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And together we mark the 400th anniversary of the arrival of captive africans in north america. Todays gathering is one of remembrance and reflection, and also one of celebration. We are gathered in the front lawn of an historic institution, in fact, the oldest Cultural Organization in the commonwealth of virginia. For 200 years, weve been collecting materials for the purpose of telling the story of this place. Some 14 million artifacts are housed in the walls behind me. We have much to be proud...

The theme of this years event is ordinary people, extraordinary times. Historians explore how the war affected a Diverse Group of american people. The event is cohosted by the library of virginia, university of Virginia Center for Civil War History, and the American Civil War museum. In the first session, james robertson, Virginia Tech history professor emeritus, and the author or editor of more than 20 books will give a talk titled civil war echoes from the common folk. But first, the director ...

The yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk Union Calendar number 211 a bill to amend the Financial Stability act of 2010 to modify the term of the independent member of the Financial Stability oversight council. The speaker pro tempore the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill . Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in...

Professor thompson ok, remember how we were talking about proslavery views. But especially talking about how they use the bible. Picking up on the last one as a way to talk about something that is going to happen in the africanamerican experience, especially as they read to read the bible themselves. The conflated story, the mark of cain, the curse of ham. We did not talk about, because the reader does not pull those text together the tower of babel is often used to talk about what you have diff...

Story of lincoln. I am looking forward to finishing it. Lincoln is a particularly revered figure. He is revered in kansas in that we came into the union in the same time he is coming up. The kansas people were passionate abolitionists and for lincoln. He said, once famously, if i were a young man now, i would go to kansas. So, we came in with lincoln, and we have stayed with him. Throughout the weekend, American History tv is featuring topeka, kansas. Our staff recently traveled there to learn a...

This class is about one hour. Professor thompson remember, we set the last couple of days focusing on how they were using the bible to make arguments on slavery. We talked about these texts already. Im pointing you to them again to highlight why they matter, but also become on last one as a way of talking about what will happen within the africanamerican experience, particularly as they read scripture for themselves. The genesis nine account is what it is generally referred to it is actually the...

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