You go to a Department Store and as a young person youre not afraid to ask questions of your parents. I would say, why is there a colored restroom, why is there a white restroom . Why do signs there for, and water fountains and white water fountains . I was told that that was the way his. I said, why . Arts we all people arent we all people . I did not go to school with any africanamerican or other ethnic groups. That has greatly changed. Much to my delight. I went to undergraduate school at clemson university. I went there for Architecture School and they were one of the first to admit an thecanamerican into african and Architecture School. It has been a wonderful experience for me personally to see the change that is happened. I first worked with the native american community, we did a Cultural Resource center for the smithsonian. Over 12 years, you learn a lot. You learn a lot about the culture that is different than yours. Hoping that will be the case when people come to this museu
Other. And recognize the common humanity that makes america what it is. [applause] that is a lot of weight to put on one institution. But michelle and i have taken michelles mom and our daughters to see it, we feel confident that it will not just meet expectations, but far exceed them. It would not have happened without all of you. You should be very proud. Congratulations. God bless you. [applause] [cheers] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] now, a press preview of the Smithsonian National museum of African American history and culture. We will hear remarks by founder, lonnie bunch of the smithsonian. This is about 25 minutes. [applause] good morning and welcome. What a crowd. We are delighted to have you here and i have good reason to believe that when you spend some time here, you will say that you have been delighted to be i
His class is about 45 minutes. Youre looking at footage of a vessel called the William Myers landing at ellis island in 1903. This film was taken by edison studios and it gives us a window into a moment of mass migration in the industrial atlantic. Lets just take in the scene. Lets start with a question for you all. First of all, let me ask you what you saw in the video. What struck you most and lets just do hands. We will put you on the spot. What did you see in that video . Sorry, film. Mostly that they carried so little with them considering it was them starting a new life. It seemed like they were carrying very little baggage. They did not have much with them. They brought very little with them to their new lives. What else . A lot of them were families it is surprising number of Young Children, because when we were learning at the beginning, a lot of the colonies were started by young , independent males, whereas now, there is a lot of Young Children and people to start completely
Youre looking at footage of a vessel landing at ellis island in 1903. This film was taken by edison studios and it gives us a window into a moment of mass migration in the industrial atlantic. Lets just take in the scene. Lets start with a question for you all. First of all, let me ask you what you saw in the video. What struck you most and lets just do hands. We will put you on the spot. What did you see in that video . Sorry, film. Mostly that they carried so little with them considering it was them starting a new life. It seemed like they were carrying very little baggage. They did it have much with them. They brought very little with them to their new lives. What else . A lot of them were families and when we were learning at the beginning, a lot of the colonies were started by young independent males wear now coming down the line is a lot of Young Children and people to start completely new lives in the country. He saw a lot of women and children. That is unusual because we know t
In the industrial atlantic. Scene. Ust take in the lets start with a question for you all. First of all, let me ask you what you saw in the video. What struck you most and lets just do hands. We will put you on the spot. What did you see in that video . Film. , mostly that they carried so little with them considering it was them starting a new life. Seemed like they were carrying very little baggage. They did it have much with them. They brought very little with them to their new lives. What else . A lot of them were families and when we were learning at the beginning, a lot of the colonies were started by young independent males wear now is a lot ofthe line Young Children and people to inrt completely new lives the country. He saw a lot of women and. Hildren that is unusual because we know that mass migrations in much of history have largely been maledominated. The presence of women and children in such large proportions really stands out. Anything else . Go ahead. It seemed like ther