Is aprofound new way of looking at the history of atlanta. And so its only fitting that his first author talk in atlanta, be here at the Atlanta History Center are many of you all already have read the book, but some of you all might not might not be aware of his background. But professor ober is, a professor of history, and hes also the founding director of the center for the study popular music at the university of and he received his ph. D. From indiana university, bloomington and he received his undergraduate degree a bachelor of art in history from, Morehouse College and. Hes previously written two books. His first book was black power radical politics and African American identity, and he wrote hip hop revolution. The culture and politics of rap. So this is his third book. And having read his first book, it was a great book. But this book broke new ground. And without further ado, i want to welcome to the stage dr. Jeffrey oji obaa. Good everyone to say its a pleasure to be here
, i emphasize the way we in the journalistic environment say it, only shots from the day, i have from a small part of it, the negro is a healthy state, the area of which is two ukraines, well the population there is less than 25. 5 million, but anyway we dont know what the situation is in the regions, ill tell you more, the people in the regions obviously havent understood yet that the government has changed there to the end, taking into account the specifics of political communication, including that is, they showed us a simple a small image, so here i am, there are some protesters who support russia , well, let them support themselves , the republic of niger is a democratic state, they have the right , god be with them, but i repeat, this is only a small image, this is if we en masse the entire state saw such performances that not only in the daytime, but also in the far north and so on. Well, there are no questions. And so, in fact , again, this was a small episode that was 10
At least in the Central African republic. We needs a priest. We used to priest the rights of the byzantine church. And now hes the Russian Orthodox thing in the process and come to northern donna with a traditional annual fire festival in tamani. Has people drumming and dancing, or not the hello, im christine. Wonder, its good to have your company. Let him importance. Russia effort. This summit in st. Petersburg is the 2nd time hes advised that African Leaders to meet him on home to. And if attendance is anything to go by, hes more interested in them than they are in him. The last time in searching 45 of them turned up this time almost 2 thirds of them stayed away. So what is pushing offering . The russian president has promised to supply african nations free weapons to enhance security on the continent. His country is already africas biggest on steel. Hes also pledge corporation on trade, science and technology. Ill be talking to an analyst about what all this means off to this report
In the 1920s, there was a Strong Black Community here in tulsa called greenwood. These people were the core of black entrepreneurship. People call it The Black Wall Street. Greenwood was like putting harlem, Bourbon Street, and Chocolate City all in one place. But White Tulsans talked about greenwood as Little Africa or [bleep] land. Tulsa was a powder keg, needing only something to set the community alight. Between 100 and 300 people, most of them black, were killed. Today we call it a massacre. They were hastily trying to get rid of the bodies by dumping them in mass graves around the city. We have tulsans of an undetermined number who were murdered. It should not have taken 99 years. Anybody who thinks that this crime scene is not going to speak doesnt have the ears to hear. The ancestors are awake and the earth is shaking. I came to tulsa when i was in the sixth grade. So thats been, whew, i dont know how many years. My mother is from oklahoma. There was a Strong Black Community in
black entrepreneurship. people call it the black wall street. like putting harlem, bourbon street, and chocolate city all in one place. but white paulsons talked about it as little africa or land. tulsa was a powder keg, needing only something to set the community alight. between 100 and 300 people, most of them black, were killed. today we call it a massacre. they were hastily trying to get rid of the bodies. by dumping them in mass graves around the city. we of tulsa of an undetermined number, it should have not taken any nine years. anyone who thinks this crime scene is not going to speak does not have the ears to hear. the earth is shaking. i came to tulsa when i was in the sixth grade, so that has been well, i don t know how many years. my mother is from oklahoma. and there was a strong black community in tulsa called greenwood. these people were the core of black entrepreneurship. and they would help you get your business started. 1920 greenwood was booming.