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A
A
Welcome
to
Columbus
connections.
I
am
your
host
david
britt
and
today
we
are
here
to
talk
about
history,
american
history,
african-american,
history,
history
of
columbus.
If
you're
a
history,
buff,
that's
what
you
wanna
watch,
it's
never
been
to
the
National,
Civil
War
naval
museum
or
if
it's
been
awhile
since
you've,
been
there
I'm
going
to
tell
you
why
you
should
really
want
to
go
matter
of
fact.
I
brought
somebody
with
me
to
help.
Explain
it,
how
you.
B
A
A
B
A
very
challenging
thing
to
come
to
work
because
it's
usually
something
very
different:
a
curator
takes
care
or
curates
the
correction
of
the
museum
and
at
our
facility
we
have
a
wide
range
of
materials,
just
wood,
metal,
textiles,
and
so
each
of
these
items
require
a
different
set
of
skills
to
take
care
of
with
the
metal.
You
don't
it
to
rust
with
the
textbooks
you
don't
want
to
fall
apart.
C
B
A
B
B
Now
what
we
do
at
the
Museum
is
not
only
tell
that
story,
but
how
the
Civil
War
navies
were
engaged,
how
they
work
so
we're
incorporating
our
local
story
onto
the
national
stage
and,
of
course,
the
biggest
artifact
in
our
Museum
is.
It
remains
an
ironclad
built
right
here
in
Columbus,
and
there
are
so
many
connections
not
only
just
just
basic
Confederate
Navy
connection,
but
there
are
labor
issues
dealing
with
you
know
some
men
trying
to
get
out
of
serving
in
the
Confederate
Army,
but
you've
also
got
free
and
enslaved.
B
African-Americans,
who
are
working
in
the
Navy
Yard
there,
so
it's
it's
a
strange
combination
of
things
going
on
right
here
in
Columbus
and
it
cut.
If
we
tell
it
right,
get
people
come
down
and
realize
how
how
crazy
life
is.
You
know
not
just
back
then,
but
now
it's
it
makes.
Those
connections
makes
that
history
come
alive
and.
C
A
Course
that
in
itself
carries
a
lot
of
controversy,
of
with
it
being
the
National
Civil
War
native
Museum,
and
even
with
you
guys,
are
doing
a
black
history
program
and
it's
telling
the
story
of
african-americans
from
the
Columbus
community.
That
has
contributed
to
the
Navy
and
have
big
contributions
all
around
well.
B
It's
not
just
Columbus
we're
talking
about
on
again
on
a
national
scale.
Locally.
We've
got
several
pretty
common
and
individuals
that
are
related
in
some
way,
they're
connected
in
some
way
to
what
the
Navy's
doing
here,
like
Horus
king
Horus,
king
came
here
in
1832
to
build
a
bridge,
and
so
many
of
the
bridges
across
the
rivers
here
now,
as
time
goes
on,
Horus
king
becomes
a
free
man.
B
He
begins
operating
his
own
businesses,
Wow
and
that's
a
plural
one
of
the
biggest
business
that
he
has
is
a
is
a
sawmill
when
the
civil
war
begins
when,
when
the
Confederate
Navy
begins,
constructing
that
ironclad
Jackson
much
of
the
wood
that
the
Confederate
Navy
is
purchasing
is
coming
from
Horus
king
sawmill
Wow.
So.
A
B
Sir,
that
is
left,
so
he
and
here's
a
guy
who's
living
in
a
complex
society.
Absolutely
and
he's
a
businessman
he's
trying
to
put
he's
trying
to
do
the
best
for
his
family
he's
trying
to
put
food
on
the
table
and
live
in
a
its
and
to
be
quite
frank
for
african-americans,
it's
not
an
easy
kind
right,
but
here
he
is
becoming
a
very
successful
businessman
and
doing
a
great
number
of
things.
Even
in
the
midst
of
the
problems
of
slavery,
wow,
it's
it's
not
an
unusual
story.
A
B
B
Mary
love
extra.
She
was
a
woman
that
we
really
don't
know
a
lot
about.
She
kind
of
appears
in
the
record
and
then
disappears,
but
here
here's
a
here's,
a
woman
at
like
many
slaves,
they're
kind
of
invisible,
but
her
story
is
that
she's
a
spy
and
she
steals
the
plans
to
one
of
the
Confederates
ironclad
and
delivers
them
to
US
Navy
authorities
wow.
B
So
she
walks
for
several
weeks
as
a
slave,
she's,
basically
ignored,
but
if
she
ever
got
caught
and
she
lives
under
the
threat
of
right
death
or
any
number
of
things
most
likely
dead,
but
she
delivers
those
plans
to
to
actually
get
in
Wells
effectively
the
Navy
for
the
United
States.
Another
woman
in
her
story
is
similar:
a
Horus
king
she's,
a
free
woman
but
and
she's
married
to
a
slave,
though
their
name
is
Dallas.
His
name
is
Moses
Dallas,
but
her
name
is
Harriet.
Dallas
Moses
Dallas
was
a
boat
pilot.
B
Now,
in
order
for
him
to
engage
in
his
business,
he
had
to
remain
under
Georgia
law.
A
sleigh.
However
Harriet
his
wife
was
a
free
woman
and
he
give
you
an
idea
of
how
lucrative
his
business
was
he's
a
businessman.
He
was
making
a
hundred
dollars
a
month
as
a
boat
pilot,
because
here's,
a
guy
who
needs
to
know
the
local
waters.
A
B
A
You're,
a
curator
and
you'll
be
on
history
out.
It
seems
like
we
only
hear
talking
about
Black
History
Month.
We
only
hear
about
you
know:
Harriet
Tubman,
what
with
the
King
Malcolm
X?
How
do
people
find
out
about
those
type
of
people
that
have
done
such
great
things
that
awfully
often
go
on
earth?
These.
B
Stories
are
there
one
of
the
biggest
problems
as
a
historian
that
we
have
is
how
do
you
get
these
stories
out
there
and
quite
often
I
hear
people
complain
it
well,
they
never
teach
that
in
school
and
well.
The
problem,
thats
cool
features
have
is
they've,
got
a
limited
amount
of
time
and
what
these
stories
are
out
there.
C
B
It's
a
shame
that
Black
History
Month
is
relegated
to
one
month.
It's
just
there,
there's
so
many
great
stories,
and
sometimes
it
just
takes
a
matter
of
getting
up
going
to
the
library.
You
know
googling
something
online.
What
they're
out
there
are,
you
could
say,
are
you?
Can
you
take
the
time
to
find
some
of
these
stories?
Of
course,
these
are
some
of
our
favorite
stories
of
the
museum.
You
know
these
I
didn't
mention
two
other
individuals
that
were
spotlighting
for
the
Black
History
Program.
B
Both
of
them
were
free
men
that
served
in
the
US
navy.
One
Charles
Fisher
served
on
the
USS
kearsarge
and
he
crossed
the
Atlantic.
He
was
a
world
traveler
and
he
he
saw
a
great
deal
of
the
world
during
the
Civil
War
and
the
other
one
was
a
man
who
served
aboard
the
USS
Hartford,
which
is
the
flagship
of
Admiral
David
Farragut
and
the
Hartford
and
going
into
mobile
bay.
This
is
where
Admiral
Farragut,
supposedly
yelled
out
damn
the
torpedoes
full
steam
ahead.
Well,
there's
there's
a
gentleman
who's
her.
It
was
in
the
US
Navy.
B
He
ends
up
winning
the
medal
of
honor
and
he's
an
african-american
sees
well
he's
one
of
the
first
recipients
for
the
Medal
of
Honor
for
the
US
Navy
and
he's
in
he's
an
african-american.
Now
the
thing
about
it
is
that
free
men
of
color
were
in
the
Navy
serving
in
the
Navy
long
before
the
Civil
War,
not
just
during
the
Civil
War.
The
US
Navy
is
more
integrated
than
what
you
would
find
as
such,
like
World
War,
two
gotcha.
B
A
B
A
B
They'll
be
really
focusing
on
their
relationship
with
the
Navy's,
because
both
men
had
ties
to
the
Navy.
In
fact,
robert
e
lee's
brother
was
a
naval
officer
and
a
lot
of
what
we
had
to
do
early
in
his
part
of
the
wars
defending
against
us,
maybe
attacks
on
the
Confederate
coast
and
then
ulysses
s
grant
one
of
the
things
that
he
had
to
work
with
throughout
his
civil
war
service
was
combined
arms
operations
with
the
Navy.
His
famous
attack
on
on
the
two
forts
and
Tennessee.
B
A
You
now
we're
going
to
take
a
quick
break,
we're
going
to
hear
from
one
of
the
actors
it's
going
to
get
a
monologue
from
them,
so
you're
going
to
get
to
know
what
you
have
to
look
forward
to
and
also
if
anybody,
because
you
guys
do
a
lot
of
events,
it's
a
great
museum.
You
can
rip
museum
I've
been
to
some
of
the
bits
and
plays
there
tell
people
how
to
get
a
contact
with
those
neighborhoods
in.
B
C
D
A
Welcome
back
to
columbus
connections,
we
are
talking
with
the
National
Naval
I,
just
missed
it
up
museum,
the
National,
Civil
War,
Naval,
Museum
and
they're.
Doing
some
great
things:
Columbus
hands
a
lot
of
history,
not
just
Columbus,
if
you're,
not
just
black
history,
but
national
history,
American
history,
that's
what
we're
talking
about.
Now.
A
We
spoke
to
Jeff
Seymour,
who
is
the
curator
of
Museum,
and
now
we're
going
to
be
speaking
with
Mustafa
slack
and
he
is
an
actor
who
is
portraying
Horus
king
they're
gonna
be
doing
dinner,
lift
every
voice
and
they're
talking
about
african-americans
from
the
Civil
War
era,
who
you
may
not
have
even
heard
of,
but
have
done
awesome
awesome
things
that
should
be
talked
about.
Let's
offer
welcome
to
the
show.
Thank
you
now.
Let's
talk
about
just
you
for
a
second
now
you're
a
theater
major
at
Columbus
State.
Yes,.
A
A
A
D
A
Going
back
to
that
people
usually
say
you
could
be
a
doctor,
so
you
can
do
whatever
you
want
to
do
a
doctor
or
lawyer
and
they
kind
of
stopped
there.
And
when
you
talk
about
theatre,
they
don't
they'll,
sit
there
and
watch
the
Oscars
and
then
not,
please
being
a
theater
being
an
actor
or
thurs
bein
as
a
realistic
career,
yeah.
D
A
D
A
Also
I
think
just
the
experience
its
cocoon
you
learn
after
a
while
that
you,
everybody
is
not
about
making
all
the
most
money,
but
you
may
just
beat
reform
on
Broadway
to
travel
the
world
and
to
enjoy
to
be
able
to
teach
and
gives
back.
There
are
so
many
things
that
in
the
end,
you
just
want
to
do
something
you
enjoy
doing
yeah
without
pulling
all
your
hair
out
to
be
able
to
do.
D
A
D
D
For
me,
it's
about
anything
I.
Do
it's
always
about
capturing
the
essence
of
a
character
that
you're
trying
to
portray
like.
What's
the
first
thing
you
think
of
when
you
think
of
this
person,
first
thing
I,
think
of
when
I
think
of
Horus
king
is
his
world
power
he's
going
to
do
what
he
has
to
do
to
support
his
family
financially
and
just
make
all
of
that
make
his
life
make
their
life
stable
and
if
he
has
to
do
more
than
he
might
want
to,
and.
A
A
That's
a
big
part
too,
because
here
in
Columbus
we
hear
about
the
bridge
and
that
he
built
the
bridge
was
with
you
know
great
black
African
Americans,
who
built
the
bridge
still
standing,
and
that
was
a
great
thing,
but
to
be
an
african-american
at
that
time
and
to
go
from
being
a
slave
to
being
an
entrepreneur
and
and
part
of
your
business
is
supplying
the
naval
Confederacy
they've
got
to
be
us
is
pretty
complex.
It's
a
crazy
world!
Now
we're
spreading
him.
That's
what
stuck
out
to
you
the
image.
What
did
you
learn?
A
D
Might
be
because
I'm
not
from
columbus
play
just
just
even
in
the
morrow
are
some
of
the
stuff.
I
talk
about
it.
It's
crazy
that
somebody
who
was
a
slave
was
able
to
do
all
this
stuff
so
soon
after
the
Civil
War,
like
he
served
on
I,
say
he
served
on
the
Alabama
General
Assembly
for
four
years.
Two
poems
like
this
us
Mustafa.
Like
a
month
ago,
yeah
I
thought
you
were
trying
to
make
a
movie
or
something
about
a
fictional
character.
Yeah.
A
A
Page
and
telling
that
don't
forget
about
me,
but
again,
the
National
Civil,
unable
museum
also
make
you
drive,
go
there,
support
it
everywhere,
they're
doing
things
for
African,
American
history,
they're
doing
things
for
history
and
Columbus
year
round
so
go
support.
It
is
the
proper
type
of
programs,
because
you're
learning
things
that
you
didn't
know-
and
these
are
really
big-
really
important
things
again
for
our
area
and
for
our
country
and
for
everybody
in
this
country.
A
C
Are
fun
at
any
age
just
remember
the
rules
of
when
you're
out
enjoying
a
bike,
ride
and
motorist
when
you're
sharing
the
road
with
cyclists,
use
caution
and
give
at
least
three
feet
when
passing
bicycles
are
safe,
fun
and
sensible
when
you
ride,
be
visible,
be
predictable
and
be
alert,
you'll
have
a
safe
ride
and
a
great
time.
Let's
get
there
together,
Georgia
a
message
from
the
governor's
office
of
Highway,
Safety
and
Georgia
bikes.
D
What
is
great
in
man
is
that
he
is
a
bridge.
I
got
a
fondness
for
bridges
and
a
certain
familiarity
with
them
too
I
Horus
king
I'm,
a
colored
man
by
just
wicked
at
me.
You
think
I
was
the
weakest
pillar,
but,
as
you
know,
our
bill
to
clear
the
self-talk
bridge
builder
architect
and
engineer
our
reputation
around
these
parts
is
one
of
great
integrity
and
respect.
D
D
In
early
1830s
columbus,
georgia
issued
a
nine
to
help
build
a
bridge
that
would
span
over
the
Chattahoochee
River
we
went
in
and
we
got
our
first
job.
City
bridge
standed
560
feet.
It
connected
Gerard's
to
Columbus
its
spirit
until
1865
when
it
was
destroyed
in
the
Civil
War.
But
this
is
just
the
beginning.
My
reputation
spread
and
our
own
caught
the
attention
of
an
alabama
legislature.
Together
we
build
roads
across
Georgia
bridges
spanning
the
Chattahoochee
and
even
help
reconstruct
by
Alabama
State
Capitol
in
18-49.
D
Negroes
in
Georgia
had
no
voice.
No
political,
no
civil,
no
social
rights
whatsoever,
no
matter
I
split
by
the
Union
and
any
work
idea
for
the
Confederacy
be,
is
building
bridges
across
the
Chattahoochee
supply
and
lumber
for
the
CSS
Lewis,
which
I
helped
build.
I
did
so
because
I
was
obliged
to
throughout
my
life.
I
did
what
I
was
obliged
to
do
so
that
my
family
could
persevere.
I
had
to
be
the
bridge.