Where do you begin . Where do you look . Like an ancient battlefield, the ground is silent though people still move in familiar places. Now on this field, negro and white run together remembering how it was in little rock, arkansas in 1957. Perhaps it is asked with those today to look or they are going and not where they have been. When you are a dark man in a country where the negro is demanding more and more an equal chance, you have the right to look back to discover if you are really moving forward or if the world is just moving beneath your feet. I have a special reason for looking back. My name is Jefferson Thomas and im one of the nine of little rock. There is nothing strange in seeing American Children walking to school on a september morning but this was a special morning at a special in a special part of america, a place where negro children had never gone to school before. Hatred is easier to organize. They brought hate to little rock in 1957. While we watched, the white chi
She learned the skills that were vital to make her a successful conductor on the underground railroad. She was reading the landscape, foraging for food, reading the stars, being comfortable outdoors by herself. I would like to highlight our Visitor Center. This building is lined in cedar which is a reference to her time in the field with her father. These last three buildings are lined in zinc. The idea is that after you visit our Visitors Center, your ignorance about her retirement life and the underground railroad will fade as well. We have a vegetative roof on the flat surfaces, you can see the one on the far south. It helps us keep the Visitor Center warm in the winter and cool in the summer. We also have rain barrels to collect that excess water and we use it to water our vegetation. We also have photovoltaic light, we turn them off at night to do programs and also we have a concern on light pollution. The light is filtered downwards. So you can enjoy the night sky. And the far en
Afternoon to go against conventional etiquette. I want you to take out your phones yes, really do. Put them on vibrate. I want you to tweet, facebook, post, take instagram photos, share this speech with your social network. My daughter tells me this is called live tweeting. [laughter] social change, revolutions have been brought on by tweets or facebook posts. As agents of change i want you to inspire your network of friends. When you feel inspired and moved by anything that happened today. I want to thank the organization ethnic fairness in the courts, for the 25th anniversary. This is work thats going on for a long while. Four years ago i was invited as a vip guest to sit on the steps of the capitol. As many of you did here to witness the first swearing in of president obama. Any of you who are not from washington, i have seen so many old friends, we could possibly have a lunch at a time in the supermarket where we lived, and be able to stay close to one another. Day, four years ago,
A 1964om little rock is u. S. Information agency some narrated by Jefferson Thomas, one of the nine africanamerican students who in 1957, and rolled in little rock, arkansass allwhite Central High School. Arkansass governor prevented the students from a from attending classes until the and guardsent troops to restore order and enforce school desegregation. In the film, mr. Thomas and several others of the little rock nine reflect on their experience, life just Life Beyond High School and hopes for the future. The film won an Academy Award for documentary short subject. Where do you begin . Where do you look . Like an ancient battlefield, the ground is silent though people still move in familiar places. Now on this field, negro and white run together remembering how it was in little rock, arkansas in 1957. Perhaps it is best for those today to look or they are going and not where they have been. When you are a dark man in a country where the negro is demanding more and more an equal cha
To be in the company. Reporter when you, as a photographer, take a step back and look at this collection as a whole, what do you think the value is of the collection . What does it do for history . Mr. Draper it gives it a home. It is very important to have access to something as important, the story of a president. And so, to me, it is everything. It is huge. You cant put a number, you cant put a value on that. It is very important. I am glad that the center is here and exists in this way. Reporter is there anything else you would like to share or talk about while we are here, any other thoughts . I know you have had a chance to interact with some of the other photographers in the past 24 hours. Anything coming out of that experience . Mr. Draper it is great to hear their stories. It is almost like you have these walking, talking history books right in front of you. The fact that this is a rare opportunity that everyone is in the same place at one time, i am trying to take advantage o