american history. the opening session is on african-americans and religion. while we wait for the conference to begin, a look at a 2011 trip to a storage site in a washington, d.c. suburb with the director of the smithsonian national museum of african american history and culture. he showed us some of the artifacts that will be on display in the new museum, opening on the national mall, september 24, 2016. right now, we are in the storage units of the national museum of african american history and culture. in essence, this is the heart of the museum of. because what s behind me, and what we will see today are many of the objects that are going to be the soul of this museum. this is an opportunity to sort of preview some of the material that the public will see when the museum opens in stores. the story of the african-american experience is both a story of resiliency at achievement, but it s also a story of struggle. parts ofe hard exploring this history is that were athe p
railroad town, earning it the nickname pub city. today this south-central mississippi city is best known as the home of the university of southern minute southern mississippi and camp shelby, one of the country s largest training bases. with the help of our comcast training partners, over the next hour here how they became a center for the civil rights movement. instance, weg, for had registration. african-americans could not register. everything was still segregated. a lot of the businesses, restaurants, and hotels were still under these kind of old jim crow laws. later, the story of a hattiesburg washerwoman who saved her life s earnings and then gave it all away. she started out by boiling clothes and a big tub in the house. she would wash them, she would hang them up to dry, and when she ironed them she would put them out there as well. she started out by charging a dime, if you can believe that. from a dime i guess she went to a quarter and then maybe up to $.50 an
hattiesburg, mississippi. hattiesburg was incorporated in 1884. he was known for its lumber and railroad industries. posted by the comcast table city tours-span s staff recently visited this. learn more all weekend here on american history tv. there is an essay by shirley, age 14, that says what do i think about hattiesburg? hattiesburg is an unfit place to live because of the people that make up this town. the whites have their way, if they kill one of us, they get away with it. but if we kill one of them, they kill us. what are we going to do about this? nothing but take our stand for equal rights. today, we are in special collection at the university of southern mississippi. we are part of the library here. today i am featuring different collections from our civil rights materials. this manuscript material, you know oftentimes when you , have your presidents and governors and stuff, they all know to keep their papers. , kind of the normal everyday person like us who
Arkansas Federal Credit Union has announced that Randy Williamson has been appointed to the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Center (ASBTDC) State Advisor