historically black sites helped to tell the story of african-american migration. they argue for additional efforts and resources to preserve such places for current and future generations. this discussion was part of the association for the study of african-american life in history annual meeting. hello, and welcome. hello and welcome to the association for the study of african-american life and histories 104th annual conference. how the national park service tells the story of black migrations. my name is madeleine, and i m the senior executive assistant at the national parks conservation association. is this better? sorr sorry about that. on behalf of theresa and the president and ceo, thank you for taking the time to join us and welcome. for those of you not familiar with the national parks conservation association, we ve been a powerful, independent voice working to strengthen and protect america s national parks for 100 years. through our nationwide network of offices
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against the contrasting trajectories of the north and south, the growth of the cotton kingdom against the gradual you can watch this and other american history programs on her website where all of our video is archived. c-span.org/history. welcome to springfield, missouri on american history tv. our c-span cities tour producers recently visited springfield to explore its rich history and literary culture. this city is located in the southwest part of missouri in the ozark mountain region. it is the third-largest city in the state, with a population of about 167,000. with help from our cable partners, in the next hour we will share some of the cities tour three with you. we begin by riding along with john sellers as he explains the city s key connections to the historic route 66. the idea for a good road, for a good, easily traveled and easily identified highway across the country came with the very first motorcars. burgeoning this building of automobiles in every small to
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first ladies during wartime. from martha washington visiting soldiers, to eleanor roosevelt shaking hands of an estimated of troops. the national archive hosted this event. it is a little over an hour. [applause] good morning, and welcome to my house. [laughter] the national archives was created by an act of congress in 1984. the mission to preserve the records of the united states government and make those records available so that every american citizen can hold its government accountable and learn from the past. today that collection is over 13 billion documents. miles of film a video and more electronicillion records. at valleyrds start forge and go all the way up to the techniques that are being created as i m speaking the tweaks that are being created as i am speaking. we are a nationwide network of facilities, one of the busiest is the national personnel records center in st. louis which houses more than 56 billion veterans records. central responds to a billion