Class. On thursday, you guys are going to look at tbone and weasel. I really hope you all read that and prepare to do that. Im going to give you your very quick pop quiz. The pop quiz for fences should be easy, as we will be done discussing it, but were going to take it so that you guys can get a grade for it, and you will also have the pop quiz for tbone and weasel. Lets start with August Wilson. August wilson was born Frederick August kittel on april 27th of 1945. His mothers name was daisy wilson. She was a cleaning lady. His fathers name was Frederick August kittel. He was a german baker. I want you guys to pay attention. Race matters in a very specific way. Race asuis always one of the ths were discussing as we look at these plays. His father, Frederick August kittle, was a german baker, so hes white, or hes european. And then his mother is a black woman named daisy, right . And shes a cleaning lady. I want you to understand, were already talking about a mixed relationship. So, hi
Ray proctor teaches a class about contributions to the africanamerican theater and the Pulitzer Prize winning play fences. Today were going to look at August Wilsons fences. Well begin with a very brief discussion about who and what August Wilson was, his goal as a playwrig playwright. Im going to repeat some stuff youve heard before from our inclass conversation but theres going to be some stuff im going to talk about in a little bit more depth than we talked about last class. On thursday you guys are going to look at tbone and weasel. I hope you all read that and prepare to do that. Ill give you a very quick pop quiz. Were going to take it so you can get a grade for it and youll also have the pop quiz for tbone and wiesel. Lets start with augustwilson. August wilson was born Frederick August kittle on april 27, 1945. His mothers name was daisy wilson, a cleaning lady. His father was Frederick August kittle. He was a german baker. Race matters in a very specific way. Race is always on
Invited to form israels next government. Hello governments around the world have stepped up restrictions on the movement of their citizens to reduce the spread of the coronavirus the number of coronavirus deaths recorded in italy has now risen 25 percent just in the past day to over 800 as europes worst outbreak of the deadly virus continues to expand italy has 25000 cases of the highest number recorded outside china and spain became the 2nd european country to impose a nationwide lockdown its confirmed 2000 new cases and the number of reported deaths has doubled iran has announced more than 100 people have died in the past 24 hours and confirmed cases there are nearing 14000 to hans says its fight is being severely hampered by u. S. Sanctions and then the u. S. Increased screening measures for people returning from europe have caused chaos at airports the u. S. Has imposed a ban on non americans traveling from European Countries including the u. K. And ireland or brennan is joining us
Fugitives into the hole with all the sports which all over the world continues to be called off all played behind closed doors including this football match at brazils american or stadium once famous for holding muti 200000 fans in the World Cup Final. Welcome to the news our governments around the world have stepped up restrictions on the movements of their citizens to reduce the spread of the coronavirus the number of deaths recorded in italy has risen 25 percent in the past day to just over 800 overall its only has the highest number of cases outside of china that almost 25000 spade became the 2nd european country to impose a nationwide lockdown its confirmed 2000 new cases and the number of reported deaths as doubles and then in the middle east. Iran has announced 113 people died in the past 24 hours the number of confirmed cases is nearing 14000 in the United States increased screening measures for people returning from europe of course chaos at airports the u. S. Has imposed a ba
Welcome to the program our top story the u. S. Federal reserve us cut Interest Rates back to near 0 in an effort to boost the american and Global Economy during the course of this and demick President Donald Trump congratulated the central bank during an announcement at the white house it lowered the fed rate. From what it was which was 121425 and its been lowered down to 020. 24 or point 24 so its 02. 2 for. A big difference its a. Quite a bit of a point. Lets go live to mike hanna now hes in washington and this is really the most drastic step taken by the u. S. Federal reserve since the financial crisis of 2008 i guess it gives you a sense of the shock the coronavirus pandemic is about to cause or is already causing in d. D. s senate also follows weeks if not months of urging by President Trump for the fed to drop its rates virtually on a daily basis the president has been insisting that the fed is airing by not dropping its rates so certainly this now is a major step in terms of cre