His great grandfather in fact was a founder of new africa, an all black colony established in the mississippi delta in the 1880s. If you know where to look urk still see a road sign. After his freshman year at howard, he got on a bus to go to a civil rights training meeting in houston, texas. Stopped off in jackson, and basically never left. As dory ladner says, he got gamed. Charlie would work as a snik organizers chiefly in Sunflower County in the delta. He would in 1964 be one of the primary architects of the mississippi summer project, though he was also someone who opposed the project. It was, im sure many of you have seen this document, this was charlie who wrote the prospectus for the freedom schools, schools intended in his words to fill an intellectual and create a vacuum in the lives of young negro mississippianss and so get them to articulate their own demands and questions. Hes remained an activist in the decade first and he has also worked as a journalist for National Publ
One of their widows was part of a Panel Discussion on the freedom summer. This is an hour and a half. Thank you all for being here. My name is jim campbell. I teach history at Stanford University. It is my privilege and my great pleasure to introduce todays panelists after which im going to shut up. A couple of ground rules. The reason that there are these blinding lights, this event is being recorded by c span, so one consequence of that is they have asked that we use the microphone for questions from the floor. Im afraid theres only one, so my hope would be that i hope we dont get one of these endless cues, but if you do have a question and are able, please come forward and speak into the microphone with your questions. If you are not able, well try to get the microphone to you. The speaker will speak, i hope, i expect quite briefly, and we will then throw this open into a conversation. It is as all of you know if youve been watching your c span today, this is a signal day in america
In the Lower East Side of manhattan. She worked along her husband. Michael and rita in 6364. Drove to mississippi in their vw beetle. Opened up their cofo center in the 4th Congressional District in meridian, mississippi. There they endured in extraordinary harassment, which culminated when michael along with his companions were murdered. Rita she continued to work in the movement thereafter. She participated in the Mississippi Free democratic parties. I believe she gathered affidavits for a suit brought by arthur kanoy, another name that should be remembered here today, trying to get the federal officials to intervene against local Law Enforcement in the state of mississippi. She practices as a lawyer. She is today a principal at skellinger and bender in seattle. She and her husband, bill bender are teachers. She went back to mississippi and taught a course on education at university of mississippi and are currently teaching a course at seattle law school. Last but not least, is charl
As the shooting was happening. The alleged gunman identified by officials as 23yearold Paul Anthony Ciancia opened fire in terminal three before being shot and taken into custody. 39yearold jgerardo hernandez was killed. By now, these detail, the victim, the shooter, the place, theyve become a familiar litany in the wake of shootings that have captured National Attention for their current and public settings. As is the call that inevitably follows to make those spaces safer. Only this time the site of the shooting, the airport, was supposed to be our safest space. The dramatic retooling of Aviation Security over the last decade gave u. S. Travelers their most palpable experience of a life in a post 9 11 world, performance of the ritual, the ticket counter interrogation, the tiny bottles of liquid, the invasive hand searches, removing of shoes. Theyre supposed to be assurances of safe passage. Yesterday a man with a gun walks into an airport and pulls the trigger. And reminds us just ho
Anthony ciancia opened fire in terminal three before being shot and taken into custody. 39yearold jgerardo hernandez was killed. By now, these detail, the victim, the shooter, the place, theyve become a familiar litany in the wake of shootings that have captured National Attention for their current and public settings. As is the call that inevitably follows to make those spaces safer. Only this time the site of the shooting, the airport, was supposed to be our safest space. The dramatic retooling of Aviation Security over the last decade gave u. S. Travelers their most palpable experience of a life in a post 9 11 world, performance of the ritual, the ticket counter interrogation, the tiny bottles of liquid, the invasive hand searches, removing of shoes. Theyre supposed to be assurances of safe passage. Yesterday a man with a gun walks into an airport and pulls the trigger. And reminds us just how vulnerable we really are. Im going to turn to los angeles where nbc news correspondent Mig