City and its port became the south busiest days for supplying general lees army. When more about wilmington, right here on American History tv. Qwest legally sanctioned segregation remains a major factor of life up through the 1960s. Not properlyre desegregated in till 1971. It has a longstanding of fact on peoples lives. Public school becomes something that all children do and attend over the course of the 20th century. School becomes compulsory. As the system glow gross, a group through the era of legally sanctioned segregation. We wanted to explore what schooling was like for the blacks and white to live here. In the high school, it was an allblack school in town. We have materials in the gallery to understand what it was like to go to school. As well as a classroom vignette to show you the difference between the schools. Between chairs, heat systems. It helps you understand the consequences and ramification of the offensive 1898 and how this places itself in our school system. Wilm
20th century. Schooling becomes compulsory. The School System grows. In this region like many regions in the south, it grew in the era of legally sanctioned segregation. We wanted to explore what schooling was like for both blacks and whites who lived here. Oldsenior high school is an black school in town. There was a white school. We have materials in the gallery that helps you understand what it was like to go to school. Including a classroom vignette designed to show you the difference between black and white schools in that physical, material culture. The difference between chairs, heat systems. It helps you understand the consequences and ramifications of the events of 1898 and how they played themselves out in our public School System. Wilmington schools were segregated into the early 70s. The high schools were desegregated in when the school williston andsed sent the African American students to hanover high and the other white school. They were really desegregated by court orde
States, supporting refugees, refuse to acknowledge israels right to palestine and will not accept any condition to. Next on American History tv, we continue our look at the 1864 president ial election between Abraham Lincoln and general george mcclellan, lincolns former commander of the army of the potomac. University professor veron examines the issue. I think this is a very important issue to address very on early in the symposium. Professor varon has her bachelors degree from Fort Smith College before coming to the university of virginia where she is a professor of American History. Her first two books were from a womans point of view about womens opinions and activities in the south and in antebellum, virginia. And a biography of elizabeth, a yankees spy in richmond. That her next book was on the unit, about the whole debate about the the discussion and strategizing of the possible breakup of the union, basically from 1789 onwards. And most recently, her book is on victory and defe
Their intent to create a new zion in the american west. Sunday afternoon at 4 00 nine from little rock, the 1964 awardwinning film about the forced desegregation of the allwhite high school. Find our complete schedule at cspan. Org and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. Call at email us at or send us a tweet at join the cspan conversation. Like us on facebook. Hollow us on twitter. Each week, American History tvs american artifact visits museums and historic places. Founded in 1923, the museum of the city of new yorks collection contains 750,000 object. We visited to learn about the exhibit gilded new york. My name is Jeannine Falino and i am one of the cocurators of gilded new york, fashion, society, and culture, seeing seen here at the museum of the city of new york. It opened in november of 2013 and closes in october of 2014. Beautiful little jewel box in the gallery. There are a variety of objects that help the public to appreciate what life was like fo
Visits museums and historic places. Founded in 1923, the museum of the city of new yorks collection contains nearly 750,000 objects. We visited to learn about the exhibit, gilded new york. I am one of the cocurators of gilded new york, being shown at the museum of the city of new york. The show opened in november of 2013 and closes in october of 2014. In this beautiful jewel box of a gallery, we have assembled a variety of objects that help the public to appreciate what life was like for the 1 in the original gilded age that followed the civil war from the 1880s through about 1910. That period was characterized by great wealth. Kind of like the dot com people of our era. In those days, the money came from various industries, mining, railroads, smelting iron, and also the rise of the modern corporation. All of those businesses yielded enormous wealth at the same time there was mass immigration, a time when new york was unified by all of its boroughs and the total population was over 3.