Involvement with whatever. It is because you are. Deeply concerned about whats going on right now and concerned by the attempt to exploit internal challenges facing. Them from. Our studios in moscow this is r. T. International im sean thomas. And we start in belarus where a sharp divide is emerging in the wake of august 9th election both supporters of president lucas shango and those opposing his leadership are flooding the streets these are 2 contrasting scenes from day 11 of the unrest on the right you can see people thousands of them in a gathering in central minsk waving the historic red and white flag which has become a symbol of. Movement and on the left a crowd of the president s backers carrying the official red and Green National flag and their main message is that the country cannot afford chaos. I started writing the book i we have stability theres no war thank god we have bread to eat we have jobs even if we are not rich we would like to be but we just need to work more. Pe
Wilkie was a witness this morning for joining us and since this is her first touring with some members to spain remotely id like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how it will work in order to benefit both members and the public. First, this searing room has been configured to maintain the recommended sixfoot social distancing between members, witnesses and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing. As i mentioned some members have opted to use secure video teleconferencing which allows them to participate remotely. For those on the Video Conference once you start speaking there would be a slight delay before you are displayed on the main screen as i am now. To minimize background was to ask members are participating virtually remain on mute until it is your turn to ask questions. Please remember to mute yourself at the conclusion of your questions. Should you seek additional time please unmute yourself so i will recognize you. Just like if you were in the
Media, 20th century performances on radio, records, film, and television recently published by mcfarland. Among his many accomplishments is a grammy award which he received for a double cd and bro book titled lost sounds. 1890 to 1919. Tim will then be joined in a conversation by fellow historian bill dugget. Our program will conclude with tim and bill taking questions from you, our live audience. Now, please turn off the sounds of your phones, and join me in welcoming historian and author tim brooks. [ applause ] well, thank you. Later on as he mentioned, there will be time for questions. And i hope we have some good ones coming up at the end of this conversation and presentation. But i would like to start with a question for you, the audience. How many people have seen a minstrel show . A live minstrel show. Anybody . Interesting. How many have seen one on film prap . Remember, im talking about a whole minstrel show, not a clip from somewhere, but a full show. Anybody . Okay. If i ha
Plannerry. I think when we were planning the conference, we always like to bring our heavy hitters out. And i think today is one of those occasions in which we have a collection of fine scholars and activists here to address our theme. So what we decided to do is run the plannerry more as a roundtable, as a moderated conversation about issue with the great migration. And i wanted to introduce our panelists and give them an opportunity to speak for a few minutes as far as their own work and their perceptions and ideas about the great migration and then move on into a question and answer followed by a discussion with us and followed by a question answer session with the audience. So i want to introduce our panelists. Our first pannestist is joe trotter who is a giant eagle professor of history in social justice and past History Department chair at cornegy university in pittsburgh. He is also the director and founder of the cornegy center for africanamerican urban studies in economy. Hes
Swastika. A documentary about this sounds of power, inspiring story about survival of the home or do you go get the tennis . I was the only one, usually nazi germany. Watch now on youtube dw documentary. The, [000 00 00;00] the as nations go. The vatican is tiny. But on the stage of world history, its a giant the magnificent buildings of vatican city were built around the humble tomb of saint peter. Even the 1st basilica on the site was almost as large as no true dom and paris. Yeah, of course and killing me. Structure was over 120 meters long and 66 inches wide. Its dimensions were colossal valley. And the successor to the 1st basilica is even more impressive. St. Peters basilica was intended to be the Largest Church in the world, covering over 20000 square meters. The size of 3 soccer fields. It can hold 60000. 00 worshippers, both in size, but also even in its aesthetic qualities. It needs to be grand a year old in order to impress if visitors, building a church of this size present