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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...

Ones that have to implement that policy and that sometimes comes with challenges. Whats interesting about the university of south florida, as you pointed out, it is a large institution, its a young institution. Most particularly, its a top 50 Research University public or private in the United States. And i mention that because all too often its the Research Universities that lose sight of the focus on serving the needs of the students and enhancing Student Success. Over the past six years, we h...

Disadvantage the students that we are most concerned have access to and through College Needs to change and it needs to change dramatically. In the department, we have as you well know, carmel, we have for the last several years put in our Budget Proposal opportunities for the federal government and states to Work Together on many of the lines of contact were discussing here this morning. The state higher ed Performance Fund that we have proposed would seek to reward states that create Stable Fu...

You can see the entire program tonight at 8 00 on cspan. Here are some of the highlights for this weekend. Sites, we visit important in the history of the civil rights movement. Highlights from this years new york ideas forum. Charliey, q a with wrangle at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Reza aslan. H goldstoneht, lawrence on the competition between the wright brothers. Merican history tv on cspan3 a look at hollywoods portrayal of slavery. Saturday night from the 200th anniversary of the battle of bladensb...

You want if you win the lottery. It is building traffic on julian street and i80 westbound from berkeley to emeryville we had possible action at University Avenue but it may have cleared and just slow going away from albany. In berkeley changes are coming for the police department. The city then if the liberal politics has some of the most restrictive rules for officers dealing with protests. These are significant changes recommended by the city council. They want to ban 13 use of force used by ...

Gates are open, everybody is available. And they do it all night. Reporter maryellen says the officer got the kind of response all neighbors have been begging for since burglaries started spiking in almaden in november. When its some poor person down the street who doesnt have a San Jose Police badge, you know, they dont even take fingerprints. Reporter slow or no Police Response to burglaries forced the neighbors to hire their own private security patrols at a cost of 40 a month each. As of tod...