Investigation is underway. The Teachers Union also sent me this statement saying they condemned the ideas in the email. The professor told me he was waiting to talk to the press. Puc phuc is still looking forward to her legal name. Sometime when they would go to church, they would mention my name, and it means happiness blessing. Reporter she spoke to the Vice President of the school who apologized for what happens and feels satisfied with the schools response but still wants an apology from the professor himself and has this message to other asianamericans. People shouldnt be embarrassed about their name and should be proud of their name. Reporter in oakland, dion lim, abc7 news. Happening now, juneteenth celebrations underway. Look at all the people out there dancing, having a good time. Veve merri it of course t. This is the amphitheater area. There is a traffic advisory though for the area because there are so many people and cars. Sky7 was over San Francisco earlier where a huge c
Of us are sheltering in place from home, im doing the same. If you are watching us from facebook, twitter, one of the axios websites, thank you for being with us. We have an Incredible Program honoring juneteenth. Incrediblem honoring juneteenth. I want to say thank you to our sponsor, bank of i want to say thank you to our sponsor, bank of america, for this event. If you are on twitter or or on r axios account. Check news on axios. Com. Joining us right now, i want to get right to it, the man who i am very excited to talk to and i hope you are excited to hear from, coming to us from ofhesda, maine, founder like in a timid television, Robert Johnsonblack entertainment television, Robert Johnson. How are you . Robert im doing well. How are you . Dion im also doing well. Thank you so much for being with us. Robert my pleasure. Dion juneteenth is a particularly apt holiday for africanamericans because it is not come with the signing of a resolution or speech. It celebrates the day in 1865
Condescending title, because it suggests that you sort of a blue stalking whose sole function in life was to serve to not serve alcohol. Lucy hayes is so much more, as his her husband frankly. And remember, everything she accomplished in the white house came in spite of the fact that her husbands legitimacy to be president was questioned right until the day he left office. She was a charming person, very delightful. She was innovative with the arts. One of our more controversial collections is the white house china. Journalists of the day wrote scathing articles. One said the art was absurd. Who is going to want to be eating this lovely meal and see a duck at the bottom of their plate . She took an active interest in Public Affairs from an early age. She had a College Degree, and she had taught. To causes that were very important to her work veterans and soldiers and also orphans. Children who had been made orphans as a result of the civil war. She combined all these roles, that is the
Bunch became the first africanamerican two hold this prestigious post and as impressive as that is my favorite fact today the founding director of the National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture, that jewel on the National Mall created in 2005 and opened in 2016. He wrote about it, about the whole experience in his book a fools ear ran, creating the National Museum of africanAmerican History in the age of bush, obama and trump today is juneteenth and on union troops arrived in tax to announce the slaves were free. Meaning of the day and significance in American History is front of mind this year and theres no one better to discuss this than secretary bunch. Secretary bunch, welcome. My pressure to see you as always. Host we have a couple of things in come. You and my mom share a birthday and also were both both born in newark so it is great to see you again of a long while. Lets talk about juneteenth. Everybody is talking about juneteenth this year. The president told the wa
We go to Arlington Virginia where women aided communities of newly freed slaves. A museum is dedicated to ensuring that the distinctive contributions of american women to our history and culture are written into our National Narrative. The National Womens museum has sought to achieve this goal for 20 years. We currently exist as a online museum, but our goal is to build a fiscal musing on our National Mall. In 2014, Congress Passed a bipartisan act to create a Congressional Commission to evaluate the feasibility of a National Womens History Museum here in washington d. C. A commission to study the potential creation of a National Womens History Museum and other purposes. We are half of the population. Wherever you stand on womens issues, i am sure there is a consensus in this house that half of the population should not go unmentioned in the textbooks of our country. But there is no museum in the country that shows the full scope of the history of the amazing, brilliant, courageous, in