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Stories like that that wraps the anecdotal around a kind of analytical strands so the book is the bright continent breaking rules and making change in modern africa, dayo olopade, thank you for being here today. Is a brilliant book. If you want to understand the continent better, you will buy it. Thank you, good to be here. [applause] thank you for attending todays session. Thank you to our moderator, doug foster and our great author, dayo olopade. Ebook the bright continent breaking rules and making change in modern africa on sale now in the main lobby. She will be signing copies just outside...

Efforts to reunite families after emancipation. This was conducted on the campus of the university of North Carolina and is part of the booktv college series. It is about 40 minutes. Host professor Heather Andrea williams, in 1863, what was generally the slave population in the u. S. . Guest probably about 5 million the native American South at that point. Slavery has been abolished in northern states. I think it is important to say that just because many people dont realize there had been slavery in the north. But by the 1820s, it has been abolished in places like new york and massachusetts. ...

Cspan. Org history. And we would like to tell you about some of our other American History tv programs. Be with us every saturday 8 00 p. M. And 12 00 a. M. With lectures in history. Hear lectures on topics ranging from the American Revolution to the 9 11 terrorist attacks. Thats lectures in history, every saturday at 8 00 p. M. And 12 00 a. M. Eastern here on American History tv on cspan3. Up next on American History tv, history professor Lea Vandervelde talking about the Supreme Court case of 1857. Dread scott was a slave attempted to sue his owner for his familys freedom after they were mov...

Good evening. I am glad to be here with you for the first lecture in the Supreme Court Historical Societys series, this Supreme Court and the civil war revisited. The timing is just right, for this year marks the 150th anniversary of the war between the states. A bit about the society which i joined many years before i got this good job. And i remain among the legions of supporters of the societys many endeavors. Some of them dorothy mentioned. This society has been a key player in improving public understanding of the court and its role in the constitutional framework of our government. Regul...

Youre part of one where were trying to convince those High School Students that they better understand this and they should understand its history and they should how it relates to democracy, human rights, et cetera, rule of law, because if they dont understand it, they wont have it. Thats the connection between the courthouse, the judiciary committee, the judiciary itself and the document that you want to talk about which im delighted to let you talk about. One or two more questions that are always people ask, i assume you. When you got on the Supreme Court, appointed by president clinton, wh...