Historic and they focus on justice marshals time at the naacp attorney trying the education related segregation cases such as around the board of education. This is hosted by the National Museum of African American history and culture. Good evening. My name is dear trey cross, director of programs at the National Museum of African American history and culture. It is my pleasure to welcome all of you to this Wonderful Program and introduce you to our discussion entitled, historically speaking, thurgood marshall. An evening with spencer crew and paul think women. Before we begin, let me also welcome our audience who is streaming the discussion through the museums you stream channel. A twitter handle this evening is hashtag historically speaking. We are also thrilled that this program will be broadcast via cspan book tv and will be aired at a later date. To begin, dr. Cruz compelling new biography introduces us to the constant battles for equality faced by African Americans through a stud
Discussion entitled, historically speaking, Thurgood Marshall, a life in American History, an evening with spencer crew and paul finkle man. Before we begin, let me also welcome our audience whos streaming the discussion through the museums you stream channel. Our twitter handle this evening is historicallyspeaking. We are also thrilled that this program will be broadcast via cspan book tv and will be aired at a later date. Through dr. Crews compelling new biography introduces us to the constant battles of equality faced by africanamericans through a study of Thurgood Marshalls extraordinary courage and his believe in the power of the law to change society. Thurgood marshall, a life in American History, follows his career from his youth in baltimore, maryland, to his days as a Supreme Court justice. Thurgood marshalls inspiring story illustrates how pervasive is racism in American Society and reveals the difficulty of the struggles of africanamericans to make progress against it. Throu
Today we are on the campus of the university of North Carolina at chapel hill. Unc chapel hill is the First State University in the country. This is a contested claim we argue with the university of georgia about. Both have a claim. Uncs charter came a few years later. It had already graduated a couple of classes. The university and city were founded at the same time. So, when this area was selected, there was no town or village here. There were a few neighboring farms. There was an anglican chapel on inn. Ite of the carolina an auction of town lots. They understood that if the university was going to succeed, there needed to be a business around it to support businesses, places for people to live. They were in essence born on the same day. The university was chartered in 1789. The ground broke in 1793 and it was about a year and a half when the university opened. They had events on campus here. No students showed up. It took another few weeks before the student arrived. Firsthe came o
Of the carolina inn. They had an auction of town lots. So, they understood that there needed to be a town to support it for businesses, places for people to live. They were, in essence, born on the same day. The university was chartered in 1789. The ground broke for the first building in 1793, and about a year and half later, 1795, the university opened. They had events on campus here. No student showed up. It took another few weeks before the First Student arrived. He came 100 miles off the coast of North Carolina. He was the entire student body for about two weeks before more students drifted onto campus. For the first century, it was a school for white men only. It was only in the 1890s that women were admitted to the university, and the university did not allow africanamericans and other students of color until the 1970s. It is really impossible to talk about the University Without talking about slavery. Slave labor was involved in all of the buildings. The earliest building, the o
Not wear masks in public. We have to enforce and we will. In the last two weeks, the governor says the Positivity Rate has climbed from 4. 4 to 5. 6 . She says more people are becoming infected and hospitalizations are going up. All of this days before a holiday weekend. Weve got fourth of july weekend coming up. One of the areas of biggest concern as it relates to the spread of covid19 in the state remains family gatherings. Newsome says that he will flip the dimmer switch as he calls it again tomorrow focusing on restrictions restricting indoor gatherings. Governor newsom addressing the states efforts to protect the homeless and others from covid19. He focused on a program in pittsburgh. Abc 7 News Reporter has that story. Reporter at a press conference at a motelf parking lot in pittsburgh turned into a collision course over homelessness, soaring covid stats and black lives matter. The governor is here to talk about how successful california has been in getting the homeless housed d