Historian mary beth norton. She is the author of five books and coeditor of several others in your textbooks in a survey of u. S. History and been published in ten additions and sold more than 500,000 copies. Norton is a price finalist and. She is married professor of American History at cornell university. Her new book, 1774, year of revolution, available for purchase following the program. So now, please join me in welcoming mary beth norton. [applause]. Mary is really nice to be here. I want to make sure that the microphone is on. It does not seem to be. Hope there is pretty great. I want to show you the cover of the book because that little bottle on it, is famous here in colonial historian. I dont know if anybody recognizes this but it is in the collection of the massachusetts historical tidy. It claims on the label which is impossible read, that it contains t picked up from bostons harbor. The day after the tea party. So there is a quite wellknown object in the colonial america.
Donald trump is back at the end of another sad day for the country that he once served as president. He was arraigned for a third time this afternoon. That courthouse is steps away from the u. S. Capitol which was stormed by the violent mob of supporters of donald trump 2 1 2 years ago. It was protected by members of Law Enforcement including from the Dc Metro Police department. It happened also that the former president who is now charged in connection with this attack could safely enter a plea. Inside the courthouse behind me he was taken into custody. He was processed and pled not guilty to the charges against him. A federal judge then set the next court date for the 28th. That is when it is expected a trial date will be set. I am learning that he left here in a sour and dejected mood. He was really angry according to those who spoke to him. He had that processing happening here then he went to the tarmac where he was expected to take questions from reporters who were here. He did n
That. Remembering all of that. Invited to the Robert C Byrd center for legislative studies. The title of the talk that i dissent in the constitution. My thesis is that the United States was the project of disse nt. Dissent is essential to our history. It is in our dna. It existed in us before we even became the United States. And aboutwith this 2002 when i was creating this horse at Temple University for honor student called dissent the history of an american idea they asked me to create an idea on a topic you read what topic interests me . Im from the 60s. Dissent. It makes it to me right away. I started to the course. Teachings grew out of it. He would start meeting on fridays after class talking about the historical background of contemporary issues. At the time we started the teachings we were invading iraq. This created a a lot of consternation on the part of the students wanting to talk about it and understanding why we were doing that. When i was putting together the dissent and
I came up with this in about 2002 when i was creating this course at Temple University for honor students called dissent in america. Of the Honors Program asked me to create a course on a topic. What topic interests me . Im from the 60s. Dissent. It made sense to me right away. I started teaching the course. The students got into it. Teachings grew out of it. We would start meeting on fridays after class talking about the historical background of contemporary issues. At the time we started the teachings, we were invading iraq. This created a lot of consternation on the part of the students wanting to talk about it and understand why we were doing that. When i was putting together the first book, dissent in america, i wanted the students to read what they had to say and not what someone else said about them. That was the first way i got into it. Over the last 10 years while teaching the course, i have written this new book, which is the narrative history of a complete study of American
Legislative studies. The title of the talk that i have is dissent in the constitution. My thesis is that the United States was the project of dissent. Dissent is essential to our history. It is in our dna. It existed in us before we even became the United States. I came up with this in about 2002 when i was creating this course at Temple University for honor students called dissent the history of an american idea they asked me to create an idea on a topic. What topic interests me . Im from the 60s. Dissent. It makes it to me right away. I started to teach the course. Teachings grew out of it. We would start meeting on fridays after class talking about the historical background of contemporary issues. At the time we started the teachings we were invading iraq. This created a lot of consternation on the part of the students wanting to talk about it and understanding why we were doing that. When i was putting together the first book, dissent in america, i wanted the students to read what