The making. Thank you. [applause] announcer youre watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. Each week, American History tvs american artifacts visits museums, archives, and historic places. The National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture opened in september of 2016. Located on the National Mall near the washington monument, the museum has quickly become one of the most visited in the Nations Capital with capacity crowds almost every day. Up next, we visit the museum to tour the history galleries which begins three stories underground. Mary welcome to the exhibition. My name is mary elliott and i am a Museum Specialist and cocurator of the slavery and freedom exhibition, which is one of three exhibitions in the history gallery. We actually have three exhibitions in this gallery and those exhibitions cover 15thcentury africa and europe all the way to today. Some of the themes we cover in the exhibition include holding onto humanity under some of the
American artifacts visits archives and historic places. The National Museum of African American history and culture opened in september of 2016. Malled on the National Near the washington monument, the museum has quickly become one of the most visited in the nations capital, with capacity crowds almost every day. Next, we visit the museum to tour the history galleries which began three stories underground. Welcome to the slavery and freedom exhibition. My name is mary elliott and i am a Museum Specialist and cocurator of the exhibition, which is one of three in the history gallery at the museum. We have three exhibitions in this gallery and those exhibitions cover 15thcentury africa and europe all the way through today. Some of the themes we cover in the exhibition include holding onto humanity under some of the most inhumane conditions. Reality ofthe harsh how africans and African Americans shaped the world as well as the nation. We look at how they were shaped by the landscape and sh
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His memoir is a most inspiring book written by most talented young, south carolinian. The cars tells me history in 2006. We had a just 22 years old. He defeated a 26 year old incumbent state representative to become the youngest member of the South Carolina state legislature in the youngest African American elected official in our country in 2014 the democratic nominee from Lieutenant Governor and the state of South Carolina bakari is a talented political analyst and was recently named after the cnn political analyst and i know mad at you all get to see him as you read and hes recently been named two times forty under 40 minutes. His followed the footsteps of his father civil rights leader, and im proud to say my friend Cleveland Sellers and his tireless commitment to service by promoting progressive policies to address issues ranging from education and poverty to preventing Domestic Violence and childhood obesity. Bakari is a practicing attorney in columbia, South Carolina and a very
His memoir is a most inspiring book written by most talented young, south carolinian. The cars tells me history in 2006. We had a just 22 years old. He defeated a 26 year old incumbent state representative to become the youngest member of the South Carolina state legislature in the youngest African American elected official in our country in 2014 the democratic nominee from Lieutenant Governor and the state of South Carolina bakari is a talented political analyst and was recently named after the cnn political analyst and i know mad at you all get to see him as you read and hes recently been named two times forty under 40 minutes. His followed the footsteps of his father civil rights leader, and im proud to say my friend Cleveland Sellers and his tireless commitment to service by promoting progressive policies to address issues ranging from education and poverty to preventing Domestic Violence and childhood obesity. Bakari is a practicing attorney in columbia, South Carolina and a very