Example, the early 2000s, the park service was not able to fully discuss slavery as the basis for the civil war. So, that took a transition in. He park service a reopening, as the secretary has talked about, so there will be these tensions. And who knows what we can say at this point . But there will always be people who care deeply in the park service who i am sure will continue to tell the full story. Question. My name is zach. I work at president lincolns cottage. Secretary babbitt, thank you very much for that. That theany danger National Monument might be overturned or changed or rescinded or anything like that by the Current Administration or in the future . Thank you. Do you want me to take that . Mr. Babbitt in this current political environment, one hesitates to make any comprehensive pronouncements about this. It seems like anything is possible, unfortunately. , in one sense,t been much direct it at the cultural, and the reason for t is the utah monuments nd staircase, bears.
Year for the Civil Rights Movement . Assassinationgs led to 2 different things. You have people who turned the page on civil rights and began embracing black power notions. Notions of black solidarity. Notions of forcing america to end racism. Then you had others that doubled down on civil rights and doubled down on some of the ideas that Martin Luther king and others were putting forth, who tried to continue the Poor Peoples Campaign. You really had this ideological split that ultimately became, flowered into what became known as the black power movement. There was a year the Civil Rights Movement ended, it was probably 1968. You dont have to travel far from where were at to still see some of the devastation caused and theiots demonstrations. Dr. King talked about nonviolence yet his , assassination led to violence in detroit, washington, d. C. , chicago, your home city of new york, and elsewhere around the country. Why . It was actually the fourth Straight Year, really fifth Straight
Divisive times in American History. A time that marks the emergence of a postcivil rights racial order that defines american psyd today. Formally known as the National Advisory committee on civil disorders, president johnson establish the committee in july following violent racial confrontations in newark and detroit which left 69 people africanamericans, and city blocks burned to the ground. That summer there were more than 150 riots around the United States. Ignited byriots were incidents of Police Brutality. Of growingtime racial and Political Polarization and the retreats from the progressive reform agenda ushered in by the Civil Rights Movement and Great Society legislation or the factors were the war in vietnam, the republican sweep in the 1960 Midterm Elections, a law and a liberalismm, and insulated from the realities of black life and dismissive of lack protests after 1965 from the evolution of Martin Luther kings leadership to black power. What senator harris described as ame
Thank you for joining us this late on a saturday afternoon. Of the executive director us icomos. Panel, us today on the we will be doing brief introductions. Glenn eskew from Georgia State university who is coordinating the civil rights World Heritage nomination. Rant leggs brent leggs. , and patricia sullivan. First, a little bit about us icomos and why i am listed as session, glennis eskew is the architect of this session. I am here to provide context for the significance of the investments of Energy Taking place. Dates back to 1965. We are one of the 110 or so National Committees of the International Committee of sites. Ts and it is most notable for being the scientificthe u. N. And cultural committee. Im sure you are all roughly familiar with the u. S. Heritage list. Cultural sites, as opposed to national sites, comprise more than 70 of the more than 1000 sites on the World Heritage list. 23 of those are in the u. S. The vast majority of our National Heritage sitess. Stephen morris
Next, we continue our coverage of this weekends meeting in washington, d. C. You are watching American History tv on cspan3. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us this late on a saturday afternoon. I am the executive director of us icomos. I will describe who we are and set a little context. Welcome to the session on World Heritage and the New Birmingham National Civil rights monument. Joining us today on the panel, we will be doing brief introductions. Glenn eskew from Georgia State university who is coordinating the civil rights World Heritage nomination. Brent leggs, stephen morris, and patricia sullivan. First, a little bit about us icomos and why i am here. While i am listed as the chair of this session, glenn eskew is the architect of this session. I am here to provide context for the significance of the investments of Energy Taking place. Us icomos dates back to 1965. We are one of the 110 or so National Committees of the International Council of monuments and sites. It is an