And those that will be sent on to the author to answer them we encourage you to support the author and finally a big think that goes out toward featured sponsors and Montgomery College and so lets get started caseys back to talk to her bestselling book murder and fraud in the last trial of harper lee beautifully telling the true story of courtroom drama and murder and revenge we spent years working on this story and now the shocking murder to the courtroom drama after graduating from Harvard College with a master of philosophy and theology interviewing her tonight as an awardwinning veteran journalist of history and lifestyles real estate and the Chesapeake Bay with washington editor at the Washington Post so welcome to the program. Thank you for having us. Its good to see you virtually. Yes thank you so much i know we will have a great conversation. I just tore through your book. Its a page turner i was fascinated and i guess my first question is the remarkable story at the hands of t
Editor Whose Research interests include 19th century print culture, womens magazines and the radical alternative press. Before we began i would like to extend a special welcome to anyone who will be joining virtual mh programs. If youre definitely with her society where the first historical site in america and have been collecting, preserving, publishing and sharing our history since 1791. We hold an amazing collection of close to 14 million manuscript pages including the papers of the first three president s of the United States. Sorry, three of the first six president s of the United States, i misspoke. We are continuing to collect today, and if youre interested we are currently collecting material related to the covid19 experience. We have a special initiative designed to record peoples experiences trying this unusual time and preserve a diverse sampling, firsthand accounts for future generations. In these days of social distancing we have taken to hosting virtual programs and onlin
Winning streak falling by 300 points yesterday take a look at whats happening. Yesterdays session, the dow was down s p dipped back in for the year inching its way in the day before the nasdaq did power to a new record close and briefly broke above 10,000 for the first time. Lifted by amazon, apple, facebook and microsoft which all closed at record highs adding about 5 trillion. About the amount well spend in federal spending this year also take a look at whats been happening with u. S. Equity this hour both the dow and s p are under a little pressure. Dow indicated down by about 60 points s p down by 3. The nasdaq, even after all these gains is indicated up by about 17 points this morning taking a look at whats happening in the treasury market the 10year seems to be yielding 0. 797 crude oil prices are in the red. Crude oil prices, talking about the recovery theyve made. Talking about wti. Down about 2. 3 . What an improvement or a gain in crude oil prices now above 38 thank you it is
Deviance tour ann arbor addition its my honor to be here this evening with some wonderful cohost before we began and get into official introductions i would be remiss if i did not acknowledge the pain our nations feeling amidst the lost of black lives at the hands of enforcement there may be black folks watching and your life matters. To my predominately white fans, we must do better. I have posted a link in our crowd cast of scription for those looking to make a difference. In the meantime, please join me in a moment of silence to honor the lives of breonna taylor, george floyd, ahmaud are buried, and too many others. Thank you. And now im excited to introduce joe by saint gregory okay joe from ann arbor pride. I think i know it, you can talk a little bit about the great work they do. Thank you eric i really appreciate it hi everyone i am the director of an over pride also sit on the board of the Community Center in ann arbor. We are so thrilled to be cosponsoring this and we are cont
Now, a conversation on the history of gun regulation and how the Second Amendment has been interpreted over the centuries. We will hear from a historian, and a law professor in this discussion from the National History center. Good morning and welcome. It is a pleasure to welcome you to this briefing hosted by the National History center. Im karen wolf, the executive director of the institute of Early American History and culture at william and mary, and also a professor of history at william and mary. I will be introducing todays speakers and moderating the cuban afterwards. Please note that we have distributed cards. They are on your chairs. The purpose is to facilitate the q a. Jeff is standing by. There is. Jeff he will collect those cards for any questions that you have and then i will managed to collate the cards and facilitate the discussion with the speakers. We are looking forward to be very valuable hour of presentation and discussion. This briefing is part of an ongoing seri