Across that bridge . Rep. Lewis well, during the past few years, ive been crossing bridges, rivers, mini bridges, bridges of understanding, building bridges, trying to bring people together to create what i like to call the beloved community. Brian where does the Edmond Pettus bridge come into that picture . Rep. Lewis well, the Edmond Pettus bridge is symbolic of so many bridges, but in 1965, when i was much younger, and head of an Organization Called the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a group of young people, students, and others, attempted to cross the Edmond Pettus bridge in selma, alabama to march 50 miles from selma to montgomery to dramatize to the nation and to the world that people wanted simply to register to vote. We were walking in twos. And when we arrive at the apex of the bridge down below, we saw a sea of blue, Alabama State troopers. And we continued to walk. And we came within hearing distance of the state troopers. And a man identified himself and said im
Florida Governor Ron Desantis gives a briefing from Flagler Hospital in Saint Augusta on the States Coronavirus pandemic. Q a, democratic congressman john lewis of georgia, author of across that bridge life lessons and a vision for change. Brian congressman john lewis, why did you name your book across that bridge . Rep. Lewis well, during the past few years, ive been crossing bridges, rivers, mini bridges, bridges of understanding, building bridges, trying to bring people together to create what i like to call the beloved community. Brian where does the Edmond Pettus bridge come into that picture . Rep. Lewis well, the Edmond Pettus bridge is symbolic of so many bridges, but in 1965, when i was much younger, and head of an Organization Called the student nonviolent coordinating a group of young people, students and others attempted to cross the bridge in selma, alabama. Montgomery to dramatize to the nation and to the world that people wanted simply to register to vote. We were walkin
1 15. So our focus today then is going to be the montgomery bus boycott. Like i said. Thats 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 sources to
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 significance in re
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 have a