It is a tremendous pleasure to come to work here every day. Often times in the day to day routine, it is easy to forget the historic significance of the institution we work for, the legacy we are part of, and the people we serve. A small step and preserving the history of the building and the legacy of service and inclusion at treasury. I want to start off by recognizing someone. It was his idea that we name the Treasury Annex the freedmans bank building, and im delighted this idea came to fruition. [applause] thank you for your leadership and continued commitment to Financial Inclusion for all americans. We are also honored to be joined by liberty bank ceo Alden Mcdonald, and the man who needs no introduction, and ms are young. Ambassador young. Professor William Spriggs could not be with us today, but since his warmest regards. Be first speaker today will mr. Alden mcdonald junior, president and ceo of liberty bank and trust, a position he has held since the bank inception in 1972. H
Hosts a ceremony to rename the treasury and its building. It was built on the original site of the freedmens bank. This is about 30 minutes. Good afternoon. I am the assistant secretary for management here at the Treasury Department. Thank you all for being here today. Those of you joining us virtually as well. It is a tremendous privilege to come to work here at the Treasury Department every day and this is stored building. Century,or more than a decisions made at this building have impacted the lives of our fellow citizens. I am honored to work for the secretary, a great leader and tireless advocate. Often times in the daytoday routine it is easy to forget the , historic significance of the institution we work for, the legacy we are part of, and the people we serve. Today, we take a small step and in preserving the history of the building and the legacy of service and inclusion. I want to start off by recognizing john hope brian. It was his idea that we name the Treasury Annex the fr
Law enforcement. Just for example when i was in phoenix a couple of weeks ago to inspect the security of the super bowl i met with state and local law enforcement. It was pointed out to me that all the communications equipment, all although surveillance equipment there was funded by my department. As long as we are on this er we are unable to do these very important things for Homeland Security. So we need a fully funded department of Homeland Security especially in these challenging times. So thank you very much for being here. Thank you very much for coming to washington and we look forward to a good discussion. Thank you. [applause] last week washington journal visited several historically black colleges and universities to talk to College Administrators about the state of their institutions. We are replaying those interviews all this week on cspan2. Next the president of Fisk University in nashville tennessee. This is 40 minutes. Host throughout the month of february we are visitin
Okay. Ladies and gentlemen, our next speaker is cassandra newbyalexander. Cassandra is a professor of history and director of the Joseph Jenkins Roberts Center for african diaspora. She earned her ph. D. In history at the college of william and mary. Shes written several books on the africanAmerican History of Hampton Roads and is now coauthoring a history on the black community of norfolk. Many of you know cassandra from the 2010 virginia civil war sus question centennial conference, held at norfolk state on slavery and the civil war. The tough stuff of American History and memory. She was the director of that conference. I first met cassandra at a conference in 2006 at ft. Monroe. It was interesting, that conference was cohosted by the museum of the confederacy and the United States army. I think it was the first time that those two were ever allies in an effort. [ laughter ] and she gave a brilliant presentation about how the concept of fleeing slaves coming into union lines came to
The 1997 winner of the Allen N Nevins prize. Her most recent work warning lincoln which was published this year is already garnering praise. Reviewers have described it as original and ingenious approach. A lyrical and important study. Our own michael whom is no stranger to such basicaccolades called it a stunning piece of research. That is high praise coming from a master researcher. When shes not writing books, shes receivinge inging awards for her teaching. Despite her research commitments and teaching obligations, she gives lectures around the nation and the world and engages diverse audiences through public media. You can hear her on tuesday this coming tuesday, march 24th on nprs show where she will be discussing her new book. Please welcome professor martha hodes. [ applause ] good afternoon. Im happy to be part of this event. Ive been teaching the civil war for nearly 25 years. I call my course race, civil war and reconstruction. I want to draw my students about larger historic