Point of racial tensions to action taken as the result of the nba players boycott. Protesters have their say nationwide. And campus quarantine. As College Students return, well look at one schools extreme approach to control covid outbreaks and ensure classes can continue. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Reporter heartbreaking news, Actor Chadwick Boseman has died. Boseman was a star of black panther. We must find a way to look after one another. He will forevering known for changing changing the landscape. Historical black figures i know what its for. Its not the best experience we ever had in life. Hurricane laura blamed for at least 14 deaths across louisiana and texas. Its not the material things. Its the memories, i think, that are gut wrenching at times. The president is campaigning, trying to build preliminary momentum after his speech on the white house lawn. If i did tonights speech there, i would have been criticized by
Oo former confederacy, putting generals in charge. And it said that the governments civilian government put into place under Andrew Johnson during the war. Maybe there was an emergency during wartime. Of course he will restore government as quickly as possible. Six months, 12 months. Three years. It was closer to three. It was actually about 2. 5 years. Even as he was running for Vice President he was military governor of tennessee. He didnt like arrests as i pointed out. It said union men asked you to scary out the constitution. Not as a privilege but i demand it of you as a right. That the traitors will be shut down because the United States shall, not may, guarantee the state guarantee every state in the union a republican form of government. I call on the sympathizers here. I command the name of the constitution as it is, the protection and the port of the european men of the government for the men of the south. Sh this is a position he is consistently states publicly. He also says
Early 1,800 1800s. Joshua rothman is the professor. Today were going to talk about the emerge earns of a new antislavery and the reaction to that antislavery. We havent looked at opposition to slavery in a while but in a generation or two after the ratification of the constitution, it was not unusual for both northerners and southerners to talk about the morality of slavery. Now, before the 1830s or so, there were relatively few white americans who believed that enslaved people ought to be immediately freed, given citizenship rights, but there were many who felt white people and black people would both be better off if slavery gradually ended and if the two races sort of pursued their destinies separately. And so in 1817 you start to see kind of the manifestation of this idea in a movement, all right . That year a group of prominent minister and politicians, people who wanted to end slavery, separate the races, they founded an Organization Called the american colonization society. Now,
Sings. Test test test. This is a captioning test. Test test test test test. Test test test. This is a captioning test. Test test test test test. Good morning, everyone. I want to thank the great people of the state of virginia for organizing a series of events commemorating the 400 Year Anniversary of the arrival of enslaved africans. I want to thank all of the community and elected leaders heres for your invitation to participate on behalf of the 55 members strong Congressional Black Caucus. This is the largest number of africanamericans ever elected to congress and in congress, cbc members hold major positions of leadership and have accomplished significant change through legislative victories. One of the most significant legislative victories of the year was accomplished by your own representative. Representative bobby scott. Who, by the way, i know you are aware is the chair of one of the most important committees in congress. The committee governing the nations education system. H
You are watching book tv on cspan 2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Book tv, television for serious readers. [applause] good morning. Im director of the center for learning, literacy and engagement at the library of congress. One of the major programs of this new center at the library is oversight of the National Book festival, whose overall theme this year is change makers. This is why im especially excited to introduce our new panel devoted to change makers. The focus of much of the programming at the library of congress this year. We are currently celebrating change makers at our Thomas Jefferson building, with an exhibition called shall not be denied, women fight for the vote, in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment. And this december, we will mount an exhibit devoted to the life and influence of one of our great civil rights icons, rosa parks. I invite you to visit the library to see these exhibitions. You can also view our