The railroads helped take overtake chicago as the stockyards. South omaha was basically the stockyards much the city was incorporated in 1884 and it was called the manley city because people literally thought it bloomed overnight. Announcer first up, we will visit the durham museum, housed in the former union train depot. It tells the story of a oncethriving industry in omaha. Were standing in the main room of the Union Station in omaha. E architect, William Stanley underwood, wanted to make a statement about the strength of the railroads. In his mind it was strength, masculinity and thats what he really wanted this bl to embody. Omaha really started out as a frontier town, typical frontier town. Actually citizen from Council Bluffs decide they wanted to found the city on this side of the river. Council bluffs was established to knew y wanted the railroad was coming through but they didnt know which side. Have aid it would help to the city ready to go. And it worked. But cities on the
Male a sure with africanamerican staff. She created a memorial to victims of the titanic but her greatest was bringing thousands of Cherry Blossom trees to the capital. On cspans original series, first ladies, examining the public and private lives of the women who fill the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency, from Martha Washington to michelle obama. Now look at highlights of the cspan cities tour as we learn about the history of the cities and towns across america in cooperation with her cable partners. To learn more about the stops on our 2015 tour, visit www. Cspan. Org citiestour. Where standing in the main waiting room of Union Station here in omaha, nebraska. It was a second Union Station built by Union Pacific to serve the citizens of omaha for real travel. The architects wanted to make a statement about what the railroad was. In his mind, it was strength, masculinity, and permits. Thats what you want is a building to embody. All my heart really started
Some different concoctions in the back of the old corner drugstore where the pharmacy was located and he came up with a fragrant smelling mixture that he liked very much. He probably used it in some medicine, but eventually, it was sold as a syrup with carbonated water in it across the Soda Fountain counter. First, we travel to Baylor University to find out about its gospel music restoration project which is working to archive gospel records in an effort to learn about the role this music played in the Civil Rights Movement. I can only speak for myself is why i think gospel music resonates to such a degree even now. And 40s from the 30s no less than the current gospel artists right now seem to me has a certain almost undefinable something. I would say black music in underpinning of the pain and freedom struggle of African Americans that continues to this day. Why it never really goes out of ande it has this longing residents of a deeper pool of emotion that songs about puppy i haved so
< basically woke up to the sound thought it was a car crash. Saw all the power off in the street for a couple of blocks. And because it was so dark i saw the reflection of the flames off the cars. So i ran outside and saw the flames and it was huge. marty landing thanks averi. marty we first told you about the major fire at 6 33 this morning. If you want breaking news alerts sent to your phone all you have to do is download the free kron 4 mobile app. marty good morning, welcome to kron four news weekend. Here is a live look at the embarcadero. marty thanks for joining us. Immarty gonzalez. Here is dave spahr with the weather. dave unseasonably Cool Temperatures and breezy conditions can be expected into early next week. While mostly dry weather will prevail through the weekend, isolated showers are possible in the hills on sunday. Isolated to scattered rain showers are expected regionwide from late monday into tuesday as another system approaches from the north. A warming and drying t
Moment. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Pictures with worth a thousand words and Steve Shapiro could fill a thousand books. The latest edition of James Baldwins the fire next time so shapiro, an honor to have you. Its my pleasure. Let me unpack this thing. It came in this beautiful pack ca packaging and all of this. They sent this to me a few weeks ago and i had a chance to go through it. It is beautiful. They did a great job and it has interesting elements as the text of James Baldwins fire next time and an introduction by john lewis. It has a piece written by baldwins sister and about 120 of my civil rights photographs from 1963 to 1968. Tell me specifically, we could talk about your civil rights work for hours and hours and hours. Specifically, tell me about hanging out with James Baldwin. James baldwin was amazing. In 1962, i read the new yorker piece he wrote, which became part of fire next time. I was just starting with life and i asked