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
A student and photographer for the College Newspaper at the time, one of his photos was used on the cover of life magazine. He has published a book about his experience, moments of truth a photographers experience of kent state 1970. Max thank you all so much for coming out tonight. Tonight, we are hosting the photographer Howard Ruffner who, during his College Years at kent state university, was a photographer for the yearbook and newspaper. His book tonight, moments of truth, is a collection of more than 150 photos around the kent state massacre of 1970 in which four students lives were lost. So without further ado, please welcome Howard Ruffner. [applause] howard first of all, i have to say it is nice to see some familiar faces out here. Lots of people from pasadena village and relatives. My daughter is here with my soninlaw, and his parents are here. People from near where i live. But most of all, i have to thank my wife for being here. If she will just raise her hand. [applause] a
His book tonight, moments of truth, is a collection of more than 150 photos around the kent state massacre of 1970 in which four students lives were lost. So without further ado, please welcome howard ruffner. [applause] howard first of all, i have to say it is nice to see some familiar faces out here. Lots of people from pasadena village and relatives. My daughter is here with my soninlaw, and his parents are here. People from near where i live. But most of all, i have to thank my wife for being here. If she will just raise her hand. [applause] as most of you know, whenever you endeavor on a real, good project, your spouse is the one who picks up the other stuff, and laura kept me organized and kept me going and made sure i did not lose too much of a focus on where i was going with this. So let me get started. The intention of my book is to let you know more about me at the beginning before i attended kent state, my introduction to photography. And then the rest of the story starts wi
Street in the hague. The incident happened at the hudsons bay store in the citys grote market which is the main Market Square area of the hague. Now on bbc news click. This week, long jump s, a soft landing, a high five, this week, long jump s, a soft landing, a highfive, and squeaky toys. December three marks the Un International day of persons with disabilities. And each year on click we use the occasion to look at some of the latest technology is helping to change the lives of disabled people. This is the beazley designs of the year exhibition at the Design Museum london which feature some great examples of inclusive design. This is my sleeve, silicon groups that make writers more comfortable. There are also magnetic so they snap together and can be held in one hand. This able to is a 3 d printable add on that makes small buttons bigger and more accessible. And the kainga row is a concept mobility robot which can carry your shopping for you. One area of cutting edge design and resea
Now on bbc news, click. Navigating the world feels like a huge challenge. I lost my sight seven years ago. Navigating the world can feel like a huge challenge, even with my gorgeous guide dog, olga. I usually use my guide dog willow to get around, but today were trying out a new device wewalk smart cane. I think olgas a bit confused with the cane. The device has a round sensor to detect obstacles. Ive paired it with my smart phone and airpods to send me directions. So my airpods pick up the information from my phone and the Navigation System reads it out to me. When we got there it said, starbucks now on your right. And, yeah. By then we could smell it anyway, couldnt we . When i was using the cane it was always vibrating. Thats buzzing a lot. Is it . Yeah, the buzzing got really quick. So i new that i was in front of something that was quite a large obstacle. This might be an improvement for some cane users, but personally ive found the feedback slightly overwhelming. I could imagine