good evening and welcome, both newcomers and repeat offenders, if you look around here, you notice the great many ponderous and intangible books out there in the world. that being the case, it s always refreshing to find whose impact in the portion to the tipping point is one of those books, from time to time, usually it s quite unexpected, work appears that acts as a decongestant for the brain, one strong spray with a passages to clean up, suddenly we can finally grasp things around us that we ve always been looking at, we drop the enter gp and more sharply, it can be rather intoxicating, once again this is that kind of book. one of the delights i find of the tipping point is that malcolm asked the kind of question that a child might ask, the kind of question that is on the tip of her brain like the name on the tip of the tongue. often we find it hard to focus on, not despite a bit but because of it. in the question he asks to hear is that one once we ve heard asked, why d
welcome back to the virginia museum of history and culture we are here talking about the struggle for black equality, this explores the period from the end of the civil war, which ended slavery in the united states , through 1950. this was a. that witnessed both progress and backlash. for black americans. after the civil war, black virginians and americans embrace the new opportunities. in the form of access to education, new civil rights, political participation, building new communities, starting new businesses and so forth. on one hand black lives of flourished under the new promises afforded , black people also began to suffer backlash from white establishments that wanted to reassert power and supremacy over people of color. at the same time that we see amazing strides, we also see regress in the form of distant friend and american society . we will look at a few stories that exemplify that push and pull , the session starts with that reconstruction and key legislative a
culture enrichments. we are standing in the middle the exhibition title determine, the 400 year struggle for black equality. explores the period from the end of the civil war which ended slavery in the u.s. this is a period that witnessed both progress and backlash for black americans. after the civil war, as black virginians and americans embraced new opportunities in the form of access to education, new civil rights, political participation, building new communities, starting new businesses and so forth, black lives florist under the new promises afforded by freedom in american society. it also began to suffer backlash from the white establishment. it is the power of supremacy and control over people of color. at the same time see amazing strides. in the form of distance franchise and legalized segregation. i look at a few stories that exemplify that push and pull dynamic of progress and backlash. the section starts with reconstruction and key legislative amendments. and sh
spencer iowa died on saturday night after collapsing at the tigers home wrestling invitational. austin roberts, a senior at spencer high school, collapsed while competing in the championship match in the 220-pound weight division. roberts was taken to spencer hospital, where officials say he died on saturday night. the close-knit community of spencer is mourning the loss of austin roberts, but they re not doing it alone. ktiv s tommie clark has the story. community hospital, where he died. here at spencer high school, the front steps are already filling up with flowers and balloons all for austin roberts. this close-knit community is now coming together to mourn. this morning there were a lot of tears, a lot of hugs and those type of things, but there were also some laughs talking about stories about austin. austin was a student that was a student bigger than life in many ways, said spencer community schools superintendent, terry hemann. while students awaited the news o
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