Ago. And i am honored that he is back today. [ applause ] thank you. Im going to get about 25 minutes, i hope you have time for question and answer. Reconstruction is a lie in the popular memory. Largely through its portrayal in popular media. I want to look at the politics of the portrayal, of Andrew Johnsons impeachment. My primary work will be Thomas Dixons the politics of popular portrayals of Andrew Johnsons impeachment one, john f. Kennedys profiles in courage. My thesis is, that these works portray a radical reconstruction , and reinforce the once highly held belief that although clinical factors inevitably influenced impeachment, under high crimes and misdemeanors, should occur only if theres been a legal transgression threatening the welfare of the republic. Lets start with the 23. Is me if you know, was a Pulitzer Prize winner 1957. With sketches of senators with personal cost, over partisan politics. Theres one chapter on johnsons impeachment which is most of you know failed
Reconstruction to understand. That is the United States institution. Whether things historians have been asking for generations about the constitution and the civil war era, basic questions as to what degree did the constitution shape the civil war era . To what degree did make political actors do certain things . Constrained them or guide their actions . To what degree did the civil war shape the constitution . Some of this is very clear in the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments which directly changed the constitution but also different views of it. One of the things people have looked at, looking back at the u. S. Constitution during the civil war era is how different people have interacted with it. Had they followed it, tried to defend it, did the a bridge did they abridge it . It shapes how people think of president s during civil war era. It will we are looking up to the people we will look at today are Andrew Johnson and Abraham Lincoln and how they interacted with the constitution o
Pleads not guilty to corruption charges as he and 15 other officials appear in court. And wonder why dont hold his latest National Assembly session in the street and spend his way to recover from this latest mass blackouts. Follow the bombastic politician who led the campaign for bracks its now has to deliver its Boris Johnson has won the race to lead the u. K. Sorting party and will become Prime Minister on wednesday hes vowed to take the u. K. Out of the e. U. By the end of october come what may but he also needs to unite a divided party and an even more divided nation as me baka reports. It was a 2 horse race but theres only have a been one front runner Boris Johnson demolished his rival foreign secretary jeremy hunt with double the number of votes to become leader of the conservatives and on wednesday the country is now repair a party and a nation torn apart by bricks it deliver bricks it unite the country and defeat Jeremy Corbett thank you no from somewhere it was already pointed
I think he just took emeritus status which means he has more , time to write and more time to talk and more time to educate all of us, and i am honored that he has come here again. Hes come here a couple years ago and im honored hes back today. [applause] thank you. What im going to do here is give about 25 minutes. I hope without get more time for questions and answers, but were moving towards the end. Reconstruction stayed alive in the popular memory largely through its portrayal in popular media. And i want to look at the politics of the portrayal of Andrew Johnsons impeachment. And my primary works are going to be the novel the klansmen, the film tennessee johnson, and john f. Kennedys profiles encourage. My thesis is that although political factors inevitably influenced impeachment, on the under the standard of high crimes and misdemeanors should conviction should occur only if there is a transgression threatening the welfare of the republic. Most of you are familiar with this boo
Thank you. Thanklet me introduce our panels im going to do so in alphabetical order. So it probably will not relate to to what the order in which they speak. So first, jake Jake Friefeld is the new director of center for lincoln studies at the university of illinois springfield. Earlier, he was illinois and midwest studies Research Historian at the Abraham Lincoln president ial library and museum, and he is the latest addition, a contingent of of Springfield Young scholars who have begun coming to forum. And were delighted that they here and that theyre participating. His recent book is first migrants how homesteaders quest for land and freedom heralded americas great migration. Who was here for the second time is the director of research and interpretation at the abraham president ial library and museum in springfield for years he taught history. The university of arkansas. Hes the author of manual mental. Oscar dunn and his radical fight in reconstruction louisiana. And that was publ