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Start the conversation. Sitting right next to me is an assistant professor of history cole jones. In addition to his book, he has published articles in the journal of the early republic. He is currently at work on a project provisionally titled patrick henrys war. Kelly Carter Jackson is a 19th century historian. Her book force and freedom, black abolitionists and the politics of violence out from the university of pennsylvania press, provides the first historical analysis exclusively focused on violence among. Gideon is a phd candidate in history at northwestern university. His dissertation e...

vice president mike pence, asking pence where he is and telling him, do not reveal to anyone where you are, given his own safety and, of course, his role that night, certifying the election. jon karl standing by with the new images tonight. the emergency landing. the united flight. it had just taken off from chicago. authorities now studying the images, believed to be a bird strike. >> the war in ukraine tonight, and russia now saying it is now evacuating civilians in a key ukrainian city, taking them into russian-controlled territory. and tonight, what vladimir putin is now tellin...

But the heart building is modern. Some people compared it to a large ice cube trey. Its a very different looking building. Don richy takes us inside the newest of the three Senate Office buildings, the 1983 heart Senate Office building to learn about construction and place in congressional history. On the presidency at 8 00. Smithsonian david ward chronicles Abraham Lincolns life through photographs and portraits. A rather exasperated lincoln takes time out to wind at the war to sit for this last photograph in which he does tit. The eyes disappear. The sense in which lincoln is president to th...

Stroke of his pen he freed. Lincoln was central but African Americans were there, as well as were many other groups of people it is true the bulk of the money came from black veterans, as well. I dont believe all of it did. The first person that supposedly gave the first 5 was Charlotte Scott freed by her owner before the proclamation had been issued. She lived in virginia. Her owner was being pressured by his secessionest neighbors. He got to be too great for him. He moved to ohio and he freed her in the process. She went with them to ohio. Ive always wondered why she did that but she was a 6...

Important players and the struggle for justice in american history. To explore some of the surprising historical connections within it. It might be a stretch to connect Alexander Hamilton with mark twain or carnegie with booker wa, she do it all the time. Theres almost 500 indians in in virginia, not far from james helm. So ill talk about the the portrait for her life a little bit. Talk about the portrait, where it came from, why is it here. And then ill make some sense of the other two portraits that will follow in this series in february and march. I mentioned individuals that we think of. J...