Commission. We are being recorded live on cspans booktv so if you have not already please silence your cell phones. If you have not purchased the books, the panels have written you will have an opportunity to do that after outside. The authors will also be signing immediately after this panel in the authors attempt. The moderator for todays panel is robbie luckett. Robbie luckett received his ph. D. From the university offr l georgia with a focus on civilve rights history, the native mississippian he returned home to accept the position ofas associate professor ofci histord and director of the Margaret Wolter center for the study of the africanamerican experiencef at Jackson State University. Look at as a member verse festivals Advisory Board. Thanks chris. Its my great pleasure to moderate this panel on civil rights history that i think its particularly important for two reasons. One is to understand the importance of thisim building ad what it meant particularly for v segregationist
Me to fail. Reporter there was an administration sanctioned rally in the football stadium from 8 00 to 10 00 this morning to allow students to speak about overt problems like students displaying pumpkins carved with ku klux chain. In recent days a dark skinned doll was hung by the neck in a locker room. Leaders of the boy cat say this was a necessary act of defines. We felt like were being manipulated not just as a student body but as a community because they tried to put out an email saying this was going to be a unity rally. They treat it as a pep rally and thats not what we agreed to. We agreed to a protest. Reporter half the student body is black. A lot of parents do not like the vibes coming from those in charge. I think that the parents of the students who are responsible for the doll and to the parents who are responsible for the pumpkins they ought to be ashamed of themselves. Top School Officials say theyre still investigating. They have not found the race baiting culprits yet
Lake harmony, 39 degrees. 52 in slatington. 43 in pottstown. 50 in center city. Glassboro, 43. Cinnaminson, 46. Hammonton, 42. Dover, 49. You can see the outlying suburbs are cooler than the urban areas. Ewing 44. Brigantine, 57. Satellite and radar cloud cover hanging tough to the west, but the eastern seaboard is completely clear and its been that way for four days now, High Pressure will hold on for two more days and well see changes which you will see reflected in the accuweather sevenday forecast in ten minutes or so. Forecast for today, mostly sunny and warm, 77 degrees is the forecasted high. The normal by the way is 65. So, as we look ahead here, the beautiful fall stretch continues right through, you can even say monday afternoon, monday night into tuesday, thats when some of the rain arrives with the southern storm system that will be heading up the spine of the appalachians. Ill be back along in just a few minutes, ill have the the timing of the storm how much rain to expect
Over my shoulder. Can you hear him . Temperature wise, kind of comfortable out here right now, temperatures in the far western suburbs in the low to mid 40s. Cruel need a jacket. Wednesday, thursday, high temperatures 72 degrees, yesterday we shot up to 74. Look at the normal we should be around 64, 75. Were ten degrees above seasonal averages. Today, 77. It will get better, 37 in the poconos. 491 in allentown. 50 in philadelphia. Millville, 44. Cape may, checking in at 55. As you can see on satellite and radar just like yesterday and the day before and the day before that, were looking at mainly clear skies today, mostly sunny conditions. Should be a nice start to the weekend. Mostly sunny and warm thats the call from accuweather, 77 degrees is todays forecasted high. Now, tomorrow well see a little bit more in the way of high, thin clouds overspreading the stay. That will keep the temperatures cooler, maybe 73, 74 thats absolutely balmy for this time of the year. When i come back wel
State to permit officials testified us relations before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee focusing on mistreatment of the Muslim Minority population and the resulting refugee crisis in neighboring bangladesh. This is about an hour and a half. Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. I want to thank each of you for being here. We thank you. Timely. In 2009 the Obama Administration shifted the direction of us farm a policy taking a leap of faith that an approach combining engagement and pressure would help usher in democratic reform or sanctions alone had failed. Many were skeptical of such a shift the 2010 elections provided an opportunity to test the credibility of a more proactive engagement approach. In the ensuing years the United States worked to balance engagement with military junta in the democratic grassroots movement. Undoubtably this engagement strategy had a positive effect on the trajectory of their democratic reforms including the 2015 election that brought the