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Parentsng boy, my brought me to the smithsonian because i lived in baltimore, and it was free. I came to love the smithsonian, so when i had a chance about a dozen years ago to become a regent of the smithsonian, i jumped at the opportunity. I got to meet somebody then who was creating the africanamerican museum, a gifted director who started with nothing to build that museum and now made into one of the most popular museums in the entire country. President obama we are so proud of Ronnie Bunche and the work he has done to make this day possible. Then i was the chair of a search committee, and...

Except along the immediate coast a little bit sluggish there bay Area Temperatures checking into some 50s and some 60s at this hour antioch at 64 got 50 up to santa rosa how about that almost like falllike feeling there 60 meanwhile for san jose but for comparison sake, its a little cooler up here in the north bay milder off to the east bay and the south bay for the lowdown today, what fog gets taken care of we going to mostly sunny or while hazy skies at least 61 by 08 00am by 11 were talking 77. Now little bit of a warmup is expected for this weekend but were going to another heat spike and ...

In the semester where were talking about the Civil Rights Movement. Weve been looking at that for a couple of sessions now. The interesting thing about teaching the Civil Rights Movement is that its perhaps the era that most americans think they know the most about. Weve talked a little bit about this and we will talk some more about this. Just because folks think they can quote a few sentences from Martin Luther kings speech in washington or know a little bit about rosa parks is civil disobedience on the bus. Even having some visual images in our mind of people being brutalized by fire hoses ...

All right. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Were at the point in the semester we have been looking at the long history of africanamericans since the civil war. Weve looked at the long struggle for what historian Hasan Jeffries called freedom rights, right . Weve been looking at this quest for economic, social, and political selfdetermination, for educational access and equity. And were looking at this long quest for the full realization of freedom and citizenship. And so were getting to the point in the semester where were talking about the Civil Rights Movement. Weve been looking at that for a...

Recent threats from militia extremists and accelerationists, including the Boogaloo Movement, who seek to accelerate society toward violent collapse. Anything that is threatening institutions, we also look at it. That is what we are doing today. It is incredibly irrelevant to me which groups we look at so long that we are looking at the principal ones that threaten peoples lives. Some of these Extremist Movements stream from ideologies that are decades old. Others are both having new. Others are relatively new. These threats range from decentralized and leaderless accelerationist networks to m...