african-americans are suffering in particular in all major cities in the united states african-americans, men are facing unemployment rates up to 50%. some places 2/3 or 3/4 of black families are on public relief. chicago, st. louis, new york, charlotte, unemployment rates for african-american men are at or over 50%. there is systemic discrimination in employment. again, still living in a segregated society. segregation is still the law of the land as was talked about in previous classes. as my way of reminder, one of the responses to segregation particularly in the american south has been massive migration. so we're seeing tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, soon millions of african-americans leaving the american south in response to the realities of racial terror and segregation, moving into -- moving into major urban centers in the south and outside of the south. major urban centers like chicago, new york, philadelphia, d.c., flint, michigan, detroit, michigan, and places like that. this is also going to give us heightened racial tensions in these cities where we'll see african-

jenkins, the second african-american president, and dr. dwight oliver wendell holmes, who was the first. so what you see is one of the first models for the campus. dr. holmes passing the baton to dr. jenkins, and they had laid out a 20 year physical campus plan for morgan, much of which reflected the history of morgan today in terms of the physical environment. the direction of the homes, the first clocktower building was planned and directed to be one of the sort of guiding principles in terms of the environment on the campus as far as direction. it is a significant addition to the campus that helps to orient what market history referred to as a long walk. this is the campus by 1967 where they celebrated its centennial anniversary. there are several very important leaders who have led this institution. it is important to note it reflects the american story while the students were always african-american, the leadership was always white. dr. john spencer, who was one of the early presidents of the university, also white, was a longtime pre

as enslaved africans. the ship crashed off the coast of south africa. we are fortunate to have organized with george washington university and the university of cape town and partners in mozambique as we were able to i did find the slave ship wreck on the ocean floor off the coast of south africa. one of the key markers to identify this as a slave ship wreck is some of the archival research revealed that there were 1400 ballast stones on the ship, used to offset the human weight. that there were ballast stones on the ship because we found them on the ocean floor. we are excited to be able to feature those in this particular space. one thing visitors will note is that we do not have images in this space. we wanted those who went through this experience to speak for themselves. while we talk about this human story, the human story extends to everybody. you will hear voices of those who were enslaved, but also voices of crew members. ,oices of slave ship surgeons all discussing the horrors of this experience.

, and four african-american individuals. all other areas surrounding the campus would have been whites who had protested the african-americans coming to this community. and it went as high as the supreme court level. the first building that morgan constructed on the campus was the carnegie hall building. so there were other buildings that predated carnegie hall. however, carnegie hall is the oldest building that morgan state university erected on the campus. this building was designed by edward tilden, who was andrew carnegie's architect from new york. and he lent edward tilden to the university to design three other buildings in addition to carnegie. this building, which is on cold spring lane, is the old power plant building, one that has been decommissioned but is a historic building built of the stones that were quarried from the site. and then baldwin hall, which is the oldest continuously occupied dormitory that's on the campus and it houses young men and it was finished in the 1920s. and then all of the buildings that

african-americans gained coverage. d the uninsured rate among african-americans failed by 7% and in the district that i represent, 47,000 more residents now have coverage thanks to the a.c.a. and for the district that i represent, that's pretty significant. people here about the texas miracle and all the jobs and economic growth in the state of xas and despite in living in dallas-fort worth, have the highest uninsured rate than any congressional district in the country. it's a shame that we would have such a large group of people, over a million people collectively when you include people outside the district that i represent in dallas-fort worth that don't have insurance. it's a shame. we cannot let the progress forged by african-american trail playsers be undermind by the secretary who does not see expanding health access can help health out comes for african-americans. and where we saw eric holder and lore et lynch, the recent confirmation of jeff sessions is very troubling. and a reminder that we must remain vigila

will you imagine at the time you have free african americans who align with enslaved african americans again a collective voice fighting for freedom but they are fighting for freedom in a nation founded on liberty but still maintaining slavery. directly behind me you see the cast figures of benjamin banniker and thomas jefferson. included on the platform in addition are mum bet who petitioned for her freedom in massachusetts and won as well as philis wheatly. what's important with the connections includes benjamin banniker and starting african americans are brilliant. they are human. they contribute to the development of this nation and deserve to be free and excuse me if i paraphrase but thomas jefferson said you are the exception and freedom was not going to come during his particular time in life. so now why don't we go forward and look at making a way again, remember, this say human story. in the midst of this inhumanity, you have african americans fighting for freedom. fighting for liberty. fighting for the nation to recognize them as citizens in this world. right? but as we go fo

and other african-american individu individuals. all other areas around the campus would have been whites who protested the african-americans coming to this community. it went as high as the supreme court level. the first building morgan constructed was the carnegie hall building. there were others that predated it but it was the oldest constructed op the cn the campu. it was designed by tilden, who was his architect and he led them to three other buildings in addition to carnegie. this is the old power plant bui building, decommissioned but a historic building built from the stones quarried from the site and baldwin hall, the oldest continuously occupied dormitory on the campus and houses young men and finished in the the 1920s. all the buildings that form what we call the morgan academic quad are on the morgan court and historically housed farm buildings. it was the first erected and flanked by annexations recogn e recognizing dr. john spencer and dr. milton calloway, one of the first early black scientists, dr. charles key, the b

>> they also have an african element -- >> a huge african element. she's correct. they have a huge african element. okay? in fact, brazil has -- brand zp zil is second to nigeria. brazil is second to my jeer ya nigeria of the number of people of african descent, they had a large portion in the trans-atlantic slave trade, a large portion of those individuals came to brazil. okay? so even in brazil who, again, likes to look at itself as, you know, this type of racial democracy, there are these differences in color and those who are more european are more favored and those who are more african are not and there are various gradations from white to black. okay? that is still very prevalent today. okay. okay. so, having said that, in your constant struggle book, i'm going it read it for you even though i know you all have your books with you because we bring them every class, but i'm going to put some of them up u there. and i'm going to read from them, too. so we're going to look at the state laws on race and color. and in your "constant struggle" book, it tells you th

the community didn't have any place to go to find any african american art.u know african american art to me is american art. >> the walls are filled with pieces from local artists, african american artists across the country and artists from around the world including her home country of senegal. >> we try to make art accessible to everybody and enjoyable to everybody. >> also selling gift items, the store was designed to showcase the richness of african american life, history, and culture. >> its basically, the whole experience as african americans what we go through, um what we live. >> mame says she sees herself as a bridge between the community and the art world. >> ive seen children come in here, look at different pieces of art and say hey this is me! and that warms my heart. >> in the back of the art gallery, you'll find the house of flair, a lifestyle boutique run by 22-year old artist and entrepreneur, niara >> wright. >> im here for the artist inside of you so when you come here youre to find you know the creativity in you. >> carrying independent a

, against african-americans? those with the folks that fought the war and sometimes used the of they accounts realize firsthand how awful slavery has been or meeting people for the first time. where are the veterans voices in the story? mr. williams: very good question. who wants to go first? [laughter] ms. waugh: isis went to say something. -- i want to say something. i see o -- a room full of hungry people. i think one of the most fascinating stories of reconstruction as was suggested in the development of black leadership, which would later be tenth.the talented and the vanguard where the black veterans who fought in the war and settled in the south. they could read and write. they ran for office. they held the lower offices that we don't hear about. we hear about the senators and congressmen in the congress in 1868 and 1872, only don't hear about the sheriff's. great massesin the of veterans, white veterans in the north, i think they were proud of their role in emancipation as the republican party would have

signifying the cultural contributions that african americans and africans have made to this city. so when you are driving out third and you see those polls, just thought i'd knowledge and smile. you are being recognized. you are going down in history. >>[applause] my final piece of information that you must know and you must understand. district 10 has the largest city's public housing unit. last week, - excuse me - earlier this week, the mayor signed into legislation the rebuild of sunnydale and potrero hill. we are rebuilding public housing. >>[applause] this is incredible good this is transformative. they said it could not be done could they said we cannot do sunnydale and potrero hill at the same time. i'm here to tell you that the mayor, pres. breed myself and my colleagues, we have got it done. this is the beginning of a new definition of what public housing is going to look like. we are taking care of those that need our assistance. were not leaving anyone behind. that has been our pledge to you and we are delivering and making good on that and i want you to know, that is w

good friend of mine that happens to be african-american, and she asked about the african-american caucus, and he steps over his words and i think he can do a better job of reaching out to the communities. >> let's listen to the times he was speaking at these big rallies, saying this is my message for african-americans who are unserved by this economy. let's play it. >> look how much african-american communities have suffered under democratic control. to those i say the following. why do you have to lose? it is a disaster the way african-americans are living in many cases, and in many cases the way hispanics are living, and i say it with such a deep-felt feeling. what do you have to lose? >> so he will point to the fact that he did win more of the african-american vote. he won 8% versus romney winning 5%, and he could have done better and probably wanted to do a lot better. what do you want to see? what does he need to do? >> i think fix the inner cities, which was his vow, and folks have been stuck in a system that has been failing for years, and that starts with school choice and betsy

we forget that african-americans were in the west. they were brought to the west enslaved first in texas and to the union territory that the five civilized tribes when they left these were moved to oklahoma. and so african-americans have always been in the west. they didn't just show up. but after the civil war, more african-americans left the south to form communities in thewest . they are in fact referred to as xo busters or exodus, the word from the bible. most recently i bought a book from the university of oklahoma which was just published on the town of nicodemus inkansas . and this is now a state park in kansas. this was one of the many all-black communities as they tried to find a new life of freedom in a place in the american west. if you watched the cowboy movies or if you watched cowboy programs, 100 percent, almost 100 percent of the cowboys are anglos. in fact, over 30 percent of cowboys in the west were either african-american, hispanic american and even native american. in fact, out here east of fresno, east of clovis,

and i'm going to focus on african-american women in the next class, a greater focus on african-american women. i'll see you guys on friday. lig and listen live on the free c-span radio app. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's television cable companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >>> coming up, a special airing of american history tv focusing on historically black colleges and universities, we'll bring you programming that explores their founding and development. we'll start at morgan state university in baltimore where professor dale green talks about the institutional history and alumni of the university. his class is about 50 minutes. >> today's lecture is going to be on the history and the heritage of morgan state university. morgan

one, african-american history month. that's part of the reason the president wanted to visit the national museum of african-american history and culture today. at the same time, you are right. i think that this white house knows that one of the constituencies they need to do a better job of reaching out to is the african-american community. it's a community he struggled with during the campaign. as you pointed out, recently, he raised eyebrows with the comments he made during that listening session when he talked about frederick douglas. last week, during the press conference, speaking to african-american reporter, april ryan and she asked him if he was going to meet with the cbc. he says are you friends with them? can you help set up the meeting? that raised alarm bells for a lot of people. i think part of this is reaching out to the african-american community. he has had a number of events here, including that listening session. i'm told he's working on the executive order aimed at benefiting historically black college

first, the african-american issue. second, women were largely confined to clerical secretarial jobs within most federal agencies. definitely within nasa. even into the 1970's, if you look at the demographics, women were not really looking -- were not really working in hard sciences. they were in additional sciences. -- in nutritional sciences. trying to enter the nasa workforce as an engineer is a rarity, and phases and almost interview, given the nature of the time. it should not excuse the nature of the time. as richard sent, it is almost conceivable that anyone would have hired that person, if that person had even come along. idea, in 1963 and were 11ere african-americans employed by nasa at cape canaveral. 11 out of 1500 employees. at mississippi in 1955, there were zero nasa african-american employees, but 750 african-americans employed by nasa contractors. we don't know if they were all male or female. given the discrimination practices at the time, and gender issues, it would not be until the 1970's and 1980's t

jose anderson: you had a group of african-american professionals, a group of african-american creativeom which houston and marshall could draw encouragement from the whole post-harlem renaissance era, and so that community actually helped to energize momentum for the legal campaign across the entire country. jose anderson: new york was an exciting place to be the headquarters for the campaign. in fact new york had plenty of race issues of its own. thurgood marshall: after a riot would break in harlem a code number would go out to all policemen in the 123rd street precinct - that's right in the middle of harlem. in the meantime all of the white policemen in harlem, where the riot is going on, just stand perfectly still. and don't use a weapon, don't use a gun, just stand there until you're replaced. and then these guys go out in these other cars, and the colored fella taps the white fella on the shoulder, he gets in the car. and it about, well less than an hour, there are all black cops there. so where is the race riot? the race riot is gone. and then walter white, roy wilkins and i wou

and african-american. wisdo god in his infinite wisdom born in charleston south carolina for a purpose. and they've suffered difficult and challenging time for the issue of race. they were very different to south. when i went under his experiences of having to step off of the sidewalk when white folks were coming. he learned never to look a white person in the eye. he was in his 40s and 60s. separation, segregation, humiliation. it's when the war began it was in my home city where nearly 40% of all the slaves would come through charleston south carolina into this lake charles tony an who came up with the concept written into the constitution three fifths of as. man. also in 2010 they had the choice between strom thurmond's son and a young african-american guy. the evolution that occurred in the south can be seen very clearly on this day in charleston. it was over strom thurmond and one of the most popular governors in the south carolina campbell junior. i thank god that's the south i have had a the experie

. >> this morning, president trump toward the african american history museum. bloomberg news tweeted this picture. he called the museum the in full and fantastic. here are some more comments. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. president trump: thank you very much, everybody. this was a beautiful morning. what a job they have done. like few others have been able to do. of lonnie bunch. the work and the love that he has in his heart for what he has done -- i always talk about needing enthusiasm. you need love for anything you do to do it successfully. and lonnie bunch, you are where? you should be up. come on. and david, we have to get david appear to. david scored in is tremendous. and he was singing lonnie bunch's praises. you two should at least be here. we appreciate you very much. and david rubenstein is here someplace. come on, you have to get up. you certainly deserve it. he is a successful guy who spends money doing great things. and he has been a great help to so many different groups and this one in particular. it is a privileg

and i'm going to focus on african-american women in the next class, a greater focus on african-american women. i'll see you guys on friday.

we forget that african-americans were in the west. they were brought to the west as slaves, first in texas, and to the indian territory. they moved to oklahoma, took their slaves with them. so, african-americans have always been in the west. they didn't just show up suddenly. after the civil war more african-americans left the south to form communities in the west. they are referred to as xo busters or exodus -- exo busters from exodus, the book in the bible. recently i bought a book from the university press. this is from one of the many all black communities that were formed as they tried to find a new life of freedom and a place in the american west. if you watch the cowboy movies or if you watch the cowboy programs, 100%, almost 100% of the cowboys are anglos. in fact, over 30% of the cowboys in the west were either african-american, hispanic american, and even native american. and east of fresno, east of the adjoining community of clovis, they hired many native americans. so, this is something that you don't see in the cowboy mov

rebellionyou have a which fights napoleons army and creates the first african-americans -- african state, african origin stay in the western hemisphere. in russia where you have served him, you have surf rebellions. you have sef rebellions. erf rebellions. those are big rebellions. this is among the biggest, the turner rebellion. usetimes earlier historians this idea about rebellions to this fits into the idea there wasn't that much unrest. they are misreading a lot of things. if you wanted to resist slavery think of the things you could do. engaging in a rebellion was suicide. everybody who did it was killed. famous rebellions, they didn't even rebel. they were conspiracies, and they killed lots of pillion. in only the people involved the rebellion, but slaughter in the black community by whites after the rebellion as well. we have places where rebellions were more successful near swamps. nat turner may have been headed toward the dismal swamp. rebellions, if they are not huge in number and not happening every day, it is the same as suicide. it's hard to resist. there were 3000 militia

we represent 40% of african-americans around the country. we represent 80 million people in america. if you want to talk about black america and where we are in our challenges, wouldn't you engage in that dialogue so that you not unilaterally just by the advice of one or two people who are african-american, you would truly engage yourself and that's why when he had that conversation was so inappropriate at the press conference. >> you're talking about the conversation with april ryan? >> yes. >> let's play that conversation, april ryan -- >> are you going to conclude the congressional black caucus and the -- >> i would. i tell you what, do you want to set up the meeting? >> do you want to set up the meeting? we'll just let that go for a second. congresswoman, you talk about 49 members representing 80 million people. do you not do those 80 million people a disservice by hanging on to your objection to steve bannon and others in the administration who have documented examples of things that would not seem to be in the service of african-americ

music and in african cultures.y as soon as these tours start you start seeing these kind of diverge iing motivations for both the state department and the musicians they were sponsoring. so looking through the lens of a couple of these musicians we can kind of get a more -- a better sense of the complexity that they brought to the table. the state department would have been happy with these guys going out there saying jazz is awesome, america is great, but the musicians weren't willing to rest on that alone and the state department didn't foresee the connections they would make with their roots. louis armstrong. his first trip to ghana in 1956. first time in africa. he had traveled on a commercial tour in europe a decade before but in 1956 louis armstrong goes to africa for the first time. and he's playing for the ghanaian people, with his band. and in the crowd he sees a wornlgs woman, a ghanaian woman who looks just like his mom. his mom had died 20 years before and he sees this woman and in the middle of a song

african-americans have always been in the west. they did not show up suddenly. after the civil war, more african-americans left the south to form communities in the west. they are in fact referred to as exodusters. lookrecently i bought it -- body book from the university of oklahoma press that was focused on the town of nicodemus. this was one of the many all-white communities that were formed as they tried to find a new life for freedom and a place in the american west. movieswatch the cowboy or cowboy programs, almost 100% of the cowboys are anglos. cowboys over 30% of the in the west were either african-american, hispanic american and even native american. fresno,out here east of ,ast of the community of clovis they hired many native americans to run their sheep and cattle. this was something that you do not see in the cowboy movies. cowboys andlack this book, cowboys of the old that period and when you see many of these cowboys just like their white counterparts did. they were not only cowboys, they were marshals and lawman. rese are biographies of bass eev

signifying the cultural contributions that african americans and africans have made to this city. so when you are driving out third and you see those polls, just thought i'd knowledge and smile. you are being recognized. you are going down in history. >>[applause] my final piece of information that you must know and you must understand. district 10 has the largest city's public housing unit. last week, - excuse me - earlier this week, the mayor signed into legislation the rebuild of sunnydale and potrero hill. we are rebuilding public housing. >>[applause] this is incredible good this is transformative. they said it could not be done could they said we cannot do sunnydale and potrero hill at the same time. i'm here to tell you that the mayor, pres. breed myself and my colleagues, we have got it done. this is the beginning of a new definition of what public housing is going to look like. we are taking care of those that need our assistance. were not leaving anyone behind. that has been our pledge to you and we are delivering and making good on that and i want you to know, that is w

we forget that african-americans were in the west. they were brought to the slaves in the west first in texas and of the indian territory. when they left the southeast and removed to oklahoma, took their slaves with them. and so african-americans have always been in the west. they didn't just show up suddenly. after the civil war, more african-americans left the south , performed communities in the west. ey were referred to as exoddist, the word from the book in the bible. most recently, i bought a fwrook the university of oklahoma press which was just published on the town in kansas. and this is now a state park in kansas. this is one of the many all-black communities that were formed as they try to find a new life of freedom and a place in the american west. if you watched the cowboys movies or if you watched the cowboy programs, 100%, almost 00% of the cowboys are anglos. in fact, over 30% of the cowboys in the west were either african-american, hispanic-american and even native-american. out here east of fresno, east of -- joining

signifying the cultural contributions that african americans and africans have made to this city.hen you are driving out third and you see those polls, just thought i'd knowledge and smile. you are being recognized. you are going down in history. >>[applause] my final piece of information that you must know and you must understand. district 10 has the largest city's public housing unit. last week, - excuse me - earlier this week, the mayor signed into legislation the rebuild of sunnydale and potrero hill. we are rebuilding public housing. >>[applause] this is incredible good this is transformative. they said it could not be done could they said we cannot do sunnydale and potrero hill at the same time. i'm here to tell you that the mayor, pres. breed myself and my colleagues, we have got it done. this is the beginning of a new definition of what public housing is going to look like. we are taking care of those that need our assistance. were not leaving anyone behind. that has been our pledge to you and we are delivering and making good on that and i want you to know, that is why we

i'll talk about the book is had purchased on african-americans in the west.n i'll talk about the hispanic west, and then finally talk about some of the books on native american culture. we forget that african-americans who were in the west, they were brought to the west as slaves, first in texas, and into the indian territory, that the five civilized tribes when the left the southeast and were moved to oklahoma, took their slaves with them. and so african-americans have always been in the west. they didn't just show up suddenly. after the civil war, more african-americans left the south to form communities in the west. they're referred to as x dusters or x exodoes from the bible. bought a book from the university of oklahoma press on a teen in kansas, and this is -- a town in kansas and this is knew state park in kansas. one of the many all-black communities that were formed as they tried to find a new life of freedom, and a place in the american west. if you watch the cowboy movies or watch the cowboy programs, 100% -- almost 100% of the cowboys are anglos.

we are going to do great things in our african-american communities together. ben is going to work closely with me. and hard has a meaning far beyond -- if properly done, a meaning as big as any think there is. and ben will be a will to find the true meaning of hud as its secretary. i look forward to that. i look forward to watching him. he will do things nobody ever thought of. i also want to thank senator jim scott for joining us today. a great senator from south carolina. i like the state of south carolina. i like all those states where i won by double digits. you know those states. south carolina was one. jim has been fantastic in halley -- in how he represents the people. they love him. i also want to profoundly thank ms. king for being here and, as we saw her uncle's wonderful exhibit. he certainly deserves that. miss king, i can tell you this personally because i watch her all the time. and she is a tremendous fighter for justice and thank you very much. i have been watching you for so long and you are so incredible. and i wanted to thank you for all the