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Welcome to new perspectives and sources on the elaine massacre of 1919. The panel is devoted to advancing our understanding of the horrific series of events that began just over 100 years ago in which africanamericans were hunted down by a paranoid and enraged crowd of whites inside delta arkansas. I want to recognize first the work guy lancaster did in helping to organize this panel. Unfortunately he had to change his plans to join us and participate. All three of our scholars here on this panel are contributors to a book edited by guy lancaster and we are shamelessly plugging that right here. The the elaine massacre and arkansas a century of atrocity and resistance, 1819 to 1919. Full disclosure, im in there too. But this is not about me. I want to introduce all three of our panelists first, and they will each present for about 20, 25 minutes. And after that i will spend just a few minutes offering some thoughts designed to generate discussion. And then i will get out of the way and ....
Up next, a discussion about the racially motivated 1919 elaine, arkansas massacre. Panelists contributed to the book. Part of the 2000 19 Southern HistoricalAssociations Annual conference. 2019 welcome to new perspectives and sources on the elaine massacre of 1919. This is devoted to advancing our understanding of a horrific series of events that began just over 100 years ago in which africanamericans were hunted by a paranoid and enraged crowd of whites in the arkansas delta. I want to recognize the work of guy lancaster and helping to organize this panel. Unfortunately, he had to change his plans to join us and participate. All three of our scholars on this panel are contributors to a book edited by guy lanchester. We are shamelessly plugging that here. A century of atrocity and resistance, 18191919. Full disclosure. I am in there but this is not about me. I want ....
Hi, tracee. Reporter im definitely starting to think about it, myself, thinking about the gloves and probably a warmer scarf and definitely a hat for tomorrow. The folks who are coming into lowes are thinking about making sure theyre going to be warm in their homes. An arctic blast is headed our way. Folks are preparing and buying those space heaters. I have a guest coming and theyre going to be in a room and i guess because of the cold, i do i wanted to make sure that theyll be warm. Theyre coming up to florida. Reporter definitely going it be cold to them tomorrow. Exactly, theyre not going to be able to really tolerate it. Reporter storm team 4 is predicting temperatures to take a major dive with a windchill that may feel as cold as 15 or in some cases 5 degrees. Thats why im staying in. Reporter its got ernest already thinking about snow and ice melt and snow blowers. Im always a step ahead of the time, you know, this Mother Nature ....
Extremely cold air making its way in. We were cool today. Here comes the cold. And tomorrow, you will feel it. 20 to 30 degrees colder. Winds 20 to 30 miles an hour. Windchills near 5 to 15 degrees. Its going to feel so much colder tomorrow. I hope youre ready. Were also talking a little bit of snow, some ice. Aye give got a lot in my forecast. Thank you, doug, sounds like it will be a real shock to the system. The bitter cold is already impacting millions across the country. As people here get ready to break out the heavy coats and hats. Local crews are also getting ready. The Virginia Department of transportation sent this tweet today saying its officially snow season as crews begin treating the roads. Our bureau chief Tracee Wilkins continues our coverage in Upper Marlboro to tell us how people there are preparin ....
Last winter while at an outdoor camp. So most shelters and dropin sites are open every day through march but the hours and services may vary by location. And you will find all these tips on how to get ready and how to get your car ready as well for these cold temperatures. Check the nbc washington app. The simple tips that could save you a lot of time and money in the long run. You dont wait till something breaks down and then try to go out and fix it. It might be too late for that. An ounce of preparation is always worth a pound of cure. This is what i do all morning is listen to these Little Things you have. All these words of wisdom, chuck bell. Ive been doing this a long time. Theres a long record of catch phrases in there. We appreciate that. Do need to know that youll be cold all through the day today. The sun coming up is not going to help with the warmup at all today. The cold air is racing in. Thats the first t today and i ....