as union soldiers spread paving the way for them to mayor, to vote, to vote and to worship and decide their own destiny. the civil war officially ended in april 1865, but in a small community of gavelston island, texas, enslaved slaves were owe believious to their reality, two and a half years after the signing of the emancipation proclamation when a u.s. general informed the last enslaved black people in america that freedom had finally comp the people erupted in joy. that joy became the catalyst for juneteenth. in 2021 juneteenth became an official federal holiday. now recognized across the united states as a day of national celebration. juneteenth is a reminder. it is a reminder of what black people in america have been through and what black people have overcome. it is a commemoration of our resilience. our ingenuity, and most importantly our capacity for joy. our joy is worthy of celebration, and on this day we remember that our freedom must be honored, nurtured and pr
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Abc 7 News Reporter Alyssa Harrington reported about how lgbt groups and supporters were standing in solidarity with the black lives matters campaign. A march in east oakland. A civil rights slide show, a rally in San Franciscos castro district. These are just a few of several demonstrations happening in the bay area over the Martin Luther king jr. Holiday weekend. Protests against Police Violence involving black men and other minorities. The movement is also to take back mlks legacy and support nonviolence civil disobedience. Until we get justice, there will be no peace. In oakland a group marched from the eastmont police substation. Four were arrested on the way. How do you not care . Among the demonstrators, her son was shot and killed by police when he was 16 and she has traveled to rallies all over the country to demand justice. New york, chicago, all around oakland, everywhere that were not going to go anywhere and were trying to educate mothers to get off the couch and do this.
Guest i think it was a little unfair that what was Standard Practice was reversed in a crucial play at the end of the world series host that allowed the cubs to win the world series. Thank you, chairman bernanke. The book is ben bernanke, courage to act. Thanks for your service to our country. Guest thank you, senator. That was after words, booktvs Signature Program in which authors of the latest nonfiction books are interviewed. Watch past after words or programs online at booktv. Org. Host Ronald Numbers, did isaac newton discover gravity . Guest yes, he did. But he didnt discover it from being hit on the head with a falling apple. And thats the story that has circulated for centuries, that this dramatic episode in a garden triggered his thinking about gravity, and he wondered why does the apple tall straight down fall straight down. It makes a great story. A friend of his started circulating it. Its conceivable that apples happened, but [laughter] its very unlikely that newton devel