Barack obama talks about the daytoday workings of the presidency including history making about what he witnessed exploring the american story watch American History tv saturday o cspan2 and fd a full schedule under Program Guide or watch online anytime at cspan. Org history. Lynn hudson is a professor of history and affiliate faculty member of black Student University of illinois at chicago Peer Research focus the study of race and gender on the u. S. West. Shes the author of a black entrepreneur who in 19th century San Francisco which was awarded the prize from the western association of womennt historians. She was a fellow at the huntington library. Her new book is west of jim crow the fight against californias color line which covers a history of discrimination White Supremacy in california. You for being with us peer ongoing handed over to you and i will see you again for q a with the audience at the end. Thank you so much. I am just so happy to be here. Let me just get this going
Host Rachel Louise martin the story you tell in your new book, a most tolerant little town, centers around clinton tennessee in the 1950s. Where is that and describe what it was like . Guest clinton is right on t appalachia. Tains that make it is about an hour north of knoxville and it is right on the gateway to coal mining country. Host if you and i were there in the 1950s what kind of a community would we find . Guest it was an interesting place in the 50s. It was very mixed up about itself. On one hand it was a small rural southern appalachian town full of coal miners and farmers and local business people. But it was also 7 miles from oak ridge, which was a secret city built as part of the Manhattan Project that built the first atom bomb and it was also about seven miles from nora stamm. Norris dam. So while it was isolated and small it was also very connected. In 1956 it was the sort of place that oak president ial candidates felt like they had to go and Campaign Even though there
After the session. You may purchase copies of their books from the exhibit and a portion of the proceeds go to benefit the festival directly. Just a bit of an introduction for each of our authors and then a little explanation as to what were doing. Charles reagan wilsons the southern way of life, meaning and culture and civilization in the American South is a substantial volume that traces the south from the colonial period to the start of the 21st century. Certainly in the making for decades. Wilsons book examines the regional consciousness of the south through three concepts, southern civilization, the southern way of life and Southern Living. Each category is thoroughly historic size in its cultural moment. Southern civilization runs from the colonial period to world war one. The southern way of life runs from the 1920s to the 1960s and Southern Living runs from the 1970s to the 21st century. A unifying theme through his book is the study of race and religion. And their continuing a
Books from the exhibit by parnassus books, where a portion of the proceeds go to benefit the festival directly. Just a bit of an introduction for each of our and then a little explanation as to what were doing. Charles Reagan Wilson is the southern way of life, meaning and culture and civilization in American South is substantial volume. The traces of the south, the colonial period to the start, the 21st century, certainly in the making for decades, wilsons book examines the regional consciousness of the south through. Three concepts southern civilization nation the southern way of life and Southern Living each is thoroughly historic sized its cultural moment. Southern civilization runs from the colonial period to world war one, the southern way of runs from the 1920s to 1960s, and Southern Living runs from the 1970s to the 21st century. A unifying theme through his book is the study of race and, religion and their continuing and changing role in the various imaginary and constructed o
good evening and welcome t ayman tonight. manhattan d.a. alvin bragg sue plus taking apart trump frivolous lawsuit against th former employee. that and reproductive rights i the hands of the conservativ supreme court once again, an the outrageous anti abortion law just signed by ron desanti in florida also, the tennessee three back in action, state representativ justin pearson will discuss hi return to the state legislatur and gloria johnson will spea out on the she that threatened there political futures, gun control. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. here s one thing that learning about manhattan district attorney alvin bragg he is a fighter. this week, in an extraordinary and aggressive move, bragg sue congressman jim jordan, asking a court to block parts of th republican-led house judiciary committee s inquiry into his investigation. the 50-page suit accuses jim jordan of a quote unprecedente brazen and unconstitutiona attack slams his request as lacking the, quo