That is really great. I love your emphasis on the challenge and creativity involved. And i guess it underscores a key point especially when were trying to write about enslaved women who are really known to us almost primarily either relationship to someone who enslaved them and you think about the incredible achievement of erika dunbar writing that biography of judge and letting her be an individual in her own right and letting her have her own life when you only have to point of access to her individual voice. Interviews she gave in the mid19th century describing what happened when she ran away from washington so i think you make such an important point about seeing women asindividuals and not just in their relationship to other people so thank you a lot. I want to go back to this question with martha about curvature and asking martha, i want to ask you two things although i want to ask you to be brief about them but the first one is about curvature and if you could quickly, i know yo
Good evening everyone. We have an event were finally getting around to will have in walmart the washington lecture and Mary Ball Washington. And some time ago and the time and experience and with womens History Month and here we are tonight i went to mention one important thing everyone in the audience probably knows by now we have opened a few audiences to visitors. And in the Education Center and with those particular challenges but please come visit mount vernon so on july 8 right around the corner our book talk will feature the host and creator of the pbs miniseries on the constitution and interviewed from David Rubenstein and please join us for that conversation so we can learn more about our constitution. Terminates events but in fact i do want to interview our guest and moderator doctor karen wolf. And also from the institute of American History to institute of volume and mary and working on a project so welcome. Thank you so much. Im joining you from my dining room. Where is th
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A step in the right direction. Whatever your cup of tea. Were following reaction about the Senate Republican plan to Reform Police departments across the country, without getting too involved how they go about daytoday business. That is source of criticism for democrats saying they dont go nearly far enough. Hillary vaughn, back and forth on this out of washington. Hey, hillary. Reporter congress has dueling bills that address Police Brutality while the house is marking up their reform package that republicans in the senate today, introducing their response. Senator tim scott leading the effort today, saying his proposal goes hand in hand with the president s executive order he announced yesterday. Too often were having a discussion in this nation about, are you supporting the Law Enforcement community or are you supporting communities of color this is a false binary choice. The answer to the question of which side do you support, its i support america. Reporter to strike a balance bet