He struck out his own name from the registration book. They crossed out their names and dropping out of the school. With the events that were rocking him. Remarkably the northern correspondent noticed them in the library and failed to make the connection between that statue in and the student noting the bust of john hed calhoun and leaves it at that. Many northerners king apparently included assumed that when africanamericans share of the last names of leading white southern families that they or their families have been owned. White southerners did little to disabuse this. The races can no more agree in the same classes in school and college of a the kid of the family. There is no telling how he would agree to this. The bonds of whiteness that connected him to complete strangers among the states caucasian population. They railed in a letter over quotes. And political power. In the wake of henry haynes enrollment. They tendered their resignations in protest. He put out a statement. Thi
This audience really merits it. I thought maybe one day if i write this book and people notice it maybe one day the mayor of charleston will be holding it in front of an audience, a packed house. This is what happened one week after the book was released. Its truly beyond my wildest dreams. The book tells the story of reconstruction and im going to read some passages from it some of which you will see from the Police Department some that deal with the mayor and the current mayor here. The point is we are all heirs to something. We have no say. We are born where we are and we have no say in what we inherit and all we have control of his will he do with it. We can recount some of the triumphs and some of the greatest tragedies but i think moving on from the tragedy of 2015 you created this group. You decided intentionally to create the space word difficult issues in the community could be discussed. It would have been easy and very human to say the murder was not from charleston, you hav
Thank you, pastor keaton, ms. Keaton, members of morris brown ame for welcoming us tonight. Hopefully we will have another chance to hear the choir. Thank you all. It is so nice to be back together and have an opportunity to discuss things that matter in this community and discuss how we can make them better, and i want to thank i hope you have had the opportunity to get some of the food that was served up outside by, first of all, morris brown member Reggie Simmons cooking up a lot of the sides, and then we had ben connell come down here from South Carolina. He is so committed to what the foreign means and what is doing. He is a lawyer in Kershaw County and he drove down here and cooked the chicken and sausage for us, and he didnt just cook it. He donated time and all of that food and that is a commitment to the community and we thank you so much, my friend, ben. I want to thank some other people while we get started, make sure i get these sponsors right. Dominion energy, el hoppa fou
Brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. Funding for cspan2 comes in his Television Companies and more including cox. It is extremely rare. But friends dont have to be. When you are connected, you are not alone. Cox, along with these Television Companies support cspan2 as a public service. Thank you pastor keaton. Thank you mrs. Keaton, members of morris brown ame to welcome us here tonight. Particularly the choir we could listen to you all night fortunate will have another chance thank you, thank you all. Welcome everyone it is so nice to be back together and have an opportunity to discuss things that matterss in this community and discuss how we can make them better. I went to sync, hope you all had an opportunity to get some of the food that was served up outside bite first of all morris brown member Reggie Simmons cooking up a lot of the sides that we had been come down hear from South Carolina so committed to at the form it means and what is doing. He is a lawyer and
Cspan. Org podcasts. Catch washington today for a fastpaced report of the stories of the day. Listen to cspan anytime. Just tell your Smart Speaker play cspan radio. Cspan, powered by cable. Thank you pastor. Thank you pastor keaton, missus keaton, members of morris brown ame for walking us here tonight, and particularly that choir we could listen to you all night fortunately will have another chancece so thank you pure thank you outlook and everyone. It is so nice to be back together and have an opportunity to discuss things that matter in this community and discuss how we cannd make them better. And i want to thank, i hope you have an opportunity to get some of the food that was served up outside by first of all Maurice Brown member Reggie Simmons cooking up a lot of the sides, and then we had benjamin come down here from South Carolina. You so committed to what the form means and what its doing hes a lawyer in South Carolina in the county council met in kershaw county, and he drove