Just trying to get some fix on where we were and what we were about to do. I was trying to be slow and heavy so my anxiety would not get too high on me. I felt my temperature increase. I could feel my collar sweating, coming off the side of my face. I did not have to always ask joe what he was thinking. We looked at each other and both of us looked at the calendar at the same time. We just started to walk towards the counter, without a single word. That is how it happened. And we took our seats. University of massachusetts hammers professor, Tracey Parker, joins us now on cspan and cspan 3 for a discussion about the lunch counter citizens of 1960. Tracey parker, who were the greensboro for and why did they decide to sit down at that woolworths lunch counter on that february day in 1960 . Thank you for having me. Those greensboro four were four young men who were just College Freshman at North Carolina and tea state university. The three of them had met and high school, and so they alre
,. ,. We decided to walk to the counter and without a single word that is how it happened. But we took a seat. University professor speaks to us about the lunch counter sit in. So who were the greensboro for and why did they decide to sit down at that counter and that february day in 1960. Thank you for having me those were four young men who are college freshman, at North Carolina at the state university. Three of them had already met in high school. So they already had a report, they met the fourth as a freshman in college. So actually when thinking about Racial Injustice is theyd think about that how to integrate how to push the movement along for sometime now but it wasnt until, Joseph Mcneil is returning to school after christmas break in 1959, when he refused to neil, and train terminal. He was trying to buy a hotdog. And he gets back to campus, and he is emboldened. He says enough is enough. So him in his four friends, decide that they are going to target the wool worse, and go
Names mascots, redskins and indians feeing the heat. Is this moment of time being, i will ask former nfl star, Burgess Owens. All that and more on making money. Charles folks, really disturbing news over the weekend. We normally start with markets particularly when theyre up this big but we cant have prosperity without peace in the nation. That is the topic of the country right now. Cnn reporting that six people were killed by what they call gun violence t it was bedlam in American Cities this is before Police Departments are defunded. There are issues nobody is discussing. You have to ask yourself why. Why does the media insist blaming inanimate objects for the actions of human beings . I would like to bring in foxs liz peek with more. When i see the headlines gun violence may have killed five children it is heartbreaking. I dont know if we get to the root problem of this if were not honest. Other human beings are trying to harm other people, often people that look just like them for
I brought a notebook and made sure to get receipts. We mulled around in the store, just trying to get some fix on where we work and what we were about to do. I was having some anxiety get to me. I felt my temperature increase. I could feel my sweat coming off the side of my face. I didnt have to ask joe what he was thinking. We looked at each other and of bus looked at the counter at the same time. We just started to walk toward the counter. Without a single word. That is how it happened. Chair nadler host traci parker joins us now for a discussion about the lunch counter sitins of 1960. Traci parker, who with the who were the greensboro four and why did they decide to sit down at that woolworths lunch counter . In that february day in 1960 . Thank you for having me. Those were young men who were just College Freshmen at North Carolina state university. Three of them had already met in high school. And so, already had a rapport. They met the fourth as freshman in college. In college. E
And i think bennett is a good place to be. I think bennett can become a haven for at least 900 little girls, to make them into big women. Thats what i work to do. And i dont plan to be here forever, to have another career, but its certainly a good thing to do on the days that i am here. Four africanamerican students sat down at a segregated woolworths lunch counter in greensboro, North Carolina. Over the next hour, American History tv and cspans washing at thernal, look back sit ins and protest during that time. Our guest joining us live is traci parker, author and university of massachusetts amherst professor. That is live in a moment here on cspan 3. At 1960 look at events in when we walked into the store, we wanted to prove that we were customers. And made a notebook sure to get receipts. We mulled around in the store, just trying to get some fix on where we work and what we were about to do. Anxiety having some would not get to hire me. I felt my temperature increase. I could feel