Their charter in 1785. But unc was forced to open and how to redo couple of classes. The university and the city first and hadened already graduated a couple of classes. The university and the city were opened at the same time. When this area was selected, there was no town or village here. There was an anglican chapel on the side of the carolina in. They had an auction of town lots. They understood that if the university was going to succeed, they are to be a town around it to provide businesses, places live, and the town of chapel hill and the university were in essence born on the same day. The university was chartered in 1789. The ground broke for the first building in 1793, and a year and a half later, 1795, the university opened. They held an Opening Ceremony in january of 1795. They had events on campus here. No student showed up. It took a few weeks before the student arrived. Firsthe came over 100 miles from off the coast of north carolina. He was the entire student body for a
Americas third president Thomas Jefferson, focusing on his words and actions on slavery and race. This video is courtesy of the university. Its from their great live s lecture series. I am pleased to announce a special miniseries of six lectures entitled great president ial lives. This series is particularly attractive for two main reasons. The first being its timeliness. A president ial election year, it will be an insight all of us can be in. The second is the speaker himself. Our esteemed umw professor, william b. Crawley, who has just completed 50 years on the faculty of the university of mary washington. During a half century, he has contributed in innumerable ways and significant ways. Certainly not least of all the creation of our renowned Historic Preservation program and the creation of this amazing great lives series. But it is for his excellence and teachings that he is perhaps best known, and to literally thousands of our students who have come through our halls, he has rec
Global 3000. D. W. What secrets lie behind. Discover new adventures in 360 degree. And explore fascinating World Heritage sites. W World Heritage 360 getting out now. Our european museums ready to give up on art looted from their former colonies some big developments there coming up on arts and culture and. Australian musician nick cave displays decades of creativity and then experience an exhibition. Welcome to arts and culture lawmakers in france voted this week to return more than 2 dozen objects to the 4 countries former colonies of binny in and sent to go the pieces include a royal throne that was captured by the french army over a century ago the bill passed the Lower Chamber of French Parliament unanimously and now its headed to the senate. If approved by the French Senate 26 artifacts will be returned to the republic of binning its taken a while for french lawmakers to reach this stage 3 years ago president Manuel Mccall promised a quick return but for a long time nothing happe
Up in alabama, 11 or 12 years old, i went to a flea market hybrid carnival. There were people there selling objects. One of the items was similar to this. It was not a philosophical thing. I did not like the object. I do not remember the second or the third or the fourth. I started collecting. Basically, i have been collecting for several decades. Started out with anticipation of creating did not start out with the anticipation of creating a museum. Becoming not just a collection as teaching tools but for a museum happened much later. Not everybody where you grew up was collecting these items. What was it that made you keep doing it . David i dont know. I have been thinking about that a lot. Four generations back, there are people from the , theas, trinidad, spain Indigenous People of this country. Personup a multiracial in the deep south when the time crowring a time when jim was still in effect. I thought about race a lot. Elementary my school, my high school were all black. Segregat
Ive been welcomed to do you. Know if you could join us i know this week 4 of ministers from the u. S. Japan india and australia met in talk you know despite a raging pandemic aim to discuss their response to chinese influence in the region what us secretary of state might pompei or described as the Chinese Communist parties exploitation corruption and coercion the meeting between the 4 known as the quad comes at a time that each of these countries is facing increased pressure from china either militarily diplomatically or through trade ill be asking an expert what these countries plan to do but 1st this report. Foreign ministers from 4 of the Asia Pacific Region is biggest powers coming together for face to face talks in tokyo. Its only the 2nd time that theyve met in this format but quad members say theyre keen to step up cooperation the fact that we are meeting today in person despite a Global Pandemic is a testimony to the importance of consultations have gained access to one major