Black gotham Carla Peterson recounts the lives of black elites in new york city in the 19th century. Professor peterson examines a community of black new read more . Recounts the lives of africanamerican elites in new ork. This is about an hour, ten minutes. Um, i want the start out my talk with two quotes. Um, theyre both from the prologue of my book, and ill give a little explanation for them, um, but they introduce why i decided to write book. Write the book. So the first quote is in my own prose from the prologue. We still hold certain truths about africanamericans to be selfevident; that the phrase 19th Century Black americans refers to enslaved people. That the, that new york state before the civil war denotes a place of freedom, that blacks in this new york city esignates harlem, that the black community posits a classless and culturally unified society, that a black elite did not exist until well into the 20th century. The lives of my new york forebearers belies such assumption
Morning 5 00 or 6 00 or 7 00 to 9 00, we could see the scattered showers. The front will come through and see the skies clear. It will get colder, too. Well talk about that coming up. Larry the traffic here is mild, its anything but. Lindsey in the great plains the blizzard condition shut down the highway from utah to the dakotas. Some wind gusts hitting 70 miles per hour. A struggle for anyone wanting to leave the house or the work place. I was in shock. How am i getting out of here. There are hundreds of flights a day of delays on the area road. Its a case of too many cars on the road. Q mccray joins us live alongside i95 in lorton. It looks like the traffic is moving okay right now. Q not so much. This is along the i95 corridor. Pan right. What do you see . Red lights. Brake lights. This is the case from 4 30 or 5 00. If we were to pan left, off in the distance, you will see the white lights. That is how it looks on the southbound side. We were stuck in the southbound side traffic f
Still Big Questions of whats going on for the weekend . You have heard . Well tell about you that later. Back to you, sarah, jim. Meanwhile we have breaking news to tell you about new tonight, 19 months after a toddler died in the care of his nanny, d. C. Police and city officials are refusing to turnover Key Information in the case. What she told investigators in a videotaped interview before fleeing country. The father wants to know and nanny is nowhere to be found and the tape is under lock and key. Paul wagner joins us live with the story. Hey jim, and sarah, what happened to martin quest in march 0151 well known. He was choking on grapes inside Warren Street northwest home while a series of mishaps by city agencies and der application of single d. C. Firefighter prevented timely help from getting to the house. Theres more to the story. 19 months later its a mystery. What did the nanny tell investigators about what happened that morning and more importantly, where is she today . Th
And that family is driving back to kentucky. Relatives meeting them here this morning. The aziz family, theyre about to board a flight headed back to detroit where theyll drive home to flint, michigan. Those boys say they plan to sign up and plan to become a naturalized United States citizen in due course. Live at dulles airport, peggy fox, wusa9. The legal fight over president trumps travel ban is focused on an Appellate Court in San Francisco. Attorney generals from 15 states have filed briefs in support of lawsuits 97 American Companies are challenging the ban saying bad for business. Visa holders from seven majority muslim countries are allowed to enter the u. S. Today is the deadline for the Justice Department to file its response to the lawsuits. Were hearing from some people who wonder just how a judge can overturn well article 3 of the constitution addresses that issue. Federal courts have the power to interpret the constitution and they can declare an executive order illegal o
Thanks. You can stay connected connecteh the stormwatch7 team anytime at wjla. Com or through the stormwatch7 or twitter feeds. You can download the stormwatch7 app for your phone or tablet. You will get texted anytime there is a watch or warning that is issued. Alison a big story in the district today. He is has been the face of d. C. Police department for the last ten years. But today, chief cathy lanier announced she is calling it a career in favor of protecting football fans and players. We have Team Coverage of her bage nouncement tonight starting with Stephen Tschida her big announcement tonight starting with Stephen Tschida outside police headquarters. Stephen chief laniers announcement stubbed a lot of people. Keep in mind, her stunned a lot of peak. Keep in mind her contract was up in january. If you look at other chiefs he is had been on the job for a decade. That is a long time for a police chief in a major city. 26 years at m. P. D. Nearly ten at the head of the dep for the