Soaking up the sun. And the president is writing to his wife saying what a fabulous place this turned out to be. The cold has disappeared in just a weeks time. As he leaves key west after that first week he promised our city commissioners whenever i get tired i will be back. 12 weeks later hes back. So each november and december and each february and march the president would take up residence a week, two weeks, three weeks, a month at a time. And it becomes literally the functioning white house of the United States. President truman on his first vacation to key west is invited by the navy to go out on a captured german sub. So he and his 16 closest staff go out on this captured german sub. The captain of the sub is a missouri native. Of course as fate would have it they submerged to 450 feet and the sub springs a leak. The logs are on our official website. They werent the least bit concerned. They had a missouri captain. They knew he would look out for them. After time, the instrument
A half it is not a new phenomenon and the frustration even the outright anger many survivors have can go unresolved for years or forever. America tonights sarah hoye with a mother still searching for answers. Reporter its mid morning and sherise wells is easing into her day of work. Soon this mother of three will be hosting her extended family over the holidays but there wont be one member of her family at the dinner this year, her son, Robert Chambers. This sunday will mark five years sings ront died. Ince robert answers. Do you think you would have closure . Only if i know what happened i would have closure. Before the deaths of black men like eric garner in new york, la Quan Mcdonald in chicago at the hands of White Police Officers sparked outrage, Robert Chambers was shot here in the small military town of Warren Robbins georgia out of the national spotlight. Despite conflicting reports of what happened that brisk january morning, those who know Robert Chambers, include his uncle c
Phenomenon and the frustration even the outright anger many survivors have can go unresolved for years or forever. America tonights sarah hoye with a mother still searching for answers. Reporter its mid morning and sherise wells is easing into her day of work. Soon this mother of three will be hosting her extended family over the holidays but there wont be one member of her family at the dinner this year, her son, Robert Chambers. This sunday will mark five years sings ront died. Ince robert answers. Do you think you would have closure . Only if i know what happened i would have closure. Before the deaths of black men like eric garner in new york, la Quan Mcdonald in chicago at the hands of White Police Officers sparked outrage, Robert Chambers was shot here in the small military town of Warren Robbins georgia out of the national spotlight. Despite conflicting reports of what happened that brisk january morning, those who know Robert Chambers, include his uncle chris wells, say one thi
About the police and the communities they serve. Officer involved shootings especially whether the victim is a person of color have ignited protests, led to federal investigations and forced us all to consider how much it takes to bring a suspicious person under control. Although it has been a key headline over the last year and a half it is not a new phenomenon and the frustration even the outright anger many survivors have can go unresolved for years or forever. America tonights sarah hoye with a mother still searching for answers. Reporter its mid morning and sherise wells is easing into her day of work. Soon this mother of three will be hosting her extended family over the holidays but there wont be one member of her family at the dinner this year, her son, Robert Chambers. This sunday will mark five years sings ront died. Since robert died but she still needs answers. Do you think you would have closure . Only if i know what happened i would have closure. Before the deaths of blac
Charleston, South Carolina was one of the largest slave trading hubs in the south. A tour of the slave mart with nicole green, director of what is today the Old Slave Mart museum. We are sitting in the former sales room of the auction complex. We are on the second floor, but originally this building did not have a second floor. It was just a long, narrow building that was part of a complex of four buildings that made up ryan smart. Ryans mart. Port of entry for enslaved africans coming into what is now the united states. About 40 of all enslaved africans coming into this centuryin the 18th entered through the port of charleston. The Transatlantic Slave Trade was abolished in 1808, although there was smuggling. The domestic slave trade, since the majority of enslaved people who were sold here were americanborn. Were the children, grandchildren, and greatgrandchildren of enslaved africans, brought here against their will generations before. In 1856, when we see the first advertised slave