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The arsenal at harpers ferry. There is no mention of the there thought of freeing the slaves. T theres none of that. None of it does it imply. Does it imply that it was a good thing . Oh, no. Its almost encyclopedic. A its one of those entries like e let me get the facts down and lets be done. Done. In fairness, most were done like that. Its odd they would have fas commemorated that. The it, too, is part of john t brown is part of kind of a segregationist memory,ever white supremacist memory, as...

This class is about one hour and 10 minutes. Ok. So in getting ready for this, i wanted to do like a little background work on the socalled semicentennial of the civil war, which was of course 1911 to 1915. I found this quote. Ill tell you where it comes from in a little bit, but it seems to me to encapsulate the feeling of the early 20th century. The days of the civil war now belong to the historians, the poets, the writer of romance, in the dramatist. Now i think you would add the reenactor th...

There are livingductions of the war, people involved in combat who are still alive. In 1912, state of pennsylvania issued an invitation of honorably discharged veterans of the civil war to come to gettysburg for a reunion of sorts. And you probably have already seen pictures of this or read about it in David Wrights book. I want to spend a little time talking about that. That marked something of the high water mark. It was kind of the peak of their aspirations. They invaded the north. The defeat...

Here we are at the end of the semester and it strikes me as a Good Opportunity maybe to compare the reconstruction period that we started off talking about in this course with what some have called the second reconstruction, which is the time of the Civil Rights Movement of the 50s and 60s. Let me tell you, first, what i mean by the first reconstruction and the second reconstruction. By the first, i mean in not only postcivil war reconstruction, im including also the civil war itself and all tha...

War, which was of course 1911 to 1915. I found this quote. Ill tell you where it comes from in a little bit, but it seems to me to encapsulate the feeling of the early 20th century. The days of the civil war now belong to the historians, the poets, the writer of romance, and the fromtist. Now i think you would add the reenactor there, probably. But of course, this is a period at which the civil war is still very much a part of living memory. Right . There are livingductions of the war, people in...

Something bigger out of this and maybe it was warranted, the scene in new york city more like quiet, stunned reaction than anything else. What is your message then, congressman, to america tonight . The message to america is stop, you know, following the medias sensationalism, you know . And allow the rule of law and the system of justice that we have to play through. And the truth came out. And what when i listened to what Jesse Jackson was saying, he talked about the consequences of the office...

We have watched them capon different things. Neil where are they caving now . They have the majority some say we can adjust obamacare. Done. Go to the next thing. Neil but they dont control the white house. It is understood. Call his bluff and making it worse than he is. Neil and make democrats vote for or against. Speak up. Seeking for the Keystone Pipeline and the people showed what they thought about the opposition. Neil it is interesting 30 of those democrats who backed Obamacare Obamacare a...

We have watched them capon different things. Neil where are they caving now . They have the majority some say we can adjust obamacare. Done. Go to the next thing. Neil but they dont control the white house. It is understood. Call his bluff and making it worse than he is. Neil and make democrats vote for or against. Speak up. Seeking for the Keystone Pipeline and the people showed what they thought about the opposition. Neil it is interesting 30 of those democrats who backed Obamacare Obamacare a...

Are accusing clinton of being out of touch with every day people and noting that she is Holding Events only available to the upper class and on friday she will meet with the ceo of ebay for another fundraising event along the peninsula. Reporting live tonight in San Francisco, michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. Okay michelle thank you. The commute home tonight might take a little longer than expected. Heres why many b. A. R. T. Trains as you see down below, came to a standstill. Show you the p...

There was also an amendment that was proposed at that time that wouldve made the bill of rights binding on the states. We all know it took a civil war to do that. So the answer is extremely confusing and i thank you for asking the question. So we are done. Thank you for coming. [applause] the book is on sale in the bookstore, and also from fine booksellers everywhere if you dont buy it over here. Thank you. You are watching cspan2 with politics and public affairs. Weeknights featuring with live ...