Exhibition titled determine, the 400 your struggle for black equality. This second section explores the period from the end of the civil war after the civil war, which ended slavery in the united states, through 1950. And this was 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 to businesses and so forth as on the one hand black lives flourished, under the new promises afforded by freedom in american society. Black people also began to suffer backlash from white establishment that wanted to reassert its power, its sense of supremacy and its control over people of color, and at the same time that we see amazing strides and black process, we also see regress in the form of disenfranchisement, and legalized. Segregation in american. Society so, we will look at a few storie
And white. Why he says race cost hillary and new information on that nasty weather that just ruined your saturday. We now have confirmation that the storms were just as bad as they seemed. Announcer news4 at 11 00 starts now. Hundreds of people packed a plaza in maryland tonight to hear how local lawmakers plan to challenge the Trump Administration. Good evening. Im erika gonzalez. As news4s Darcy Spencer shows us from Silver Spring, they agreed its going to take a team effort to fight the trump agenda. Reporter a town hall meeting outside the civic center in downtown Silver Spring to talk about resisting and challenging President Trump and his administration. Its really important to send a very clear message that do the bad things that he wants to do. Reporter hundreds of people crowded onto the plaza and packed a room inside to hear from democratic maryland members of congress and other elected leaders. We are the party of the labor movement. We are the party of the environmental mov
Us on facebook at the spent history cspan history. History tv is joining our Cable Partners to showcase the history of grand rapids, michigan. To learn more about the cities on the tour, visit cspan. Org cities to work. We continue to look at the history of grand rapids. We are at the Gerald R Ford Residential Museum in grand rapids, michigan. He is beginning his professional career. It is not clear even to him, because at the same time that he is establishing hislop rectus he is applying to become a field agent for the f ei. He wants to be a gman. He is writing letters and toward the end of 1941, trying to figure out what the status of his application is. Himself, along with america, caught up with world affairs, when the japanese bond pearl harbor. There after he shifts his attention to the navy. He wants to become a naval officer area he sends in his application to be commissioned as an officer in the navy but april 1942 and he joins the navy. Annapolis down to cap where he goes thr
The man was caught with a ton of shark fin literally, a ton. Dan noyes was the only journalist in court today and is here with the story. This is a major step. Now, the first big conviction that he was no small player, but a shark fin wholesaler. The prosecution agreed to drop three misdemeanor counts against the 43yearold but entered a plea to one count. A violation of game code 2021. The shark fin ban. No contest is the same as a guilty plea in a criminal proceeding. The defense tried to argue the january, 2014 search of the warehouse in San Francisco was improper. Game wardens found 2000 pounds of shark fin in various forms whole fins, some powder. Were disappointed we thought we had a good motion we can run today. But the judge sided with the prosecution and urged the sides to strike a deal. As a result he was sentenced to 30 days in jail. He can serve that in the sheriffs work program. Three years probation but importantly, he forfeits a ton of shark fin. With the black market val
Importantly, he forfeits a ton of shark fin. With the black market value of 1 million or more. Some were upset he was getting off with misdemeanor charges. What do you say about those upset about the sharks the fins represent . Were just following the law. This is an important victory for the activists because he was one of the mostvocal opponents. After conviction he did not want to comment. Nor did the prosecution. The da tells me theyre arranging for some fins to be used as research in the shark population and dangers the sharks face. Thank you. A heart breaking situation for a livermore family has become worse. After dealing with the deaths of two loved ones they may not be able to return home for two months still in mourning, he finds a place to call home. His wife and children are homeless after an alleged drunk driver smashed into their apartment. It will be possibly two months before work will be completed the police woke up and there is a red cross keeping us one more day. He