New book that is just came out april 21st, something for us to read in this time and just to do a quick introduction, doctor is in a professor at Texas Womans University and coincidentally, is home of the archive. And this is a book that is very special for her and im sure she will talk about her journey to getting this book to publication. I want to start, something im always fascinated by, how did you get started on this topic, when did you learn about it, what hooked you in . Thats a great question and thank you so much for having me in talking to me today, i would like to show this picture, this is the moment in time where i met carol and that is her in the aviation people who might be on here and no that their buying one of the coolest airplanes over, and in oklahoma of june of 1993, i went by myself, i could not get any friends to go with and somebody pointed out the fact that curtis pitts was in the shade of the hanger over there and he introduced me too carol as a champion of t
The lost history of president s black family, you can purchase it directly in the link in the chat box to the right of your screen and the link provided on the Atlanta History Center website. As betty and i are talking, we invite you to commit your question to the q a portion of your screen and ill try to get to them as time allows. Doctor Betty Kirsten is a retired physician and denominated us yet, the other madison is her first book and it follows a nearly 30 year quest to confirm her lineage, the reviews call it group for new generation, thank you so much for being with us. Im very happy to be part of this program. Most of us grew up thinking of james mattis as the fourth president , one of the founders of our country, wrote the first draft of the u. S. Constitution and bill of rights, what did you think or what were you told about him going out . I was told what everybody else was. He was an important figure in American History but i was also told that he was my great, great great
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