By the descendents of the original founders all that congregation. Y bought the land in 1870 two parcels of land with the express purpose of building a house of worship. They named their structure they named their congregation the antiyokut baptist congregation and that message of being against the yoke or against slavery is important for our story here. This is important for slaves on the east bank, so its really. Mportant we like to start our tour at the lady plantation, where we can kind of the what happens to people, some of the things they care about after freedom came. The whitney plantation is the only plan to show in that is devoted to taking andour owner started we had to kind of build it, build some things here. All of these things help us tell the story of slavery. The John Cummings built property, there were no original slave cabins. We had to move those in from elsewhere. This helped us round out our story and then we had other buildings. Collection. And at the end of slav
How did the market worry when there is so much despair over the coronavirus. There is a seething anger sweeping this country and it is directed point blank at wall street this relentless rally seems unfair, it seems senseless and heartless. Thousands of people are dying. And Money Managers are cheering the most enthusiastic stock comeback in living memorial. Do you gaining another 559 points and s p climbs and nasdaq pulling almost 9 . How the heck is that even possible well why dont we start with peoples exhibit a against both me and the market here is a picture from last week when the wild rally had been cemented in the history books. The dows best week since 1938 then my head then breaking news more than 16 million americans have lost jobs in three weeks. 16 million full disclosure, i didnt order this curious juxtaposition to show you how i am. Most of you own stocks are not short sellers. Believe me there is no joy in stock film right now and i agree it is messed up. But the contra
Person to see all of your faces and to convene here in this significant spot with a crash of applause for the amazing tablet that is shimmering behind us. The words of the First Amendment that are now gracing the sacred American Freedom and this is the first convening about the meaning of free speech under the tablet in this space across from Independence Hall where the constitution and declaration were written and its meaningful to do with you and this Extraordinary Group of free speech he rose. Lets begin as always by reciting together the National Constitution centers mission statement, and i know you can do it by o heart and our friends ae listening so lets do it clearly enough so everyone can think about these words. The National Constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to increase awareness and understanding of the u. S. Constitution among the American People on a nonpartisan basis. I knew you could do it. Friends, its so meaningful and importa
for centuries, potters in staffordshire have been making ceramics for royal events and with just a month to go until the king s coronation, they are getting ready to mark the event in style. they certainly are. from tankards and trinket boxes, to commemorative mugs and even gifts fit for a king, the region has been producing some of the most magnificent souvenirs. it appears roger has quite a few of them! our reporter liz copper has more. the company was started by my father, we have been in business for 75 years nearly. we mainly produce china because china plates, commemorative ware for celebrations. it s a special occasion and it s an honour and a privilege to do something for the coronation and for the king. and it is a souvenir, something to keep forever, really. i m john french, i ve been a ceramic craftsman for nearly 40 years. - i decided to make for the coronation a piece that incorporates all the skills i ve usedl over the last 40 years. the picture here that i
jewish worshippers have been gathering at the western wall for passover prayers this morning. it usually draws tens of thousands of worshippers, with crowds spilling out from the wall s plaza into the surrounding areas. there is a heavy security presence today and officials are concerned there could be violence. just a short distance away hundreds of palestinians have barricaded themselves inside al aqsa mosque injerusalem. these are the latest images from the mosque. police said they were bracing for violence, but so far it has been calm. jordan, which manages the religious complex, has warned of catastrophic consequences if police storm the mosque. i m joined now by the bbc s middle east correspondent, yolande knell. yolande knell is injerusalem. there are concerns about what is going on in al aqsa mosque. tel is the latest because it was just last week that police stormed the mosque and there were really tense scenes, weren t there? talk us through what is going on. ~ . y