Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Captioning performed by vitac captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 they worked in order to really attack the problem of a cap americans here in selma not having the right to vote. In the 1993, in february of that year the first representatives were sent here, Bernard Lafayette and his wife kahleah to be the voice for snc in this area. The they were going into places that hadnt been touched by the civil right movement in a way. They were the people working with the noung people other in selma to prepare them for the work of civil rights and to march and protest in the streets for rights they werent even old enough to have. Sncc really laid the foundation and groundwork to build off of in 1965. Sncc did not meet here in the church but they met in Tabernacle Baptist Church and the interesting thing about tabernacle baptist the church has two faces. Africanamericans were prevented from entering or exiting a building on broad
Of land with locations in every state. More than 325 Million People visited these sites last year. Over the next 90 minutes, well feature a mixture of Natural Beauty and history at eight different parks around the country. We begin outside of cleveland. Well learn how the canal plays a major role in western expansion. The ohio canal is part of a twocanal system that was put in place in the early years of america, built between 1825 and 1832. And basically its a water transportation route that connected lake erie with the ohio river which is part of a large idea, a National Water transportation route. In the early days of america, we had 13 colonies all situated along the atlantic seaboard. And our leaders at that time saw a problem. That problem was we needed that country to expand westward. However, there was a big obstacle. The appalachian mountains. Our first president , george washington, happened to be a canal engineer, had an idea. That idea was to create a transcontinental water
Malnutrition during its one year in operation. Next, derek next field, author of hellmira the unions most infamous pow camp of the civil war talks about the conditions at the prison and some of the officers in charge. His talk was part of a symposium on the war in the east hosted by the emerging civil war blog. ,. He is an associate professor in batavia, new york, hometown of emory upton. He earned fame at the battle of spotsylvania courthouse. Drerk has earned fame for his brandnew book as part of the emergence of war series, called. Ladies and gentlemen please welcome derek max field. Derek maxfield. Thank you very much. I very please to be here and talk about my latest project. Hellmira and prisoner over cams in general have been quite a surprise to me. , although we understand, that this is a small number of casualties, consider the total number of casualties during the civil war, or 750,000 now we believe, you know when you consider that we couldve done better. Both north and sout
Monuments. This is in washington d. C. And they hosted the event and provided the video. I am pleased to introduce todays discussion, during the last several years, how we remember and memorialize the civil war has been a topic in the United States and we have seen a renewed interest in these conversations in the recent weeks. At this site of Political Violence and national memory, we see our work as looking not only to the actions of the past but also how the passed informs to these circumstances throughout the country and the world, people raise questions about the purposes of the leaders who supported or profited from slavery, whether in richmond, boston, or birmingham, monuments and statues have become a flashpoint for the black lives matter movement. Since 2015, ford has held an annual Summer Institute set in stone, memory, monument, and myths that has explored questions of remembrance and memorialization. Each year, we find the spring has brought new and urgent crises that requir
Visitors can return to the theme park. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im ann marie green. Well, we begin with the election. Now less than two weeks away, President Trump heads to the Battle Ground state of North Carolina today as joe biden remains off the campaign trail to prepare for tomorrows final debate. Nancy chan is in washington. Nancy, biden may be off the campaign trail but he is getting some flephelp from a very close friend. Thats right. Former president obama will travel to philadelphia later today for the first event in person to support joe biden and Kamala Harris as the campaigns race to the finish line. President trump rallied in pennsylvania last night. Weary. May i please have your vote. It is the eighth Campaign Stop in the state as they see as a must win. This is an election between the trump super recovery which is happening right now and a biden depression. Joe bidens running mate california senator Kamala Harris said the former Vice President can lead the cou