Frederick douglass was born free, but in bondage, as he wrote in my bondage and my freedom. For my own part, i had now become altogether too big for my chains. Thank god he did. Frederick douglass has a majestic presence in our lives. The most photographed man of the 19th century. Frederick douglass stirs our souls. His rhetoric could roar like a lion. Its why he was greeted with many minutes long Standing Ovations even after he spoke and very often before we live in anticipation, dont we . Its also what he said. Frederick douglass is a prophet of freedom. He rallied the nation in pursuit of our founding principles. Quote, it is not light that we need, but fire. It is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind and the earthquake. Clearly, Frederick Douglass knew what time it was. We celebrate his example today and deeply appreciate his legacy every day, giving us a north star and a path to pursue for posterity. That is why the Heritage Foundation is delighted
Next, we continue our coverage of this weekends meeting in washington, d. C. You are watching American History tv on cspan3. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us this late on a saturday afternoon. I am the executive director of us icomos. I will describe who we are and set a little context. Welcome to the session on World Heritage and the New Birmingham National Civil rights monument. Joining us today on the panel, we will be doing brief introductions. Glenn eskew from Georgia State university who is coordinating the civil rights World Heritage nomination. Brent leggs, stephen morris, and patricia sullivan. First, a little bit about us icomos and why i am here. While i am listed as the chair of this session, glenn eskew is the architect of this session. I am here to provide context for the significance of the investments of Energy Taking place. Us icomos dates back to 1965. We are one of the 110 or so National Committees of the International Council of monuments and sites. It is an
Goods and people from the north to south. The emmett till case is highlighted. Prof. Frazier good afternoon. Welcome back. Thank you for paying attention to the emails that i sent out. They were reminders about your papers. We are fortunate to have this collection of newspapers. Be sure to use those. Just because it is a black paper in the south, it does not count for your Southern Majority paper. Remember that. Please Pay Attention to the of that coming out. The gospel choir concert is april 23rd. That can count as a cultural immersion activity. You can consider that one, and remember to ask me about the ones you have in mind. You did a lot of good work over spring break and answering your questions. We will talk about that today and talk about emmett till. I want to back up to where we were before spring break. We were talking about the world and vibrance created. We know the great migration happens around world war i. We talk about all the ways that we can learn about the world and
A mix of clouds and sun overall. Temperatures not too bad to start out. Were at 66 in allentown. 66 in trenton. 68 in beach haven. 68 at the airport in a. C. 67 in philadelphia. 66 at this hour in wilmington. And 68 in cape may. Rolling into the afternoon it is going to be warm but not quite as hot as yesterday. By noon, well be up to 80. 85 by 3 oclock and i expect a high of 86 right in there around 4 oclock and then 84 by 5 oclock and by 7 oclock, 80 degrees. Kids on the bus stop not in too bad shape this morning. It will be a little bit on the humid side so you probably dont have to overdo it with jackets or anything even though well be at 66 in some suburbs and then 69 in philadelphia. Partly cloudy skies overall. Got to take a look at the visibilities. We were looking at the potential of some fog development and we are getting a little bit of that in Atlantic County and up the coast towards toms river. Any of these dark patches suggest that but most of us arent dealing with it. If
Little bit as we do have some stars out, a few clouds around but certainly bright to start out and overall were expecting a sun and clouds mix today. Temperatures to begin, not too bad. 67 in philadelphia, 67 in wilmington. 67 in reading and it looks like 65 in allentown currently. 66 in trenton. And down in cape may, 68 degrees on the promenade. And your dewpoints are still up in the mid 60s across most of the region, a couple of places in the upper 60s and thats moderate humidity so again, once you start working out today, particularly if youre under the sun, you are going to feel a little bit on the sticky side. Not as hot today but still pretty warm. By noon were up to 80 degrees and by 3 oclock, 85. Im expecting a high of 86 probably not until about 3 30 or 4 oclock this afternoon. Cooler air is coming but we may have to wait a couple of more days before it gets here, karen, and then a big change for the weekend. Thats all ahead in the exclusive accuweather 7day. Anything on the r