To the civil rights leader as well as former president george w. Bush, bill clinton and barack obama. The president remembered the life and legacy of representative 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 of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] amen. We thank go
Jim 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 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 introdu
Monuments discussing how people can make decisions about based removing or contextualizing them based on Historical Information , and public sentiment. The American Historical Association hosted and recorded this event. James good afternoon. I say that with some trepidation because our audience is national and international. Morning to some of you and good to some of you. I am jim grossman, the executive director of the American Historical Association. This is an initial experiment in something that we are likely to call history behind the headlines. We consider Historical Context essential to decisionmaking in public culture and especially in all aspects of public policy. Aha is a membership supported organization. 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 and especially gr
The vaccine protected monkeys with a single dose , most need two doses given two weeks apart. Of early human trials go well, Johnson Johnson plans to start to late stage trials on as many as 30,000 people in september. A leaders at a church in berkeley are speaking out after the say their house of worship was targeted because of a blacklivesmatter banner. The pastor at the way church on University Says members hung the banner tuesday afternoon, less than 12 hours later about 12 30 am on wednesday, someone deliberately set a fire behind the church the neighbor says he saw someone and called 911. Church leaders say they hope the case will be taken seriously. We are not as far from the 1960s and 70s of racial tear. Its our duty as people ra voices about the history of racial violence that has been facing black people for centuries. Berkeley police are investigating this is arson. Theyve not determined whether or not it was a hate crime. Leaders at the way church are holding a News Confere
The American Historical Association. James this is an initial experiment in something that we are likely to call history behind the headlines. Historical context essential to decisionmaking in public culture and especially in all aspects of public policy. This is a membership supported organization. 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, never siblings are located in the chat on zoom and in the comments on facebook live. And especially grateful thankful to History Channel four their generous sponsorship of this webinar. Lets get started. It is an honor to introduce todays panelists, Annette Gordon reed. Blight, he studies slavery and abolition. These 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 contin