Became a place for political rallies, civil rights events, and home to Country Musics grand ole opry. Today we are at the historic Ryman Auditorium in downtown nashville, tennessee. The nickname of the auditorium is the Mother Church of Country Music, which tells the history of both things it is famous for. It was built by a riverboat captain famously converted under a tent in downtown nashville in may of 1865, and after his conversion, he believed traveling ministers should have a permanent home inside that was large enough to take the large crowds of traveling ministers who came to town. Captain ryman built the Ryman Auditorium, it opened first in 1892 as a tabernacle. That is the church part of the that is the church part of the history. The Country Music part deals with the grand ole opry, which can be renting 43 after being in many different homes in nashville and stayed here until 1974 when the new opry house was built, but during the run of the 1940s, 19 50s, 1960s and 1970s, so
We begin with a visit to nashvilles Ryman Auditorium as author dale ewing how the venue became a place for political rally, civil rights events and Country Musics grand ole opry. Today were at the historic Ryman Auditorium in downtown nashville, tennessee. The nickname of the Ryman Auditorium is the Mother Church of Country Music which definitely tells the history of both things that it is famous for. It was built by a riverboat captain who was famously converted under a tent in downtown nashville in may of 1865. And after his conversion he believed that traveling ministers should have a permanent home inside that was large enough to take the large crowds of the traveling ministers who go to town. So captain ryman built the Ryman Auditorium and it opened at first in 1892 as a tabernacle. So thats the church part of the history. And the Country Music part deals with the grand ole opry which came in 1943 any came here until 1974 when the new opry house was built, but during the run of th
Group everybody together as the same and what america forgets about is at the rugged individualism, its very difficult for us to look at the case, lets just say in minneapolis were george floyd died and Law Enforcement, the first thing we think about we think about, he was a black guy, it was a white Law Enforcement officer. That tells me everything i need to know about why this took place. What happens is when you try to make it an issue that an individual died was black and the person whos responsible for it was white, you eliminate other human beings who should also have the same moral outrage, too much of our time today is spent on this herd mentality. Everybody is an individual first and that individual is solely responsible for that action. We should not be outraged because the race of the person thats the fact that this individual died in a very gruesome and brutal way for no reason at all because what happens is that individual dies it takes away some of our humanity and who we
Know the state of your health that day . As a young boy, my parents brought me to the smithsonian because i lived in baltimore, and it was free. And i came to love the smithsonian, so when i had a chance about a dozen years ago to become a regent of the smithsonian, i jumped at the opportunity. I got to meet somebody then who was then building the africanAmerican History museum. He started with nothing to build that museum and now made into one of the most popular museums in the entire country. President obama i am so proud of lonnie bunche. We are so proud of the work he has done to make this day possible. David and then i was the chair of a search committee, and we looked at many candidates around the country. It was clear that lonnie bunch was the best person to be the secretary. He knew the smithsonian, was committed to the smithsonian, his life was the smithsonian. So, it was an easy choice. We are at the housing museum part of the smithsonian, and lonnie bunch is the 14th secreta
Parentsng boy, my brought me to the smithsonian because i lived in baltimore, and it was free. I came to love the smithsonian, so when i had a chance about a dozen years ago to become a regent of the smithsonian, i jumped at the opportunity. I got to meet somebody then who was creating the africanamerican museum, a gifted director who started with nothing to build that museum and now made into one of the most popular museums in the entire country. President obama we are so proud of Ronnie Bunche and the work he has done to make this day possible. Then i was the chair of a search committee, and we looked at many candidates, it was clear that Lonnie Bunche was the best person to be the secretary. The smithsonian, was committed to the smithsonian, so it was an easy choice. We are at the housing museum part of the smithsonian, and Lonnie Bunche is the 14th secretary, the first africanamerican to be selected and the first historian. Is that right . Is right, and i am glad to be with you tod