Chancellor naomi b lynn distinguished chair and lichen studies at the university of illinois springfield. Hes the author of several books on lincoln including and lincoln observed the inner world of Abraham Lincoln and the two volume american Abraham Lincoln a life as well as his new book, which hell be discussing tonight. The black mans president Abraham Lincoln African Americans and the pursuit of racial equality. Noah. Feldman is the Felix Frankfurter professor of law chair of the society of fellows and founding director of the Julis Rabinowitz Program on jewish and israeli law at harvard university. Hes the author of nine books including the three lives of James Madison genius partisan president and his latest book which will be tonight the broken constitution lincolns slavery and the refounding of america diana. Shall is professor of Political Science at loyola university, maryland and a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise institute where she focuses on american p
Editorinchief daniela builtin. Watch book tv every sunday on cspan two, and find the full schedule on your Program Guide or watch online at anytime on book tv dot org. Of americas leading now it is such a pleasure to introduce our extremely distinguished panel of americas leading lincoln scholars to discuss lincolns speeches and the american idea. Michael holds the chancellor naomi lin distinguished chairwoman studies at he is the author of several books on lincoln, including lincoln observed, the inner world of Abraham Lincoln, and the two volume american Abraham Lincoln a life, as well as his new book, which im discussing tonight, the black man as president , abraham look, and African Americans and the pursuit of racial equality. Know what is the Felix Frankfurter professor of law, chair of the society of fellows and founding director of the jewels ribbon of its program on jews and law at harvard university. Three lives of james madison, james cortisone president and the broken const
Or watch online on cspan. Org history. In travels with george, Nathaniel Philbrick recounts the historical journey made by George Washington through the new United States, and describes his own experience as he followed the same routes in the present day. As philbricks progress and thoughts are recorded in this book, washingtons own words are preserved in his diaries. Transcriptions of those diaries and his correspondents are freely available on founders online, a searchable website hosted by the National Archives through the National Historical publications and records commission. Founders online has transcriptions of thousands of documents written by and to the nations founders. There you can find washingtons letter to this cabinet written before setting off or savannah, georgia. Laying out his itinerary and instructions should any serious matter occur in his absence. You can also read entries from his diary which required the places he stopped, the conditions of the roads and lodgin
We are moving into the postwar period and then well be there for the rest of the class. Right . Were gonna we are moving into the post war period. Than, well be there for the rest of the class. Were going to start here in 1945, and go all the way until the end of the 20th century. As you know, this is the u. S. Survey, so its sort of the greatest hits of American History. Thats my job. Todays lecture though is a lecture that you get because of what i am a specialist in. This is a lecture you might not get from another professor in this Department Teaching this class. This lecture is really going to situate us in the 1950s, and really talk about gender and families in that era. You know, as all lectures, you should feel free to ask questions in the middle if you want, or at the end also. And zoom people, the questions will be in the chat. So, of all the nations in the world at the end of world war ii, only the United States emerged stronger and more prosperous than when the war began. E
Thank you so much, bill. I would also like to single out alley for making this a night in the face of the pandemic. Putting together a big Public Program is different in the best of circumstances, and the challenges that bring us together is presenting new complications. Thank you for everything youve done to make this happen. I am here tonight to talk about something wonderful. Something almost miraculous. It marked a radical transformation when it occurred, it was contrary to what had gone on before when america prided itself on being a dog eat dog culture. Those were the times of a law is a fair economy. In those days, poverty in both childhood and old age were blamed on the victim. The suffering was believed to be an immutable condition of the human life. In the first centuries of our new republic, human beings were left to sink or swim in the face of Economic Prosperity and unavoidable economic downturn. Some prosper, but many were lost under the waves. Then starting in 1933, alon