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Something on monument avenue that does not reflect that segregationist past. The result was this arthur ashe statue, which is pretty big. Not as big as jeff davis, but its pretty big. Its pretty large. So moving away from virginia, though, im sort of curious yeah, matt . In doing a paper, i actually came across an article that was in the southern southeastern geographer, and the article explored the symbolic meaning of lee to the city. This is about richmond. It is now mostly africanamerican. An...

He gave a speech which i wont quote at length. But wallaces speech was very, very clear. The country should, quote, look to the south, end quote, as the true defender, quote, of the rights of states and individuals. Wallace also said that the country was on the brink of civil warfare. That also is a quote. And told his colleagues in the senate that if they passed a public accommodations bill, mandating that public accommodations be open, regardless of color, this is wallace, quote, you should ma...

Professor marisa chappell. This is 1 hour 45 minutes. So, today were talking about the war on poverty, and the urban crisis in the late 1960s in the United States. And were looking at the ways in which the black Freedom Movement raised the issues of poverty, and of racial disadvantage. Really to a level of national attention, and National Action that we havent really seen at any time since. So i want to start just by well, first i should lead you through the outline quickly. Well talk about the ...

White and black poverty in 1959 and 1968. Not a hard graph to interpret. What do you see . Cara . In 1968, poverty had declined a lot. But still black poverty is a lot higher than white poverty. And its still probably like that today. So there was change, but it wasnt theyre not equal. Yes. So we see progress for both groups over this time. But as you say, we continue to see a disparity. Any other comments on this graph . All right. I want to show you a little more detail here. And i want you to...

The arsenal at harpers ferry. There is no mention of the there thought of freeing the slaves. T theres none of that. None of it does it imply. Does it imply that it was a good thing . Oh, no. Its almost encyclopedic. A its one of those entries like e let me get the facts down and lets be done. Done. In fairness, most were done like that. Its odd they would have fas commemorated that. The it, too, is part of john t brown is part of kind of a segregationist memory,ever white supremacist memory, as...

If plattsburgh had been lost, god knows what wouldve happened to this country. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] she also details the societal attitudes towards impoverished minorities at the time, focusing on the challenges faced by single mothers. This class is about an hour and 45 minutes. Ur 45 minutes. So, today were talking about the war on poverty, and the urban crisis in the late 1960s in the United States. An...

Of that work, its very important as we wind down the responsibilities of the successor agency. So again, happy to move forward Theo Ellington for seat 1, merily mondajar for seat 3, i want to thank all the member s of the public who came and also waited to speak. We really appreciate that as many of you as possible tried to consolidate your comments as well. Its very clear there is broad support for the 5 commissioner appointees here before us. So we have a motion and a second and we can move fo...

Four of these candidates are profoundly impressive in their qualifications for this type of work. But there is a problem and that is with public process. Its vital to remember that the reason we made sure that some of us fought so hard to make sure that neighborhood representatives were on this commission is that that is right of pa process of appointing them was supposed to entail going to those neighborhoods in depth and getting their input on who these appointees should be. For this to be not...

In iraq the government in anbar says it has retaken the city of ramadi, a day after it was seized by militants linked to al qaeda. They remain on the edges of ramadi and fallujah, as local tribal leaders consider their next move. Both cities are key regional centres and witnessed fighting. We have more from al jazeeras imran khan. After a standoff lasting days the iraqi army is ready to go to the city of fallujah, and fight the Al Qaedalinked group i. S. I. L. The agreement to do so was heartfou...

Supervisor farrell, supervisor avalos, i was on the south of Market Committee for 10 years, during that time at many meetings i would go to the Redevelopment Agency. Theres one person i dont recall ever missing a meeting and that was dar sing. It was thanks to the Redevelopment Agency there was jobs provided, housing provided and a lot of south of market got revitalized. I will be brief and urge you to approve these nominations. Thank you. Good afternoon, supervisors, my name is gary banks, foun...