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Celebration for freedom. Now, a national holiday, juneteenth is the direct result of centuries of resistance and revolution by black people leading a fight for their liberation. In 1861, tension between the north and the south reached its Breaking Point over slavery and statehood, and The Civil War began. On january 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of The Civil War, president Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that all people held as slaves within the confederate controlled states were now free. The proclamation also granted black men access into a ...

But in. Good evening, everyone. I believe we have a very nice, very, very nice audience tonight. I think perhaps the largest audience weve had since precovid. So welcome to tonights program. Only truly iconic figures of the 20th century american history. The long time fbi director j. Edgar hoover, a special. I suppose its not surprising that in a series titled great lives, the term iconic often comes up to the point of being somewhat trite, perhaps. But in this case, particularly, i think its appropriate because there are few figures to whom that description applies more properly. I agree that...

Hello, im john reed faculty here in the Creative Writing Program and the director of the creative Creative Writing Program at the new school. The one time i was on this stage, i was a board member of the nbcc chairing a category. Its my great honor tonight to welcome the nbcc and to welcome to this Years National book. Critics circles awards. The new school and the nbcc have a long standing relationship going back to the very earliest years of the nbcc. Our faculty have been Board Members and awards recipients and our communities have worked together in classrooms and and events since before t...

For the last eight. Heres hoping to organize an annual to celebrate and recognize d. C. Emancipation act becoming law on april 16th of 1862 and a free of a little over 3000 slave persons held in the district along in the series was named in honor of Benjamin Drummond, who was born around 1843 in nassau, new york. Drummond, a 24 year old black slave owner, was the first patient admitted to naval hospital, now known as the old vic. The hospital, when it opened on october 1st in 1866. Drummond was initially in assassins while serving on the u. S. Morning light. He was actually shot in the leg. He...

Who has written a book about the grimkes a family that included most slaveowners and abolitionists. Joining us now is beverly gage. Her newest book is genius J Edgar Hoover and the making of the American Century. You won the Los Angeles Times book award for biography last night. I did. Ask and you have already won the bancroft prize. Correct. In your speech last night you referred to J Edgar Hoover as complicated and terrible. Why do you use the word terrible . I think one of his main influences over this vast swath of time that he was director of the fbi were real invasions and violations of ...