Sit in protests along with archival footage. That begins right now. And we feel also that one of the great pillars of american democracy is that we have the right to protest for our rights. We will do it in an orderly fashion. This is a nonviolent protest. We are depending on moral and spiritual forces using the method of passive resistance. From the bus boycott in montgomery, alabama until february 1, 1960, virtually Nothing Happened in the arena of civil rights. I mean, it was dead, absolutely dead. Even Martin Luther king said that. In 1960, things did change dramatically in greensboro. It is the origin of all of those events that occur subsequent to february 1, 1960, and i happened to be there. Mcneil happened to be there, and so did richmond and blair. When you hear a railroad, the train is coming from far away and it is coming closer and you become increasingly aware of the track that the train is rolling on. And that track is what divides white from black. That is what separates
Messages and tweets. University of massachusetts amherst assistant professor traci parker joins us for discussion on the lunch counter sit ins of 1960. Who were the greensboro four and why did they decide to sit down at that lunch counter in 1960 . They work for freshman a t were four freshman at and they had been thinking about racial injustices and how to integrate and how to push the movement along for some time. It was not until Joseph Mcneil is returning to school after when hes break in 1959 is refused a meal at a greyhound train terminal and he is just trying to buy a hot dog. And gets back to campus and he is emboldened. He says enough is enough. So him and this for friends decide they are going to target the woolworths. Aggregate eating facilities in greensboro, North Carolina. I find interesting is why it woolworths, woolworths was a five and dime that many people of a certain age probably still remember. It was a chain Discount Department store. Recognizable because it is a
Appears in history and Literature Program at harvard. Currently treacherous and seen a lecturer at the university of birmingham. And lastly the written one previous book entitled ireland and i was which was published in 2014. The the Mutual Admiration Society features on Dorothy Sayers and five principal and providing for the 1912 at some of the college oxford. She and ama classmate in her oxford at a a time when women could receive an education not degrees but in october 1920 they became some of the first women to fully graduate. These women push the boundaries in other ways as well. I working to forward womens rights, reproduction. Working to overcome extreme restrictionhe of sex and the tie the women of the Mutual Admiration Society are stillll inspiration to us today and we can follow their example as we work to a more equal society. And your gut tells about them is author himself, mo moulton. [applause] thank thank you very much ank you to come out on a incredibly cold tuesday nig
Published earlier this month. The doctor is a history of 20th century britain and ireland specifically interested in gender, sexuality, colonialism and post colonialism. They earned their phd from Brown University and worked for a number of years in history and Literature Program at harvard. Currently mollton is a senior lecturer in the History Department at the university of birmingham. Lastly, they have written one previous book entitled ireland and the irish which is published in 2014. The Mutual Admiration Society centers on the writer dorothy l. Sayers and five friends who founded a writing group in 1912 at college oxford. Sayers and her classmates entered oxford at a time when women could receive an education but not degrees, but in october of 1920, they became some of the first women to fully graduate. These women pushed the boundaries in other ways as well, working to forward womens rights in reproduction, the arts and clear family making. Looking to overcome the extremely rest
The capacity to detect coronavirus spreading could be the key to opening the country, but the white house and the states are clashing on if there are enough tests to go around. The governors are responsible for testing and i hope they will use the tremendous amount of capacity that we have. President trump says hes putting safety first, but critics say millions of people need to be tested before the nation can truly get back to work tick thank you for joining us tonight, im andre senior. Im Cristina Rendon on peer california has been fortunate to have fewer cases on a lower death count and smaller states. Still, the humans will hear continues to grow peer governor gavin newsom said today the 95 people died in the last 24 hour period. Also today, california sadly surpassed 1000 deaths. There are nearly 6000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the bay area and 196 people have died locally. Six bay area counties are now requiring people to work Face Coverings while out in public. The ru