(applause) good evening. good evening. and welcome to the library of congress. it is our pleasure to have everyone here for a very special night, as we open the libraries newest exhibition, rosa parks, in her own words. it is my honor to welcome members of congress, including members of the congressional black caucus, members of the rosa parks family who have come to washington for this special celebration. can you give them a hand? (applause) we would also like to welcome the rosen and raymond parks institute for self development, led by miss elaine steel. that is another round of applause. (applause) and photographer, donna tour, whose photo of missed parts is prominently displayed and a vital part of the exhibition. and all the leaders and staff of the different cultural institutions across washington including secretary of the smithsonian, dr. lonnie bunch. (applause) and the archivist of the united states, mr. david fairy on. and our guests and staff and our viewers on l
1:15. so our focus today then is going to be the montgomery bus boycott. like i said. that s what you read all of your sources for, except the payne article which gave you a larger focus. to do that. we are going to go back to our discussion of origin points, right? our favorite slide which you are going to be so sick of, right, representing the narrative arc of the popular story of the civil rights movement. and we are going back to our topic of origin points again with the objective of troubling it. one, putting those events in context, but also troubling the idea of them as arge points. last week, we discussed brown versus board of education. we discussed the decision, response, the impact, but also the legacy. and i want to talk more about the legacy as we go forward. but we are to the going do that today. then on tuesday, we spent time talking about the emmett till case, right? and the lynching of emmett till in august of 19 a 5. we used a mix of primary and secondary
going to go back for discussion of origin points, our favorites light which you are going to be so sick of representing the narrative arc of the popular story of the civil rights movement and we are going back to our topic of origin points again with the objective of troubling it, putting those events in context but also troubling the idea of them as origin points. last week we discussed brown versus board of education, we discussed the decision, response, the impact but also the legacy. i want to talk more about the legacy as we go forward. but we are not going to do that today. and then on tuesday, we spent time talking about the emmett till case, the lynching of emmett till in august of 1955. we used a mix of secondary and primary sources to consider how ideologies of race, gender and justice impacted that case and impacted the live experience of the people in that case. i want to take a moment to pull out and say that this week, what happened this week that is of signific
will help public health officials and emergency authorities make decisions, but they should shut down events, weather reactions to the pandemic are working. that is the power of gis. we are going to transition from medical geography to how gis can help you moving forward because you are going to leave here in a few moments from this online conference and you are back to the reality we live in. think of, in your work, when does location matter? about distance? direction? territory,d, region, or, with my kids, i say turf. working from the regional, national, global scale. if you teach and you have any of these themes, you need to consider getting gis a try, particularly as many of us will be teaching online, i will share resources that are ready to go in which you can have your students doing gis at home and it might not be as powerful as you in front of the class, but it will be pretty powerful given that you are far away. to show you one option, we will be eating every day. i
article that gave you a larger focus. this is your favorite slide. what you are going to be so sick of. representing the narrative arc of the popular story of the civil rights movie. civil rights movement. we are going back to our topic of origin points, and get in, with the objective of troubling it. one, putting those events and context, but also troubling the idea of them as origin points. last week we discussed brown v. board of education, the decision, response, the impact, and also the legacy. i want to talk more about the legacy as we go forward. we will not do that today. on tuesday, we spent time talking about the emmett till case, the lynching of emmett till in august of 1955. we used a mix of secondary and primary sources to consider how ideologies of race, gender and justice impacted that case and experiences lived of the people in the case. i wanted to take a moment to pull out and say that this week, what happens this week that is of significance in relationsh