That course in a special virtual town hall. Brought to you by michigan now. Good evening. Im honored to be joined by my frank and mike. We are broadcasting to stations across michigan tonight. On behalf of all of our stations, we want to thank you for your questions and for tuning into this incredibly special event. An unprecedented time in our history calls for an unprecedented response to your covid19 has hit our state hard. Michiganders have seen loss of life, jobs, and a sense of normalcy. Rebound, anyward questions remain like when will people be able to go back to work, when will things get back to normal, and what is the plan if we do see another spike in cases. Our stations are teaming up to get your questions answered. Tonight we are joined by governor gretchen whitmer. Governor, we want to thank you for the opportunity to bring questions directly to you. The governor is joined by michigans chief medical executive and the director of Michigan Labor and Economic Opportunity. ,h
Saturday at 4 00 p. M. Eastern, here on American History tv. I have a dream this afternoon, that one day right here in detroit 1963 it, would be here where dr. Martin luther king gave his portion of the i have a dream speech. Announcer continuing our tour of detroits history with historian and tour guide, we had back downtown to cobo center, which is low coded on the banks of the detroit river. So we are in downtown detroit, at what is now cobo center. It was built in 1960 as cobo hall and cobo arena, named after the former mayor, who was a supporter of housing segregation. When this was built, it became the Main Convention center for the city of detroit. In 1963, it would be here where dr. Martin luther king, after leaving one of the largest civil rights marches in americas history, 125,000 people, would come here to listen to a portion of the i have a dream speech on june 23, 1963. He gave the portion of that speech right here in detroit two months before he gives it in washington. P
Actors, journalists, people who are admired from would be are and what they do. Here at the museum, our mission is to promote understanding of the importance of the free press and the First Amendment. We hope more people come to visit the exhibit because the events at stonewall and rise up, the stonewall and lgbtq Rights Movement tells the story of how everyday americans, First Amendment right of the press, speech, religion, to rise up, freedom of Assembly Push back , and advocate for change, and that is what we are about here at the newseum. Explaining to people the story of the First Amendment. This movement. The story of the lgbtq Rights Movement, really about the first embodies everything amendment. We hope people will come to experience it as well as the movies and other interactions that we tell here at the exhibit. You can watch this and other american artifacts programs any time visiting our website cspan. Org history. , announcer we head back downtown to cobo center, located o
Our city store visits detroit, michigan to learn more about its unique history and literary life. For eight years now, we have traveled to u. S. Cities, ringing the literary scene and Historic Sites to our viewers. You can watch more of our visits at the span. Org beauty store tour. Org cities air at the Detroit Museum and we are about to walk into an exhibit called americas motor city. Detroit has been. The motor city capital of the world since at least 1915 when there were over 42 Companies Making cars and another 75 Companies Making parts. While other towns build cars, we built lots of cars. The detroit area enjoyed a wealth of strong manufacturing, a lot of it based in the building of carriage bodies but also in building iron stoves, building Railroad Cars, realworld wheels and the rails that go with them. Understood the manufacturing process but also how to deal with steel, iron, rubber. They had all the engineers, designers and toolmakers and the tools they needed to make an auto
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