And i am handicapped in every way. I want to be a student i have struggled hard. I will always be thankful for the naacp for giving me some directly to channel my activities for a better way of life. I am very thankful for dr. Martin luther king, who came to montgomery with his nonviolent christian attitude and of loving your enemies. I almost did not come here today because so many people told me not to come here, and i said that, seeing what happened in summa, i came here with hope and faith and you have given me faith today. I want to say that we were given leaflets about this. Dr. King was not a student, but i was. I learned at that time and place that we are not in a struggle of black against white, but wrong and right. Thank you. [applause] someone has suggested that besing but were not going to sings. Someone has suggested that i acknowledge the presence of the people who are here from london and the people from canada and other fine countries. Im not going to do that. Someone h
Petition to the honorable george c. Wallace issued of god, citizen of the United States and governor of the state of alabama. We, as citizens of alabama citizens of many states in our United States and citizens of several foreign countries, come praying the blessing of god upon you and we, many responsibilities that are yours to discharge. We come petitioning you to join us in spirit and in truth in what is historys and Americas Movement toward the great society. A nation of justice where none shall prey upon the weakness of other, a nation of plenty where greed and poverty shall be done away, a nation of brotherhood where success is founded upon service and honor given for nobleness alone. We have come to represent the negro citizens of alabama and freedom loving people from all over the United States and the world. We have come not only 65 days and 60 miles but we have come from three centuries of suffering and hardship. We have come to you, the governor of alabama, to declare that w
Woodie gutherie is most famous for writing this land is your land. He was born in oklahoma and we are very proud to have his work back in oklahoma where we think it belongs. He was an advocate for people who were disenfranchised. For those people who were Migrant Workers from Oklahoma Kansas and texas during the era who have found them else in california, literally starving. Woodie recorded very few songs of his own. We have a listening station that features 46 of his songs in his own voice. Thats what makes the recordings that he did make so significant and so important to us. Watch all of our events from tulsa saturday, at noon eastern on cspan2s book tv and sunday on American History tv on cspan3. That day, march 7, became known as bloody sunday. 18 days later, with armed protection of the u. S. Army and Alabama National guard provided on the orders of president joan son, the protesters completed the fourday march from selma, the Alabama State capitol. Up next three hours of abc New
With fewer federal dollars available. Under map 21 texas has submitted six letters of interest and we continue to have open and forthright discussions with u. S. D. O. T. About her projects. They have been good partners to work with and we certainly appreciate their willingness to meet with us and work through the new tifia process. U. S. D. O. T. Was a lot of discretion to evaluate and choose eligible projects under specific criteria. U. S. D. O. T. Is have the authority to weigh and compare the relative merits of projects under the selection criteria and to choose those that scored highest under that weighted scoring system. Over time u. S. D. O. T. Continued at criteria such as livability to the list of their selection criteria and too much discretion seem to be permeating the process and made the the program more about me being subjective as opposed to funding the best projects and older order to meet mobility. Map21 eliminate discretionary criteria as it established a limited set
Peace talks between israel and palestine. And look of the key events that led to the cease between north and south korea. This is a website. It is a history of Popular Culture. It is a collection of stories on the history of Popular Culture. Culture is quite more than that. What i have been trying to do with the site is go inside more detail with how Popular Culture and sports ands other arenas. It is not just about pop culture. What we have of the site is about popular music, sports biographies, history of media entities. There are a range of things. When i formulated the site, i cast a wide net to see what would work. More with pop history founder and publisher jack doyle sunday at 8 00 on q and a. On tuesdaye returns for general speeches. Legislative work. On the agenda is a bill to Fund Transportation and housing programs next year. Lawmakers will take up a compromise ability to the doubling of student Loan Interest rates. It was approved of by the senate 8118. Esday by a vote of t