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i m jamie colby, and today i m in wilmington, north carolina. it s known for its gorgeous beaches and its great surfing, but it was also the last confederate port city to fall during the civil war, so it is fitting that i m here to meet an heir whose ancestor became famous in defeat at the high-water mark of the confederacy. my name is george edward pickett v. i m the great-great-grandson of general george e. pickett of gettysburg fame. and i never knew exactly what that would bring to my family fame, fortune, or dishonor. george who goes by his middle name, ed has invited me to his home. hi, ed. hi. you must be jamie. i am jamie. how are you today? i m good. when the 59-year-old isn t working as a surfing instructor, ed enjoys doing yoga and playing guitar. it s a far cry from his famous great-great-grandfather who fought at gettysburg. growing up, did your family ever discuss that you had a connection to that battle? well, i knew about it. it was ....
i m jamie colby, and today i m in wilmington, north carolina. it s known for its gorgeous beaches and its great surfing, but it was also the last confederate port city to fall during the civil war, so it is fitting that i m here to meet an heir whose ancestor became famous in defeat at the high-water mark of the confederacy. my name is george edward pickett v. i m the great-great-grandson of general george e. pickett of gettysburg fame. and i never knew exactly what that would bring to my family fame, fortune, or dishonor. george who goes by his middle name, ed has invited me to his home. hi, ed. hi. you must be jamie. i am jamie. how are you today? i m good. when the 59-year-old isn t working as a surfing instructor, ed enjoys doing yoga and playing guitar. it s a far cry from his famous great-great-grandfather who fought at gettysburg. growing up, did your family ever discuss that you had a connection to that battle? well, i knew about it. it was ....
each week reel america brings you archival films for historical context on public policy issues of the 20th century. the five cities of june is the u.s. information agency film documenting historic event around the world in 1963 featuring the election and coronation of paul the sixth the launch of the soviet rocket, fighting in south vietnam, the integration of the university of alabama in tuscaloosa, and president kennedy s trip to berlin. the film was nominated for an academy award and was narrated by actor charlton heston. narrator: five cities were silent in may. on the first morning of the following month, they awoke with brushes in their hands and a calendar as a canvas. as their canvas. when god made the days, man the calendar, and the five cities in made june of 1963. 4 million people died in the month of june and 9,600,000 people were born. no one knows what names of future history are among those born. of those that died, pope john xxiii. outside st. p ....
the law. it was legal you can t use this because you re black. it s an important distinction that will become more so as we talk about achievements of the people in this book. when we talk about the rules put in placed by the kennedy administration and how they were influenced by nasa and contractors. our book tells the story that ten men, most people that came to work in the space program in the year that we call the civil rights era, some of them went after employees and some contractors. kennedy was forced to deal with civil rights. these are not things that he talked about the campaign. he didn t bring either of these issues but there was a sequence of events that all happened during the course about six weeks in 1961. i m talking about them. april 12th, first human being in space and the solve soviet union, first than the united states. soviet union now has essentially 90 miles off of florida. when it becomes clear, president kennedy calls vice president johnson w ....
i m jamie colby, and today, i m visiting townshend, vermont. classic norman rockwell america. it s the kind of place where neighbors can still leave their doors unlocked and where a country lawyer can let clients pay him with food from their farm or dinners at a restaurant or gifts of some kind. in fact, that s how this strange inheritance story begins. my name is paul weber. my father was a lawyer in small-town vermont, who was always willing to help a client out. and that s how i ended up inheriting a really cool and really old chinese relic and a pretty strange story to tell. i m jamie. i meet paul, a local math teacher, and his wife, sarah, at their home. come on in. thank you so much. the residence doubles as a bed-and-breakfast the couple have run for almost 30 years. i couldn t help but noticing, as i came in, you have a lot of exotic art. my father was always interested in asian art and he dabbled in painting a little bit. and so that s why we have ....