2017, it will be 43 years ago and a lot has happened at that site since then. the park has been developed year-by-year. initially, it took about two years to get the buildings out and to put in grass and it is mainly now a grassy space. more money now, i believe in the neighborhood of $60 million has gone into refurbishing the parks further. so not only was the fair beneficial immediately in terms of transforming downtown spokane, but now the better part of 50 years later, there is still momentum that began their that is part of the spirit of that place, the spirit of the place of the middle of spokane falls. our cities to her staff recently traveled to spoke at, washington to learn about the rich history. to learn more about spokane and other spots go to c-span.org /cities to her. you are watching american history tv. a weekend every weekend. we continue with our look at the history of spokane. up next on american history speak to a gathering house by the association of af
relations. we had horrible relationships with the black community in particular. a lot of people had been beaten up. i was one of the people severely beaten by the police and made the decision i was going to become a police officer. this was commonplace in detroit. it was probably around that time the naacp attentive to integrate , and thee department police department went on strike. we had all these things occurring. in the 1950 s and 1950 s, people had been shot and killed by the police. all of these things festered. we had a great deal of people that moved up from the south who wanted to get jobs in detroit because of the big three. they found things were probably as bad here as they were in the south. they were getting frustrated in terms of the things going on. watch the entire program on the 1957 detroit riots at 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. eastern on monday. up next, nina howard speaks to a gathering hosted by the association of african-american museums about designing
ladies and gentlemen, madames et messieurs, brothers and sisters. [applause] don t let this cane fool you. the hips still work. [laughter] [applause] just saying. i am so excited to be here. they said to say your name, but they did not that tell me what it was. [laughter] my name is kinshasha holman conwill. [applause] thank you. thank you. thank you. it is so wonderful to see you. and it is so wonderful to be in such a warm and welcoming assembly in washington, d.c. it s a rare thing these days. [laughter] you are in for a treat. i am supposed to say some things and i will, but i am so excited and so privileged to be introducing my sister today. for those of you who do not know her, your mind will be blown. let s get real. she is amazing. and she is beautiful ok whatever. , whatever. and i worked with her, so you may talk about what you know about zena howard. but did you work with her for eight years? i don t think so. i don t think so. so i know. she is amazing. this has
first look at some of the weekend s biggest bargains, only on gma . and this morning, the loss of a legend. brady bunch star florence henderson known as america s favorite mom has died at age 82. friends and fans mourning the 70s star who never stopped bringing us laughter. ? i wanna be loved by you alone. boop boopee doo ? our tribute right here to a an icon indeed she was. dan and i want to thank you for joining us on this friday after thanksgiving and we are talking about florence henderson. such sad news for fans of the actress. long before she moved into the television role that made her a star, florence henderson was an accomplished broadway sensation. childhood when she moved on to the brady bunch. she never stopped working even after that show went off the air. her career spanned six decades and she was still in the spotlight, in fact, just days before her death on dancing with the stars. we re going to have much more on this bona fide tv icon throughout
first look at some of the weekend s biggest bargains, only on gma . and this morning, the loss of a legend. brady bunch star florence henderson known as america s favorite mom has died at age 82. friends and fans mourning the 70s star who never stopped bringing us laughter. i wanna be loved by you alone. boop boopee doo our tribute right here to a tv icon. an icon indeed she was. dan and i want to thank you for joining us on this friday after thanksgiving and we are talking about florence henderson. such sad news for fans of the actress. long before she moved into the television role that made her a star, florence henderson was an accomplished broadway sensation. listen to that voice. yeah, she was really, really talented. just became a staple of american childhood when she moved on to the brady bunch. she never stopped working even after that show went off the air. her career spanned six decades and she was still in the spotlight, in fact, just days before