With us on the Independence Day weekend professor what is july 4th mean to you . [laughter] it means Frederick Douglassw. You could have the general celebration we have a different perspective from the africanamerican aameri community is a long history to understand the distinction in terms of the celebration for one community and a lack of the observance on the other part and what does it mean to those who have a history of bondage of segregation and jim crow to you have to understand the sensitivity from one community to another. Obviously Start Talking about the history of this country and the roles of africanamericans to provide that celebration is a whole other question. The f we have been at the forefront of the battle of freedom for justice and liberty for erfurt fr update number one so in terms of the boston massacre since that moment across the years the matter what type of internet or turmoil or conflict order world war the people were involved didnt you find a contribution o
Selfdetermination. Host author herb boyd with us on this Independence Day weekend. Professor boyd, what is july 4 me deal . Guest it means the same thing what it meant to Frederick Douglass, you know. While you can have the general celebration and everything, we have a different perspective from the africanamerican community. This was a long history to understand exactly the distinction in terms of the celebration for one community and the kind of lack of observers on the other part of the community. What does it mean to people who history of segregation. You have to understand the kind of sensitivity that might be distinct from one community to another. Obviously we Start Talking about this history of this country and the role of africanamericans in terms of providing that celebration, that is a whole another question because we have been in the forefront of the socalled battle for freedom and justice and liberty in this country from day one. From day one going back to the socalled bo
Mayor and economist discussed leadership changes after the 1967 riots. This talk was hosted by the smithsonians museum of African American history and culture. Thank you for joining us once again. Could i ask you to join me in a round of applause of appreciation for prudential and laura ready and representatives of the Prudential Foundation for their support. In the last Presentation Panel judge coleman started speaking about the importance of and we know leadership comes in many forms and styles. We want to explore that notion with a couple of extremely experienced and honored individuals this evening. Another example of excellent leadership in the state of new jersey, if the congressman is in the audience. Thank you for joining us. The final discussion is not a penalize it is a conversation one participant in that conversation will be dr. Julian and owner ofsident economics her phd in and San Francisco state, Michigan State and howard. But she also served as the 15th president for th