A 4th time. And thousands of unemployed Migrant Workers in india begin the long journey back to their homes. The u. S. Is taking another so i have a child as tensions escalate over the coronavirus pandemic the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei a blamed china for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people around the world the again accused beijing of covering up the operators because at 19 there was no true win win for the communist regime china saw then that it had an emerging Public Health crisis on its hands the new china could have prevented the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide china could have spread the world descent into Global Economic malaise their choice but instead. Instead china covered up the outbreak and hon its National Health commission ordered virus samples destroyed on january 3rd china disappeared brave chinese citizens who raised alarms it deployed its propaganda organs to denounce those who politely called for simple transparency that brings
Art form. With the West Virginia Folklore Program we document, preserve present and support traditional artists, Cultural Heritage practitioners and cultural communities across the state. Basically, i travel all over the state and do oral history and documentation of banjo players fiddlers, neon sign makers. Independent wrestlers, ramadan Fast Breaking dinners, serbian chicken roast. Any kind of aspect of Cultural Heritage or someone who practices a form art form or a food way or some kind of practice folklore in the state. Thinking how we choose stories for the West Virginia Folklore Program. Theres so much to document. So many time to talk to. When i hear about a singer in her 90s that will be priority. Also stories that complicate the narrative about West Virginia either internally or outside. Stories that show Real Community cohesion. Ive done lot of work in the swiss community. I worked pretty intensely with them over a year documenting their food ways tradition and their Communit
Was founded in 1894 and has been continuous ever since. Today well be going into the immersive West Virginia state museum. Well be talking about the early frontier and settlement period, the development of the state, becoming a state, the industrialization of the state, and well go into the later century, the 21st century, and see where West Virginia is today. Were in the West Virginia state museum settlement and frontier period. These are some of the earliest settlers of the land. Were standing beside George Washingtons case where it has specific artifacts such as his sword, his powder horn that he carved during the American Revolutionary war, and the telescope that he used to survey land here, as well as in the eastern panhandle. George washington would have been here in the mid 1700s. During this time period frontier and early settlement, this was western virginia. It was part of the state of virginia at the time and it was an area that wasnt greatly developed. A lot of the ideas of
Government. Next, a book tv exclusive. Our cities tour visits charleston, West Virginia, to learn more about its literary history. For years, we have traveled to u. S. Cities bringing the book seem to our viewers. You can watch more of our visits at cspan. Org citiestour. Booker t. Washington for 20 years was the spokesman and leader of africanamericans in america. At the time, we had horrible jim crow race codes in the south. That didnt happen here in West Virginia. It was a different sort of race relation. What he observed with his boyhood heroes was the building of a black middleclass, and that became his path, his career path, as he went from tuskegee to being a National Celebrity. Booker was born in a place called hill sport. It is about 225 miles from here. In those first nine years, he was a slave boy. He did not have pants. He wore a slave boy shirt. He wanted very much to go to school. He saw white children going to school but he wasnt unable to do those things. They leave the
Court, and Public Policy events from washington, d. C. And around the country so you can make up your own mind. Created by cable in 1979. Cspan is brought to you by your local or cable satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. The cspan cities tour is exploring the american story, as we take book tv and American History tv on the road. With the support of our link by all teas cable partners, this weekend we travel to charleston, West Virginia. Coming up in the next hour and a half, we will visit notable locations and speak with experts about the citys history, including a home dating back to the early settlement of charleston. Then in about an hour, we will tour West Virginias capital building. Later, we hear the true life story of the movie Hidden Figures. In an africanamerican woman played in putting a man on the moon. We begin our special feature with a visit to the state history museum. Welcome to the West Virginia state museum at the state Cultural Center in c