Experienced slaevry firsthand before they passed away. They had created through that project that lasted only a few years, 1936 to 1939, that project created the largest repository of exslave testimony we have in the united states, winding up with over 2300 exslave interviews that are now largely Available Online at the library of congress website. Anyone who is interested can go in and use those. Scholars have used them to dramatically transform the way they write about the history of slavery and emancipation and kind of reconsider that. My book took a slightly different turn or different tact by looking at the exslave collection as its known to look at the racial politics of the 1930s and really to see what does it tell us about race and the federal government and attempts to rewrite a National Historical narrative during the kind of moment of economic crisis and kind of a nationwide crisis in terms of the sense of national identity. What are the racial politics at the time . Well, y
Bottom of this message. In the middle of the predominantly black neighborhood theres a car that may see out of place. It is covered in the n word. Neighbors say it is more of an eye sore than insult. I want to meet the rs hat that has never been finished neighbors know the owner as crazy tony. They say he tows the cars around parking it in front of home depots. The second time i drove by i waived and it is black guy. The owner is black and made similar messages for other businesses. We tracked him down but he didnt want to discuss what the message means and home depot doesnt know either. There is nothing illegal. Some here in the neighborhood ignore it. It doesnt mean really. But we found people that feel it is over the line. It is like me putting a cross upside down and burning the cross every day. That is not cool. Only in tampa. Bo zim agree this is not an easy decision to air the pictures of this car and what it says. We forth, back and forth whether or not to even though you this
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Landslide in southern china, rescuers have found a survivor. Stopped from going to the u. S. , were in costa rica where thousands of cubans are stuck. They are victims of a border dispute. We begin the news hour with reports that a gas attack in syria has killed at least five civilians. Medical sources think that sarin gas was used in the attack on the city. More than 30 people are reported to have suffered acute health problems. Zana hoda reports. Reporter this is not the first time there have been reports of gas used as a weapon in syria. Opposition sources say these people were exposed to gas when government helicopters fired missiles in a residential area. That rebelheld area on the outskirts of damascus has been a battleground for sometime now. Translator these rockets were carrying sarin gas and as a result five people were killed, including a 12yearold boy, and more than 30 injured. Mostly civilians. The sarin gas was used in the western neighborhood of the city. The victims sho