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An army. Welcome, brian. [applause] thank you very much to everyone here at the civil war friendte in to my dear for that very kind introduction. It is nice to be here this afternoon. You look like a very happy vibrant crowd after lunch. You are probably the army of tennessee at the beginning of this campaign more so at the end. In january of 1865, John Bell Hood visited with mary chesnut and the family of his recent love interest. As he sat with the Preston Family in conversation, stories filled the room pertaining to the civil war. He mourns the loss of so many dead, described the battles as...

Thank you for all you have done. This whole theme is very exciting. Civil war to civil rights. I served on the georgia civil War Planning Commission and was the chief advisor to the chairman. One of the things i said when we started the commission was planning five or six years ago is we have an opportunity to do something we cannot do 50 years ago in georgia. We have an opportunity to speak and talk honestly about the civil war and its causes and outcomes. We also have an opportunity in the process of doing that to reach some kind of not only understanding but reconciliation in the process of...

From a racist miami police chief in the 1960s, the president said he had actually taken it from frank rizzo. Rizzo, we should note, is an alltogether different racist, one who once ran on a Campaign Slogan vote white. This afternoon more policy changes that seem a direct result of the protests following the Police Killing of george floyd, new York Governor Andrew Cuomo today signing into law a package of ten policing reform bills. In a moment were going to talk with republican senator tim scott of South Carolina. He is leading the effort for policing reform for senate republicans. But first as...

Was shot and killed outside a wendys drivethru after a struggle with police. The head of the Georgia Bureau of investigation has said that brooks fired one of the officers taseers at them, then turned presumably to flee after which he was shot and killed. The mayor of atlanta has said this was not a justified use of force by police. Within 24 hours, atlantas police chief has stepped down and the officer who killed brooks has been fired. But the swift action has not been enough to quell the anger, the fear and the frustration reverberating across the country and throughout atlanta. One proteste...

Cities across the south. Nascar, with a fan base thats largely loyal to President Trump, banned confederate symbols from all of its races and event yupvenues. The sports only black competitor circling the track in a black lives matter car. President trump, john, is going in the opposite direction. It does seem so. Sources tell cnn that they are preparing an executive order for the president on policing, but its not clear whats exactly in it. We do know what he is against. He is against the idea that there is systemic racism in u. S. Law enforcement. And hes against even discussing renaming mil...