We are working to get more information. Details as we get them. The search for a suspect after a young woman is shot in the middle of the street. Police tell us someone inside the car with out of state plates fired three shots striking the woman. The mayor admitting tonight this part of his city has turned violent recently. Its not that this happens everywhere but it has happened here in this times. We want to make sure that they know that we know that theres a problem here we will get right it on. Reporter more officers will be posted on hancock street while the investigation unfolds. A suspected terrorist shot dead in a c. V. S. Parking lot. On fox 25 news at 4 00 we learned that the officers involved would not face charges for the 2015 shooting. Fox 25s john monahan is standing by live with new reaction from the suspects family. John . Reporter mark, the family met with the d. A. For 90 minutes today but still situation that led to the death. The d. A. Though saying police knowing w
Lyndon johnson read before the nation upon the signing of the act on july 2, 1964. This is the copy that was put into the teleprompter. My fellow americans, im about to sign into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964. I want to take this occasion to talk to you about what that law means to every american. 188 years ago this week, a small band of valiant men began a long struggle for freedom. He did six drafts of the speech, and then he added extemporaneously the word long, to indicate the many decades, really centuries in the slow progression towards realizing civil rights. This bill began as a culmination of the struggles of decades of struggles of africanamericans, but it encompassed all americans, it encompassed everyone regardless of race, color, sex or National Origin. It was really about the ongoing struggle in this country to achieve that more perfect union. Coming up next on American History tv, Texas Tech University history professor sarah keyes talks about her current book project
Good morning. N my name is adrienne cannon. I am the africanAmerican History specialist for the Manuscript Division of the library of congress and one of the curators for the library s current exhibit commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1954 entitled the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a long struggle for freedom. The exhibit takes its subtitle from the speech that president Lyndon Johnson read before the nation upon the signing of the act on july 2, 1964. There is a copy of the speech borrowed from the johnson president ial library included in the exhibit. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is considered the most significant use of civil rights legislation since reconstruction. It prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, in the areas of voting, employment, public accommodations, public facilities, education. The exhibit has four overall objectives, to present a history of the u. S. Civil rights law chronicling a series of federal laws a
Act of 1954 entitled the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a long struggle for freedom. The exhibit takes its subtitle from the speech that president Lyndon Johnson read before the nation upon the signing of the act on july 2, 1964. The u. S. Constitution did not ask me mention slavery, but there are at least three references to slavery in the document. The history of the u. S. Is a series of federal laws that paves the way for the federal tohts act of mention 64 present a concurrent history of the 20th Century Civil Rights Movement that includes accounts , organizations, and events that shaped the movement, as well as examples of music, literature, and visual arts that were inspired by the mu movement. They tell the story of the epic of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in congress including an expiration of the legislative process and legislative strategy, the tactics that were employed. To employ explore the impact of the Civil Rights Act on American Life and law from 1964 until the present. We
Experiencing hour plus delays. Take a look from skyfox. A little while after this fiery crash. Several vehicles involved. Two tractor trailers cars, one of those trucks as i said carrying a load of scrap metal was traveling north when somehow it overturned right into the median. It shut down traffic. About 1 15 this afternoon. It has been shut down ever since since. 95 northbound from woodhaven to street road continues to be closed at this hour. Lets bring you back out here one more life look on the ground. The backup continues for miles at this point. As you can see a couple lanes getting by southbound. Southbound lanes are also tied up although they are still getting by but it is going to be a very long night and certainly several hours before 95 is reopened. Of course, well have updates throughout this hour and another live reporting coming up at 6 00 oclock. Iain. Chris, thanks much well check back in with. Skyfox over the scene of another deadly crash. This one in hokessin delawar