Good evening, [inaudible] [applause] to introduce our speaker for this evening who will tell you, Leeanna Keith teaches history at the Collegiate School for boys in new york city. She is the author of the colfax massacre. [inaudible] [inaudible] please join me in welcoming Leeanna Keith. [applause] thank you everybody. Forgive me for remaining seated. Im going to tell you what happened to me. I know you want to know how i broke my legs. They sideswiped me. I feel very lucky to be here at all. Now im going to tell you a story about the civil war and afterwards all i can remember is on the lady who a [laughter] what can i say, thats my story. Ive been traveling and one thing about my book is theres a lot of local history and their s, stories that happen in different places. This is not where much of the action takes place. Seeing how about how to organize this talk make me recognize a certain pattern to the geography of the civil war and the whole radical movement. Which in my story get
Booktv. Org. Now we kick off the weekend with historian Leeanna Keith who looks at the origins of the Republican Party. [inaudible conversations] good evening. Cspan is here, so thats why our lights are super bright. Welcome, my name is kate whitman, and i am the Vice President of community engagement, and im delighted to have you all here. Tonights presentation is a livingston lecture made possible through generous funding of the livingston foundation. Please join me in thank them. [applause] and now to introduce our speaker for thissen evening who will tell you why she is sitting down like this. Leeanna keith teaches history at the Collegiate School for boys in new york city. Shes the author of the colfax massacre, untold story of black power. And most recently [inaudible] she joins us to discuss tonight. Kirkus review, which is an industry publication, a wellresearched, denselydetailed account [inaudible] planted the roots for the civil rights movement. And then [inaudible] Importan
Tonights presentation please join me in thanking them. [applause] and now to introduce our speaker for this evening who will tell you, Leeanna Keith is at the Collegiate School for boys in your city she is author of the untold story of the glass tower and most recently present article of the civil war the publication had this to say, sense of detailed accounts radicals and republicans at the roots for the civil rights movement. And socalled radical republicans. [inaudible] mainstream american and during the civil war. Please join me in welcoming Leeanna Keith. Cement thanks everybody to please forgive me for remaining seated. I just wanted tell you what happened to me i know you you want to hide broke my leg, which is a cement mixer pulled up beside me and sideswipe me and so i feel very lucky to be here at all. And i will be fine. So now im going to tell you the story about the civil war and after words all youre going to remember is i am that lady got hit by the symmetric. [laughter]
From the heads of the cia about world threats and how they could impact the United States. Testimony over china, russia and the southern border along with tiktok. What do you think are the top threats facing the United States today and what would you like the federal government to do about it . 02, 202 7488001 for republicans and independents 202 7488002. You can text us at 202 7488003 post on facebook at facebook. Com cspan and on x at cspanwj■. With the release of the worldwide threats report, you can find it online on the sena side, the annual threat assessment to the intelligence community. Here are some of the lines concerning possible threats and how they impact the u. S. China has a capability to directly compete andqjnq aer ort support beijing power. Russias ongoing aggression in ukraine. Local and regional powers are trying to gain and exert influence at the cost of neighbors. Regional and local is conflict from has israel in the Israeli Attack on gaza. Instability from east
Thing. Which is and they become, thereby collectible. Andrey admits it is most interesting to observe how differently on the same exhibits people of different generations react. Those who are older for a long time at the windows in soviet toys remember not just their childhood, but the history of their country, the fiftieth clock, which always shows 5 55 cosmonauts and rockets, so it was not only with us Christmas Decorations from their very appearance in the 19th century in germany somehow reflected history. This is aa part of a garland in the form of bananas, which at that time, well, bananas had to be actually a very outlandish curiosity fruit that was difficult to bring to europe hang on the tree. By the way, a few years ago , some factories began to produce toys in the form of emoticons with masks, a reference to prominent times, but andrei says he is not ready to go for such experiments, after all, Christmas Decorations. This is not just a product, it is first of all an emotion,