Hey, man, thats beautiful. Yeah, the guy just put it in, rollo. My pops really gonna be proud of that window. 35 years in the same business. Thats hip. Yep. 35 years ago today, my father started this business, rollo. A poor man with nothing. Yeah. Looks like he still hung on to it. Hey, come on, rollo, dont go putting it down, man. Im proud of my father. The ring . Shh oh, is he here . Is he home . Yeah. Hes upstairs watching the Jackie Robinson story for the 23rd time on the monday morning movie. Fred slide, jackie, slide ha ha ha ha he really takes that business serious. Yeah, im hip. Here it is. Ooh, ooh, rollo, that is bad. Thats one of the best there is. Its got 35 small diamonds in the initials. One for each year. Yeah, and for the price that we paid for it, it was a steal. Thats close. Hey, rollo, you didnt if i didnt get this on the up and up, i hope Lightning Strike me down right now this second. Times up. I thought i heard you talking to somebody. Hey, mr. Sanford. This is a
Mork, where are ya . are you up oh hi [ speaking in orkan ] good morning. Good morning. Are you just getting up now . Ive been up for several hours. I had to make my report to orson. Oh. All that time, huh . Well, they put me on hold. Oh. Ha ha ha. Look, its snowing outside. Shazbat mayday mayday you get under there with the baby you dont have a baby. Too bad. They werent gonna stop for chicken little, but theyre not laughing now. Are those suckers gonna make a lot of money off this. Ive gotta call him. Ive gotta call him. Just my luck hes unlisted. Calm down its just snow its perfectly harmless. It is . Boy, do i feel like a flake. Hey, whered you learn that story about the sky is falling . If you had heard that all the way through, you would have understood the point. Chicken little thought an acorn dropped on his head. Because of that, he thought the sky was falling. That means he was gullible. That was the point. Oh. Therefore, if i think the sky is falling, ipso facto, i am gullib
American history. The opening session is on africanamericans and religion. While we wait for the conference to begin, a look at a 2011 trip to a storage site in a washington, d. C. Suburb with the director of the Smithsonian National museum of African American history and culture. He showed us some of the artifacts that will be on display in the new museum, opening on the national mall, september 24, 2016. Right now, we are in the Storage Units of the National Museum of African American history and culture. In essence, this is the heart of the museum of. Because whats behind me, and what we will see today are many of the objects that are going to be the soul of this museum. This is an opportunity to sort of preview some of the material that the public will see when the museum opens in stores. The story of the africanamerican experience is both a story of resiliency at achievement, but its also a story of struggle. Parts ofe hard exploring this history is that were athe people who the w
And Historic Preservation and interpretation, and about how African American history fits into the larger narrative of american history. Next, the opening session on African American religion. This event was cohosted by the Smithsonian Museum of African American history and culture and the american historical association. It is an hour and 40 minutes. Thank you for joining us on this rainy day in washington, d. C. This panel attempts to answer the simple but complex question, what is African American religion . , at leastn america the vast majority, were chattel to be bought and sold, exploited, and often cast aside when every ounce of value had been extracted an. But unlike the livestock listed alongside them at state inventories and at auction, this peculiar brand of property sought to preserve their humanity. In their relationships with each other, in the establishment and operation of their social institutions, and especially in their sacred beliefs. Percentof african adopted a bel
Rainy day in washington, d. C. I am honored to be the chair of this panel which attempts to answer the simple, yet in many ways, complex question, what is africanamerican religion. Africans in america, the vast majority, were by law chattel, to be bought and sold, exploited unapologetically and often cast aside once every ounce of value had been extracted. But unlike the livestock that was listed alongside them on the state inventories and at auctions, this peculiar brand of property fought to assert and preserve their humanity, in their relations with each other, in the establishment and operation of their social institutions, and especially in their sacred beliefs. Peoples of african descent adopted a belief system that adopted their ethnicities in the particular circumstances that shaped their lives and labor. Time and experiences altered and redefined the beliefs and practices familiar to the ancestors. The descendents of these men and women adopted new ways of looking at the world