Bristol, england, boston, or birmingham, monuments and statutes have become a flashpoint for the black lives matter movement. Since 2015, ford has held an annual Summer Institute set in stone memory, monuments and myths that explores questions of remembrance and memorialization. Each year we find that spring has brought new and urgent crises that require attention and consideration and this year more than in any in recent memory, demands that and more. Today we explore some of these questions with you. Im pleased to welcome dr. Hillary green and kevin levin to todays cabinet conversation. Both dr. Greene and mr. Levin have written extensively on how a wide range of americans commemorate the civil war and reconstruction. They are currently coediting a book sharing different perspectives on civil war memorials. Theyve also been active in recent debates. Dr. Green is an associate professor of history in the department of gender and race studies and serves as a coprogram director of the Af
Thank you, pastor keaton, ms. Keaton, members of morris brown ame for welcoming us tonight. Hopefully we will have another chance to hear the choir. Thank you all. It is so nice to be back together and have an opportunity to discuss things that matter in this community and discuss how we can make them better, and i want to thank i hope you have had the opportunity to get some of the food that was served up outside by, first of all, morris brown member Reggie Simmons cooking up a lot of the sides, and then we had ben connell come down here from South Carolina. He is so committed to what the foreign means and what is doing. He is a lawyer in Kershaw County and he drove down here and cooked the chicken and sausage for us, and he didnt just cook it. He donated time and all of that food and that is a commitment to the community and we thank you so much, my friend, ben. I want to thank some other people while we get started, make sure i get these sponsors right. Dominion energy, el hoppa fou
Cspan. Org podcasts. Catch washington today for a fastpaced report of the stories of the day. Listen to cspan anytime. Just tell your Smart Speaker play cspan radio. Cspan, powered by cable. Thank you pastor. Thank you pastor keaton, missus keaton, members of morris brown ame for walking us here tonight, and particularly that choir we could listen to you all night fortunately will have another chancece so thank you pure thank you outlook and everyone. It is so nice to be back together and have an opportunity to discuss things that matter in this community and discuss how we cannd make them better. And i want to thank, i hope you have an opportunity to get some of the food that was served up outside by first of all Maurice Brown member Reggie Simmons cooking up a lot of the sides, and then we had benjamin come down here from South Carolina. You so committed to what the form means and what its doing hes a lawyer in South Carolina in the county council met in kershaw county, and he drove
And we say it every year. Be care of those fireworks. Good thursday morning. Im frances rivera. Today president Donald Trumps travel ban finally goes into effect. Restricting entrance from those six predominantly muslim countries and flying into the u. S. Becomes that much harder for everyone, with new security in place affecting all flights coming into the country as they try to stay ahead of potential new terror plots. Tom costello has details of. Reporter the new security steps being phased in this summer will affect 2,000 flights every day coming from 105 countries. Every flight to the u. S. From abroad. The new procedures could include more thorough carryon back chec checks, more bombsniffing dogs and next generation bag screening technology. Unless we all raise our security standards, terrorists who seek commercial aviation as the greatest take down will find and attack the weakest link. Trip to new measures come as isis found a way to smuggle explosives into laptop computers. Si
Those fireworks. Early today starts right now. Good thursday morning. Im frances rivera. Today president Donald Trumps travel ban finally goes into effect. The administration will begin implementing its travel ban. It comes as flying into the United States becomes that much harder for everyone. The department of Homeland Security announced it will be putting new security mers into place affecting all commercials flights in the country. Security officials try to stay ahead of potential new terror plots. Tom costello has details of. Reporter the new security steps being phased in this summer will affect 2,000 flights every day coming from 105 countries. Every flight to the u. S. From abroad. The new procedures could include more bag check, more bomb sniffing dogs and next generation bag screening technology. Unless we all raise our Security Standards terrorists who seek commercial aviation as the greatest take down will find and attack the weakest link. Trip to new measures come as isis