Transformative book he has ever written. One thing i can tell you about tavis is he is serious about this museum and he is serious about dr. King. He will often kneel down and pray at this site because dr. King meant so much to his life to continues to mean so much his life. For those of you who never met he is ave got to know down to earth guy. He is just like your brother. He is a person that you want to talk to. My first introduction to tavis mosttavis gave some of the thoughtful commentary i have ever heard. Tavis is a brilliant young man and he has been brilliant for a long, long time. I know in some ways he is controversial. But what i will say to you is tavis always thinks for himself and whether you agree with him or not or like it or not, he does speak for himself. That is what i love about him. Friend. Longtime he is much like a brother. I understand that he did play at. He alpha chapter i could go on about travis tavis. I have loved him since i first him. Him and didnt know
A giant step towards dignity and full participation in American Life and affairs was taken by the american negroe in the capitol of the United States on august 28th, 1963. We are not afraid we are not afraid the step was taken solemnly and in union with many of their white countrymen. Deep in my heart i do believe we have overcome some day we have overcome we have overcome we have overcome we have overcome some day oh deep in my heart i do believe that we have overcome some day the footstep of the march in washington was firm with a quiet purpose and a mannerly rhythm. It aroused even in the centers, a larger awareness of the right of negroes as americans who shared equally not only the sun and air so clear and free on the day of their march but opportunity to share opportunity and privilege as well. America had known this intellectually for a long time. For 100 years by historys calendar. On august 28th, america learned this emotionally with clarity more penetrating than intellect, ev
Intelligence in something as simple as your music playlist or your netflix queue. Those are all using technology that does Machine Learning, to figure out what movies you love to watch and what music you like to listen to. It can be in your internet emails system, filtering out spam. That Automated System is not a algorithmt a computer using Technology Like deep learning. Then on the other and you can have Artificial Intelligence powering selfdriving cars. It uses vision and Machine Learning to help a car navigate a busy street. Announcer watch the communicators monday night on cspan2. Announcer American History tv is on cspan3 every weekend, featuring museum tours, archival films, and programs on the presidency, the civil war, and more. Heres a clip from a recent program. I just want to say, it has been extraordinary for a lot of reasons, one thats a singly explains where we are in september of 1787, always very useful to have a short document to demonstrate. We cant go without unders
And he looked up at my name tag and he said, westmore. He said are you any relation to the general . I said yes, im his wife. He said, you know, maam, ive always wondered what generals wives did when their husbands were overseas. Well im bathing you. Must have been quite an experience for you being over there. It was. It made me feel more useful. You can watch this and other American History programs on our website, for all of our video is archived. That is announcer National Museum of african American History and culture recently opened an exhibit looking at the 1968 Poor Peoples Campaign, which Martin Luther king jr. Organized to shift the focus of the Civil Rights Movement to Economic Issues. Reverend king was assassinated before the campaign got underway in washington, d. C. A panel of activists and Smithsonian Museum staff look at this legacy. This is about one hour. It is our pleasure to welcome you to this meeting events for city of hope. You are in for a wonderful discussion fr
I want you to know who these lovely young men are. They are both named mark. Which is very convenient. Mark mario, distinguished president of the National Urban league, and mark steiner, who is a brilliant journalist and a former and current activist in social justice. You will hear a lot more from him. They will be joined by more people you will see shortly. To get us started, i would like to bring to the podium one of my favorite people at the smithsonian. He is a distinguished leader of this institution. His official title is the Elizabeth Mcmillan director of the Smithsonian National museum of American History. He is part of our top collaborators in the work that we do, particularly with the exhibition space we have at the american museum. John. [applause] well, good morning. It is a pleasure to welcome all of you to the interNational Museum of American History. I would say, if ever there is a time in america when we need historic understanding, as well as museums that present hist