No. Hello and welcome to the other talk series. And virginia prescott and the host to deny the conversation with some fine about the zealot and the emancipator john brown and the struggle for american freedom. Theres a link to the right of your screen or you can go to the link provided at the History Centers web site. As we are talking please submit your questions with the q a feature at the bottom of the screen. Not the chat, just the q a. Tends to get less credit that when i will try to integrate as many of them into the conversation as they can. H. W. Brands is the chair of the university of houston and offered some 30 books on u. S. History month in the First Americans biography for pulitzer prize. Bill brands thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for having me. Abraham lincoln and john brown wellknown historians. What did you want to add to the understanding of these famous american martyrs really by writing this . I think teaching American History for 35 going on 40 years a
To its limits its also introducing a nighttime curfew for parents and 8 other cities. Thailands government to balance large gatherings as prodemocracy protests against steam in the capital bangkok a group had to carry out such as count outside the Prime Ministers Office. I mean if i must come across europe the number of new Coronavirus Infection is surging and so have a number of new restrictions to stop that search german chancellor Angela Merkel has outlined new measures agreed as a marathon meeting in berlin the aim is to slow the spread of the virus in urban hotspots negative ones that if the rapid rise in cases is not stopped the situation wont end well she also peel to young people to put that passing on hold for now. Votes and im convinced that the actions we take and do not take in the coming days and weeks will be decisive in answering the question of how we will get back. To me home. We are seeing a rise in the rate of infections a steep rise and there is a very high rate of
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