Past 12 months, helping us learn the history and literary life of cities around the country. For eight years we have traveled to u. S. Cities, bringing the literary scene to our viewers. You can watch more of our visits itiestour. Org c many think the selma to montgomery march just started up overnight and was a oneoff idea, but a Voting Rights movement had been brewing in selma since the 1930s. [gospel singer performing] here in selma and in many places throughout the south, africanamericans were done night were denied the right to vote, not because it wasnt their right, but because there were folks in position of power who did not want these folks to have the right to vote. That way they could be considered secondclass citizens. Andes and literary literacy tests were used to prevent americans from getting the vote. Poll taxes was a price you had to paper year forgetting on the voter rolls. Lets say i live in a rural area and i am making 60 a year, but poll taxes are one dollar a year
Learn about their history and life. We will look at highlights of some of these stops. We begin in selma, alabama. Alabama,n selma, africanamericans were denied the right to vote. There were folks throughout the south that did not want these people to have the right to vote. They can be considered second class citizens. Poll taxes would be the price you had to pay per year in order to get on the voting rolls. Say i live here in Dallas County and allke 60 dollars taxes are one dollar a year. Raise that isa 40. Thenf my 60 will go i will have 20 which i have to feed and flow my kids. There are not very many black people who will have extra money left over to pay a poll tax. On something when i have an extra dollar left over and i go down to this courthouse and i show up saying i would like to register to vote. I would go to the county registrar, have my poll tax ready. Takes my pollnel tax but he also administers a literary tax. That tests could take many forms. Ask me the name of the pr
It back over to ms. I to. But why . Some say the moon . Why choose this as our goal . And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain. 535 years ago fly the atlantic why does race play texas . We choose to go to the moon we choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon. And this decade and do the other things not they are easy, but because they are hard because that goal well served to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills because that challenge is one that were willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone and one we intend to win, and the others to. In early 1960s, president john kennedy said, we want galvanize our country to, do something very bold. And it the space race. So we wanted to do something bold to beat the russians. Lets beat the russians by sending humans to the moon and returning them safely before the end of the 1960s as the country to think about going to the moon. One of the questions we had was, you know, how do you know where y
It back over to ms. I to. But why . Some say the moon . Why choose this as our goal . And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain. 535 years ago fly the atlantic why does race play texas . We choose to go to the moon we choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon. And this decade and do the other things not they are easy, but because they are hard because that goal well served to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills because that challenge is one that were willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone and one we intend to win, and the others to. In early 1960s, president john kennedy said, we want galvanize our country to, do something very bold. And it the space race. So we wanted to do something bold to beat the russians. Lets beat the russians by sending humans to the moon and returning them safely before the end of the 1960s as the country to think about going to the moon. One of the questions we had was, you know, how do you know where y
And lets be uncomfortable. Next year, more victories. Because Animal Rights happen if hard. And we try so please do everything you can possibly think of to do all the time. Thank you very, very much. [cheers and applause] announcer tomorrow night on cspan, talking about islam and the misperception westerners have about the religion by sharing her own experience of getting to know a muslim cleric and his family. She writes about in her book if the oceans were ink. Islam get more than its share of negativity in the United States . You write about that from your standpoint. Yes. I mean, i think the sad thing is andre you and i are in eventdriven business and being the violent extremists have figured out a way to insert themselves into the headlines and the vast majority of the rest of the 1. 6 muslims in the world have not. It is depressing but the old saying, if it bleeds it leads is true for all groups. Not tooy, there are many counter narratives that make it into the News Headlines abo