When he first started construction in 1938, he assumed he would leave office at the end of 1940, at the end of his second term as every president before him had. But because of the rising tensions in europe, the Democratic Party nominated him for a third term, and he was elected. So, when this library opened in june of 1941, he was still president of the United States, so this became the northern oval office. He was up here on many occasions. He entertained political leaders like Winston Churchill and one from china and he did a lot of his meetings here and did Radio Broadcasts from here. Fireside chats and chats was here. And he really conducted the war in europe and the pacific from this room. Brian of the 30 fireside chats how many were there . You said four were done here. Which ones . Paul technically, they are called fireside chats. There were several other Radio Broadcasts for Different Things like on election nights. He did two Christmas Eve broadcasts from here. The september
Distinguished socialist mitch duneier. I am a former professor at the John Hopkins University up the street. My baltimore connection. As a school i take delight in books which were painstakingly researched and keen interpretation, help me understand a complex continue or phenomenon with greater clarity. The book ghetto is just such a book. I had the opportunity to teach get to in my last semester at hopkins in 2016 with the professor of history and director of jewish studies. Ken and i were impressed with the manner which the professor discussed the conflict of the ghetto. And i dont mean the context of jewish and black communes, and also how the concept itself and its application has shifted over time and n both the poplar . Scholarly imagination. Were not alone in our admiration for ghetto. Wrote an important review recently in New York Times that the professor has provided a, quote, stunningly detailed and timely survey of the ghetto as concept and phenomenon. Other reviews have ech
That is the one vindication i could not think of. But the way in which black ministers made sense of this, god had intervened in Human Affairs in 1861 and god had chosen Abraham Lincoln to do his work in 1862. That gods will was to transform the status of africanamericans because they were his chosen people. Now god had released them from bondage at there were great they great things in their future. One thing to keep in mind as we talk about the grim days of reconstruction and grimmer days of the jim crow south, there is an optimism that god cant be doing this to us if he will put us back in a situation like slavery. There has to be a forwardlooking progress to this and that is essential as to how africanamericans are interpreting what happened after the civil war. Prof. Varon that is the investment in the idea that they are a redeemer race that will redeem america from the sin of slavery, but also a deep investment in the Union Victory in the moment where they had proven irrevocably
Makes the case of the number of men from slave states that wore blue uniforms gave a decisive edge to the union in the end. He finds 450 thousand men from slave states were union blue. This is a new framework for thinking about the war. Lets talk a little bit about men in the ranks and give some examples to the audience of some of these troops and their stories. Prof. Gannon there are so many. One of the things people have no idea is how many medal of honor winners there were among colored troops there were 14 in one battle. Christian fleetwood was one of those medal of honor winners. Robert penn, there are so many others. There were also the African Americans in the navy who were also awarded the medal of honor. They were so much more. So many stories. Its incredible about their sacrifice. Most people dont realize the men who fought at port hudson were officers, black officers among them. The 54th massachusetts had black officers at the end. One of the better known people was joseph w
Lincoln described vindication in a way. For the one group in particular for home the providential interpretation was unambiguous was africanamericans. The way in which black ministers made sense of this was that god had intervened in Human Affairs in 1861s. God had chosen Abraham Lincoln to do his work in 1862. That gods will was to transform the status of africanamericans because they were his chosen people. Now god had released them from bondage at there were great they their future. We talk about the grim days of reconstruction and grammar days of the jim crow grimm,erer days of the jim crow south. There is an optimism that god cant be doing this to us if he will put us back in a situation like slavery. There has to be a forwardlooking progress to this and that is essential as to how africanamericans are interpreting what happened after the civil war. Prof. Varon that is the investment in the idea that they are a redeemer race that will redeem america from the sin of slavery, but al