Going to go back for discussion of origin points, our favorites light which you are going to be so sick of representing the narrative arc of the popular story of the Civil Rights Movement and we are going back to our topic of origin points again with the objective of troubling it, putting those events in context but also troubling the idea of them as origin points. Last week we discussed brown versus board of education, we discussed the decision, response, the impact but also the legacy. I want to talk more about the legacy as we go forward. But we are not going to do that today. And then on tuesday, we spent time talking about the emmett till case, the lynching of emmett till in august of 1955. We used a mix of secondary and primary sources to consider how ideologies of race, gender and justice impacted that case and impacted the live experience of the people in that case. I want to take a moment to pull out and say that this week, what happened this week that is of significance in re
member. for more understanding new allegations let s bring in marshall koehn. marshall, good to see you. what more can you tell us about this new court filing? frederika, this is from the most important criminal cases stemming from january 6th. the dishes conspiracy case against several members of the old keepers and people at the tip of the spear of that attack making their way into the capitol. you laid out the crazy horrifying allegations from the justice department that are trying to bolster this very challenging charge. seditious conspiracy. it is important here for the prosecutors to prove these people did not want to just disrupt what was going on in january 6 that they wanted to use force and violence to stop the transfer of power to president joe biden. in two bolster those claims about violence, these filings mentioned how there were training sessions in the weeks after the 2020 election for what they called unconventional warfare and ambushes. the prosecutors her
different. uvalde, texas, where i was born. uvalde is where i learned responsible gun ownership. uvalde called me on may 24th when i learned about the devastating strategy. matthew mcconaughy making a passionate plea for gun control, speaking to reporters of the victims of the mass shooting at rob elementary school after meeting with their families and calling on lawmakers to act. we need to invest in mental healthcare. we need safer schools. we need to restrain sensationalized media coverage. we need to restore our family values. we need to restore our american values. and we responsible gun ownership. responsible gun ownership. we need background checks. we need to raise the minimum age to purchase an ar-15 rifle to 21. we need a waiting period for those rifles. we need red flag laws and consequences for those who abuse them. responsible gun owners are fed up with the second amendment being abused and hijacked by some deranged individuals. the actor also imploring con
Much. Thank you mr. President and members of the senate, mr. Speaker numbers of the senate, Lieutenant Governor, members of the Governors Council and including that constitutional officers elected. Thank you for being here. Former senator scott brown governor Chris Christie we salute you. [applause] [applause] i have always admired and appreciated you both for years and i have admired your commitment to serve its for all of us and i thank you very much for being with us today. [applause] [applause] to my fellow citizens and other distinguished guests, my thanks to all of you for being here. With great humility and high honor that i assume the office of the governor of massachusetts and i am well where of the authorities and have come up as i take office, but this is part of serving and protecting the people of this great state. And the obligation to always live up to that. The people have invested in me for the title of governor for the next four years and i am also a holder of life on
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