Good evening and welcome, both newcomers and repeat offenders, if you look around here, you notice the great many ponderous and intangible books out there in the world. That being the case, its always refreshing to find whose impact in the portion to the Tipping Point is one of those books, from time to time, usually its quite unexpected, work appears that acts as a decongestant for the brain, one strong spray with a passages to clean up, suddenly we can finally grasp things around us that weve always been looking at, we drop the enter gp and more sharply, it can be rather intoxicating, once again this is that kind of book. One of the delights i find of the Tipping Point is that malcolm asked the kind of question that a child might ask, the kind of question that is on the tip of her brain like the name on the tip of the tongue. Often we find it hard to focus on, not despite a bit but because of it. In the question he asks to hear is that one once weve heard asked, why didnt anybody thi
Welcome back to the Virginia Museum of history and culture we are here talking about the struggle for black equality, this explores the period from the end of the civil war, which ended slavery in the United States , through 1950. This was a. That witnessed both progress and backlash. For black americans. After the civil war, black virginians and americans embrace the new opportunities. In the form of access to education, new civil rights, political participation, building new communities, starting new businesses and so forth. On one hand black lives of flourished under the new promises afforded , black people also began to suffer backlash from white establishments that wanted to reassert power and supremacy over people of color. At the same time that we see amazing strides, we also see regress in the form of distant friend and American Society. We will look at a few stories that exemplify that push and pull , the session starts with that reconstruction and key legislative amendments t
Culture enrichments. We are standing in the middle the exhibition title determine, the 400 year struggle for black equality. Explores the period from the end of the civil war which ended slavery in the u. S. This is a period that witnessed both progress and backlash for black americans. After the civil war, as black virginians and americans embraced new opportunities in the form of access to education, new civil rights, political participation, building new communities, starting new businesses and so forth, black lives florist under the new promises afforded by freedom in American Society. It also began to suffer backlash from the white establishment. It is the power of supremacy and control over people of color. At the same time see amazing strides. In the form of distance franchise and legalized segregation. I look at a few stories that exemplify that push and pull dynamic of progress and backlash. The section starts with reconstruction and key legislative amendments. And shapes the
Of the 1963 childrens crusade. We do so tonight with an authors talk featuring paul kicks. Paul is the author of you have to be prepared to before you can begin ten weeks in birmingham. That america, while reflecting on a photo of Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin suffocating, george floyd, paul is shocked by its parallels to the iconic may 1963 photo of a black teenager in birmingham, alabama, being attacked by a white officer and an aggressive shepherd. These similarities motivated to uncover the legacy and full history behind the historic civil rights photograph. Pauls book light on the strategy of the 1963 ten week southern christian Leadership Conference campaign end segregation led by dr. Martin luther jr. King, along with white walker, Fred Shuttlesworth and james bevel, joined the efforts of the Alabama Christian Movement for human rights to launch the Birmingham Campaign together, they sought to Bring National attention to the efforts to desegregate public facilities in
My my name is wayne coleman, head of archives here at the institute. And i want to welcome all you to tonights event event as we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1963 childrens crusade. We do so tonight with an authors talk featuring paul kicks. Paul is the author of you have to be prepared to before you can begin ten weeks in birmingham. That america, while reflecting on a photo of Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin suffocating, george floyd, paul is shocked by its parallels to the iconic may 1963 photo of a black teenager in birmingham, alabama, being attacked by a white officer and an aggressive shepherd. These similarities motivated to uncover the legacy and full history behind the historic civil rights photograph. Pauls book light on the strategy of the 1963 ten week southern christian Leadership Conference campaign end segregation led by dr. Martin luther jr. King, along with white walker, Fred Shuttlesworth and james bevel, joined the efforts of the Alabama Christia