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[applause] thank you. That was a wonderful introduction. I started this book back in 2003 so its been a a tenyear odyssey but the seed for this book was actually planted many years earlier. It was back in the mid1970s when i was seven or eight years old. There was a day till i grew up in Westchester County new york a suburb just west of the city and the son of a history buff but unlike a lot of people who make that claim the history buff in my family is not my father. Its my mother and of her fo...

The Métis Cultural Festival in Choteau June 7-9 brought far-flung families together to celebrate the food, traditions and music of these descendants of European trappers and traders who intermarried with

indication of the state of our wireless network in the country so spectrum crunch for wireless network appears to be very real and people want something done about it. .. our communicators series from the consumer electronics show in las vegas continues next week. to watch this and past communicators online, go to c-span.org/communicators. next on book tv henry louis gates jr. presents a history of african-americans in the united states to the present day. this is about 40 minutes >> ...

think you were right when you said the question is protection against use of the information, not suppression of the information. ill give you an example. a lot ofú> the conversation has been, well, um, you can protect yourself. you actually cant protect yourself because anybody can put up information that we would normally consider private, and we dont want to suppress that because we dont want to suppress freedom of speech. by way of example, one of my class mates from years before...

brian that george mason university would be a good home for the collection. but more importantly, he was impressed with what we were planning to do with the collection. this collection is going to be integrated with the teaching and learning activities of the university. we will be working with several academic departments to make sure that this material is integrated into the appropriate courses at the undergraduate and graduate level so that our students will have access to primary m...

>> up next on booktv, henry louis gates talks about the 16th century to present day. this is about 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] six >> good evening. is it on? i couldnt tell. welcome to the atlanta history center. i am president and ceo of the history center. we are delighted you are here this evening. please join us on december 15, a couple nights from now in the 20th as we celebrate the season with two evenings of a new program we call holiday spirit. this is a new, interact...

hes the author of several award-winning works, including a memoir, color people, as was the future of our race, co-authored with cornell west. 13 ways of looking at a black man. please join me in giving a warm atlanta welcome to henry louis gates junior. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much for that kind introduction and blessedly brief. i appreciate that. its nice to be back. i always have a nice time. it feels like my home away from home. its a good, everyone. hey come on, i ...