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Lucy craft laney was africanamerican, educated, and she was one of the most those attending africanamericans educated in the state of georgia. She was born in macon georgia in 1854. That was during a time where black people were not they could not be taught to read and write. Even though her father was a free slave, they had to work for slaveowners. Every day when lucy craft laneys mother went to the big house as they called it, she would go to their library, which was a very nice one. When she ...

Together with our partners, we explored the rich history. Learn more all weekend here. Welcome. The goal is to promote the legacy and the preservation. It is in all that we do. She was africanamerican and one of the most outstanding educators. She was born in georgia and it was a time where black people could not be taught to read and write. The goalfather was a slave who worked for slaveowners and every day, the mother went to the house and it was a nice library where she did that. The sister n...

That to make sure we get what we need to the people. I want everybody to know that we are in this for the long run. We know that once the water recedes, that is when the work really begins d we will be at it until we finish. Members of the texas congressional delegation spoke to reporters about the response to Hurricane Harvey. Ted cruz and john cornyn, among 20 texas congressional members who voted against four aid for victims for hurricane sandy, were asked about aid for texas victims. The 20 ...

And its influence on the American Revolution. Well start with jeffrey mod3;ajaaz the James Madison memorial fellowship foundation. Good morning, everyone. Arent you a smart looking set this morning . The topic today is religion and the American Revolution. And you recall from our last session together i laid out what i think are some head waters of early american constitutionalism. We looked at classical republicanism, primarily grecoroman. We looked at enlightenment imperialism. Then i mentione...

Present present arms. [national anthem] right shoulder, arms. Welcome, good to see you. And military officers, members of the delegation. Welcome back to the pentagon. You are most welcome here. Thank you for traveling to washington so soon after you were assigned to this post, it is good to meet you in person after we had already spoken earlier this month. [speaking foreign language] a great deal of the priority that you and your president would come so soon. [[speaking foreign language] the re...

Statue of liberty. It is often told as a very uplifting and romantic story where immigrants become americans, but not many of us know the history of immigration through angel island. This is the immigration station in San Francisco, and it is an important site not only for what happened back then in the early 20th century but also because it is so timely today. It is timely because when we pick up any newspaper we see headlines like this. This is just from last week. Reps slam obamas immigration...

That was probably the most intense experience on the ground of being in the community, still very divided over that. I hope i can get to that as well. First a guessing game. This is somebody who said a lot of things that i think people have forgotten, including me. So who said that . Isnt it fun to be told that youre going to be tricked . Come on, suckers. Come on. Essentially. It is in your reading. You did. I said that . No. No. But in fact, it is so much something i could have said because th...

World under the shadow of the statue of liberty, its often told as a very uplifting and romantic story where immigrants become americans, but not many of us know the history of immigration through angel island. This is the immigration station in San Francisco and its an important site not only for what happened back then in the early 20th century, but also because its so timely today. Its timely because when we pick up any newspaper we see headlines like this. This is just from last week. Republ...

Harney county where the National Wildlife refuge was taken over by the bundy brothers so i get ill have a presentation on that if time permits because that was probably really the most intense experience on the ground of being in the place. Community still very divided by that takeover. I hope i can get to that, as well. So, first a guessing game. This is somebody who said a lot of things that i think people have forgotten. Including me. Including me. Ive forgotten some of the things. So heres t...

Being here on a drizzly day at providence college. Today i wanted to share with you, i think, a story and a moment in American History that is one of the, for me, more important moments of the late 19th and the early 20th century. It holds a lot of significance in this period of the guilded age and the progressive era. It also happens to be the subject of my new book so ive been living and breathing in this period and in this moment which again i think is very, very significant for 1916 or for t...