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This is an hour and 45 minutes. Eric foner i am eric foner from the columbia university, moderating this second session on slavery and freedom. I want to begin by thanking the organizers of this excellent conference. We all know how much work went into, you know, putting this whole thing together. So thanks to those at the museum , and the American Historical Association that have been so active in getting this conference organized. Two weeks ago, i gave my last class at columbia university. I a...

Amy as Six Baltimore Police officers face charges in the death of freddie gray, we will speak with kevin moore, the baltimore man who filmed gray being violently arrested and thrown into the back of a police van. By the time gray left the van, his spine was 80 severed at the neck. Then to seattle where schools are closed for a fifth day as teachers continue their first strike in 30 years. We will speak to socialist City Council Member Kshama Sawant and Public School teacher Jesse Hagopian. We ca...

He was screaming for dear life, you know . Once i got around the front and saw it was my friend freddie gray, i was like, ok, it is on. So i started recording. Amy as Six Baltimore Police officers face charges in the death of freddie gray, we will speak with kevin moore, the baltimore man who filmed gray being violently arrested and thrown into the back of a police van. By the time gray left the van, his spine was 80 severed at the neck. Then to seattle where schools are closed for a fifth day a...

He was screaming for dear life, you know . Once i got around the front and saw it was my friend freddie gray, i was like, ok, it is on. So i started recording. Amy as Six Baltimore Police officers face charges in the death of freddie gray, we will speak with kevin moore, the baltimore man who filmed gray being violently arrested and thrown into the back of a police van. The time gray left the van, his spine was 80 severed at the neck. Then to seattle where schools are closed for a fifth day as t...

The members and sometimes we have members from the museum and members of the town so coming out to support a spirit we really do appreciate the support here Jonathan White is an assistant professor of american studies and a fellow at the center for american studies at Christopher Newport university where he serves as the prelaw advisor for he is the author of Abraham Lincoln and treason in the civil war. He is currently at work on three books. Please join me in welcoming Jonathan White. [applaus...

The full toll of the protest were as many as 25 eldons were burned following the grand jury decision not to indict officer darren wilson. Demonstrators firing more than 100 gunshots clashing with police into the Early Morning hours. The turmoil not limited to ferguson, also protest from new york to oakland. Joining us, charlie gasparino. We also have david asman. Look at everything going on, we are at money show, we are about business for the businesses that got destroyed, somebody on our show e...

Reporter this 18yearold victim was walking southbound here along hesperia boulevard. She lives next to these tracks in that apartment complex. It was a horrific scene here, because of a young person who died along these tracks, but also because there were friends and families here, and we witnessed them put this story together and realize it was their loved one who died. This is 18yearold britany silva. She was college bound, says her father, until this evening, when she was killed by a southbou...

Here along hesperia boulevard. She lives next to these tracks in that apartment complex. It was a horrific scene here, because of a young person who died along these tracks, but also because there were friends and families here, and we witnessed them put this story together and realize it was their loved one who died. This is 18yearold britany silva. She was college bound, says her father, until this evening, when she was killed by a southbound amtrak train. This man was walking close to her as ...

Every night. [laughter] in this photograph, there is no risk of his work falling by the wayside. For freeman was the bag or the biographer and wrote for albums on robert e lee. He did three volumes on the army of Northern Virginia entitled these lieutenants. All good work beautifully written. Tohad froze that is equal british cadence. He did great original research. He was very much enamored with the general. He admitted to this. Every morning as he walked to work, he would salute the statue of ...

In the long march of history, we keep moving along, keeping pace with new scholarships. Thats what reality is. Most of our books fall by the wayside. I had that realization at a recent book signing in which i did not have to strain my eyes very much to see the end of the line. As people made their way up, a honey,d to his wife this is the author of the book that i have been reading every evening. She said, the book you falsely to every night. [laughter] the book you fall asleep to every night. [...