They talked about how the states are preparing for a large increase and answered viewers questions about the voting process. Were thrilled to be presenting a timely panel entitled access to the vote, the ballot and the mailbox. Sponsored by the aba section of civil rights and social justice. This panel is one of many in a series of Rapid Response webinars. Were planning additional programs on a variety issues so please visit american bar. Org crsj for you be dates on these programs. Before we go to our program and how today will work, its my pleasure to turn it over to angela j. Scott, the 2020 2021 chair of the aba section of civil rights and social justice for a few remarks. Welcome, angela. Thank you, jamie. Many thanks to you and the entire civil rights and equal Opportunity Committee for planning this very timely panel. So its my pleasure to welcome everyone who is watching. Before i begin, and i say this before i say anything, i just want to make sure that you all know that im sp
Thoughts, i know you have a few. Guest im kind of obsessed with looking at this list. I take the bullet for the team. Im always interested and talked a couple of weeks ago about these books that were decades old popping up on to kill a mockingbird was a prime example. And we know why the handmaids tale was there this week on the Washington Post bestseller paperback up pops blue highways. This was a book that was written in 1978. He was an english professor and lost his job and was separated from his wife and got in a forward e. , line 1975 van and rode what he called the blue highways. This was before gps and before google maps here he got the map of the country and all the backroads were colored blue. Those were the road he chose to take and so, he went to 38 of the 50 states and just kind of learning america, learning a lot about himself it was a Remarkable Book on the bestseller list in for 40 or 45 weeks were some like that. That. He has written other books in that he he is best kn
In 1968 following then saturation of Martin Luther king jr. And subsequent riots, the office of Economic Opportunity which created a pilot district project as a model to help improve poor relations between the police and community. According to the National Archives, the are they commissioned a series of documentary and training films to record the implementation of the projects, hoping they could be shown and use as a model for other cities. Despite investing almost 200,000 dollars in the films, they were never released, but instead worsened to a warehouse in maryland. Up next on american three short pilot District Training films that are recently rediscovered and digitized by the National Archives. The pilot district project, the development of Community Control is a 15 minute fall featuring 32 year old activist marion barry, who later became mayor of the district of columbia. Hold people, young people, poor people all of whom live in the Third District. And it is not fair for the ci
The vehicle shot and the security guards, killing one of them. They gravely injured another. When someone targets a Police Officer or a Police Station with an intention to do harm and intimidate, that is an act of domestic terrorism. A 30s have not said what happened to the gunmen, nor have they released the identities of those guards. The fbi has also not said if they believe the shooting was directly involved with the george floyd protests. Governor newsom released a statement reading in part, this is a moment of pain for our state and nation, we are also mourning the tragic loss of a federal Security Officer and wounding another and oakland. Jennifer and i send our sincere condolences to our family, friends and families of those and no one should do this with protests like last night. Officials in oakland said they have a plan to try to avoid the violence and mayhem that broke out during last nights protests but they also say they need the publics help to be successful here. Ktvus g
We are good to go. Welcome everybody. We are back with chatter on books and happily we already disclosed location, one more page books in arlington we take books, wine and chocolate more seriously than we take ourselves. Thank you so much for letting us be here. Thank you so much for coming. Its going to be out in the open. My name is jeanne mcmanus, later were going to be speaking with wil haygood who im honored to meet. The book will talk about a lot of things that talk about tigerland which is Remarkable Book about some really incredible young man at a very difficult time. A couple of the things on tap, random thoughts, i know youre the you. I kind of obsessed with look at bestseller list you hate. I take the bullet for the team but im always interested in something that pops up unexpectedly, and i talked a couple of weeks ago about these books that were decades old popping up, to kill a mockingbird, was a prime example, and we know why and we know why the handmaids tale was there.