Taking your calls, tweets, facebook posts for curators. Were joined inside with Robert Wilkins to talk about how this museum came about. He is the author of the book long road to hard truth. Thanks very much for being with us. Thank you. Its a pleasure to be here. So talk of this museum began back in 1916. It took a century to be built. Walk us through the process. Back in early 1916, in march or so, gentleman named ferdinand de soto lee, created a nonprofit called the National Memorial association, and its goal was to construct a physical memorial here in the Nations Capital to honor the contributions of negro soldiers and sailors who had fought in every war from the revolutionary war on up until that time. Within a couple years the organization broadened its mission to want to construct what they called a National Memorial building to negro achievement and contributions to america in all fields of endeavor from business to education to the arts, et cetera. Essentially a National Muse
Culture. We look at exhibits and artifacts chronicling the africanamerican story from slavery through the inauguration of the first africanamerican president. And we talk to Museum Specialists. This is American History tv, only on cspan3. You are looking at the National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture on the mall in washington, d. C. It is the newest Smithsonian Museum opening back in september. And this week it welcomed its 1 millionth visitor through these doors. Tonight we will take you through the doors of this museum that for artifacts that chronicled the africanamerican experience and also telling a shared american story. Well be live for the next 2. 5 hours. In about 40 minutes well be taking your calls, tweets, facebook posts for curators. Were joined inside with Robert Wilkins to talk about how this museum came about. He is the author of the book long road to hard truth. 100 year mission to create the National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture. Thanks
Larges and also by and they are some legal resource ability for causing the deaths, who is more legally liable for the deaths of romeo and juliet . Please vote. Blue for thee parents. Let me know introduced the participants for this evening. First, and a special thanks always to the help we get from the United States Supreme Court justices marshall, pamela token. [applause] and counsel for the defendant, elizabeth b. Prevager, assistant to solicitor general and debbie solicitor general michael j. Aden. [applause] plaintiff, for cue. And lady monta [applause] in the Supreme Court of the principality of verona, u. S. Supreme Court Justice send alito , presiding united court of appeals for the d. C. Circuit judge thomas griffith, judge kavanagh, judge robert wilkins, and from the District Court please welcome judge jackson. And now i turn it over to the marshall. All rise. The Supreme Court of the principality of verona is now in session. Please be seated. We will hear argument in the cas
Japaneseamerican database. They are using the word registry but it is the same thing as what came down on us. A database. How many lived in that household and what we did. Database, theye came down with a curfew. All japanese have to be home by 7 00 p. M. And stayathome until 6 00 a. M. We were imprisoned at night in our homes. Our bankwe discovered accounts were frozen. Our life savings became inaccessible. That was followed by the soldiers coming to take us away. That must never happen again today. [applause] can watch the rest of that event from the Muslim Public Affairs council at 9 00 eastern on cspan. The president ial inauguration of donald trump is friday, january 20. Cspan will have live coverage of all the events and ceremonies. On cspan and cspan. Org. Listen live on the cspan radio app. Tonight on cspan, from the shakespeare theater, a mock trial on the deaths of romeo and juliet. That is followed by a discussion of the life and legacy of sandra day oconnor. Later, a look a