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At the college of william and mary. Shes written several books on the africanAmerican History of Hampton Roads and is now coauthoring a history on the black community of norfolk. Many of you know cassandra from the 2010 virginia civil war sus question centennial conference, held at norfolk state on slavery and the civil war. The tough stuff of American History and memory. She was the director of that conference. I first met cassandra at a conference in 2006 at ft. Monroe. It was interesting, tha...

Freedmen, who came to be called and discusses their service in the union army and the challenges they faced in the aftermath of the war. This is just under 40 minutes. Okay. Ladies and gentlemen, our next speaker is cassandra newbyalexander. Cassandra is a professor of history and director of the Joseph Jenkins Roberts Center for african diaspora. She earned her ph. D. In history at the college of william and mary. Shes written several books on the africanAmerican History of Hampton Roads and is...

Native oklahomans writings and songs. Woody guthrie i got started in oklahoma. That is where i was born. The population is one third indian, one third negro, and one third white people. I hit the road when i was 12 years old traveling and working odd jobs. That is where i picked up these songs. This land is your land this land is my land from california to the New York Island from the redwood forest to the gulf stream waters this land was made for you and me Woody Guthrie is most famous for his ...

For ceremonies, he selected 40 acres closer to downtown tulsa. The house that is standing out here was built in 1910 because the original has was hit by lightning and burned down. In order to afford to rebuild that house, the family had to sell 40 acres. The family was very involved in tribal politics. They provided the nation with judges, several chiefs, longtime representation in the national council, people who would actually negotiate treaties with the united states. Benjamin perryman was on...

Freedom be finally secured. This kind of the world will never be built by bombs or bullets. Yet the infirmities of man are such that force was often precede reason and the waste of war the works of peace. We wish that this were not so, but we must deal with the world as it is if it is ever to be as we wish. Join American History tv on april 9 and 12 for live coverage of ceremonies marking the 100 80th anniversary of the surrender appomattox. In april of 1865, confederate general robert e lee met...

That was terrifying. Should seat belts on school buses be a federal law . Caught on camera. For cash. Drivers scramble to pick up fallen money when an armored truck dumps its dollars. That money is not theirs. It belongs to someone else. Will people do the right thing and cough it back up . Hey, good morning. Well start with a Severe Weather report. We are just learning overnight that the twister that rampage edd through fairdale, illinois, was an ef1, one below the strongest possible, an ef5. Y...

Chemical or biological attack, a few recommendations for ensuring effectiveness would be, one, that the federal government must provide accurate and timely thread information to local . ; First Responders. 3o . Jrering the multitude of potential threats and certainly we still see budgetary constraints of local government, local First Responders need to know which threats they should prepare for. If groups are promoting violent extremism and publishing training materials on the internet or social...

Im four five seconds from and the battle of the music stars. Rihanna and jay z lead the charge with their new streaming service. Play play play and apple looks to shake it up, trying to recruit taylor swift and other top acts. Will this epic battle change the way we listen to music forever . Shake it off shake it off and good morning, america. Busy tuesday. We have a lot to get to this morning. What a terrifying moment aboard that west coast flight. Listen to this. [ banging noise ] can you imag...

Were celebrating two decades of today show summer concerts kicking off this season with pop superstar Meghan Trainor. Thats why its all about that bass today. Friday may 22nd, 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this friday morning. Now it officially feels like summer. It does. We have our concert. Speaking of all about that bass how you feeling from your ride . You ...

Beau bergdorf and kidnapping hoax the victim of a reported violent abduction shows up safe and sound. Police now believe the entire story was made up. The fact that weve essentially wasted all of these resources for really nothing is upsetting. Now that woman is missing again today, thursday march 26th 2015. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a if rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. What a stunner ...