Watched with glee and joy in his eyes. In case you missed it earlier today it was absolutely amazing his wish to become k9 officer coming true and the first step in his transformation right here at fox5. Heres the deal. Holly as we just saw earlier this morning was with him when he learned that he had to go where, holly . What was his first stop . Well he had to come here to fox5 because he has to get his officially issued Police Uniform because, you know, hes going to be looking for bad guys today. Hes going to be helping keep the city safe. Let me tell you this right now. Every k9 officer on the d. C. Metro police force wishes that he was riding around in that right there. Hes got a very special ride to take him on his mission today. Let me just tell you, its not a good day d. C. It is an awesome day d. C. Because this wish is being granted for ember. Hes just eight years old. Hes been fighting Cystic Fibrosis. He lost a lung when he was just two years old. And he has a feeding tube.
I want the start out my talk with two quotes. Um, theyre both from the prologue of my book, and ill give a little explanation for them, um, but they introduce why i decided to write book. So the first quote is in my own prose from the prologue. We still hold certain truths about africanamericans to be selfevident; that the phrase 19th Century Black americans refers to enslaved people. That the, that new york state before the civil war denotes a place of freedom, that blacks in this new york city designates harlem, that the black community posits a classless and culturally unified society, that a black elite did not exist until well into the 20th century. The lives of my new york forebearers belies such assumptions. They were born free at a time when slavery was still legal in new york state. They lived in racialtymixed neighborhoods, first in Lower Manhattan and then after the civil war in brooklyn at a time when harlem was a mere village. They were part of new yorks small but Signific
Black gotham Carla Peterson recounts the lives of black elites in new york city in the 19th century. Professor peterson examines a community of black new read more . Recounts the lives of africanamerican elites in new ork. This is about an hour, ten minutes. Um, i want the start out my talk with two quotes. Um, theyre both from the prologue of my book, and ill give a little explanation for them, um, but they introduce why i decided to write book. Write the book. So the first quote is in my own prose from the prologue. We still hold certain truths about africanamericans to be selfevident; that the phrase 19th Century Black americans refers to enslaved people. That the, that new york state before the civil war denotes a place of freedom, that blacks in this new york city esignates harlem, that the black community posits a classless and culturally unified society, that a black elite did not exist until well into the 20th century. The lives of my new york forebearers belies such assumption
Into a gray ford mustang on frederick avenue in southwest baltimore. The bus pingponged its way down the street, crashes through the Black Cemetery fence. And then into a stone pillar. The bus then crossed into oncoming traffic, colliding with the m. T. A. Commuter bus that was coming from dundalk. This is a bus, not to mention the drivers side of the m. T. A. Bus was sliced off. For the potential cause, investigators are looking at all options including a medical emergency, mechanical issue, distracted driving and or intentional act. Sean braxton, the driver of the ford mustang revisited the crash scene after being released from the hospital with bumps and bruises. When i looked up, the bus was right on top of me. I tried to swerve to get out of the way. By the time i tried to swerve to get out of the way to the right, there was impact. I was trying to fix the speaker. It wasnt working good. So i stood up to see what was going on. Kevin right school bus loaded on the back of an indust
I want to talk about old cemeteries, why they are important and what you can learn from them. Say as a caveat, a lot of the rationale behind finding researchs, mine is that is focused on old africanamerican cemeteries, very often it pertains to other cemeteries of various backgrounds, but i focused on the virginia piedmont, specifically areas in central virginia, nelson county, it has to do with where i lived and the counties i commuted through to go to work. [laughter] so, it means that if you are asking about counties not on that route, take a good guess. Within those counties, most of them are in amherst county, that is where the 150 cemeteries are that i visited and studied for this research. On the map in the lower righthand corner, dont worry there will not be a quiz but the numbers you are looking at seem to be the founding of these counties by european americans. I would also point out that if your interests are in native american Burial Grounds, those of course date back tens