Friend of the scottish football receiving general brian takes up the story with feliks. Jed when you came across this figure of Andrew Watson was it was he some of the you knew that much about before the you were looking at a museum in the Foundation Stones of of scottish football and what. Well to my shame i knew absolutely nothing about him and i was working on the Feasibility Study in 1990 we brought me to the queens parks archives at the old hand and i was looking through a book of old photos of queens park in Scotland Team 7880 s. And there was this photo of the Scotland Team in their blue and white hoops and there was a black man stood at the back now has what i thought i was a football historian i knew the author wharton of preston north end in the late 1980 s. Was the 1st black footballer so i actually refused to believe my own ah yes there was this footballer now there were 3 or 4 more pitches of him playing for scotland against wales playing for queens park who were at the ti
The search and support to the black life back to Movement Following the slaying of george floyd and minneapolis in may the focus this year as ever has been on key historical figures such as Martin Luther king and Frederick Douglass or don discussions an examination unthreaded current Racial Injustice however how about the forgotten heroes black men and women whose achievements have been all but written i took History Today for a 1st year marking black History Month will tell the story of one such man a footballer and captain of his country we consult the finder of the scottish football new zealand and one of englands greatest players john vines. Here in richmond symmetry seems an unlikely last resting place for the most successful captain of scotland in football history for this is the grave of the man who led to his country 61 3rd acting of the old eddie of england on their home ground still the heaviest total defeat in the history of the steel lions we tell a largely forgotten story
Good evening, everyone. I am valerie paley. I am director of the center for womens history, and i and so delighted to welcome you to the york the New York Historical society and womens center. We are the first such center within the walls of a major museum in the United States, and its about time. [applause] valerie i will not take too much time away from the panel, but i do want to do a special shout out to our moderator. She is the postdoctoral fellow in womens history in public history here at New York Historical. She is a fantastic scholar, human being, and colleague and i am so glad they are with us at an important moment. I also want to do a special shout out to the womens foundation, four years ago they melon foundation, four years ago they gave us a giant vote of confidence and a lovely grant to get the center up and running. We are here, and we are here to stay. Really happy about that. She went to Columbia University and got their phd there, as did i more than a couple of yea
Other professions across the country. Next, on American History tv, a look at the challenges the union faced in fighting for workers rights and the role of minority women in the government industry. The New York Historical Society Center for womens history hosted this hour long discussion. Good evening, everyone. I am valerie paley. I am director for the center for womens history and i am so delighted to welcome you to the New York Historical society and to the center this evening. If you do not know about us, its time you did. We are the first such center within the walls of a major museum in the United States and its about time. [applause] im not going to take too much time away from the panel, but i do want to do a special shout out to our moderator, Nick Juravich, who is a post doctoral fellow in womens history and public history here at New York Historical. Nick is a fantastic scholar and human being and colleague and i am so absolutely thrilled that hes with us at a very importan
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