Tonight at 10 00 eastern, 7 00 civic, here on American History tv. Boston red sox historian gord on edes leads a discussion on the teams contributions in world war two. With hall of Famer Ted Williams and others, they give insight into the training, combat experience and perception. This event is hosted by the massachusetts historic society. Gordon today we have a Great Program which will explore one of the most popular topics in boston which is the Boston Red Sox. Specifically looking at Boston Red Sox and world war ii. Panele joined by a great that by gordon eads. This is his fifth program with us in the last couple of years and he has done a lot of our organization. He is the official historian Boston Red Sox and before that covered the team for 18 years the boston globe and ds via. Before we begin, i will let you know a couple of protocols that we use with. There will be a program that will run 45. We will then open it the audience for cuba day. If you would like to participate you
Discuss the significance of the march and Civil Rights Movement today. Welcome to cabinet conversations. I name is erica scott and i am the artistic programming manager of fords theatre. If you are joining us for the first time, this is our live series. And exploren more our past programs by visiting our website. Today as we prepare for tomorrows 2020 commitment march, our participants reflect on the original event marking the 57th anniversary. Edithleased to introduce lee payne and Derek Musgrove to talk about the 1963 march on washington. George musgrove is a professor of history at the university of maryland. And coauthoror of two books. He is currently developing a webbased map of the history of black power activism in our capital city from 19611998. Edith lee payne has been an activist for social justice in the areas of education, housing, public relations, and civil rights spanning four decades. In 2008, she learned that she had a permanent place in history after discovering that
Within the nations capitol. 8 1 2 months later president lincoln sign said the emancipation proclamation which did not free all enslaved persons but sent a powerful signal slavery would no longer be tolerated. The emancipation proclamation has assumed a place among the greatest arguments of human freedom. The story of the emancipation proclamation is one that would help to redefine freedom and eventually change the course of history. Both the proclamation and the d. C. Legislation represent a praups of hope, freedom and justice that continues to inspire and resonate with the American People more than 150 years after its creation. Now its my pleasure to welcome the reverend to the stage. Hes the director of the office of religious affairs and the executive office of the mayor and the interim director of the Mayors Office of africanamerican affairs and the commission on fathers, men and boys. He serves as a liaison for the Faith Community in the District Of Columbia and also provides sup
And there hadnt been a good book on race in washington, d. C. , for about 20 years, so we wanted to fill that void. The reason we made it 400 years is because most of the books about the city ignored many racial populations in the city, in particular the native american population. So, we wanted to start in the historical beginning, the first time we have written records of washington, d. C. , which john smith came up the potomac and went to the native american settlement. Lets focus on the from the beginning, the racial makeup of the city, once congress got here in 1800, was about 20 africanamerican. D. C. Was carved out of prime plantation county. There were plantations in the middle of where the city is today. There was already a Large Population in the area. As the folks who were building the capitol decided to employ slaves and in certain cases free blacks on the Construction Projects of building the capitol, that population remained relatively constant through the antebellum peri
Frees 3100 enslaved individuals. For the past year as war raged between the union and the confederacy opponents of slavery had decried the scandal of slavery continuing to exist within the Nations Capital. Eight and a half month later, president lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation which did not free all enslaved persons but sent a powerful signal that slavery would no longer be tolerated. The emancipation proclamation has assumed a place among the greatest arguments of human freedom. The story of the emancipation proclamation is one that would help to redefine freedom and eventually change the course of history. Both the proclamation and the d. C. Legislation represent a promise of hope, freedom, and justice that continues to inspire and resonate with the American People more than 150 years after its creation. Now its my pleasure to welcome the reverend thomas brown to the stage. He is the director of the office of religious affairs and the executive office of the mayor. And t