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Okay we are back and ready for Public Comment. Thank you for the brief moment to gather my thoughts and talk with my staff. So Public Comment is now open. And i have a few cards and if first you come in the order your name is called by card, and then anyone else who hasnt filled out a card can come in behind. So first up is trevor martin. Amber actually, lets go first to people representing other people, who were to speak. Amber was here ufcw and others here will be the first people to speak, si...

Are spending much time at all training for the crater. I think it gets back to how we tend to want to remember this story. The story of the black Union Soldier is front and center. I couldnt be happier about that. I think theres been a danger in the way the story has been pushed over the last few years. It is the moral narrative of our civil war memory. We want to correct for forgetting about them for so long. I think we tend to gloss over some of the darker sides of black soldiers. I dont think...

Tonight watch as the National Park service commemorates 150th anniversary of the battle. Well also take a look at how the attack failed and why the u. S. Colored troops were unjustly blamed. Author kevin levine on the contribution of the u. S. Colored troops and immediately following the civil war. Here are some of the highlights for twheekd. Friday on cspan and prime time, well visit important sites in the history of the civil rights movement. Saturday night at 8 00, highlights from this years ...

What i tried to do was to fit that response into the broader context of slave rebellions. Those that actually happened and those whoa were rumors. It didnt matter if it actually took place, if there was a ruer they dont need to hear cries of remember fort pillow. They know whats done on the morning of july 30th. They do it. In fact if you look at the numbers of black soldiers who were mass kacremassacred. It falls into line of the numbers that are usually killed in the aftermath of state rebelli...

A year i felt good about being a black person. It was on april 9th. We. Wkvy celebrated emancipation. We talked about lincoln. We talked about freedom. Thats when i really felt good. The other times was an existence as if we were pushing a barrel up a hill. Thank you everyone. I really enjoyed that. Thank you for your questions and your time. [ applause ] once again, kevin, thank you very much for you spending time with us and i want to again, thank st. Pauls episcopal search for this venue. I t...

You to indianapolis the state of the state address before the general session of indianas assembly. Representative kathy richardson. Representative sheila klinker. And representative Melanie Wright [ applause ] speaker boswell president protem long. Senator lannan representatives members of the General Assembly distinguished 2k3we69s, my fellow hoosiers, tonight on the eve of our bicentennial year i stand before you as your governor, to proudly report that the state of our state has never been s...

First, members of the task force introduce themselves and talk about their expectations. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for attending the first public hearing and listening session on the president s task force on 21st Century Policing. My name is ronald davis. Im the director of the department of justices Community Organization policing services, also known as the cops office and im serving as the executive director for the task force. On december 1st president obama announce...

Service providers, with all of us working together accomplishing more than the best of us working alone. As we seek to move from demonstration the legislation, we cannot forget separation. After the doors of opportunity are opened for access, we must make sure that we have the skills to walk through it. Unfortunately, many of very many of our young people are not prepared and that is on us. As we renew access to equity, it equals a better america. Access plus equity equals a more perfect union. ...

Jordan and lebanon than inside of syria. You would see an implosion. Massive malnutrition rates, mortality rates through the roof. Most of the deaths now unfortunately are because of the war. We would probably see in terms of social indicators a much larger humanitarian catastrophe without aid. And i might add, obviously if possible we want to get our assistance to people in their homes so they dont have to flee. They need to be able to flee if they feel they have to. But it is better to get it ...

Cant trace of general liberals who may someday run the country. I grew up in mexico. Very briefly. Mexico was a horrible backward authoritarian place with his loser president s, and all of a sudden you get guys like fox and calderon, and where did they come from . They have a ph. D from the university of chicago. Thats how it happened. Find those 10 people, educate them and maybe some good will come 20 years down the road. You mentioned the justice component of a lot of these islamist parties. T...