Our nations asked every weekend on cspan3. Historians david blight and annette gordonreed talked about recent debates over historical monuments, discussing how people could make decisions about removing or contextualizing them based on Historical Information and public sentiment. The American Historical Association hosted and recorded this event. James 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. 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 pub
Archival footage are included in the Award Winning film from 2003, which documents the nonviolent protest that quickly lead to similar citizens throughout the south and helped energize the Civil Rights Movements of the 1960s. We have the right to protest. This is a nonviolent movement. Resistance. From the busboy cart in montgomery, alabama 1960, virtually Nothing Happened in the arena of civil rights. It was dead. Absolutely dead. Even martha luke earth do even Martha Luther king said that. In 1960, things to change dramatically, in greensboro. It is the origin of all of those events that occurred subsequent to february 1st, 1960. I happened to be there. Mcneill happen to be there. When you hear a railroad, the train is coming from far away and its coming closer. You become increasingly aware of the tracks of the trains. That track is what divides white from black. That is what separates the white ghetto from the black ghetto. It is the track that heads somewhere, but you dont know ex
Assassination attack that left him seriously wounded. Exploring the american story. Watch American History tv. This weekend on cspan three. Let us go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically in visually, what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who helped stick together because they believed in the rule of law. Good evening and welcome to landmark cases. We are about two thirds of the way through our 12 week series looking at Historic Supreme Court decisions. Tonights 1954 case of school segregation. Brown v. Board of education. We are going to begin this evening by listening to linda brown on this case. My memory of brown began in the fall of 1950. In the quiet kansas town of topeka, where a mild mannered black man took his sevenyearold daughter by the hand and walked briskly, four blocks from their home, to the all white school and tried without success, to enroll his child. Black parents into peak felt that the day of trying to enroll their sch
Historic and they focus on justice marshals time at the naacp attorney trying the education related segregation cases such as around the board of education. This is hosted by the National Museum of African American history and culture. Good evening. My name is dear trey cross, director of programs at the National Museum of African American history and culture. It is my pleasure to welcome all of you to this Wonderful Program and introduce you to our discussion entitled, historically speaking, thurgood marshall. An evening with spencer crew and paul think women. Before we begin, let me also welcome our audience who is streaming the discussion through the museums you stream channel. A twitter handle this evening is hashtag historically speaking. We are also thrilled that this program will be broadcast via cspan book tv and will be aired at a later date. To begin, dr. Cruz compelling new biography introduces us to the constant battles for equality faced by African Americans through a stud
Now the entire Funeral Service for representative john lewis in atlanta georgia. Friends and family pay tribute to the civil rights leader as well as former president george w. Bush, bill clinton and barack obama. The president remembered the pre life and legacy of representative john lewis and shared personal stories. [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] good morning and welcome to the historic Ebenezer Baptist church. We are americas freedom church. My name is doctor Patrice Turner and as i serve as the director of worship of the arts here today. We thank god for the life of representative John Robert Lewis and so, at 11 00 a. M. We shall join with churches and institutions all over the land and ring the bell for his life 80 times to represent his 80 years here on earth. Let us remain silent and remember his contributions and legacy to our people at this time. [bells silence]. [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing o