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The virginia Virginia Society on behalf of everyone is made today possible im honored to be the first to welcome you to the Virginia Museum of history and culture. applause im so thankful to see such a remarkable turnout today as we dedicate our father arthur ashe boulevard, we open our newest exhibition, together we mark the 400 anniversary of captive africans in english north america. Todays gathering is one of remembrance and reflection, it is also one of celebration. We are gathered on the f...

Applause good evening. Good evening. And welcome to the library of congress. It is our pleasure to have everyone here for a very special night, as we open the libraries newest exhibition, rosa parks, in her own words. It is my honor to welcome members of congress, including members of the congressional black caucus, members of the rosa parks family who have come to washington for this special celebration. Can you give them a hand . applause we would also like to welcome the rosen and Raymond Par...

To. The warm welcome to you from our team here in moscow this is r. T. International going to new the days top stories from around the world now dominating headlines protests over the death of george floyd who are being detained by Minneapolis Police have raged for a 3rd night late on thursday night a local Police Station was set on fire. The place a protest as forced their way into the building and set it on fire personnel had been evacuated from the precinct the full height of the city of minn...

To. A very warm welcome to you from our team here in moscow this is r. T. International bringing you the days top stories from around the world but 1st dominating headlines protests over the death of george floyd while being detained by Minneapolis Police have raged for a 2nd or 3rd night late on thursday night a local Police Station was that on fire. It was. The police say protesters forced their way into the building and set it on fire personnel had been evacuated from the precincts before han...

To. A very very warm welcome to you from our team here in moscow this is r. T. International bringing you the days top stories from around the world our 1st dominating headlines protests over the death of george boyd while being detained by Minneapolis Police have raged for a 3rd night late on thursday night a local Police Station was set on fire. It was. Because it was. The police say protesters forced their way into the building and set it on fire personnel had been evacuated from the precinct...

Newest exhibition, rosa parks, in her own words. It is my honor to welcome members of congress, including members of the congressional black caucus, members of the rosa parks family who have come to washington for this special celebration. Can we give them a hand. [ applause ] wed also like to welcome the rosa and Raymond Parks institute for Self Development led by miss Elaine Steele, and thats another round of applause. [ applause ] and photographer donna toric whose photo of miss parks is disp...

Well as the middle east. As well as a few speeches that he made. One in 1959 and another in 1965 before he was killed. That really sort of talked about his viewpoints on africame. And then also a very critical interview that he gave when he attended the organizational organization of African Unity conference in in late july of 1964. In which he sort of discussed his strategy and the reason why he came to that conference and was appealing to these african heads of state. So hopefully, everyones r...

It is my honor to welcome members of congress, including members of the congressional black caucus, members of the rosa parks family who have come to washington for this special celebration. Can we give them a hand. [ applause ] wed also like to welcome the rosa and Raymond Parks institute for Self Development led by miss Elaine Steele, and thats another round of applause. [ applause ] and photographer donna toric whose photo of miss parks is displayed in a vital part of the exhibition. All the ...

Entity, and that the purpose of this program, and the others we do is not to advocate for any particular policies, but to provide Historical Context that can help inform policymakers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. Toore handing this over james banner, i want to thank the support of the mellon foundation, which makes this series possible, and i want to , who hashel wheatley organized the arrangements, and i want to thank the office of jerry connelly, who looked room for a book...

To washington for this special celebration. Can we give them a hand . [applause] we would also like to welcome the rosa and Raymond Parks institute for selfdevelopment, led by miss elaine steel. And that is another round of applause. [applause] and photographer donna, whose photo of miss parks is prominently displayed in a vital part of the exhibition. And all the leaders and staff of the different cultural institutions across washington including secretary of the smithsonian dr. Lonnie bunch [a...