American artifacts visits archives and historic places. The National Museum of African American history and culture opened in september of 2016. Malled on the National Near the washington monument, the museum has quickly become one of the most visited in the nations capital, with capacity crowds almost every day. Next, we visit the museum to tour the history galleries which began three stories underground. Welcome to the slavery and freedom exhibition. My name is mary elliott and i am a Museum Specialist and cocurator of the exhibition, which is one of three in the history gallery at the museum. We have three exhibitions in this gallery and those exhibitions cover 15thcentury africa and europe all the way through today. Some of the themes we cover in the exhibition include holding onto humanity under some of the most inhumane conditions. Reality ofthe harsh how africans and African Americans shaped the world as well as the nation. We look at how they were shaped by the landscape and sh
Have the ability to make appointments for. Or if you decide to run for Public Office. You know, when i decided to run for supervisor, i wanted to be a good supervisor for the people of the district i represent, where i grew up in. And so that entailed making sure i knew how to do policy and legislation and i understand how the process worked and the city worked. And the good news id been on commissions and other places. So i understood it. But i actually went back to school late in life, before i ran, to get my masters in public administration. And i ended up graduating from u. S. F. With honors, because i was committed to making sure that i was the best policymaker for the people that i represented. And im not suggesting that you do that. Its just that whatever role you want to play, you set your sights on that role and you make sure that youre prepared to take it on and all that it entails. And unfortunately in the world of politics, and in the world of public service, it also comes
The aha is a membershipsupported organization, just a reminder. One has to say these things, anybody who watches Public Television or listens to public radio is ready for this. If you would like to become a member and support this type of content, membership links are located in the chat on zoom and in the comments on facebook live. I want to give an especially grateful thankful to History Channel for their generous sponsorship of this webinar. Lets get started. It is an honor to introduce todays panelists, Annette Gordonreed, professor of law and history at harvard university. And david blight, professor of history and director of the lehrman center for the study of slavery, abolition and resistance at yale university. The professors are Pulitzer Prize winning historians and they have won lots of other prizes as well. They have written and spoken frequently and insightfully on issues relating to monuments, history, memory and our nations continued failure to fully confront the implica
Housepassed government funding bill. Now, live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, help us. Turn us back to the paths of integrity and faith. Be for our lawmakers a protecting rock of safety, rescuing them from the powers of evil. Help them to fix their hearts on you, trusting your guidance and wisdom. May love for you be reflected in the ordering of their priorities, as they seek to give you first place in every important decision. Lord, make them servants of your purpose, as they seek to increase the treasures of your kingdom. Satisfy the deepest longings of their hearts. And, lord, in these toxic times, bless america. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, o
Talk about recent debates over historical monuments, discussing how people could make decisions about removing or contextualize exam based on Historical Information and public sentiment. The american historical so cetacean associated and recorded this event. Good afternoon. And i say that with some trepidation, because our audience is national and international. So, good morning to some of you and good evening to some of you. I am jim grossman, the executive director of the american historical association. And this is an initial experiment in something that we are likely to call history behind the headlines. The aha considers Historical Context and perspective essential to decisionmaking in public culture and especially in all aspects of public policy. The aha is a membershipsupported organization, just a reminder. , one has to say these things, anybody who watches Public Television or listens to public radio is ready for this. If you would like to become a member and support this type