Lets not forget that these is a state execution the murder trial of journalists Alpha Shockley begins in turkey without the 20 saudi defendants and greeces capital launches europes biggest urban renewal project in a bid to boost the post im demick on. The us President Donald Trump has vowed to punish those who deface statues by sending them to prison for at least 10 years he referred to the people who are campaigning to remove statues of those associated with the slave trade and colonial exploitation as a mob a number of monuments were brought down in the wake of the anti racism protests last month trump addressed a crowd at Mount Rushmore to mark american Independence Day thats despite warnings from Health Experts about avoiding large gatherings due to the pandemic. Angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders defaced our most sacred memorials and unleash a wave of Violent Crime in our cities many of these people have no idea why theyre doing this but some know exactly w
For a longer piece. It is an extraordinary watershed, historical moment. I think we are living through a third american reconstruction effort to reconstruct democracy so that it is multiracial, multicultural. Our first efforts were after the civil war. 1865 to 1877. We did achieve some racial progress. We had black elected officials. 1500 we had a freedmens bureau. We had the creation of black churches and Public Schools, but we also institutionalized racial segregation rather quickly by the 1880s and 1890s. And we did it through racial violence and public policy. Our second reconstruction is the Civil Rights Movement between 1954 and 1965. When we think about Public School desegregation and the Voting Rights act and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. There was again racial progress, but that was really quickly closed off when we think about 1968. The assassination of Martin Luther king jr. , the assassination of Bobby Kennedy, the assassination of malcolm x. Now, we have another effort. In
To remember floyd whose death made him a global icon for racial injustice. Plus she going the phrase the banality of evil to describe the perpetrators of the holocaust a new exhibition in berlin examines the life of hanukkah often one of historys greatest political thinkers. Im sumi so much god its great to have you with us as corona virus infection rates slow the german interior minister last they hope has announced that germany will lift the remaining checks at its land borders on june 15th things will then mostly be back to the way they were before the start of the entry restrictions which were introduced in mid march to curb the spread of the coronavirus in germany. Lets get the latest with our Political Correspondent kate brady hi kate tell us more about what is being relaxed. Well a massive move back towards what was the previous normal here in germany as of the 15th of june border checks on neighboring countries to germany will indeed be lifted so named people in neighboring cou
Susan dr. Peniel joseph, you and i planned this interview three months back, but we got sideways with the covid lockdown. As a historian, how are you processing this time this country is going through . Prof. Joseph i have been writing a lot, both opeds in for a longer piece. It is extraordinary watershed moment. I think we are living through a third american reconstruction effort to reconstruct democracy so that it is multiracial, multicultural. Our first efforts were after the civil war. 1865 to 1877. We did achieve some racial progress. We had 15 black elected officials. We had a freedmens bureau. We had the creation of black churches and Public Schools, but we also institutionalized racial segregation rather quickly by the 1880s and 1890s. We did it through racial violence and public policy. Our second reconstruction is the Civil Rights Movement between 1954 and 1965. When we think about Public School desegregation and the Voting Rights act and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Bute wa
Gates chinese immigration during the era 1882 1943, angel island, immigrate gateway to america and the making of asian america, history. At the Immigration History Research Center she has helped emerge immigration history with the digital humanities. She launched and oversees the National Endowment for the humanity immigration story project which works with recent immigrants and refugees to. Text, preserve and share the expenses. Her book, america for americans history of xena phobia in the United States is the subject of tonights talk. Please welcome erika lee. [applause] hi seattle, him so glad to be here. Im so glad to be back here at townhall, i was last here in 2010 before it was renovated. Am really happy to be back at a very glad that we begin this evening with the land acknowledgment i would like to repeat that land acknowledgment as i will discuss later xenophobia in xena global wheels and is tightly connected, native americans along with africanamericans were made into this c