was the busiest freshwater shipping channel in the world. and it still is today. today, we are in downtown detroit. there is a lot of development. people are opening up restaurants and stores. had the valley not been destroyed, much of the downtown development would be done by african american business owners. this weekend, c-span s cities tour visits detroit. with the cooperation of our comcast cable partners, for the next two hours, we explore the city s history. would begin at the detroit historical museum to learn about the inventions and people that helped make detroit the motor city. we are at the detroit historical museum and about to walk into a wonderful exhibit called america s motor city could: detroit has been the motor city capital of the world since 1915 when there were over 42 companies making cars and another 75 companies making parts. while other towns build cars, we built lots of cars. prior to 1900, the detroit area enjoyed a wealth of strong manufac
when the missionaries were sent from mexico to upper told to go they were to specific locations and establish missions, which would , thern become pueblos spanish term for a self covering community. mission san luis obispo grew out of the mission. this was founded in 1772. allwill see the statue at 21 of the california missions. is one of the once he started back in 1772. a few blocks over from here. between two creeks. the first building was destroyed by a flood, so they had to rebuild. it was lacking one of the iconic features of the california mission. second building didn t have tiles, it had a roof, which was highly flammable. it was attacked by native americans in 1776. they got the order to rebuild a third mission. this was the third mission that was constructed. you will notice there is a crack right behind the bell tower. where the reconstructed belltower meets the old original construction. belltower was torn down and 1890 s, and reconstructed in the 1930 s. and
father who was a prominent african-american minister in the state of north carolina, his parents were individuals who actually came out of the institution of slavery and ended up thriving as prominent african-americans in the state of north carolina. dr. shepard goes on to receive an advanced education at what s now charlotte university, and goes on to also become one of the first african-american pharmacists in the state of north carolina. shortly thereafter, he goes on to follow his father s footsteps and tries out the ministry, and travels the world with the international sunday school association, which leads him to his higher calling which ultimately becomes creating the institution that is present day north carolina central university. what about his role in terms of the creation of historically black colleges and universities? i think that the role that he had in creating that institution in particular, when we look back at it, there was, at the turn of the century
but then i thought about it some more and actually it does work because neither of the first two presidents had a sense of humor. [laughter] so it gets me out of that problem. but i m going to follow the lead of perhaps the most successful humanorist in the white house. it might not be the person that you re thinking of by doing things what he did at the beginning of a talk. he started with a joke. now, again, some of you will have heard this joke but pretend you haven t heard it before and laugh at the appropriate point. this is the key to my story that ronald reagan used to tell. and the key is, i shall see, ronald reagan was telling the story on himself. it related to a time in his career when he didn t know what he was doing or where he was going. as you will know of ronald reagan, he had two careers primarily. he was a film actor, and then he became a politician. a period an between basically after he stopped getting calls from hollywood producers. he couldn t get any
prominent african-american minister in the state of north carolina, his parents were individuals who actually came out of the institution of slavery and ended up driving, as prominent african-americans, in the state of north carolina. dr. shepard goes on to receive an advanced education at what s now charlotte university and goes on to also become one of the first african-american pharmacists in the state of north carolina. shortly thereafter, he goes on to follow his father s footsteps, and tries out the ministry, and travels the world with the international sunday school association, which leads im to his higher calling which ultimately becomes creating the institution, that is present day north carolina central university. what about his role in terms of the creation of historically black colleges and universities? i think that the role that he had in creating that institution in particular, when we look back at it, there was, at the turn of the century, an either/or d