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History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. To join the conversation, like us on facebook. Next on American History television, pulitzer prizewinning author eic foner on the challenges of establishing civil rights for friedman in the reconstruction period and beyond. Eric foner. With that, i would like to introduce eric foner. Eric when iuntered was a College Student thinking about becoming an historian and had visions of riding a good book. Then i read freemen, free soil, maybe ir and thought ought to stop now. I will not be able to write a book that good. Whatis is his first book, is h...

Away from antebellum history and became a contemporary historian. Because you cant compete with people like him. But eventually, i came back to antebellum history and slavery and since then, i have relied on many of erics more than 20 books. I would read you the list, but we do not have that much time. I do want to say, though, and this is always the fun of introducing a speaker, looking at his selected publications, i notice he has written a book called dance for the city 50 years of the new york city ballet, and i can think of no better preparation for giving a talk today, at this moment, on...

Mistakes in that film can be attributed to that book. [laughter] hes also produced bedford books has a wonderful series of historical documents, and he is the editor of the documents for the emancipation proclamation. If you are a history teacher, make sure you assign it. He is now working on two different books, one about citizenship which he originally worked on, but he is now more focused on a book about, when did the civil war really and . It didnt really end with appomattox, which is the mythology. Part of the talk today is dealing with that. It is my pleasure to introduce michael. Please...

His next book will be on the ends of the war, fighting the civil war after the end of appomattox. I am happy to have professor downs join us. I am going to talk about something that is overlooked in all kinds of narratives which is the importance of doing nothing. When congress came back in december of 1865 for many people it looked like they dont find a solution to address reconstruction until march of 1867. Despite things like the 14th amendment, this session can seem like and was critiqued at the time as a donothing session precisely because it didnt determine the end of the war. That it ne...

A doctor, who would tell them to go chase the cure, get out of your urban environment and leave your job in a factory and to go seek health care. What made Colorado Springs in particular, attractive for lungers was the fresh air and the sunshine. We promoted it as a destination for people with tuberculosis. It was one of our first and only Industries Health care. Colorado springs was founded in a place without a major industry and health care became the major industry. Formerly the 1880s through the nation 40s. 1940s. In the early years, they would take the waters and spend time in the Great O...