Taking your calls, tweets, facebook posts for curators. Were joined inside with Robert Wilkins to talk about how this museum came about. He is the author of the book long road to hard truth. Thanks very much for being with us. Thank you. Its a pleasure to be here. So talk of this museum began back in 1916. It took a century to be built. Walk us through the process. Back in early 1916, in march or so, gentleman named ferdinand de soto lee, created a nonprofit called the National Memorial association, and its goal was to construct a physical memorial here in the Nations Capital to honor the contributions of negro soldiers and sailors who had fought in every war from the revolutionary war on up until that time. Within a couple years the organization broadened its mission to want to construct what they called a National Memorial building to negro achievement and contributions to america in all fields of endeavor from business to education to the arts, et cetera. Essentially a National Muse
Awardwinning filmmaker William Greaves and narrated by actor ricardo montalban. Narrator there are many things in the history of the world that were once thought to be impossible. Chatter] narrator as the earth speeds around the sun over 60,000 miles per hour, we are coming to realize more and more that many obstacles and problems that daily confront us are in reality merely opportunities, opportunities to break free of our fears and ancient taboos. And we are discovering too that the very process of freeing ourselves forces us to learn more and more about ourselves and the world in which we live. For an awful long time, 2,000 years, people assumed that there was a schism between the mind and the body, there was intellect and emotion, but only until recently, we realized how much time we influence the ongoing physiological activity in our body by what we think about, every stimulus, every stimuli in your environment that impinges on an organ is reflected to some extent physiologically.
Honor to be part of todays celebration. To the graduating class of 2017, a big congratulations. I know when you first step foot on this campus during your freshman year, you could not believe how fast this day would come. Believe me, life only gets faster from here on out after todays celebration. The 2017 graduating class of the university of alabama in huntsville is made up of some 853 outstanding men and women who have accomplished so much in such a short period of time. These students have achieved countless honors and recognition , and thech, academics arts. Some of the most recent honors we have seen include students who have received prestigious recognition like the following being named you a age uahs First National oceanic and scholar,ic hauling winning first place at the National Organization for the professional advancement of chemists and chemical engineers twominute drill research pitch, papering a best student award from the American Institute of aeronautics and astronaut
Honor to be part of todays celebration. To the graduating class of 2017, a big congratulations. I know when you first step foot on this campus during your freshman year, you could not believe how fast this day would come. Believe me, life only gets faster from here on out after todays celebration. The 2017 graduating class of the university of alabama in huntsville is made up of some 853 outstanding men and women who have accomplished so much in such a short period of time. These students have achieved countless honors and recognition , and thech, academics arts. Some of the most recent honors we have seen include students who have received prestigious recognition like the following being named you a age uahs First National oceanic and scholar,ic hauling winning first place at the National Organization for the professional advancement of chemists and chemical engineers twominute drill research pitch, papering a best student award from the American Institute of aeronautics and astronaut
Students and alumni. , honoredshed trustees guests, faculty, staff, family and friends, it is a pleasure to be here with you today and a true honor to be a part of todays celebration. Graduating class of 2017, a big congratulations. You first stepped foot on this campus during her freshman year, you could not believe how fast this day would come. And believe me, life only gets faster from here on out after todays celebration. The 2017 graduating class of the university of alabama in huntsville is made up of some 853 outstanding men and women who have accomplished so much in such a short amount of time. The students have achieved countless honors and recognition in research, academics, the arts, and athletics. Some of the most recent accolades received by members of you a age include students by members of uah include those receiving prestigious recognitions like the following. Being named First National oceanic and atmospheric scholar, winning first place at the National Organization f