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Affairs intellectual force. I want you to also know shes one of the nicest people you will ever get to meet. In addition to that she is an author, University Teachers ad public historian. She has two prizewinning works of afro afroamerican and natie american instead. The ties that bind us to open afro cherokee family and slavery of freedom. Published in 2005. Next the house on the diamond hill published in 2010. She follows those works for the study of race and gender in southern ghost stories titled tales from a haunted south. Published in 2015. She is also a writer of fiction, academic artic...

Historian and author Richard Norton smith is working on a new biography of gerald ford. We caught up with him at his homing in grand rapids home in grand rapids, michigan. A Baptist Missionary put down roots, and a year or two later on the east side a friend be frenchspeaking intend tour showed up who was eager to sell liquor to the indians to save their sols, and it their souls, and it set the pattern ps in some ways for the two faces of grand rapids, west side and east side. Both sides of the river banks more for most of the 19th and 20th century were covered over with factories, furniture f...

[applause] [applause] good evening. My name is Melissa Geller and im the chief marketing officer for the reagan foundation. Thank yall for joining us this evening. I know you just set down but if you wouldnt mind standing back up in honor of the men and women who defend our freedom, please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. You may have noticed this Evenings Program is promoted as an architects of change. This...

Handling. Each week, American History tvs american artifacts visit s museums and historic places. The National Gallery of art was a gift to the American People from financier Andrew Mellon who served as treasury secretary until 1932. Up next, we visit the museum to learn about early american portrait painting and work of John Singleton copley. Dianne hello. We are standing in a room full a portrait by John Singleton copley, americas most important colonial portrait painter. I think as we look around the room, you can think back to the words of john adams 1817 who said when you see his portrait...

Portraits by john singleton. As he looked around the room, you can think back to the words of john adams, who said, when you see his portrait, you just want to discourse with them, as the questions, and receive answers. Men show you of these substantial, realistic figures. You have a sense that they have in auccessful lives, and good place. His paintings of women are sometimes so ravishingly beautiful in their attention to fabric, texture, and the beauty this portrait. This was painted in 1763. Look at the beauty of the fabric, the garlands of flowers, the lace leaves on her dress. You can see...