okay. ladies and gentlemen, our next speaker is cassandra newby-alexander. cassandra is a professor of history and director of the joseph jenkins roberts center for african diaspora. she earned her ph.d. in history at the college of william and mary. she s written several books on the african-american history of hampton roads and is now co-authoring a history on the black community of norfolk. many of you know cassandra from the 2010 virginia civil war sus question centennial conference, held at norfolk state on slavery and the civil war. the tough stuff of american history and memory. she was the director of that conference. i first met cassandra at a conference in 2006 at ft. monroe. it was interesting, that conference was co-hosted by the museum of the confederacy and the united states army. i think it was the first time that those two were ever allies in an effort. [ laughter ] and she gave a brilliant presentation about how the concept of fleeing slaves coming into union
history in louisiana state university. he served on the board of trustees and on the national advisory board of the american civil war center. he s a two time recipient of the jefferson davis award for the best book published on the era of the civil war. he thus had a long and close relationship with both of the institutions that are now the american civil war museum. despite being a native south carolinan who spent his life in louisiana we ll call him an honorary richlander. if you looked down you would have seen a granite marker. this walk honors william j. cooper junior. all of us on the staff get asked all the time, what book should i read. given the fact there s only about 80,000 of them out there the choice is easy. i ll tell you one book you should read and it s on sale outside is bill s new book now we have war upon us. it gives insight to the several months before the opening of the civil war. it s a great addition to anyone s bookshelf. it s my pleasure to introduce
freedmen, who came to be called and discusses their service in the union army and the challenges they faced in the aftermath of the war. this is just under 40 minutes. okay. ladies and gentlemen, our next speaker is cassandra newby-alexander. cassandra is a professor of history and director of the joseph jenkins roberts center for african diaspora. she earned her ph.d. in history at the college of william and mary. she s written several books on the african-american history of hampton roads and is now co-authoring a history on the black community of norfolk. many of you know cassandra from the 2010 virginia civil war sus question centennial conference, held at norfolk state on slavery and the civil war. the tough stuff of american history and memory. she was the director of that conference. i first met cassandra at a conference in 2006 at ft. monroe. it was interesting, that conference was co-hosted by the museum of the confederacy and the united states army. i think it was
guerilla warfare tactics saved them. this is just under 40 minutes. he s boyd professor of history in louisiana state university. he served on the board of trustees and on the national advisory board of the american civil war center. he s a two time recipient of the jefferson davis award for the best book published on the era of the civil war. he thus had a long and close relationship with both of the institutions that are now the american civil war museum. despite being a native south carolinan who spent his life in louisiana we ll call him an honorary richlander. if you looked down you would have seen a granite marker. this walk honors william j. cooper junior. all of us on the staff get asked all the time, what book should i read. given the fact there s only about 80,000 of them out there the choice is easy. i ll tell you one book you should read and it s on sale outside is bill s new book now we have war upon us. it gives insight to the several months before the opening
retrace our steps and decided to kill back and produce what is now a 400 page full-color book for you. similarly, i prepared a five-hour presentation for you this evening and decided to scale back back to a more manageable 45 minutes. so i will start by saying that without newspapers, there would no american revolution. newspapers would fans rebellion. the same royalty to the cause and provide critical correspondence during the war and ultimately aided in the outcome. historians knows very well. for 200 plus years, historians have referenced these newspapers in the footnotes of their analysis and interpretation. what this book does is inverse to traditional history book, taking those whose newspapers to benefit not come placing them at the forefront. for general readers like you to enjoy full access to full-color newspapers from it. so you feel you are reading over the shoulder of george washington or paul revere. now, the process for putting this book together was quite a jo