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To situate the president ial plantations back into the history of slavery or to situate slavery back into the history of the president ial plantations. Im not entirely sure, i went back and forth on how to say that, im not entirely sure which is the right way to say it, but i think what the crucial thing to say is that we are considering the processes that have erased the obvious location of the enslaved in the histories of the presidencies. And everyone here on this panel and many of you in the...

Professor adam rothman talks about the jesuits, Roman Catholic religious order and their history during the 18th and 19th century as slave owners in maryland and the washington, d. C. Area. He also looks at how georgetown founded by the jesuits benefitted from the slave economy. This 90minute la tee sha woods brown memorial lek kmur is given annually to honor the pioneering africanamerican educator and historian and was part of a conference on washington, d. C. History. Id like to begin by thank...

During the 18th and 19th history. And is the washington d. C. Area. He looks at georgetown been fitted from the slave economy in 90 minute memorial lecture is given annually to honor and part of the conference on washington d. C. History. I would like to bebin by thanking the Historical Society of washington, d. C. For the opportunity to deliver this years brown lecture. Proffer professor brown was champion of the history of washington, d. C. Its a thrill to be honor her work and life in this fo...

Professor brown was a champion of the africanAmerican History of washington, d. C. Its a real thrill for me to be able to honor her work and life in this forum. It was touching and moving to hear your recollections of your grandmother. I cant tell you how happy it that me to hear from you she would approve of and appreciate the work we are doing at georgetown. Thats free much the best introduction ive ever gotten. [laughter] in my life. I really appreciate that. I would also like to thank the Na...

Events, warm and fuzzy, highly entertaining, song and dance, one day festivals, period. Isnt it funny how when you want to do africanAmerican History, . E can do a oneday festival not caucasian history . The department had a longrange plan. They were going to build a visiting center one day, that was going to be stateoftheart, and there would be some exhibits in their exclusively in there, exclusively dedicated to telling the story of slavery. Includeld africanAmerican History, without even slig...

This research . It was because i feel at the time of Ronald Reagan, accomplished so much. I mentioned restoring pride in america, creating a booming economy. And bringing freedom to millions in Eastern Europe and the phoenix communism, which in my opinion is the most important historical event of the second half of the 20th century. We do not have thousands of Nuclear Missiles aimed at us, at least from russia anymore. Life in the late 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, was involved in fighting communism. But...

Captioning performed by vitac the second conversation is indicative of the way some black americans are dealing with post modernity, the election of a black president , immigration of millions of nonwhites and advent of a Global Economy has offered Many American born blacks alternative ways to selfidentify, many ways to be black. While they dont reject their blackness, they nevertheless are expressing the desire to not be sir couple described by a Group Definition of blackness. They understand t...

So thank you, thank you all for being here. My name is marsha eli. Im the Vice President of programs and external affairs here at the Brooklyn Historical society. And on behalf of our president , deborah schwartz, and our board of trustees, some of whom are here, and thank you so all all so much for what you do. I am so pleased to welcome you to the Brooklyn Historical society for this program tonight. I will just say that we are a place of hello yay [ applause ] if you start, thats when they co...

Hi. Good evening, everybody. Thank you for your patience. New york city subways have tripped us up, and we are waiting for our moderator. But were going to begin, because i know that he is on the way. And were eager to start. So thank you, thank you all for being here. My name is marsha eli. Im the Vice President of programs and external affairs here at the Brooklyn Historical society. And on behalf of our president , deborah schwartz, and our board of trustees, some of whom are here, and thank ...

And the signing of the emancipation proclamation and generate firstcome 1863. The author reports contrary to popular belief lincoln struggled with his decision and spent quite a bit of time drafting the document as he dealt with self doubt and oppression. This is one hour. Hello. Thanks to those who are here this evening i am sure todd will sign them after the event but another program coming up october 1st historian and author will be here to talk about his new book, robert e. Lee. That should ...