The institute was born in the controversy around the exhibit that would be held at the air and space museum at this facility and instituted but was canceled. This was an attempt by the smithsonian and to do an honest and balanced exhibit about the decision to drop the bomb and the consequences of the bombing. This was the 50th anniversary. I was with one of my students whose mother and grandmother survived the atomic bombing, and whose grandfather died in the atomic bombing. We decided to do Something Special to commemorate the 50th anniversary. We would teach two classes on campus and bring students to kyoto and hiroshima. The museums in hiroshima and nagasaki asked if we would bring some of the artifacts to American University and do an exhibit on the 50th anniversary. That was the first time the oshimadown the psyche abomb museumsaki did any exhibit outside of japan. It was the 20th anniversary of anniversary of the original bombing, so we decided to do it again. We combined artifac
Cruz this subcommittee hearing is called to order. Welcome to the witnesses who good afternoon the subcommittee hearing is called to order. Witnesses. The. The First Amendment is first for a reason to guarantee not only the freedom of speech but the Peaceful Assembly of people peaceably matters a great deal in that protection. Without First Amendment rights, rights that protect the countless ways in which people can express their social and political views , democracy would work the demand changes to petition the government for grievances in the very best tradition of america. No history of the United States or no recounting of the struggle to live up to our founding promises to be complete without recognition of peaceful movements that have push this nation forward. From the abolitionist, suffragettes, to the countless souls who march in support the civil rights vemovement. Piece one dash peaceful assemblies have move mountains. When america saw the horrifying video of a Police Office
Enjoy American History tv tonight and every weekend. Next, we visit a hiroshima nagasaki atomic bomb exhibit at American University in washington, d. C. This american Artifacts Program was recorded in 2015. Hi, im peter kuznick. Im professor of history at American University and director of the Nuclear Studies institute. And i began our institute back in 1995. And the institute was born in the midst of the controversy around the inola gay exhibit which was going to be held at the Smithsonian Institution and it got cancelled. This was an attempt to do an honest and balanced decision about the decision to drop the bomb. This was in the 1995, so this was the 50th anniversary. And in the midst of that, i decided with one of my students whose mother and grandmother survived the atomic bombing in hiroshima, she and i decided we were going to do Something Special to commemorate the 50th anniversary. So, with goerg to teach two courses on campus plus bring students to kyoto and hiroshima. So,
Legal status under the rules of congress set in the census act of 1790. The president s decision to release this illegal memo now appears designed to inflict maximum damage to the accuracy of the ongoing 2020 census. In just two weeks, the Census Bureau will start visiting the homes of millions of people who have not yet responded to the census. The president s latest attack on immigrants could sew fear and confusion in communities across the country, and could lead many people to decide not to participate. This will hurt communities that are already undercounted, underrepresented, and underfunded. Addressing the chaos caused by the president s memo will drain valuable resources from the Census Bureau, which is already struggling to administer the 2020 census in the middle of an unprecedented pandemic. And it will further divide our country at a time when we need unity. Of course, this is not the first time that President Trump has attempted to politicize the census. For more than two
Hello everybody welcome to the brookings event on election and here at the Brookings Institute to have several colleagues to join me for an indepth discussion on this topic we will do a twopart event today starting with what you see before you. With the integrative process and then as second panel on the problems tackling this implication with a campaign were in the midst of. And with those keynote remarks some one from someone on the front lines. And the infrastructure security with the department of homeland security. And with they are doing with those t issues and then to go into a discussion with mark harvey with the National Security council for the person in charge of coordinating all of the initiatives. And with Election Security and integrity. And at the Harvard Institute of politics will also trying to work with the outreach on those issues and to understand whats involved on the various issues and to be and in the midterms. And with the organization especially devoted with th