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They created a number of Arts Projects to put writers and artists back to work. It happened in the 1930s that they created the federal writers project and started to collect slave testimony. It was kind of like the 19 thirties was the last opportunity to collect the oral histories of the last generation of African Americans who had experienced slavery firsthand before they passed away. They actually created through that project that only lasted a few years, 1936 to 1939, that project created the...

Experienced slaevry firsthand before they passed away. They had created through that project that lasted only a few years, 1936 to 1939, that project created the largest repository of exslave testimony we have in the united states, winding up with over 2300 exslave interviews that are now largely Available Online at the library of congress website. Anyone who is interested can go in and use those. Scholars have used them to dramatically transform the way they write about the history of slavery a...

What period of time are you talking about here . Prof. Stewart its entertainment because it focuses interesting because it focuses on a project that came out of the 1930s and specifically out of the roosevelt administrations attempt to do something to create work for all different types of occupations. It created a number of Arts Projects to put unemployed writers and artists back to work. It happened in the 1930s that they created the federal writers project and decided to start collecting test...

Long past slavery, what period of time are you talking about here . Prof. Stewart its very interesting because it focuses on a project that came out of the 1930s and specifically out of the roosevelt administrations attempt to do something to create work for all different types of occupations. It created a number of Arts Projects to put unemployed writers and artists back to work. And so it happened in the 1930s that they created the federal writers project and decided to start collecting testim...

On a project that came out of the 1930s and specifically out of the roosevelt administrations attempt to do something to create work for all different types of occupations. They created a number of Arts Projects to put unemployed writers and artists back to work. It happened in the 1930s that they created the federal writers project and decided to start collecting testimony. The 1930s with the last opportunity to collect oral histories of the last generation of africanamericans that experienced ...

The 1930s with the last opportunity to collect oral histories of the last generation of africanamericans that experienced slavery firsthand before they passed away. They have created through that project, it only lasted a few years, 19361939. It crated the largest repository of this testimony that we have in the u. S. , winding up with over 2300 interviews that are largely Available Online at the library of congress website. Anyone interested can use those, and scholars have used them to dramati...

Subject, but i know perfectly well that if they did not have tests or papers, if they were not held accountable, none of the seats would be empty. None of you have to be here, but you did come, so i find that very flattering. I could, i suppose, give you a test at the end. The title of my talk, which i forgot until jamie just mentioned it is the unknown aaron burr. I will read a bit about my book about aaron burr. The title of my book is called the heartbreak of aaron burr. Whole story you the w...

Soldiers. Nazi American History tv is on cspan3 every weekend, featuring museum tours, archival films, and programs on the presidency, the civil war, and more. Heres a clip from a recent program. But i want to tell you about him, because when he came to the home, he never stopped being involved in the community. He had a regular column. He wrote so frequently that the local paper started section where he would started a section where he would report on everything. Sometimes they were bible lesso...

They created the federal writers project and decided to start collecting testimony. The 1930s with the last opportunity to collect oral generationf the last of africanamericans that experienced slavery firsthand before they passed away. They have created through that project, it only lasted a few years, 19361939. Repositoryhe largest of this testimony that we have in the u. S. , winding up with are 2300 interviews that largely Available Online at the library of congress website. Anyone intereste...

And we didnt have a car. So, ive been in this uniform for almost seven days. Havent taken a shower or a bath in seven days. I was dead tired. So, i asked my mother, i said first of all, i said, ive got to take a bath. I said, can you press my uniform for me . I showed her how to do it because in the navy, you fold your clothes inside out, you make inside creases. I went upstairs and took a bath. Didnt have a shower. Put on new, clean underwear out of my seabag. And then my mother finished pressi...