Always a part of my touchstone. After college when i began to consider graduate school, i realized that this is a story that had not been retold by academics in decades. It was something that i wanted to pursue. Most everyone has heard of the oregon trail, can you just give us a brief overview of where it started, where it ended, and what years people traveled it. Great question. Many of the people who traveled wereegon and california, moving from towns on the edge of the western settled United States in places like misery. Theyre coming from places that are more interior, farming communities in illinois and iowa. They are leaving from misery and going all across the continent. One of the really key factors of what makes this migration so unique is that in the first place it is so long. 2000 miles across country. It lasts for so long. It is a migration going on in the 1840s, 1850s, and throughout these decades, you have people making this migration. The narrative changes as there are c
Good morning. N my name is adrienne cannon. I am the africanAmerican History specialist for the Manuscript Division of the library of congress and one of the curators for the library s current exhibit commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1954 entitled the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a long struggle for freedom. The exhibit takes its subtitle from the speech that president Lyndon Johnson read before the nation upon the signing of the act on july 2, 1964. There is a copy of the speech borrowed from the johnson president ial library included in the exhibit. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is considered the most significant use of civil rights legislation since reconstruction. It prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, in the areas of voting, employment, public accommodations, public facilities, education. The exhibit has four overall objectives, to present a history of the u. S. Civil rights law chronicling a series of federal laws a
This is al jazeera. Ah hello, im sammy say die. This is the news out live from dell ha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. Turkey, i says its studying Vladimir Putin proposal to establish a regional hub to transport russian gas to europe. The u. K. Braces for the possibility of even more turmoil will report from london is the bank of england ends its bond buying scheme. Israeli forces kill a palestinian after a storm, the jeanine refugee camp in the occupied west bank and more than a 1000000 people this place, nigeria says communities remain unreachable after its was flooding in a decade. And its full. Manchester united lee, it late in the euroleague, a stoppage time winner against them. I mean, if you see, they still have a chance of talking decor. Ah, always thought this news, our inter kia, where present the project. I bought it. The one has ordered his officials to study a proposal by russia to set up a regional gas hub in the country. The russian leader says it offers the best rout
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Sinjar Mountain Range are fewer than five. The first visit to asia in 20 years. Pope francis visits south korea, home to a growing catholic community. Were going to start this addition with gaza stories. Israeli jets have bombed a number of targets in gaza, a response, they said come to rocket fire. The missiles flew just before the extension of a ceasefire of five more days. Talks on finding a solution continue. Israel wants gaza disarmed, on wednesday, hamas said that was not an option. For hamas, israel has to lift the blockade on the enclave. No final agreement but a five day extension. As the previous 72hour deadline came to an end, hamas and israel prolong the truce to continue negotiations. We agreed on most of the points. Some of the details. Points here, points there. Some related to security and some to construction and lifting of the embargo. We do not wish to go into anymore detail. During the negotiations, the key palestinian demands have included the lifting of an eight y