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Historically black sites helped to tell the story of africanamerican migration. They argue for additional efforts and resources to preserve such places for current and future generations. This discussion was part of the association for the study of africanamerican life in history annual meeting. Hello, and welcome. Hello and welcome to the association for the study of africanamerican life and histories 104th annual conference. How the National Park service tells the story of black migrations. My name is madeleine, and im the Senior Executive assistant at the National Parks Conservation Associa...

Condescending title, because it suggests that you sort of a blue stalking whose sole function in life was to serve to not serve alcohol. Lucy hayes is so much more, as his her husband frankly. And remember, everything she accomplished in the white house came in spite of the fact that her husbands legitimacy to be president was questioned right until the day he left office. She was a charming person, very delightful. She was innovative with the arts. One of our more controversial collections is the white house china. Journalists of the day wrote scathing articles. One said the art was absurd. W...

Elected president. Hes young, hes charismatic. He had platformed on a number of promises. So this should give a bit of context to where the Womens Movement is coming into play as we work through some of these overview issues. Now, the 60s as much promise as there was, we also know there was a lot of issues. Particularly racial issues. But it was a period of great change, warfare, and for those who did find promise in the 1960s, there were those who didnt get access to that. And so there are a number of individuals and groups fighting for access. So we have the 1967 detroit riots. A series of p...

My honor the convene this plenary, and when we were planning the conference, we always liked to bring our heavy hitters out. And i think that today is one of those occasions, in which we have a collection of fine scholars and activists here to address the theme. So what we are, and what we have decided to do is to run the plenary more as a round table, and the moderated conversation about the issues with the great migration, and i wanted to introduce our panelists, and give them an opportunity to speak for a few minutes as far as their own work and perceptions and ideas about the great migrati...

Possibility, a lot of opportunity, and the postwar era. In 1961, jfk had been elected president. He is young, charismatic, a and he had a platform on a number of promises, so this should give context for where the Womens Movement is coming into play as we work through these overview issues. Now the 1960s, as much promise as there was, we also know there were a lot of issues, particularly racial issues, but it was a period of great change. Warfare. And for those who did find promise in the 1960s, there were those who did not get access to that. So there are a number of individuals and groups fi...