Olof palme and more than 30 years ago but they cannot pursue the case because the suspect is dead. Plus a final farewell for george flooring the man who died in Police Custody in minneapolis 2 weeks ago laid to rest in his hometown of houston hundreds of mourners gathered to remember floyd whose death made him a global icon for racial injustice. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us as corona virus infection rates slow german interior minister hostage as a whole has announced that germany will lift the remaining checks at its land borders on june 15th things well then mostly be back to the way they were before the start of the entry restrictions which were introduced in mid march to curb the spread of the coronavirus in germany. That the updated rules will reopen borders with switzerland france austria and denmark restrictions still apply to Non European Union citizens until at least the end of june and air travel to italy and spain is also set to resume. Lets bring in our
A portion of the 1968 film the second largest minority, by producer and director lilli vincenz. Joining us is charles francis, the president of the Mattachine Society of washington, d. C. , which is what . Mr. Francis we are an lgbt history society. With a motto of archive activism. By that i mean we find old materials that have been forgotten, sealed, or basically eleted and use those materials to talk about gay civil rights and the ongoing struggle for gay civil equality. Host we will show you both films in their entirety in a couple of minutes. One is seven minutes. The other is 12 minutes. Here on cspan 3s American History tv and real america. Reel america. Your connection to the films is what . Mr. Francis we were honored to be chosen by lilli vincenz, the creator of these films the producer, the director. She chose us to bring together all of her archives, 10,000 items, including these films, and donate them to the library of congress, and that is what we did. They belong to the
Finley took us from the sleeve market to lafayette africatown from the ship close clotilda. We pick up after the civil war with mr. Lawyer finley speaking about how african businesses flourished. They originally open in the 18 eighties and they built this building in the 19 hundreds. But the real story is mrs. Allen. She started a private school directly behind us in the 18 eighties. It was called joseph fiend allen institute. Again, in 18 hundreds it was against the law for African Americans to be educated. After the emancipation proclamation, shoot School Started opening everywhere. She opened one to educate young African Americans. But this family actually came to mobile from virginia, so they were never slaves. They were free. They were somewhat elite, because they had a big home yuck. They had a big home in the city. In the 18 eighties and nineties most African Americans had shotgun homes. Unfortunately, that was the way it was. They had a lot of friends, and some of the friends w
Exploring the american story. Book tv, American History tv, we travel to amarillo texas. Well experience in the city of about 200,000 starting with an the largest canyon. And then we will learn about kansas citys developments on amarillo. And then step in a specially made rail card used to move Nuclear Material around the United States. Later a trip to the panhandle plains. We start at the canyon state park. The experience today is a lot like it has been. Even today it is quite a sharking experience. The fact that i get to come see this every day sometimes i have to take in. The canyon has been forming for about a million years or so. It runs from here over to silverton. You can make a good case that it is at least 80 miles in length itself. It is the second largest canyon in the United States. Its not a single canyon. There are many that branch off to the sides. Were standing in an area now where we can see three canyons from where were at right now. Its much bigger than people realiz
History tv on the road. Support from our sudden link cable partners, we travel to amarillo, texas. Well discover the history of this panhandle city of about 2,000. Starting with a visit to the second largest canyon in the u. S. Following that, in about ten minutes, well learn about kansas citys influence on the development of amarillo. And in 20 minutes, step inside a rail car used to move Nuclear Material around the United States. Later a trip to the Panhandle Plains History Museum in nearby canyon as we tour their native plains exhibit. We begin our special feature at paladillo state park. Its like its been for thousands of years. All of a sudden you come across this huge drop into the earth. And its even today quite an experience. I have to appreciate how lucky i am to be here every day. The canyon has been forming for about a million years or so. The bulk of the formation has happened in the last hundred thousand years. It runs from here down close to the town of silverton. And so