Wanted to start out by sharing with you the partnership between the National Parks conservatives association, and the association of study of life and history began more than 28 years ago. It was then at that irena webster, and govern spencer dug, joined with the woman who would become my first boss at ncaa, i had to get right. Had the vision to join forces to support an enhanced the work that the National Parks service is doing in order to protect the African American experience. Sadly, i had to give passed away earlier this year. I want to take a moment at the start of this conversation about the preservation of the history of the struggle to achieve black Voting Rights, to remember my boss, my friend and a true pioneer in the long and ongoing process to make congress this survey shun and preservation organizations like and pca, more just, equitable, diverse and inclusive. Thank you diana. Now, for our panel today, folks are going to be aware of the history of the struggle of Voting
And stillents today, there is nothing in the communityto show that foot soldiers were. Thank you very much. Presentation. L gina, we are going to go to you next please. Joe, thank you for sharing your story there. Of oralese kinds histories that really make these us, and tod real for tell these stories bring more of the cultural outreach that is so necessary for us to have and connect with. In fact, that is part of the mission of the National Park , the selma to montgomery trail. That is what was the underpinning for the commemoration that we had, and for the 19th amendment this year , to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, that andted, suffrage for women through the constitution. In our though, commemoration, wanted to keep in mind two things that the National Park service must , but not allo all women achieve the right to vote with the passage of the 19th amendment. Second, the struggle was very much defined by class and race and religion. Those ar
The military and local forces in the takeaway region, Amnesty International says hundreds may have been killed on monday, cause if not hundreds of civilians were stabbed to death in a small town called me, which is in the southwestern of ethiopias, of the degree region. Likely, most likely, on the night of november 9th, these victims appear to have been civilians appear to be laborers no way involved in the ongoing military offensive in the region. A senior official from south africas ruling party is in court to face corruption charges. My guy surely is secretary general of the a. N. C. The charges relate to allegations of the misuse of government funds. While he was the provincial leader. My surely has denied any wrongdoing. Top u. S. Election officials have described the president ial vote as the most secure in u. S. History denying any fraud. It comes as more republicans break ranks with donald trump over his refusal to cooperate with president elect joe biden. And the u. S. Preside
He was congratulating trump for his a win in becoming remaining in office hes also talked about biden in the past suggesting that biden as president would be one of the weakest u. S. President s in history but lets not forget he has a personal ties in the game here because maloney trump the current 1st minister the cut current 1st lady is of course from slovenia. When we heard also one of the people who was congratulating of course joe biden was german chancellor Angela Merkel i mean under the trumpet mystery u. S. German relations havent been completely painstaking specially of the nato how much could change could things change under biter. Well and of merkel the chancellor of germany is known as being as stoically to somebody who famously will try and get along with everyone but even she has struggled to have a relationship with trump shes been frustrated it seems by trumps nationalistic policies and his erratic style the fact that he takes to twitter to make announcements and we kno
A questionable record of success. Theyre just gone for crap here in moscow you watching international frances advise ing its citizens living in or traveling to muslim countries to exercise caution that after protests erupted over the french Governments Defense of the right to show controversial cartoons of the prophet mohammed it is recommended to exercise the greatest vigilance especially while traveling and in places that are frequented by tourists or expatriate communities. Ok lets get more details now from charlotte pinsky joins us from paris good afternoon charlotte just run through then why french authorities felt the need to do this. This warning has been issued for those traveling and living in some muslim majority countries and it comes as there are rising tensions between france and those countries over comments made by president in the wake of that terror attack the beheading of teach patty president said he would defend the right to show controversial cartoons of the muslim