american history tv. only on c-span3. >> former colonial williamsburg interpreters talk about bringing history to life. include american civil war museum ceo and the national museum of african american history curator. the colonial williamsburg foundation hosted this and it -- event. good evening. i am the vice president of the historical interpretation division. it is my pleasure to welcome you. the word welcome has a great deal of importance for colonial williamsburg. we have been welcoming guests to come and learn since 1932. 40 years ago, the foundation recognized we were only telling half of the story. determination, and courage and perseverance, programming was designed by our panelists tonight so that we could tell the whole story of our 18th-century community.

so in the me 2018 paid a visit to the national museum of african american history and culture was your friend richard preston the klansman who shot at a black man touring the charleville rally do you feel the man showed any empathy did he make an advance and his perception of reality absolutely sure did i talk to mr preston every week ok he and i are very very good friends mr preston was able to see things you know he still has a ways to go you know you know don't get me wrong you still has a ways to go now he's going in the right direction and again that is a result of sitting down and having dialogue. right but in the netflix documentary about you he say the marilyn klein chapter pretty much fell apart after he got roger kelly to give his rope to you however mr preston seems to have raised abolition chapter i mean this makes you literally got a 4 year ago had. ok. when when roger kelley with the klan he did not pass it down to the next in command he disbanded it and it was it was gone there was no more complex plan in the state of maryland for almost 11 years. that does not mean that

of regents. he's the first african-american and the fourth historian to take the post. he is the founder of the national museum of african american history and culture on the national mall. earlier this year, he talked about how he sees his job as a museum director. i was the associate director in charge of all of the curators, and i was called before congress, and the question one member of congress , can somebody, african-american, be in charge of america's history. i was so offended by this notion that i could only know one aspect of it, so i realized what i wanted to do was make sure i understood the fullness of the american experience and could bring that to bear. do and opportunity to division on the american presidency, in exhibition that is still at the museum of american history, was really an opportunity, because it allowed me to think about america writ large. is nothing more essentially american than understanding how presidents get to shape a country and how countries shape a president. me this is a story of an american historian. it is a glorious burden. at the time -- >> i will tell you the true story because it sounds won

african-american research and i work with a fantastic scholars who are doing really groundbreak work there. until we recently i was a research associate at the smithsonian national museum of african-american history and culture, where my research underpinned two exhibits there, including one on african-american pioneers to the antibellum midwest. when i first started actually doing that research, the assumption was there war four, maybe five, settlements that were home to african-american pioneers, in the antibellum and we talk about hour our vision can shift when we find more than that. want to introduce our panel. we have steven cole here a member of the national society son 0 the american revolution, through this fifth inform great-grandfather. cole is the descendent of the andersons, who helped build the fort on the illinois plains, right in the waubash river valley in the early 1800s. cole is a living history presenter and lex tours on american history -- lectures on american ohio in the per sunshine an henry doug losses. hi surnames include cole, lies, pettiford, bates, day, walled don and anderson, the oldest names in this nation actually. larry currie and his wife, matta, live in rural br

of regents. he is the first african-american and first historian to take the post. mr. bunch is the founding director of the smithsonian's national museum of african american history and culture on the national mall. earlier this year, he talked about how he sees his job as museum director. >> i was the associate director in charge of all the curators at the museum of american history, and i was called before congress. question one congressman asked me was, can somebody african-american be in charge of america's history? i was so offended by the notion that i can only know one aspect of it, so i realize that what it wanted to do was make sure i understood the fullness of the american experience and i can bear.that to so the opportunity to do an exhibition on the american presidency, an exhibition that is still out at the museum of an amazingstory, was opportunity because it allowed me to think about america writ large. there is nothing more quintessentially than americanding how president ship their countries, and how countries ship the presidentp this is a story tha. american historians, who happens to be black, can tell. >> you describe, it was named the glorious burden. i

of regents. he is the first african-american and the first historian to take the post. mr. bunch is the founding director of the smithsonian's national museum of african american history and culture on the national mall. earlier this year, he talked about how he sees his job as a museum director. i was the associate director in charge of all the curators at the museum of american history. i was called before congress. the question of one member of , caness asked me was somebody african-american be in charge of america's history? i was so offended by that notion that i could only know one aspect of it. i realized that what i wanted to do was make sure that i understood the fullness of the american experience. the opportunity to do an exhibition on the american presidency, an exhibition that is up at the museum of american history still was an amazing opportunity. it allowed me to think about america writ large. there's nothing more quintessentially american than understanding how presidents get to shape a country and how countries shape a president. that reminded me always to say, this is a story that is a story that an american historian, who happens to be black american tell. >>

. >>> a celebration of black women and achievement at the national museum of african-american historypart of the day's festivities included a panel hosted by today show co host chanelle jones, oscar award winning costume designer, considstarbucks coo al carla haarticipated in the panel. it endedus with former ho democratic leader stacey abrams. >>> for the first time in more than a decade, rparations for slavery will be the topic for congressional hearings. actor danny glover will testify before a house panel next week. the date of the hearing coincides with a cultural holiday commemorating the emancipation of slaved black america.n it was a feature until he wrote an essay to put that topic back into the national discourse. >>> we send things over to storm team 4 meteorologist somara because we are in weather alert mode this afternoon. >> we are sure how bad are we looking right now? >> we've got the map lighting up still. now the line of storms is tarting to shift eas of i-95. heads up if you're in anne ce george's, parts of howard. let's take a look at the map right now. this is the

african-american to oversee all of the smithsonian's museums and parks. bunch founded the smithsonian's national museum of african-americ african-american history and culture. he will become the institution's 14th secretary while overeing 19 museums and the national zoo. bunch spoke with "nbc nightly news" last night. he admits he is not on making history, he is paving the way for others. >> i am stunned by how some of the maintenance people, the security guards are suddenly stopping me and saying, if you could be secretary, i could be anything, too. >> nch says as a kid his family would come from new jersey to see mtheeums here in d.c. and he says everything he's ever done has been touched by the smithsonian. you know, theam african-erican museum, i mean, that thing so popular still. >> yeah. >> two years later? >> yeah. >> you need to go back two or three times to take it all in. congratulations to him? it would >>> it could be the biggest nbao dealf the year. we will break down the trade that could reshapethe >> >we need more answers about this bizarre moment caught on camera in portland. it shows this group of people climbing out of a sewer on to the s

american history tv. only on c-span3. >> former colonial williamsburg interpreters talk about bringing history to life. include american civil war museum ceo and the national museum of african american history curator. the colonial williamsburg foundation hosted this and it -- event. good evening. i am the vice president of the historical interpretation division. it is my pleasure to welcome you. the word welcome has a great deal of importance for colonial williamsburg. we have been welcoming guests to come and learn since 1932. 40 years ago, the foundation recognized we were only telling half of the story. determination, and courage and perseverance, programming was designed by our panelists tonight so that we could tell the whole story of our 18th-century community. blending social history with public history to tell the african-american story had never been done before. they were literally making history. the first of three panelist discussions that we will have this year. i welcome you to come back on july 5 where we will look at current programming that focuses on african-american stories and also on october 18 where we will focus on the future and our panelists at tha

of regents. he's the first african american and first historian to take the post. he is the founding director of easement sony and african-american history of museum and culture on the national mall. earlier this year he talked about how he sees his job as a museum director. >> i was associate director in charge of the curators at the museum of american history. i was called before congress. the question one member of congress asked me, can somebody african-american be in charge of america's history? and i was so offended by that notion that i can only note one aspect of it. i realized what i wanted to do, make sure i understood the fullness of the american experience and that i could bring that to bear. so the opportunity to do an exhibition on the american presidency, an exhibition still up at the museum of american history, it was an amazing opportunity, because it allowed me to think about america writ large. nothing more quintessentially american dan understanding how presidents shape a country and how country shapes a president. that reminded me, thi sis a -- >>> that is the way a leader goes. 14th secretary of smithsonian, this week. and you can watch that program and

the difficult job, but i'm sure the rewarding job as the curator of sports at the national museum of african-american historyving a large say in who gets to be in the museum. so how do you decide given that there are so many athletes throughout history who have used their platform for social change? damion: it's tough. it's a tough task. i think the first thing is that the gallery's not a hall of fame. it's just not merely about chronicling the idea that african-americans can run fast and jump high. but it really is about the larger political, social, and cultural context of athletic engagement. the first thing that i do is i think about the gallery as one of 12 stories. the museum has 12 galleries. in sports is an entryway, and you hope that at least one of the galleries resonates with someone. so when it comes to thinking about, about which athletes sort of get involved, i try not to think about it that way. and it's one of the things if you go to the gallery, you will notice that the rooms are divided in terms of basketball, football, baseball, and what i try to do is to think about the larger contributio

african-american to oversee all the smithsonian's museum and parks. founded these muum of african-american history and culture. will become the institution's 14th secretary while overseeing 19 museums andhe national zoo. spoke with n"nbc nightly news," nonly making history but paving way for others. >> i'm stunned by how some of th maintenance people, security uards, are suddenly stopping me, sayingd if you coulbe secretary, i could be anything too. >> bunch says as a kid his family would come jeom new ey to d.c. to visit the museums. says everything he's ever done has been touched in some way by smithsonian. >> ordaned new priests, called on them to be -- first since taking over the d.c. catholic church. nice evening after a beautiful afternoon. tomorrow plans made with dad, surrounding the grillybe by the pool, probably try to get in as early as possible? >> summertime, th close, better early. it's a rareon situati where early doesn't work out. timing will be finicky, i'll break it down. see what we're dealing with. tonight in the 70s, still 4 dropping. 7 the district, 71 in manassas. head to the 60s tonight. upper 60s. i will say stray shower chance is really low. popping maybe west of washing

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african-american to oversee all of the smithsonian's museumsnd parks. he founded the national "me too" of african-american history and culture. he will become the institution's 14th secret wyhile overseeing 19 museumsional zoo. bunch spoke with "nbc nightly news" lastt. nig he admits he is paving the way for others. >> i stunned by how some of the maintenance people, the security guards are suddenlyng stoppi me and saying, if you could be secretary, i could be anything, too. >> bunch sayss a kid his family would come from new jersey to see the museums in the district. he says everything he has evern do has been touched by the smithsonian. nice guy. >> yeah. o happy for him. this is a dreamcome true. >>> and we are always working for your health right here on news4. this morning a warning f men when it comes to prostate cancer as part of men's health month. howard university held a free feminar yesterday during the men's health conence there. several speakers including doctors and cancer survivors shared stories. researchers say african-american men are up to 60% re likely to be diagitsed wh prostate cancer than men of other races. >>> well, this father/son pair is all about winning, and they are do

museum of african-american history and cuture you might remember. he will become the institution's 14th secretary while overseeing 19 museums and the national zoo. bunch spoke with nbc nicely news last night. he admits he is not only making history but paving the way or others. >> i'm stunned how some of the maintenance people, the security guards are suddenly stopping me and saying, if you could be secretary, i could be anything, too. >> love it. bump says as a kid his family would come from new jersey to see theuseums in the district. he says everything he has ever done has been stuffuched by the smithsonian. i have had the pleasure to meet him. what a guy and so committed to his profession. >> he is a visionary. i can't wait to see how he puts his touch the entire system. >>> all right.ut nine mines after the hour. this father/son pair is all about winning, and they are doing it together. coming up on news4, meet the d leading the washington mystics and how their relationship works even when things get heated. that's coming up straight ahead on news4 today on this father's day morning. day morning. 10is your time. the big carriers are talking

african-american history. i am the subject matter expert for the national park service for the african history in the west. today doctor lotty bunch who created the national museum ofican museum of history has been el situated to be secretary of the myt smithsonian institut. he is excited about the tonight to do something comparable to what has been done in washington here in san francisco. we look forward to vigorous process that keeps all of those perspectives in mind. >> thank you. is there any other public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner makras. >> commissioner makras: i support this. it is well thought out and will give us advantages of those that bid on the first being able to go to the second if they are not successful. i do support the idea that if the private sector wanted a different pier in there we should be open minded and be prepared to say because another pier is in we don't have to go out to bid and start the whole process over. we should allow the creativity of the market place to drive it and be open minded to good ideas. i want to loop around to staff's combining 40 and 38. could you walk me through why y