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Youve been watching a special presentation of our lectures in history series. Weve got more every saturday at 8 00 p. M. And midnight eastern. Join students in the classroom to hear lectures on campuses across the country, on topics ranging from the American Revolution to the 9 11 terrorist attacks. Lectures in history, every saturday at 8 00 p. M. And midnight eastern here on American History tv. We want to tell you about some of the other American History programs. Join us every sunday at 8 00 p. M. And midnight eastern for a special look at the presidency. Learn from leading historians abou...

15 minutes. All right. Good afternoon, everybody. Last time, we looked broadly at the rise of hatred during world war i and we looked at immigration restriction, which was in some ways related to that, and a little bit about the activities of the ku klux klan and we spent a lot of time on the translation of the forgeries known as the protocols of the elders of lyon. And we mentioned some of the antiimmigrant rhetoric connected with prohibition. What i want to do today is focus on the person who really did more than anyone else to fan the flames of antisemitism in the 1920s, and that was none o...

When he says let us work until we build the south, because hes here making a critique of those who are arguing that part of the reason why reconstruction failed was because of africanamerican decent did not participate fully the way that they should have. Washington doesnt even address that argument. He simply says let us work and well help rebuild thew south. When he says that, he plays into perhaps this whole notion of blacks as workers and thats all that they really are. So the atlantic exposition address is at the top of the list list. Second we know that booker twa supported plessy vs. Fe...

And distribute the deerborn independent. So it is going to be a much more important newspaper than you know had he just remained a very local newspaper in deerborn, and he buys the paper and sets it up, gets going in 1919. Its called the deerborn independent but honestly it wasnt independent at all. Its a free country call it whatever you like, independent but it was actually totally dependent on the Ford Motor Company. And not surprisingly if you were to read a run of the paper, its views and the views of henry ford are remarkably similar. That shouldnt surprise us. You know, that would be tr...

Education. My dad a fifth grade education. They were seeking better opportunities for their children. They work very hard, and sacrificed, like so many will do in this country, because they wanted a better promise for this country. They really taught us important values that have been our guide for me and my siblings, my six brothers and sisters. They taught us the importance of family, of faith, of Community Hard work, sacrifice, honesty, integrity. All of those were important values they shared with us. Tonight at 8 00 eastern and pacific on q a. Next, Brandeis University professor Jonathan ...