His research focuses on the movements of black migrants, seeing them as a window to understand both the broader africanamerican experience, as well as formal political and legal change. In 2019, Cambridge University press published dr. Shatners first book, moral contagion black atlantic soldiers, sailors, citizenship and diplomacy in antebellum america, which the Southern Historical association awarded the 2021 james a raleigh prize for the best book on the sectional crisis. Please join me in welcoming him. Thank you. Thank you, bethany, for the wonderful introduction. Its wonderful to be here. This is actually my first time in newburyport and my first time at this museum. And i know im preaching to the choir here, but what a quaint, beautiful, charming town. And the facilities here are fantastic. So obviously, you all that are here know that the people that are watching remotely, you can take my word for it, but you should not just take my word for it. I cant wait to come back to the
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That also includes voter rights. It also includes that. So just because you are a dream activist doesnt mean you can be advocating for brothers in mr. Zukin about because we are voting for that. My vote counts five times for four dreamers they can though. We have to build coalitions and everyone is making a difference and talking about that and i think its right that the candidate level. [applause] it is really repetition. There is no magic to this. We have to continue to tell this story ever a single year even if we are not just them saying it and over, we have to make sure it is the great equalizer. That is real. And so, in doing that, my good friend Christine Pelosi said in some of her training if you dont respect me, dont expect me. And for a lot of communities of color or a lot of poorer communities, they dont feel like folks whove been elected to office care about them or their issues. That is the bottom line. In order to get people into the process we have to energize and remind
Literary and historical sites across the nation. Civicrom authors and leaders every other weekend on cspan3 and American History tv. See the city tours on cspan each day at 6 00 p. M. Eastern. Welcome to galveston, texas, on American History tv. Located 60 miles from houston, the city sits on a Barrier Island facing the gulf of mexico. Established in 1825 by the congress of mexico, while land still known as texas land now known as texas still belongs to that country. Coming up, visit the Rosenberg Library museum, the repository for much of galvestons historical heritage. We are the keeper of the history here. Later, step aboard a 19thcentury ship that once delivered goods to the city. She sailed and arrived here probably about 100 yards from where we are standing right now with a cargo full of bananas. We begin in the surrounding waters. The port is a major reason the plays asts today, and dominant role in its economy. The first land grant for toveston came in the 1830s a guy named Mic
[applause] we should say that because the real event is about to come up here. Its my distinct pleasure to introduce you to our next speaker, admiral James Stavridis is a retired navy admiral whos calling the dean of the Fletcher School of law and diplomacy at tufts university. He has commanded at all levels of the military to include commander, european command and the supreme allied commander europe. I can provide you with a long list of his military assignments but you have probably already looked him up on the internet. So instead i will share some nuggets that provide a better understanding of how his career places him at the book festival today. He is no stranger to books. He started his love of books while his son was stationed in greece in the early 60s. Because there was no Armed Forces Network television, he spend his time at the post library. I can totally relate to this. My family was in france at the same time and my whole family, all seven kids, or over at the post librar