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Franklin finley africanamerican heritage trail. This is our 14th year doing the tours in mobile. And actually, they got started about five or six years prior to that, when one of our africanamerican city councilmen took a trip to boston on city business. While he was there, he saw a sign called africanamerican heritage trail. He thought it sounded interesting because it was kind of a novelty. It was prior to most of the museums we see today and the trails. He took the tour, and he enjoyed it. He got to thinking on his way back to mobile, mobile is close to 300 years old, and he had heard his family discuss a lot of the contributions that africanamericans had made. He said i think this is something we could do in mobile and do it well. He started looking around the city for someone who would take on the opportunity or the challenge, just depending upon the perspective they looked at it from. After nine months of searching, he finally found a young lady who said i will take on the opport ....
Africanamericans come to congress in the 19th century is not one a lot of people are familiar with. We actually had 22 africanamericans serve between 1870 and 1901. 20 in the house, two in the senate. Its largely a house story. And it has to do with the role of congress during the civil war and the in decade after. During the civil war there were a group of radicals in congress, radicals because they believed in the equality of africanamericans and wanted to create a society in the south after the war that was a multiracial society. These were radicals in the house like Thaddeus Stevens who was chairman of the ways and Means Committee and a very powerful leader. Also people like henry winter davis. In the Senate People like charles somner and benjamin wade. And they led to not only prosecute the war more vigorously but ....
Oliver in new york. Reporter america is shutting down as cancelations multiply across a wide swath of life. Professional hockey, soccer, and baseball stopped operations, joining the nba which suspended its season after a player was confirmed to have the virus. Cruise lines, princess and viking, are canceling upcoming sailings. Broadway is going dark through midapril, and disneyland parks in california will close for the month. Hundreds of thousands of students are out of school, and more soon will be. All Public Schools in the state of maryland and ohio will shut down next week. Its even a new world getting groceries. This is the line outside a costco near los angeles. Dr. Anthony fauci of the nih says were even failing to get people properly tested. The idea of anybody getting it easily the way people in other countries are doing it, were not set up for that. Do i think we should be . Yes. But were not. Reporter so far only 11,00 ....