Total cash prizes. The winners will be announced on march 11. Historians and scholars explored africanamerican history from 1776 to the present day at an event host bid the Woodson Center in washington, d. C. This is just over an hour. Ok. I want to welcome everybody to this press conference. Im bob woodson, the president and founder of the Woodson Center. Were sponsoring the 1776 gathering today. We also want to welcome our new partners, the Washington Examiner. They will be publishing our es says on their website. One a day for the next 12 days. They have run an editorial today. Also all of our essays are 1776unitedur website states. Com. You can read the essays. I also want to thanks thank our sponsors. The reason that we are gathered to address the 1619 project, the good news is that it has stimulated a much needed debate in the black community. The quality of life in the black kmoount has been served over the past two centuries with the quality of the debate within. During the 19t
Today. Also all of our essays are listed on our website, 1776un e 1776unite. Cd. Com 1776united. Com. One of our greatest supporters enable us to do this. The reason that we are gathered to address the 1619 project, the good news is that it has stimulated a much needed debate in the black community. The quality of life in the black kmoount has been served over the past two centuries with the quality of the debate within. During the 19th century, there were three areas, one, there were those who believe in recolonization that we should return to africa. This was embraced by president lincoln. The great fabric. The second is insurrectionists. Matt turner, the third were accomodatione accomodationers, this debate was in the black Community Service as well. The 20th century the debate occurs of the civil rights commitment. In the 60s we had our own Tea Party Movement within the civil rights movement. When everybody first thought we should have a legal challenge of segregation. When the stu
At the world darts championship. We have had more rain on already saturated ground. Plenty of Flood Warning and plenty of mist and fog. Essentially, a day of sunshine and showers. More detail on that in the next half hour. Its sunday the 22nd of december. Our top story the authorities in australia are warning people its still not safe to return to areas devastated by wild fires, even where the flames appear to have been extinguished. The countrys Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, who was criticised for going on holiday during the crisis, has now conceded that Climate Change could be have contributed to the fires. Our sydney correspondent, Shaimaa Khaliljoins us now from balmoral in New South Wales. Good morning. We can see behind you, these fires still have a hold on the countryside . Good morning. Balmoral has been one of the worst hit villages from saturdays fires and many people have been told it is still extremely dangerous for them to come back and you can see why. Just behind me, l
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butjens stoltenberg stressed it was important that sweden too joined as soon as possible. president erdogan said sweden still hadn t handed over people he called terrorists. now on bbc news, sean s story: death on the ward. a warning this programme contains upsetting scenes and includes references to self harm and suicide. sean. this is sean boyle. look at the road leading to the horizon for their look. at this point, walking with his mum on sleeve gullion in county armagh, he had his whole life ahead of him. sean was a great, exciting young fella and he loved to be the centre of attention. so he enjoyed going to different places with me. and enjoyed being around people and had a lot of promise, great future ahead of him. was just simply a great, great fella. 2a years old, a music fan, interested in a career in farming near his home in newry county down. but sean also battled serious mental health challenges. there were times i cried and i watched him cry. that s for a mummy