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 couldn t 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, interactive and immersive holiday program will be delighted with. to purchase tickets with more information, please visit our website at galante history.com. two nights lecture is an a-10 history, which are made possible by the generous support and funding from the trust of lucy rucker akin. henry louis gates junior will speak for 30 minutes this evening and then sign books in the lobby. tonight s program is being recorded by c-span, so everyone will be on their best behavior right now. you will all turn
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i didn t think it related to me. i kind of thought what i really think it was, was on jewish. in this country a lot of people belong to different groups. we are all, except for native americans, we are all newcomers. and here are these guys, there was only one catholic even among them. the rest of them were all protestant. and they seem to like what you might call a homogenous group. and i didn t feel like i sort of related to them. later in my studies i read this. there was a man named chaim solomon. he was one of the great heroes of the revolution. he barely escaped with his life. he helped robert morris finance the revolution. there was a guy who later became the governor of georgia who was a great hero in the war. i remember he stole the british soldiers horse, hopped on the horse and got away just barely escaping with his life here and thought in the revolution and later became a governor of the state your . . they bought the british down around i think it was florida.