I just realized that i did not introduce myself, so, ok let me , back up. My name is jodie allen, and im a visiting assistant professor here, at swanee, and im also working as a consultant on the slavery project. Going back to the panel, im asking them to answer the question thats in our program , and that is does history matter to the future of the 15th amendment . And im going to ask them to ruminate on that a little bit, and then we will be opening up for q a with the audience. Okay . So i dont know who would like to start. Ok, thank you. I think about history and it , reminds me of the african word sancofa. The african word, and it means you have to know your past to understand the present to plan for your future. So when it comes to the 15th amendment what weve learned today and ive learned a great , deal from these wonderful panelists, that we have to understand the intent behind the 15th amendment, the history that gave rise to it, the effect of it those people who opposed and t
My name is jodie allen. Im a visiting assistant professor here at sewanee for this score year. I am also working as a consultant on the slavery project. Going back to the panel, i am asking them to answer the question in our program and that is, does history matter to the future of the 15th amendment . I will ask them to think on that and then we will open up for questions and answers with the audience. I dont know who would like to start. Thank you. I think about history and it reminds me of sancofa means you have to know your past to understand your present, to plan for the future. When it comes to the 15th amendment, what we have learned today, and ive learned a great deal from these panelists, we have to understand the intent behind the 15th amendment, the history that gave rise to it, the effect of it. Those people who opposed it and the mechanisms that were put in place as obstacles so we can better understand today the Voter Suppression we are dealing with, the need for White Su
Country now inevitable and the tamper proof bottles that can be opened by hand and theyve got the World Antidoping Agency up in arms just weeks before the Winter Olympics thousands of drug tests could suddenly be compromised. I bring golf its good to have you with us in just one hour u. S. President donald trump will do something that hes never done before and much of the world will be watching. Trump will deliver his first state of the Union Address laying out his governments agenda for the year we want to take a look at two of the key issues that hes likely to address tonight on trade its America First during his speech at the World Economic forum in davos mr trump said that the American Economy remains his top priority and that the nation is open for business but america for years does not mean american alone when the United States grows so does the womb. Immigration and the future of the socalled dreamers will be the other key issue the president has suggested that hes open to prot
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