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My sincere thanks to douglas for inviting me to come to the national archives. Its such a pleasure being in this beautiful city with such a rich history and thank you all so much for coming. I really appreciate it and im very eager to hear your questions and your comments. So let me begin with the inspiration behind this project. This project was inspired by a story that my aunt told me about a distant cousin who grew up on the south side of chicago in the 1930s. The story begins with a parade. The historic but. And parade, an annual parade that continues to this day. On isis lang summer morni...

Democracy or its ideals. Just wondering from critiquing american decisions, how did we do what mistakes we make and how would you do it differently . I dont have time to tell you all the mistakes that were made here. The basic problem has been not having a strategy, not having an idea and reacting. The arab uprising countess off guard here three months later what was our response . We still didnt have one. One year later, what do we want . Still dont have one. That goes on today. Pacific the u. S. Spends billions of dollars in egypt has been on the ground in all kinds of ways come the summer w...

Wells fargo he was the more of a china exerted they noted somebody that was a california expert that is what the chinese were looking for anyway very interesting gentleman and then this modern chamber of commerce a map month to month lead to a meeting of the chairman of the board of the American Chamber of commerce in shanghai about sort of a force of nature we had a very long month to month. He has a house in San Francisco. He has a house in San Francisco laughter he had leave excellent ideas how to you put us in touch with highlevel people to help us without u out with the cargo issues ill l...

Historian Darrell Scott talks about the evolution of how africanamericans viewed the civil war. He describes differences between generations and how the Civil Rights Movement impacted how africanamericans think of the war and its legacy. This hourlong program took place at the hill center at the Old Naval Hospital in washington dc. I would like to welcome you again to the celebration. We have two wonderful scholars here. Serving as our moderator this evening is joni appelbaum. He is a Senior Editor at the atlantic where he oversees the he will moderate this conversation with dr. Darrell scott....

He is a Senior Editor at the atlantic. He is a social and cultural historian of the United States. Before joining the atlantic, he was a lecturer of history at the harvard university. He previously taught at brandeis university. Yoni will moderate this discussion with dr. Daryl scott attended Marquette University and milwaukeewisconsin and Stanford University in palo alto, california where he received his doctorate in history. He began his teaching career at Columbia University in new york city and left therein 2000 to serve as the director of africanamerican studies at the university of flori...