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Lectures in History

Bakari Sellers, "My Vanishing Country"

Lectures in History

C-SPAN

History, Politics, News

4.1696 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Former Charleston, South Carolina Mayor Joseph Riley and professor Kerry Taylor co-teach a course at The Citadel military college looking at why a new African American history museum is being built in the city. They're joined by former South Carolina representative Bakari Sellers who talks about African American history in the state and his own political career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This week, former Charleston, South Carolina Mayor, Joseph Riley, and Professor Kerry Taylor,

0:09.0

co-teach a course at the Citadel Military College, looking at why a new African-American

0:13.6

History Museum is being built in the city. They're joined by author and former state representative,

0:19.2

Bacari Sellers. My father stayed in prison for about a month while his bond was denied.

0:25.2

He was housed on death row.

0:26.8

They deemed him to be an outside agitator until he was granted a bond later in between

0:32.9

the night of February 8th, 68, and the time of my father's trial, all the officers who fired shots into the

0:38.6

group of students were tried and they were all found not guilty.

0:41.5

The former South Carolina State Representative also discusses his political career.

0:46.4

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1:21.5

is as follows to honor the untold stories of the African American journey

1:30.3

at one of our countries' most sacred sites.

1:33.3

And these stories continue to unfold.

1:36.3

McCarrie Sellers is today's guest speaker.

1:40.3

He is a talented storyteller,

1:42.3

my banishing country, and I hope you all to see this,

1:47.0

my Vanishing Country, which was published in 2020,

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