human Rights Commission staff, including our Commission Secretary Kathy mulkey meyer. Amelia Martinez Bankhead and taquan harrison, sarah sang, and jessica compo. So thank you, all, very, very much. For all of your hard work in putting this sum in it together. Because we do have some newcomer, i want to reiterate a few things and that is that we live in a nat
As we transition this afternoon, i want to welcome back those who joined us this morning. And i want to welcome those who are just joining us this afternoon including one of my fellow commissioners, irene riley. Thank you so much for coming and joining us. Im Karen Clawson T chair of the San Francisco human Rights Commission. This morning i made a few remarks but what we didnt do which i wanted to make sure we did right now is to thank everyone who has helped to make this summit possible including, of course, the asian Art Museum Staff t San Francisco public library staff, all of the people who have given us technical support, the human Rights Commission staff, including our Commission Secretary Kathy mulkey meyer. Amelia Martinez Bankhead and taquan harrison, sarah sang, and jessica compo. So thank you, all, very, very much. For all of your hard work in putting this sum in it together. Because we do have some newcomer, i want to reiterate a few things and that is that we live in a nat
Descended on Greenwood Shooting black People indiscriminately and burning thousands of homes and businesses along with churches and schools, and when the massacre ended 48 hours later, hundreds of survivors were rounded up at gunpoint and forced to march to camps where they were held for weeks. Survivors recounted seeing bodies dumped into the Arkansas River and Mass Graves. Those ancestors are trying out, she says, never forget, remember me. Sadly the survivors you saw in the piece have since passed and there are three known survivors still alive, including one 107 years old, with whom i had the privilege of speaking to after she spoke in front of congress. Joining me here in tulsa is an nbc correspondent, tremaine lee, and we have a member of the centennial commission. You have been reporting on the story and here on the ground in tulsa for days, and potentially longer than that, and the latest aspect of your reporting has been talking to white tulsans. For far too long the burden of
Vote no. No, its not. No, i got to make sure were going to move to a better compromise. We are following those headlines. And this. Crucial meetings on the fate of americas crumbling infrastructure underway on the hill. Right now hundreds of billions of dollars to expand Internet Access and fix u. S. Roads and bridges. On the line. Cnns Jessica Dean is live for us on capitol hill. First, the Voting Rights bill. We know its doomed because of republicans and they need at least ten to come on board in order to pass this through the next level. The next step. But democrats, they want unity and given manchins stance, how likely is that . Well, we will just have to see. That is playing out as we speak down the halls as the senators talked with one heard. We heard from Senator Amy Klobuchar who told us they are negotiating with Senator Manchin over specifically voter i. D. And also mailin voting as they try to get some consensus around a full unified democratic vote for this bill. But Somethi
Virtual podium over to you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you all for joining me on a friday afternoon or evening depending on what time zone youre in. I want to give a special. Thank you to dr. Paul quigley and dr. Carolyn newhall for creating this event and inviting me to speak to you all. So before we kind of get into the bulk of my talk, i wanted to kind of lay the foundation and kind of set us all on the same page. A lot of what were going to talk about today is what happened in the civil war during the along the Mississippi River and usually when we think about the Mississippi River and the civil war we start with general Winfield Scotts famous anaconda plan, and im sure some of you have seen the map with the giant snake on it kind of highlighting the two Component Parts to the anaconda plan where hes going to blockade the confederacy along the Atlantic Coast and the gulf of mexico and then theyre gonna gain complete control of the Mississippi River and the Mississippi River is the