To the content of the presentday. To wanted to start out by sharing with you all the National Parks association and the association for the study of aftermarket africanamerican life and history begin or than years ago. It was then that Irena Webster and Barbara Spencer done joined with the women who would become and had the vision to join forces to support and enhance the work of the National Park service. Sadly, she passed away earlier this year. I wanted to take a moment at the start of this conversation about the preservation of the history of the struggle to achieve black Voting Rights to remember my boss, my friend and a true pioneer in the long and ongoing process of the conservation and preservation organizations more just, equitable, diverse and inclusive. Today, folks are going to be aware the history of the struggle for Voting Rights is wideranging, multifaceted and current. It is still going on. What we want to do with this panel of experts and people who are my friends, fol
Of land with locations in every state. More than 325 Million People visited these sites last year. Over the next 90 minutes well feature a mixture of National Beauty and history at eight different parks around the country. We begin just outside cleveland situated along the river, well learn how the canal system plays a role in the westward expansion during the 1830s and 40s. The canal is part of a twocanal system that was put in place in the early years of america. Built between 1825 and 1832. Basically its a water transportation route that connected lake eerie with the ohio river which is part of a larger idea, a National Water transportation route. In the early days of america, we had 13 colonies all situated right along the atlantic seaboard. And our leaders at that time saw a problem. That problem was we needed that country to expand westward. However, there was a big obstacle, the appalachian mountains. Jr George Washington had an idea to create a water transportation route using
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Thank you and welcome everyone. I am very honored to be here. I also want to recognize Fred Hamptons mother who was here tonight. [applause] and also, bill hampton freds brother and freds sister. And [indiscernible] who was also in the apartment that night in the brook truce and [indiscernible] who was also in the apartment that night in the brook truce berkshires. She is here tonight also. [applause] i want to thank northwestern and bernadine for bringing together such a prestigious and accomplished panel. I feel like now, i can sit down and hear what they have to say. I am and all of the people who are here tonight and their accomplishments. I want to thank bernadine for putting it together and for being one of the inspirations for wired with this book. It was bernadine mentioned that fred hampton spoke at Northwestern University law School Almost exactly 40 years ago to the day. The person who introduced him was a young law student by the name of [indiscernible] who is sitting in th
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