Rare session today and tackling history. Washington hires the first black president of an nfl franchise. Well talk to him about the challenges of changing the team name, cleaning up the culture, and now a Cancer Battle from their from their brandnew head coach. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. My concern is that the valley will not be here. Everythings burned down as far as i can see. This is going to be the long haul as we keep saying. Reporter devastating wildfires burning and spreading out of control in northern california. Reporter cal fires been around 0, 120 this t realess bg for the gulf of mexico. Tropical storm marco and Tropical Storm lauer a. Look at that. Unheard of making a landfall so close to one another. Faced tough questi demandinghi delivery. The Postal Service is committed to delivering the election mail securely and on time. In order to keep the country running and moving and the economy growing and people empl
i d like first to thank our program sponsor aes corporation for their generous support of great lives it is this kind of support that s so crucial in making a serious possible as a public service to our community. now speak of this evening is university of kansas professor. dave tell. author of the 2019 book titled remembering emmett till which will be available for sale and signing in the foyer at the conclusion of tonight s program. dr. tell who has a doctorate from penn state. has one numerous awards for both research and teaching. his research focuses on issues of race memory and the digital humanities since 2014 he has focused in particular on the legacy of the murder of emmett till. in which endeavor he has been a long time partner with emmett till commission of tallahatchie county. his work has a strong public dimension. his scholarship is written for broad public audiences and he has worked extensively with the tel memorial commission to develop resources with which t
Tonight a look at a defining moment in our nations shared and troubled history. One that began in the mississippi delta 60 years ago with a death here at the black bayou. Thank you for joining us, im joie chen. The delta held secrets close. In the shadows. You can almost hear the whispers of what happened back in the day. The truth of a young black mans mistake, and the horrific penalty he paid for it are trapped in the heat of a mississippi night. If these walls could talk, would they scream in terror . Cry out in desperation . Or would they fall silent in fear . They are the lost walls emmett till saw in the barn on the old sheraton plantation, a place that echos with the horror of a hot august night. Where a kid from chicago funds himself facing the most brutal type of justice. His family called him bo bo, 14 years old, with a stutter. He begged his single mum to let him come to missouri in 1955 to visit his country cousins. He talked beside chicago. He told me stuff you didnt know
Have truth. Tonight a look at a defining moment in our nations shared and troubled history. One that began in the mississippi delta 60 years ago with a death here at the black bayou. Thank you for joining us, im joie chen. The delta held secrets close. In the shadows. You can almost hear the whispers day. The truth of a young black mans mistake, and the horrific penalty he paid for it are trapped in the heat of a mississippi night. If these walls could talk, would they scream in terror . Cry out in desperation . Or would they fall silent in fear . They are the lost walls emmett till saw in the barn on the old sheraton plantation, a place that echos with the horror of a hot august night. Where a kid from chicago funds himself facing the most brutal type of justice. His family called him bo bo, 14 years old, with a stutter. He begged his single mum to let him come to missouri in 1955 to visit his country cousins. He talked beside chicago. He told me stuff you didnt know about. Riverview
You have to have truth. Tonight a look at a defining moment in our nations shared and troubled history. One that began in the mississippi delta 60 years ago with a death here at the black bayou. Thank you for joining us, im joie chen. The delta held secrets close. In the shadows. You can almost hear the whispers day. The truth of a young black mans mistake, and the horrific penalty he paid for it are trapped in the heat of a mississippi night. If these walls could talk, would they scream in terror . Cry out in desperaon . Or would they fall silent in fear . They are the lost walls emmett till saw in the barn on the old sheraton plantation, a place that echos with the horror of a hot august night. Where a kid from chicago funds himself facing the most brutal type of justice. His family called him bo bo, 14 years old, with a stutter. He begged his single mum to let him come to missouri in 1955 to visit his country cousins. He talked beside chicago. He told me stuff you didnt know about.