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you see, harriet tubman and you see slavery. you know, we don't make it like, oh, things were great back then. they weren't. they were a disaster for anyone going through it. and we need to tell kids these stories. and i think, you know, one of the things we're doing right now is we're in this debate over how to teach our kids about history. but i promise you, the answer is not hide it from them kids are far smarter and far stronger than you think they are. and everyone i am. anne frank came out, my sister bought one of the first copies. she called me the night came out and she read it to me. then it was my five year old niece. i think she was five or six years old and she said, i can't believe it. the book worked amazingly. we finished i am anne frank and i had a half hour conversation with my with my daughter about the holocaust and not in a scary way, but in asking the right questions, giving her answers. and she and she said, i can't believe a word. and i said, why are you so surprised, my own sister? but i'm proud of the fa
you see, harriet tubman and you see slavery. you know, we don't make it like, oh, things were great back then. they weren't. they were a disaster for anyone going through it. and we need to tell kids these stories. and i think, you know, one of the things we're doing right now is we're in this debate over how to teach our kids about history. but i promise you, the answer is not hide it from them kids are far smarter and far stronger than you think they are. and everyone i am. anne frank came...
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you see, harriet tubman and you see slavery. you know, we don't make it like, oh, things were great back then. they weren't. they were a disaster for anyone going through it. and we need to tell kids these stories. and i think, you know, one of the things we're doing right now is we're in this debate over how to teach our kids about history. but i promise you, the answer is not hide it from them kids are far smarter and far stronger than you think they are. and everyone i am. anne frank came out, my sister bought one of the first copies. she called me the night came out and she read it to me. then it was my five year old niece. i think she was five or six years old and she said, i can't believe it. the book worked amazingly. we finished i am anne frank and i had a half hour conversation with my with my daughter about the holocaust and not in a scary way, but in asking the right questions, giving her answers. and she and she said, i can't believe a word. and i said, why are you so surprised, my own sister? but i'm proud of the fa
you see, harriet tubman and you see slavery. you know, we don't make it like, oh, things were great back then. they weren't. they were a disaster for anyone going through it. and we need to tell kids these stories. and i think, you know, one of the things we're doing right now is we're in this debate over how to teach our kids about history. but i promise you, the answer is not hide it from them kids are far smarter and far stronger than you think they are. and everyone i am. anne frank came...
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srkans -- south carolinians and today at noon i celebrate the harriet tubman commemorative coin act in honor of her 200th birthday, authored by congressman greg meeks. but this in fact, madam speaker, is just the first step. i will continue to fight for tubman on the $20 bill. as we strive to make black history a required part of american history, we must first recognize the trailblazers. i celebrate rosa parks who resisted on that december 1 day on that bus, who paveed the way for integrated public transportation. rosa parks sat down on that bus so i can stand in the halls of congress today. rosa park, the mother of the civil rights movement, was awarded the congressional gold medal for her bravery. i am proud that i authored the first in the nation ohio's december 1 as rosa parks day. i celebrate my life long friend and mentor, lieutenant colonel charity adams early, the first african-american woman officer in the women's auxiliary corps. the top ranking black woman officer, lieutenant charity adams early, who battled segregation in the united states army, laying the groundwork fo
srkans -- south carolinians and today at noon i celebrate the harriet tubman commemorative coin act in honor of her 200th birthday, authored by congressman greg meeks. but this in fact, madam speaker, is just the first step. i will continue to fight for tubman on the $20 bill. as we strive to make black history a required part of american history, we must first recognize the trailblazers. i celebrate rosa parks who resisted on that december 1 day on that bus, who paveed the way for integrated...
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i knew in the story i had learned in school was about harriet tubman and, the quakers and, you know, that's basically what i knew again. and then this book certainly expands that. so, you know, congrats relation scott i think you've thank you for your service here. let's start here in the in the subtitle of the book, you call thomas smallwood a forgotten hero. why forgotten? well, you know, i think when i kind of came across him and dug into his life and found out more and more about him, not only the escapes he'd organized, but also the fact that he'd about those escapes. you know, my question, why do we not know about this guy and there is an answer to that. he you know, he ends up in canada running for his own life. he operating a clandestine network. he wrote about the escapes, but he wrote about them under a pseudonym. but i think there's another element, which is that his white colleagues, for the most part, just left him out of the story. so i was warned against not with the microphone. so i'll try to hold it still. but i think you know, i think it was there's also an element
i knew in the story i had learned in school was about harriet tubman and, the quakers and, you know, that's basically what i knew again. and then this book certainly expands that. so, you know, congrats relation scott i think you've thank you for your service here. let's start here in the in the subtitle of the book, you call thomas smallwood a forgotten hero. why forgotten? well, you know, i think when i kind of came across him and dug into his life and found out more and more about him, not...
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among those honored are harriet tubman and frederick douglass.he forever stamps are for sale on the u.s. postal service website and you can find them at your local post office. >>> president joe biden use the super bowl to call and companies to stop so-called shrink inflation. refers to when businesses reduce the size of their products without lowering the price. in a video posted on x the president said the practice is a rip off and say companies should do the right thing. every year americans spend billions of dollars on snacks consumed during the game. >>> we are kicking off this week with dry conditions throughout the bay area. partly cloudy skies into the afternoon after that dense fog been settled in this morning. especially for friends of the north bay. as high pressure builds in from offshore we will stay dry today and tomorrow but once valentine's day comes around, that evening we see more showers increasing. keep that in mind if you have outdoor plans schedule. thursday into friday we see a similar trend. these are the storms that are w
among those honored are harriet tubman and frederick douglass.he forever stamps are for sale on the u.s. postal service website and you can find them at your local post office. >>> president joe biden use the super bowl to call and companies to stop so-called shrink inflation. refers to when businesses reduce the size of their products without lowering the price. in a video posted on x the president said the practice is a rip off and say companies should do the right thing. every year...
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among those honored are abolitionist harriet tubman and frederick douglass. >> the forever stamps areor sale on the u.s. postal service' website and at your local post office. >>> up next, eucalyptus trees present a unique danger when it comes to fire risk, how one bay area county is trying to neutralize that threat. >> some people believe the eucalyptus trees just explode on their own and they don't. >>> credit card companies will now start flagging gun purchases, the california law prompting that change. >>> and a battle has erupted at the state capitol over electricity bills, why a plan to help low income californians you want to see who we are as americans? i'm peter dixon and in kenya... we built a hospital that provides maternal care. as a marine... we fought against the taliban and their crimes against women. and in hillary clinton's state department... we took on gender-based violence in the congo. now extremists are banning abortion and contraception right here at home. so, i'm running for congress to help stop them. for your family... and mine. i approved this message becaus
among those honored are abolitionist harriet tubman and frederick douglass. >> the forever stamps areor sale on the u.s. postal service' website and at your local post office. >>> up next, eucalyptus trees present a unique danger when it comes to fire risk, how one bay area county is trying to neutralize that threat. >> some people believe the eucalyptus trees just explode on their own and they don't. >>> credit card companies will now start flagging gun purchases,...
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tubman, the buffalo soldiers, the tuskegee airmen. the black panthers of self defense, the deacons of defense, not turn all those black men and women, and many, many more and many more organizations they, they die for nothing. the one thing we should do after a black person a shot is the next day. we also carry historically asked americans have been given this socialization that we do not need to have guns. we're the only community ethnically in the world that believe that that is think about that statement. you don't need guns to protect yourself, but everyone else around you has guns. what kind of crazy, mental state do you have to be to believe that? and people wonder why. okay, why are blackman being attacked on a sunday after looking at houses and jogging in 3 white guys, drop by in the truck and jump out and, and, and beat him up and shoot him. why does that happen? because we continue to act like we're, it's okay to be a soft target. statistically in comparison to the white counts of pumps. black males in america are 18 times m
tubman, the buffalo soldiers, the tuskegee airmen. the black panthers of self defense, the deacons of defense, not turn all those black men and women, and many, many more and many more organizations they, they die for nothing. the one thing we should do after a black person a shot is the next day. we also carry historically asked americans have been given this socialization that we do not need to have guns. we're the only community ethnically in the world that believe that that is think about...
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tubman and then there's b whales.okay, everybody looks to me secondhand because she knows i this every single class next class and we get into rb wells and lynching. you will see the work of black women continue like this that look we can the federal government or we can with this another way we can besiege the i in some cases especially ought to be well i can tell you all about lynching or i could tell y'all about what's going on, how to organize around this. we'll get to the the black women's club movement. we'll talk about these things. but i think again, because i spent a lot of time with this. i think you start seeing most historians think that starts 19th it i mean 20th century so they started out to be will always start here because to me it is these black women who are determining what who are telling people what freedom is. so if you say that i'm free, then compensation is freedom. you say that i'm free. you helping, me out when i needed is freedom. you say that i'm free not being married to. this man is free
tubman and then there's b whales.okay, everybody looks to me secondhand because she knows i this every single class next class and we get into rb wells and lynching. you will see the work of black women continue like this that look we can the federal government or we can with this another way we can besiege the i in some cases especially ought to be well i can tell you all about lynching or i could tell y'all about what's going on, how to organize around this. we'll get to the the black women's...
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[laughter] imagine a maryland or, having a conversation with another marylander, harriet tubman. have to tell you about my day today. and then see the look that she will give you. [laughter] we have to remember the historic context of the evolution of this country, the evolution of our states. and i think if we do that, we are willing to do what it was before us did, which is go through the work, not simply give up or retreat, then we are guiding ourselves to a better place. governor cox knows this story. in my first days as governor, the first trip i took outside was to western maryland. they were having a boil water advisory. they were having a water crisis, so i went to see the mayor out there who has turned into a friend. mayor colburn. when i first met him, he said, governor, do me a favor. turn 360 degrees. he said the only guarantee i can give you is you didn't see a democrat within five miles of anywhere that you looked. [laughter] but he said, you know what? you are the first governor that has been here since 1996. 1996. you got to do the work. i'm a big believer in this
[laughter] imagine a maryland or, having a conversation with another marylander, harriet tubman. have to tell you about my day today. and then see the look that she will give you. [laughter] we have to remember the historic context of the evolution of this country, the evolution of our states. and i think if we do that, we are willing to do what it was before us did, which is go through the work, not simply give up or retreat, then we are guiding ourselves to a better place. governor cox knows...
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so we go well beyond more familiar people like frederick douglass and harriet tubman. in illinois have people like john jones, and i see that the bottom is cut off there. but henry wagner is th perso on the right there and a whole lot of other people who you may haveev heard of who actually were doing really tremendous things in this time period, this movement of black americans also had white allies. and as time went on between the 1830s and the 1850s, the white people who supported this movement for rights became more and more numerous to the point that many of the republicans who we know well, the civil war period, from lincoln's period actually were on record supporting this movement for civil rights before republicans reached national power in the 1860s. and i'm going to talk about that a little bit later now. i want to say that talking about this work, it brings up some issues that i think are are quite interesting for what we already think we know american history in this period. many of us are familiar with the abolitionist movement. but we're not as familiar w
so we go well beyond more familiar people like frederick douglass and harriet tubman. in illinois have people like john jones, and i see that the bottom is cut off there. but henry wagner is th perso on the right there and a whole lot of other people who you may haveev heard of who actually were doing really tremendous things in this time period, this movement of black americans also had white allies. and as time went on between the 1830s and the 1850s, the white people who supported this...
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i have always you know, you know, harriet tubman is my ultimate role model. marian anderson. billie holiday. they are not in my field, but these are women who have, you know, i can't even imagine. i know being a black american now, but i can imagine what it was like back then, trying to accomplish what they accomplished, and accomplishing it enough that they are the ones we do hear about, you know? that is a lot. and i admire people who have made it through tough times and have persevered. so men and women who i look at as role models, and those are some of the top three. jalina: ok. that is wonderful. we have so many more questions and we are up on time, so i am going to choose one out of these amazing questions. yeah, let us just pick the last one. it says on a lighter note, aside from this event, what fun activities have you done or will you do for black history month, and in what ways do usages people can celebrate? amb. jenkins: fun? i enjoyed this kind of thing. jalina: we are having fun. amb. jenkins: [indiscernible] no, i enjoy, as i said, there is great stuff coming
i have always you know, you know, harriet tubman is my ultimate role model. marian anderson. billie holiday. they are not in my field, but these are women who have, you know, i can't even imagine. i know being a black american now, but i can imagine what it was like back then, trying to accomplish what they accomplished, and accomplishing it enough that they are the ones we do hear about, you know? that is a lot. and i admire people who have made it through tough times and have persevered. so...
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the room other students were slave owners on the opposite side of the room and a little girl played harriet tubman and crawled under the desks and tables from one side of the room to the other, while the classmates shouted, go north first grade. >> the archdiocese says that teacher resigned and they apologized. and then last year daycare decided to teach black history lesson by having a class full of two-year-olds re-enact rosa parks arrest possibly in the worst way because our daughter who had her hands restrained behind her back by another child when in a police versus nothing to the teacher, she was a sweetheart. it goes back to what you allow within your facility. what you approve as your curriculum. there is 1 million ways to teach about rosa parks >> so this makes us wonder, why do these incidents that we hear about so often seemed to happen during lessons about black history. and how should we teach kids about racism and history? i used to johnson is with me. she's an associate dean at georgia tech and also works with the association for the study of african american life and history
the room other students were slave owners on the opposite side of the room and a little girl played harriet tubman and crawled under the desks and tables from one side of the room to the other, while the classmates shouted, go north first grade. >> the archdiocese says that teacher resigned and they apologized. and then last year daycare decided to teach black history lesson by having a class full of two-year-olds re-enact rosa parks arrest possibly in the worst way because our daughter...
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you know, harriet tubman lived her life under the fear of the whip and was illiterate her entire life, whereas frederick douglass taught to read by his the slave owners wife and then set on out to be a great orator by an abolitionist. and so you see the dichotomy between those two individual difference and then also humanizing these sites like you talk about jefferson, who had a 39 year relationship with sally hemings and who was a half sister of his late wife, 25% black and they had seven children, five of them married into white families in the north, two of them married into white families in the north, two married in a black families in the south and in the civil war. he had four grandchildren who fought in the civil war, two as whites and two as blacks. and so you see how multifaceted our american heritage is. if you just look at someone like jefferson and you see how everything is intertwined and then, you know, his 168 word passage that was left out of the declaration of independence is unfortunate where he talked about the evils of slavery that was thrust upon the colonies by
you know, harriet tubman lived her life under the fear of the whip and was illiterate her entire life, whereas frederick douglass taught to read by his the slave owners wife and then set on out to be a great orator by an abolitionist. and so you see the dichotomy between those two individual difference and then also humanizing these sites like you talk about jefferson, who had a 39 year relationship with sally hemings and who was a half sister of his late wife, 25% black and they had seven...
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and then, of course, there's harriet tubman who led led in south carolina. so but but and she got a pension. but the pension was for her husband, right? not for the work that she had done. was. yes, yes, exactly. back in medford, share with us a bit about economic justice as we go into this next set of letters as union army and navy advance down the coast, especially of south carolina and the sea islands, the landowners, the plantation deserted their lands and left many of their enslaved laborers behind. well, because they were trying to get out of the way of the union military. and so all of this land was left vacant and some enslaved people or people who by this will i guess it's early 1861, in 1862, they are some enslaved people. our cult, the land they're taking over and continuing to work the land because they see it as theirs. you they had always labored on the land and gotten nothing in return. and so now was their opportunity to reap some of the benefits of their. but when the government charge these government farms were established, where african-a
and then, of course, there's harriet tubman who led led in south carolina. so but but and she got a pension. but the pension was for her husband, right? not for the work that she had done. was. yes, yes, exactly. back in medford, share with us a bit about economic justice as we go into this next set of letters as union army and navy advance down the coast, especially of south carolina and the sea islands, the landowners, the plantation deserted their lands and left many of their enslaved...