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eleanor originally decided to invite ms. anderson to the white house and then she decided that she needed something bigger. so she worked behind the scenes with secretary of the interior and they scheduled a concert at the lincoln memorial. and this is a picture on the top of marian anderson singing at the lincoln memorial. and it was also broadcast on radio. 75,000 people integrated audience was there to see and hear marian anderson. and this is a copy of the famous letter that she sent to the d.a. my dear mrs. henry and robert, i am afraid that i have never been a very useful member of the daughters of the american revolution. so i know of very little difference to you whether i resign or whether i continue to be a member of your organization. however, i am in complete disagreement with the attitude taken in refusing constitution hall to great artist. you have set an example, which seems to me unfortunate and i feel obliged to send into you my resignation. you had an opportunity to lead in an enlightened way, and it seems
eleanor originally decided to invite ms. anderson to the white house and then she decided that she needed something bigger. so she worked behind the scenes with secretary of the interior and they scheduled a concert at the lincoln memorial. and this is a picture on the top of marian anderson singing at the lincoln memorial. and it was also broadcast on radio. 75,000 people integrated audience was there to see and hear marian anderson. and this is a copy of the famous letter that she sent to the...
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sparked one of dixie's more famous protests known as the cherry tree rebellion, a number of women led by eleanor patterson, editor of the washington times herald, went down to the tidal basin. one day and chained themselves a number of cherry trees, blocking vehicles from being able to come in and, remove the trees. they ultimately a concession that any trees removed would be replanted elsewhere along the tidal basin. for more than 100 years, the cherry trees have a beloved institution in washington d.c. symbolizing the friendship between the people of the united states. the people of japan. in the wake of the attack on pearl harbor in 1941, the love for the trees was put to the test. washingtonians for the duration of world war two would cease, referring them as the japanese flowering cherry, instead referring to them merely as the oriental cherry trees. and in fact in february of 1942, there was damage to a number of the trees and and markings left behind, indicating that it was in retaliation for the attack on harbor. following the dedication of the jefferson memorial in 1943, tidal basin wou
sparked one of dixie's more famous protests known as the cherry tree rebellion, a number of women led by eleanor patterson, editor of the washington times herald, went down to the tidal basin. one day and chained themselves a number of cherry trees, blocking vehicles from being able to come in and, remove the trees. they ultimately a concession that any trees removed would be replanted elsewhere along the tidal basin. for more than 100 years, the cherry trees have a beloved institution in...
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Apr 23, 2024
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he wrote to eleanor when he was started having the affair. and and he you can see how he's trying to put her off the track of what he what he's doing. sorry. i think he went on a boating trip and his mistress was along on that. but she was amelia and but but she made it seem in the letter he wrote, eleanor, that she was the date sort of of another man who was on. yeah, right. well i think that's going to be our last woman question you can still ask questions every after the event, especially if you get your book signed. but do want to give you the last word. you had a question there, in fact. well, we look, we don't mind why he wrote the missing hand his mistress. you know, i know. there he oh, sorry. interestingly, she had her breakdown or when she finally they had to hospitalize her really almost the exact same day that oh my my mind is gone. this the what's her name? oh, i mind, there's too many. what's the name of. oh i just, i'm so embarrassed anyway. are you thinking of first lady eisenhower? no, no, no, no, no, no, no. it's. oh, okay.
he wrote to eleanor when he was started having the affair. and and he you can see how he's trying to put her off the track of what he what he's doing. sorry. i think he went on a boating trip and his mistress was along on that. but she was amelia and but but she made it seem in the letter he wrote, eleanor, that she was the date sort of of another man who was on. yeah, right. well i think that's going to be our last woman question you can still ask questions every after the event, especially if...
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>> reporter: eleanor holmes norton represents washington, d.c., in the u.s. house. >> it has special meaning in the district of columbia because this is a black and brown city. so when you see gallows here where, in fact, people in years gone by were in fact hanged, it has very special meaning. >> reporter: cbs news has obtained new video showing people moving pieces into place before dawn. a new report from a congressional subcommittee says the construction began before 7:00 a.m. with the cross-beam and a neon orange noose added just after the rioters attacked the capitol at 1:00 p.m. cbs news has learned the rope was cut and tossed down after the riot and recovered by an international journalist who turned it over to the fbi. >> started the white house -- >> reporter: jane campbell of the u.s. capitol historical society says it's an image that is now seared into history. >> the images of terror at times when our country is in its worst moments stick with us. >> reporter: though that mystery remains, the department of justice and the fbi have found more than
>> reporter: eleanor holmes norton represents washington, d.c., in the u.s. house. >> it has special meaning in the district of columbia because this is a black and brown city. so when you see gallows here where, in fact, people in years gone by were in fact hanged, it has very special meaning. >> reporter: cbs news has obtained new video showing people moving pieces into place before dawn. a new report from a congressional subcommittee says the construction began before 7:00...
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first lady eleanor roosevelt pushed especially hard for projects for african-american convinced that segregated neighborhoods that era needed to be replaced. she even came to detroit to cut the ribbon on the first public housing project named frederick douglass. she was viewed as progressive because she willing to include blacks in this alleged in the first place. but housing progressives utterly misjudged what they were replacing. although we are often told that black neighborhoods were substandard areas owned white slumlords. census data tells a different story. in detroit, a neighborhood known as black bottom that was for its original soil, not a racial comment. it was home to no less than this got cleared away. 300 black owned businesses, a percentage, a significant percentage, one, two and three. family, homeowners thriving branch of the urban league and self-help groups and many churches including the bethel amy led by c.l. franklin, whose had a famous daughter daughter all the that built black bottom aimed toward the of struggling toward self-improvement. but by 1950 all that
first lady eleanor roosevelt pushed especially hard for projects for african-american convinced that segregated neighborhoods that era needed to be replaced. she even came to detroit to cut the ribbon on the first public housing project named frederick douglass. she was viewed as progressive because she willing to include blacks in this alleged in the first place. but housing progressives utterly misjudged what they were replacing. although we are often told that black neighborhoods were...
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fascinating figure and wrote this wonderful memoir in the seventies he had studied at harvard he met eleanor roosevelt there and he was lumumba's ambassador to the u.n. and how old 26, i think all right. all these people were in 20, 30 years. lumumba at this time was 34. okay. i'm 40 now, and i have not yet run a country. you would be the grand old statesman. exactly. it's politics and and yeah. thomas kanza was, you know, endlessly frustrated with his friend lumumba was an ally of his. but lumumba sort of rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. he was impulsive somewhat erratic, but he was also dealing with a fast moving and lots of, you know, various plots against him. right. and then talk about a couple of other figures, kasavubu, for example, tell us a little bit about him. so he was congo's. so lumumba was prime minister. kasavubu was president. he was older. he was taciturn and silent and not a man of action, but much more a wait and see and stand back and make his name by time and. he also was a of a separatist sort of he was from the congo ethnic group and sort of advocated a form thei
fascinating figure and wrote this wonderful memoir in the seventies he had studied at harvard he met eleanor roosevelt there and he was lumumba's ambassador to the u.n. and how old 26, i think all right. all these people were in 20, 30 years. lumumba at this time was 34. okay. i'm 40 now, and i have not yet run a country. you would be the grand old statesman. exactly. it's politics and and yeah. thomas kanza was, you know, endlessly frustrated with his friend lumumba was an ally of his. but...
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eleanor is in detroit. caller: i was listening the other day. i've been listening for the last six months and i always hear trump supporters and republican say i may not like his personality, but i like his policies and they say i think trump's policies would be better for the economy than joe biden. full employment for the last three years almost. salaries are raised. what i never hear is the person the republicans are talking to say like msnbc hosts or whatever, i never hear the host asked what are the policies. i never hear you guys ask them to elaborate or to say which policy is it that you think will make the economy so much better. the man spent four years having infrastructure week every month and it never got done. biden came in and took care of it immediately. so for the public's good could you ask people to tell us what his policies are, his plans are or if you have the information could you inform us as to what his platform and his policies are. host: we will do our best. carrie also in michigan. democrat, good morning. >> i'd like to
eleanor is in detroit. caller: i was listening the other day. i've been listening for the last six months and i always hear trump supporters and republican say i may not like his personality, but i like his policies and they say i think trump's policies would be better for the economy than joe biden. full employment for the last three years almost. salaries are raised. what i never hear is the person the republicans are talking to say like msnbc hosts or whatever, i never hear the host asked...