[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] each week, American History tvs american artifacts visits historic places. The National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture open in september of 2017. The museum has quickly become one of the most visited in the nations capital, with capacity crowds almost every day. Up next, the second of a twopart look at the museums history galleries. We tour the era of segregation 18771968, and hear the story of africanamericans after the civil war. At the end of the civil war, African Americans who were released from their bondage immediately thought about creating their own lives with their own resources. One of the first things many of them tried to do was reconnect with family members who had been separated during the era of slavery. They traveled the country looking for their relatives. They
The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman rise . As the member designated by ms. Chu of california, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. Chu will vote yes on House Resolution 1161. The speaker pro tempore on this vote, the ayes are 225. The nays are 188. The resolution is adopted. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The chair will receive a message. The messenger madam speaker, messages from the senate. The secretary madam speaker. The speaker pro tempore madam secretary. The secretary i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has agreed to h. R. 3337, an act to continue appropriations for fiscal year 2021, and for other urposes. The speaker pro tempore the hair will receive a message. The messenger a message from the president of the United States. The secretary madam speaker. The speaker pro tempore madam secretary. The secretary i am directed by the president of the United States of
354, h. R. 6395, a bill to authorize appropriations for 2021 for military activities of the department of military d for construction to prescribe military personnel strength for for other year and purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to House Resolution 053, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on the services printed in bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of rules committee is adopted and the bill, as amended, is considered as read. Debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and the ng minority member of committee on Armed Services. The gentleman from washington, smith, and the gentleman from texas, mr. Thornberry, each minutes. Rol 30 the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. Mr. Smith mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and to heir remarks include extraneous material on h. R. 6395. The speaker pro tempore witho
Professor taylor focuses on the 1954 u. S. Supreme Court Decision in brown v. Board of education, the integration of a high school in little rock, arkansas, and the 1960 sit in at a lunch counter in greensboro, North Carolina. Folks, welcome to this class in africanAmerican History. Were going Movement Origin our discussion of the Civil Rights Movement tonight. For those of you in this room who know who i am, but for others im Quintard Taylor and im a professor of history, American History at the university of washington. Ok, well get started. Last time last week we talked about world war ii and one of the things that i tried to emphasize was the fact that ordinary people were becoming much more militants or militant or aggressive in defending their civil rights. Im going to continue that theme tonight and, indeed, i think its even more so the case in the 1950s and 1960s that ordinary people became the engines of the Civil Rights Movement. We tend to think about the Civil Rights Moveme
Emphasize was the fact that ordinary people were becoming much more militant and aggressive in defending their civil rights. Im going to continue that theme tonight and, indeed, i think its even more so the case in the 1950s and 1960s that ordinary people became the engines of the Civil Rights Movement. We tend to think about the Civil Rights Movement as Martin Luther king, jr. , fanny hammer and largerthanlife figures. The Civil Rights Movement was made up by ordinary people including and youll find out tonight a lot of College Students. A lot of College Students. In fact, in some ways the driving force of the Civil Rights Movement came from people who were probably no older than you in this room. I want you to remember that. College students were the main force in terms of the Civil Rights Movement. Okay. I want us to keep that in mind when we talk of the evolution of this movement. Ill begin the lecture by discussing the decade of the 1950s because the 1950s really provide, i think,