Associate professor of history at the university of california, davis. Kate masur is a is a professor of history at northwestern. Have been looking at ways to incorporate the history of reconstruction into the National Park Service Sites and they will report what the National Park service is doing. Is ahen, Jennifer Taylor phd candidate right here at the university of South Carolina who helped to develop very impressive exhibitions and tours of the Woodrow Wilson family home, which focuses heavily on the reconstruction era when he lived in columbia. Just by sayingin this littlent in part of reconstruction history whenback to the year 2000 i received a phone call from the secretary of the interior, bruce professor, isaid, have just read your book on reconstruction. I said, that surprises me. I hope he was not insulted. That cap really think and a members had a lot of time to spend reading long history books. Know there are some who do have a strong sense of history. Invited me to washin
Of African American history and culture. We will have live coverage during the course of the morning here on cspan. It is saturday, september 24. Congress returns on monday with a looming deadline. Lawmakers have until the end of the week to pass what is known as a continuing resolution or cr to keep the governmentfunded after october 1. Democrats in both the house and senate demanding money for flint, michigan in the agreement. They deal with issues surrounding lead in their water. We will have live coverage on cspan, the senate on cspan 2. We begin on this saturday morning with the state of Race Relations in america. This has the nation prepares to open the africanamerican museum on the mall and washington, d. C. Headlines in charlotte indicating another night of some unrest. What do you think as we look at this time lapse photography of the building of this museum . Our lines are open at 202 7488000 for democrats. Republicans, 202 7488001. If you are an independent, 202 7488002. Com
Two or three days in december of 2000. It was a simple thought in the simple mission, to look at the buildings, the landscape, the environment, which was essential reconstruction, potentially with an opportunity to establish some sort of park Service Presence in the area. Consonant today as it was 2016, there are no National Parks services directly associated chronicle and talk about the history of reconstruction. To give you some background, we after the doctor and the secretary of the interior left. Under the Bush Administration we toll continue to sally forth accomplish that task. [laughter] we we recap to partners like the buford, the usc city of buford, the county of buford. We try to make sure that we were casting a wide net. A partnership of inclusion. From the political side we both reached out lyrically until at the congress that represented buford, joe wilson, applied some of the facts of our past and what we hoped to accomplish. We asked for his support and blessing. So, we
Considered important, the single thing we chose to commemorate as theory with a plaque were memorable speeches of two powerful men. And that block, i think, explains why this museum is so necessary. Because that same object , tellsd, put in context us so much more. As americans, we rightfully pass on the tails of the giant who whot this the giants built this country, who led armies into battle, who waged seminole debates in the halls of congress and the corridors of of power. Orridors but too often we have ignored or forgot the stories of millions upon millions of others. Who built this nation just as surely. Whose calloused hands, whose steady drive helped build cities, erect industries, build the arsenals of democracy. Museum this national helps to tell a richer and fuller story of who we are. It helps us better understand , yes, of the president , but also the slaves. The industrialists, but also the porter. Quo,eeper of the status those seeking to overthrow that status quo. Cookeac
On how folks, other than the pundits on cable tv, our thinking. [laughter] and i know it is a Representative Group because sometimes people say, mr. President , we love you and we especially love michelle. [laughter] and you are doing such a great job, and thank you. And then there are others who write and say, mr. President , you are an idiot, and you really this country. So i know i am getting a real sampling of American Public opinion. Last night as i was reading through my letters, i say about half of them, said, mr. President , why are you always against police . Doing enought you to deal with these rioters and the violence . Said, mrs. Er half with a black folks saying, mr. President , why you do something about the police . [laughter] and when are we going to get justice . That understand the nature argument the nature of that argument because this is a dialogue we have been having for 400 years. The fact of the matter is, is that one of the challenges we have in generating a ab