Place at Ebenezer Baptist church in atlanta where Martin Luther king jr. And his father were both pastors. Who is Martin Luther king . When you look at Martin Luther king theres one side of him that is a famous individual. He is the 1964 winner of the nobel peace prize. He is the person who really was the most influential leader of a great social movement. He is the only american who was honored with a National Holiday in his name. So there is that uniqueness that practically everybody in the world knows the name Martin Luther king. But the question is that id like to address right in this setting is who really was Martin Luther king . Because one of the advantages of using a setting like this is that we can really practice history the way it should be. It shouldnt be about names and dates that you remember, it should be about the study of the things that survive from the past. Thats why a sight, a historical sight, is so important. Thats why the king papers project when Coretta Scott
And its influence on the American Revolution. Well start with jeffrey mod3;ajaaz the James Madison memorial fellowship foundation. Good morning, everyone. Arent you a smart looking set this morning . The topic today is religion and the American Revolution. And you recall from our last session together i laid out what i think are some head waters of early american constitutionalism. We looked at classical republicanism, primarily grecoroman. We looked at enlightenment imperialism. Then i mentioned protestant christianity. And we deferred that to today. Thats where we are today. You recall this image of the Missouri River and its head waters. Great rivers, mainstreams have head waters that flow into them and are at some point Missouri River, the gallitan, the madison, and the jefferson rivers, discovered by lewis and clark. And in a graphic way i just tried simply to illustrate those three headwaters. Classical republicanism to the left there. Enlightenment liberalism. And protestant chr
Affiliates and visiting cities across the country. Next well go to West Virginia university where professor Kevin Gooding teaches a class on puritans and early colonial america. And what religious freedom meant to them. This class is about an hour. Okay the story so far, not the entire story from the whole semester. Where we left off on monday. Monday we dealt with how the puritans approached people who engaged in misbehaviors and talked about those and how familiar they were. To anybody walking up and down high street on a friday or saturday night. Okay. And how they approach them, how they dealt with people, who engaged in those behaviors, and why. Why it was so important for them to bring those people back into forward if you will. If possible. If not possible, then to thank you would you please go away. Okay . So, what were going deal with today are larger problems. That are not necessarily individual behaviors, but people who are spousing ideas, and belief systems. And practice th
On lectures in history, Emory University professor, Patrick Allitt teaches a class about the California Gold rush of the mid1800s. He talks about the evolving Technology Used to mine gold. Good morning, everybody. Morning. My lecture today is the history of the gold rush. And im going to talk mainly about california in the years immediately following 1848. But goallds played a very Important Role in history. The history the conquest, first of the aztecs and then the incas is an unquenchable thirst for gold. When the first english settlers came to jamestown in 1607, one of the things they were hoping to find was gold like the spaniards. They brought with them jewelers and goldsmiths. But americas first gold rush took very close to where we are now in georgia. In 1829. This was the georgia gold rush in north georgia. About to the town of deloniga, the courthouse has been converted into a gold mine museum. First gold was discovered and people started pouring into the area in huge numbers
Important role in history. The history the conquest, first of the aztecs and then the incas is an unquenchable thirst for gold. When the first english settlers came to jamestown in 1607, one of the things they were hoping to find was gold like the spaniards. They brought with them jewelers and goldsmiths. But americas first gold rush took very close to where we are now in georgia. In 1829. This was the georgia gold rush in north georgia. About to the town of deloniga, the courthouse has been converted into a gold mine museum. First gold was discovered and people started pouring into the area in huge numbers because of the intoxicating possibility that gold would make them wealthy quickly. Until then, this had been an area really beyond the lean ine settlement. But suddenly, now, White Settlement catches up very quickly. And heres gorge gilmer talking about what it was like meeting the georgia miners. Many thousands flocked into georgia from every point of the compass, whose pentup prop