it is certainly one of those pieces where people go, why is there a letter from duke university? ey see it is a letter about his recruitment. michael is a great ambassador of the university of north carolina and one of the greatest players of all time in all of nba history. basketball is important not just at unc, but in this state, this region, certainly in our community, and definitely on campus at unc. the acc has grown. it was called tobacco road because so many of the problems were based in north carolina. basketball is part of the culture. part of when you come to school in north carolina, people come here to be part of carolina basketball, men's and women's basketball athletics is important. it is not the primary reason people come to the school. getting a great education will always be the primary admission, but basketball is part of that. it is part of life in the acc, and people take it seriously at north carolina. >> you can watch this and other programs about histories across the country at c-span.org/cities tour. this is american history tv only 3. c-span >> you are w

my testimony is about my experience at duke university and also reflects many libraries like ours and like our university across the united states. that includes members of this ocd shin of research library, collagen research library, american library association and the american association of law libraries. i mentioned those because they asked that i present this testimony on their behalf. i am happy to do that. our mission, as a university and research library is almost identical to that of the copyright act. we exist to promote the progress of science in a useful arts, ultimately our goal is to help our nation and world better understand each other and the world around us. from a very first copyright act in 1790, an act for the encouragement of learning, higher education in libraries was central to the design of copyright law. generators of so many scientific discoveries and stewards of ideas. i know there are many stakeholders interested in 1:12, our technology companies and entertainment, i hope that research and teaching will not be an afterthought for section 5:12. it would be

he's a professor of african and afrierican studies at duke university. juneteenth has been commemorate- >> thankfor having me. reporter: -- by americans. but a lot of americans are just now learning about juneteenth. what do you think people should it's an important historical or marker. of course, the emancipation proclamation occ jursnuary 1, 1863. general grainger delivers that to t folks in texas on june 19th, 1865, more than two years after the emancipation proclamaoron. what's int to remember about this particular moment is the emancipation poclamation only freed slaves in the confederacy, not the union. january 1865, the 13t 13th amendment makes slavery abolished. six month even after that, the message finally gets to the folks in texas. what i'm always struck with about general grainger's nguage is what's lied in the context of it is folks should stay on those plantations and continue to work as they clear language about blackvery idleness, black leisure would not be tolerated going forward.l so there wereys limits on what citizenship could be in

. >> reporter: sarah's dad eventually came around and she graduated the duke university. while that marked the end of her formal education, learning is something sarah would do for the rest of her life. >> my mom is absolutely brilliant. she was always just the smartest person anyone ever said they know. >> reporter: sarah married dick johnson in the 1960s while he was in the navy and the two traveled world before selling down in palo alto and raising two children. the bay area, her family and friends say, was the perfect fit for someone like sarah. someone passionate about making the world a better place. >> she then was able to treasure things and make it happen. >> reporter: jeanne was friends with sarah for close to 50 years. >> she helped to feed the homeless. she was involved in finding sanctuary and safety for immigrants. >> reporter: and did it all family and friends say with a unique combination of grace and strength, able to win arguments and hearts very, very same time. >> if she perceived something wasn't right she was going to be polite about it about you kno

a team at duke university designed a tool that can convert a 16 x 16 pixelated image into a 1024 x 1024the coronavirus may not be a pleasant experience but a new robot has been developed to help you reach the furthest reaches of your nose. researchers at the korea institute of machinery and materials developed this remote—controlled bot that swabs the inside of your nose and helps prevent medical workers from coming into contact with potential coronavirus patients. and finally if you have been missing the aquarium but also feel that animals should be free to roam their natural environments, this robot dolphin developed by special effects company edge innovations may be the future of sea life attractions. the robo—dolphin waves 595 pounds and has a battery life of about ten hours. there's a clickjoke here somewhere. now, as restaurants open up they are faced with some serious challenges. they have to keep their customers at a safe distance from each other and protect their staff too. and then there is the question of trust. would you want someone else preparing and handling your food at

-- from duke university. author of "captives of liberty," which will be released this fall. in thepublished articles journal of the early republic, the journal of early american history. and he is working on a project provisionally titled, patrick henry's war. kelly carter jackson is a 19th century historian at wellesley college. , out from university pennsylvania press, provides the first historical analysis exclusively focused on the use of violence on black activists. of -- coeditor and was featured in the history nominateddocumentary, for an naacp award in 2016. the phd candidate in history a northwest university, his dissertation explores the finally, felix- is the author of "ku klux kulture," and the assistant editor of to do volumes -- of to do volumes on eleanor roosevel'' is personal papers. i was at the sight of one of the most explosive moments of political -- site of one of the most explosive moments of political violence in the last few years. it was also moment that opened a debate about politic

see's -- she is a graduate of duke university medical school. where she was chief resident. very prominent doctors. let's start with you. experience and why you think this is as serious to patients lives and to your and other doctors practice as you do. and thank you to the organizers and panelists and audience. blessings to you all and your families during these tragic times. physiciant and patients in my neighborhood in queens new york, i have personally born witnesses to how lives -- lies propagated on the internet about the virus has killed people. is, my local hospital has become for me a ofr of breathing machines, pressure ulcers and video calls and family members saying goodbye alone. of overstretched nurses and physicians, respiratory technicians. and other clinicians and health us, through all of it all i gain strength from the patients and families who are and fearless. so much of this horror show was preventable. while there are many conservative factors, chief among them is misinformation and fake news. that covid-19 was created by the government of china that so

duke university published the book and i guess in looking into things coming up, we found it, and it was due to come out on may day and we thought it would be very interesting as a may day book to come out because they do talk about the workers and the history of workers of detroit as well as workers of the world. >> now, alyson jones-turner if you could lean in just a little bit so we can see all of you. >> company, sorry. >> not a problem. what has it been like talking with the publishers and the booksellers association? have they been helpful during this period? >> they've been helple. the publishers have really supported us, and they're really trying to hundred us get through this time period. and the american book severals association even have virtual meetups to help cheer us up and help to spread resources and share i, i guess, -- among the industry that could help us at this time. >> there's a new website called book shop.org. have you taken part in that at all? >> we are on the edge of it but we can find out for book shop, and we have our spot in there but have not utilized

as during this period and stomps life that is a serious connection with duke university began. it was sister helen, who is in the audience with us graduated some years before. 1998 and tom and sheila and alexandra entered the freshman year at the university. and he produced in the very first read program during parents weekend in october 1998. there is a study freshman class of the daughters of robert craig and tumbled. alexander introduced her father at the event and let the ground know that tom had started when she was seven years old. and how pleased she was that was finally completed. [laughter]. tom was a gracious and generous duke and janet speaking at the front of the library generous opposing for his poster. and serving as commencement speaker and all the while doing research for new book that the institution of higher education which is on several occasions, it was not duke. [laughter]. faculty mannings, and he observed festival and all the reporter, absorbing. and throw us off guard, he spent some time at stanford university to complete the research on his novel. i am

. >> william a.darity jr., distinguished professor of public policy at duke university steve thank youll. we'll leave you with a look at u.s. futures we are just getting underway we're just about to get underway and futures have turned positive for all three major indices now. the dow jones looking to open 150 points higher. the s&p 500 and nasdaq poised for a stronger start after a negative start to trade earlier on that's it for today's show thank you for watching worldwide exchange is coming your way next hello everybody. it's me, gru. but you already knew that. and i've got some tips to help you get through these challenging times. first, practice physical distancing. i'm sorry, i did not see you there. i've been doing it my whole life. or there. plus, there are lots of things you can do at home. like, stay active with some sick dance moves. be daring. and whip up a new dish. i love the combination of gummy bears and meat. you can do video calls for all of your important meetings. what? sorry. or just have some fun. ok, not that much fun. now, this does not come naturally to me. bu

a fellow at the national clinicians scholar at yale school of medicine, a graduate of duke university medical school. talk a little bit about, more about your experience and why you think this is as serious the patients lives and to your and other doctors practice as you d do. >> thank thank you, frank, thanu to organized panelists and audience. my blessings to you all and your families during this tragic time. as a parent and physician -- my neighborhood, i personally have borne witness to how lives propagate on the internet without the virus sort of kill people. my experiences, my hospital -- a blur of breathing machines, video calls, family members saying goodbye alone, of overstretched nurses and physicians, respiratory technicians and other clinicians and healthcare workers, all of us -- through it all i gained strength from the patients and families who are hopeful, and fearless. so much of this horror show was preventable. while there are many contributing factors, chief among them is misinformation, fake news, that covid-19 was created by the government of china, that social d

duke university, get rid of madison avenue, the apache helicopter, the masters golf tournament, do younow how many thousands of streets and buildings and cities, will in washington, d.c., are named after people that you can tie somehow to slavery or the founding of this country? you can't learn from history if you erase it and part of what history is about is learning where you've been, who you are and where you're going and the united states of america, you want to compare the united states to some other countries, the europeans on the look what they did during the imperial era, the japanese did to the chinese, look what china is doing now, look at some muslim countries are african nations, the atrocities they are committing amongst themselves, the mayans and aztecs. it's not a pretty picture, there's a lot of really horrible things that happened, the human race is a violent, violent race. the united states of america is an exceptional nation, and anyone that looks of the history of this country knows why it's exceptional so we should be celebrating why were exception exceptional, not

all those papers were at duke university. the largest advertising archive in the world. so i would go there and find the stuff. wherever could give material, i would go to the archives presenter 14 different archives leaves the book, including los angeles. they have me get all the internal documents. and los angeles as well as papers that talked about what happened in detroit. in the fourth leg of my table is look for what is not there. what is not obvious. in a mystical thing. conventional wisdom. people would tell stories over and over again and try to break through that. guest: my name is max. i grew up in dexter. resident radio. city magazine just part of the bible for cities did studies on the most major cities studies. found overwhelmingly the economic of the cities most of the people are really the lower middle and lower economics. the big difference is they have enough of a higher economic population there might in command and the higher incomes and the price of the properties and with the spend. it follows the whole boat pretty so the cities and have money comin

darrell miller is professor of law at duke university school of law. he was a marshal scholar at oxford university and earned his j.d. at harvard law school in 2001. he's the author of the positive second amendment, rights, regulation, and the future of heller. he has been cited by the supreme court of the united states, the united states court of appeals, the united states district court and in congressional testimony and legal briefs. we're going to begin this morning with darrell. darrell? >> thank you so much for that introduction. and thanks to the national history center for this invitation to speak to you. i should start with a disclaimer which is i'm not a historian. i'm a legal academic, i'm a lawyer who was really interested in the way history influences the way legal doctrine develops and professor cornell is going to be much better at actually speaking with authority in detail on the actual historical regulations. instead i want to offer a framing for you about how the supreme court does and may use history to justify its conclusions. so in

daryl miller is a professor of law at duke university school of law. he was a martial scholar at oxford university and earned his j.d. at harvard law school in 2001. with joseph blocker, he is the author of the positive second amendment, writes, regulation, and the future of power. he has published in leading law reviews like yale law journal and the university of chicago law review, and has been set up by the supreme court of the united states, united states court of appeals, district courts, and congressional testimony and legal briefs. we will begin this morning with daryl as we noted his work provides the framing for this work that's all does. i >> thank you so much for that introduction. thanks to the national history center for this invitation to speak to you. i should start with a disclaimer. i am not a historian. i am a legal academic, a lawyer. i am interested in the way history influences the way legal doctrine develops. professor cornell saw will be much better at speaking with authority and detail on the historical regulations. instead, i wa

m darity is a professor of public policy at duke public policy at duke university and co-author of "from here to equality: reparations for black americans in the 21snicentury"; anle hannah-jones is an investigative reporter for the "new york times magazine"-- she led their pulitzer-prize winning 1619 projectexamining the legacy of slavery in this country and centering the stories of black americans. welcome to you all, and thank you for being here. and, dr. powell, i want to start with you, because we cannot forget this moment is unfolding on top of a global health crisis here in america. black americans are disproportionately affected.ey ake up 13% of the population but more than a fifth of all covid-related deaths. you've called this your nightmare scenario. why? >> well, i think that thisco moment is luence of several historic injustices all at once. i was talking with a colleague not too long ago, and a colleague in emergency management. and i really expressed that my biggest fearas that something h terrible as the murder of george floyd woupen in the middle of this pandemic and that

. >> i am coach mike of the duke university blue devils.lass of 2020. wow. what an accomplishment, and especially in this environment. you know what, though? you have shown great resiliency, and as you move forward as officers in the greatest team in the world, show that resilience, show your adaptability, show your courage, and lead us in this new time. congratulations. >> i am pete dawkins and as the president of the class of 1959, i want to extend my sincere congratulations and best wishes to you all. i frequently recall the words of the hero school song, 40 years on growing older and older, what will it mean to you 40 years on? 65 years since our class graduated, it means more than you could ever imagine. best wishes and god bless. >> hello, west point class of 2020, secretary of state mike pompeo here. i graduated from this institution and was commissioned 34 years ago. my time at west point taught me and alsoellence, taught me about camaraderie. stay close to your classmates. they are likely to be your best friends in good times and b

mark mcclellan from duke university center of margolis center. where he is director. we're checking in right now, wondering how the reopening is going? clearly some investors are concerned. what metric should they be watching most closely to see if another shutdown that might be something that health experts recommend at some point? >> connell, it is important to watch the trends as you have been talking about. there are increasing numbers of cases and increasing numbers of hospitalizations in many states that avoided those big surges at the beginning of this pandemic recall they are year. so new york, new jersey, those states are coming down quickly but in areas where the case rate started out low, they're going up and question to watch are those trends continuing? that lags behind the actual spread of the virus and the other question to ask is, are there further steps that these states can take to slow down that spread so that we don't get up to crisis levels of care. still a lot of excess hospital capacity in many places but it will be tough for the economy to cont

he attended duke university in the late 1950s before continuing on to the perkins school of theology in dallas and pursuing doctoral studies and philosophy and religion at the university of chicago. while in chicago, harry completed the ordination as a methodist minister and served as pastor for two chicago congregations. in chicago he was introduced to ward politics and the civil rights effortses of dr. martin luther king jr. in 1972 harry made his way to san francisco and as so many did during that time, once here he began to more fully understand and embrace gay culture and his own sexuality. on one of the first nights out in the city, harry visited the black cat bar where he was moved by the performance of a legendary drag queen who became the first openly gay person to run for office in the united states in 1961 for the board of supervisors paying the way for harry, harvey, and the queer and elected candidates who followed. by 1975 he was a bonefied castro tremendousing and discovered a small camera shops and the owner harry milk. harry became one of harvey's closest friends and

judge walker, as i mentioned before graduated from duke university summa cum laude, harvard magnum cumaude. he led clerkships for judge brett kavanaugh and anthony kennedy 57bd then back home to the university of louisville law school. he quickly became a star faculty member producing distinguished scholarship on a wide range of legal issues and once he took his current seat on the bench for the western district of kentucky, he wasted no time to build an equally strong reputation for the fairness and open-mindedness that americans deserve from their judges. in one letter from colleagues on the judiciary committee, 100 practicing lawyers from across kentucky said, quote, if judge walker is confirmed, we could give our clients an assessment for him for which any judge he's tried. he is sharp, fair, and will follow the law. in another letter, 16 different state attorneys general told us, as someone outside the beltway with a commitment to the rule of law, we know judge walker will listen to the advocates appearing before him, that he will weigh the facts against the law as it is written a

it's intense and i recommend that at stanford university press in the book i mentioned earlier for queer studies from duke, it's a fantastic book. it's about facing elitism in the university and the role in the structure. >> thank you sarah, we might've lost eric, i might give him a second to see if he can reconnect. all it looks like he was excreting internet issues so i'll see if he comes back on. >> i was in a long struggle with frank for most of quarantine which i want to read for a variety of truly selfish escape wrist reasons, but in light of everything that is going on, like many people revisiting and reassembling that fell by the wayside. the new yorker reminded me i have a couple behind me on the bookshelf and i need to pick those up as well. i need to read really short things these days. i don't know if that's common but that's what's happening to me right now. and my duty. >> i warned you about crowd cast, don't use that for your book tour. >> what are you reading eric? >> i am reading the pink line that comes out, another author that comes out next month and someone asked about trans national

an intense book and i recommend that, that's at stanford university press and also a book i mentioned earlier, milligrams queer studies from duke, it'sa fantastic book . it's about facing elitism in the university and the role of queer studies in that structure. >> kucera and it looks like we might have a lot. eric, i might get in a second if stacy can reconnect like he was experiencing some internet issues. so i'll see if he comes back up although my proud cath acumen. i'm reading, i have been in a long struggle with frank herbert dude. for most of quarantine which i wanted to read for a variety of truly selfish escapist reasons. but i in light of everything that's going on have been like many people revisiting and reassembling from reading lists that fell by the wayside. so i'm hoping to read a lot of amani taylor stuck in the new yorker and it's reminding me that i have a couple books year behind me and books year and so i meaning to pick those up as well. i feel like i having only been able to reach things and i don't know if that's a comment that it's sort of what's happening to me right now. and as far as books, i've come

yeah, basically when we saw covid coming, and it was one of our partners at duke who had a joint venture with wuhan universityo we knew that this pandemic was going to be making a global presence. first, of course, it was the hospitalizations and flattening the curve. the next thing we saw was school closures, so we started offering coursera for free to universities so that students could continue to learn online for free we've had a million students enroll, over 5 million enrollments and over 13 million hours of learning. that's on the student side but the next wave after the school closures really is unemployment we saw that coming, so we said let's do coursera for government for free through the end of the year so that any national, state or local government can offer our partner's courses at no cost to people impacted by covid through the end of the year. so far we have seen a lot of interest we're now activated at more than 150 countries and 225 u.s. states are using this and it's 3800 courses and computer science, data science, job skilling, career search courses that are available to help people get re

duke to enjoy. if no people have expanded it so that the upper-middle-class go to the university to essentially learn correct attitudes. and they mean entirely insane attitudes. let's think through where we are going. obviously we have to move to at some point in the next debate, what should we replace the toppled statutes with? joe biden defeating corn pop. >> corn pop was a bad dude and he ran a bunch of bad boys and a cut off a 6-foot length of chain and he pulled up and said he walked out with that chain and you walk much of that car and say you make cut me, but i'm going to wrap this chain around your head. is that you are kidding me. he said no, and if you don't come back then i was right. >> can you imagine joe biden holding corn pops chain aloft like a heavyweight champion, like the fifth in detroit? or what about christopher columbus, obviously no longer allowed, we need to replace him because ethnic categories matter now. you can carry a massive clock symbolizing his fleeting 15 minutes of fame. obviously not worth building a statue like this and every american city but we put it outside of

. >> duke's coach k speaking out as calls for change grow louder across the nation. >>> plus, an nbc news exclusive. behind the scenes at the university of notre dame we'll get a look at what they're doing to reopen safely a busy monday for you. "early today" starts right now good morning >> covid-19 is spiraling out of control. cases surging in several states as officials struggle to contain it it's take an dangerous turn, infecting 2.5 million americans. florida, texas, and arizona are on track to becoming epicenters. in florida, cases have jumped five fold with over 9,000 new cases. >> the governor of new york has issued an exec save order, warning any new yorker who visits a state will -- >> and over the weekend, artists came together for global citizens unite the virtual event was broadcast over 180 countries global citizens says they raised $7 billion to fight racial injustice. >>> one health official is sending a dire warning our dan chenniman has the details. >> reporter: as temperatures rise, the number of coronavirus surges >> but the window is closing we have to act and people as individuals have to act responsibly one ofth

duke to enjoy. now people have expanded it so that the upper-middle-class go to university essentially to learn theorrect attitudes. and by the correct attitudes they mean entirely insane attitudes. this is an essentially elite revolt against the masses. >> tucker: that is exactly right. so let's think through where we are going. so if city leaders and republicans on capitol hill are not willing to protect the monuments we have, the statutes we have, obviously where going to have to move at some point the next debate, what should we replace the toppled statues with?eb we thought this through for a second and here's a suggestion or two. abraham lincoln freeing a slave is now racist and everyone on the left is telling us that. what if we replace that with another landmark moment in race relations, joe biden defeating corn pop? >> corn pop was a bad dude and he ran a bunch of bad boys and to cut off a 6-foot length of chain, he pulled up and said you walk out with that chain. and you walk at a car and say you may cut me man but i'm going to wrap this chain around her head. i said you're kidding me. he

university named after a slave trader. what does yale do about that? what about new york city. the dukef york slave trader centuries ago barry does everything get renamed and torn down? this is 1984 laid bare in front of us and i think president trump recognizes that defending a simple love of america, defending 1776 against 1619 is still where most americans are. you can recognize the sins of the past without tearing them down. you have to confront it. you can't let the mob take over otherwise the mob rewrites history. >> you mentioned new york, the governor of new york had this t say about this. let's listen. >> i think it's a healthy expression of people saying let's get some priorities here and let's remember that the sin and the state that this nation made and let's not celebrate it. >> katie, what do you think about that? >> i would just what senator te scott said yesterday, look i'm not going to celebrate all of our history, but we can't erase it. keeping our history in plain view allows us to see the progress that we have made to stand up against the type of oppression that we h

university which meant when they graduated they became entrepreneurs, they became teachers, business people, doctors and very successful throughout the country. that relationship was a great bonding they had duke thring th time. the funeral home closed when the last sibling of the allen family passed, mrs. gray, and just recently it's been announced it's going to reopen under the owen ford mortuary. from here we're going to visit some other entrepreneurs and end the tour with a gentleman by the name of wallace turnage and he was a slave that ran away four times and got caught and ultimately he got to mobile and we'll talk about how he eventually got his freedom. this is stone street baptist church, and it is the oldest baptist church in the state of alabama, established in 1806, which was 13 years before alabama was even a state. now, i didn't say oldest african-american church, it's the oldest baptist church in the state of alabama. the story goes that the videos that worshiped here, they would be singing with so much conviction and passion that their owners started having headaches and nightmares and ultimately he he ma ultimately he emancipated them, set them free, worshipping not far from

than die from coronavirus, according to research by scientists at the universities of oxford and cambridge. the paper also marks the dukea new portrait of him and the queen. which we mentioned. it's pe, today, louise. oh, i could do that. i could do zoom pe. what time are you available? two p. m. ? do zoom pe. what time are you available? two p.m.? and spanish as well, i think i could do that. available? two p.m.? and spanish as well, i thinki could do that. look at you. 0k, pe at 2pm, spanish at three p.m.. i think this is from the guardian. little britain has been removed from all british streaming platforms. netflix, brit box and bbc iplayer. there is a bbc statement on it as well. that is because some of the content. the show has been taken down as "times have changed." there isa down as "times have changed." there is a lot of historic programming on the iplayer which we regularly review. times have changed, and so is not currently available on bbc iplayer. i wonder where else the line will be drawn on other programmes, much as people are drawing attention to statues and tv programmes as well. have you ever dreamt o

the picture shows a reimagining of one of cambridge university's artworks, inspired by the pandemic. the daily mail's headline declares the dukery into sex offender jeffrey epstein. prince andrew's lawyers have rejected claims by us prosecutors that he has not co—operated with the inquiry, insisting he has offered to help. the guardian leads with plans being drawn up by london mayor sadiq khan to reduce tensions and address public anger over police action against people of black and ethnic minorities. the picture shows a black lives matter sign being attached to the plinth of the edward colston statue that was destroyed on sunday by protesters. 0nline, the huffington post is also featuring an article on controversial statues now at the focus of the black lives matter movement. they say dozens of city councillors in oxford havejoined calls to remove the statue of imperialist cecil rhodes from a college at oxford university. from medical staff to cleaners and porters — behind every survivor of coronavirus is a team of people who helped them back to full health. breakfast‘s graham satchell has the story of one mum who says she ow

mark anthony neal is a professor of african & african american studies at duke university and hejoins for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. do you have any sense of why this death in particular seems to have the impact that i could often ta ke have the impact that i could often take offer a list of names of the last 20 years whose deaths have been significant, nearly 30 years ago now. they may have been big protests at the time but they never acted as the kind of catalyst for wider change. but we are being i think he is a culmination of a breaking point. but we see these protests, these protests are not necessarily in isolation. we think about the march on selma or the 19605 as isolated events, but they we re 19605 as isolated events, but they were pa rt of 19605 as isolated events, but they were part of a sustained protest movement. when you go back to 2014 you think about what happened in ferguson missouri and you think about baltimore with freddie grey in 2015 and also eric grey in new york. what you're seeing is a culmination that moment that we call black live

university of saskatchewan. the john hope franklin chair at duke law school, and the president william mckinley distinguished professor at albany law school. in 2017 he held the full bright chair and human rights and social justice at the university of ottawa school of law. and he is a visiting professor at the university of pittsburgh school of law. he is the author of more than 200 scholarly articles, and the editor of more than 50 books. his most recent supreme injustice, slavery in the nation's highest court, was published them by harvard university press in 2018. please join me in a warm welcome for dr. spencer crew and dr. paul finkelman. [applause] >> good evening, paul. >> good evening, spencer. nice to be visiting here. >> we have been friends for a long time so i am a little nervous. >> it is great to be here at this amazing building with this amazing collection that is here to educate all americans on parts of our past that most americans don't know enough about the. >> it is an important place, i feel very fortunate to be here. what we are trying to do is talk about american history through the african ame