Hamilton talks about the last book in his trilogy. War and peace covers the fdr planning in dday until his death in 1945. National World War Ii Museum in new orleans hosted this event. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the national World War Ii Museum what and to those watching on the live stream i know youre out there and with us in spirit and we feel your presence too. As many of probably know im the Senior Historian here at the museum and im also the executive director of the institute for the study of war and democracy. Tonight is the latest install. Our meet the author series and we always like to mention our sponsor we bring this to you with the generous support of the strak foundation. So thank you. Now, many of you have been to our events before. You probably know we have a tradition here at the museum. May i ask are there any world war ii veterans or home front workers in the audience tonight if you will please stand or wave. [ applause ] thanks, folks. You know, i have heard
Celebrate. Rachel swarns for the 72, the families who were enslaved and sold to the American Catholic church in 1838, a group of americas most prominent catholic. Sold 272 enslaved people to their largest mission project, which is now georgetown university. In this groundbreaking, professor swarns follows family through nearly two centuries of indentured and enslavement to uncover the harrowing origin story of, the Catholic Church in the united states. Rachel swarns is a journalist author and associate professor of journalism at new york university, who writes about race and Race Relations as a contributing for the New York Times. Her articles about georgetown universitys roots in slavery touched off a National Conversation about americas universities and their ties to this painful period history. Her work has recognized and supported by National Endowment for the humanities, the four door ford foundation, the Leon Levy Center for biography, the Biographers International organized asia
Celebrate. Rachel swarns for the 72, the families who were enslaved and sold to the American Catholic church in 1838, a group of americas most prominent catholic. Sold 272 enslaved people to their largest mission project, which is now georgetown university. In this groundbreaking, professor swarns follows family through nearly two centuries of indentured and enslavement to uncover the harrowing origin story of, the Catholic Church in the united states. Rachel swarns is a journalist author and associate professor of journalism at new york university, who writes about race and Race Relations as a contributing for the New York Times. Her articles about georgetown universitys roots in slavery touched off a National Conversation about americas universities and their ties to this painful period history. Her work has recognized and supported by National Endowment for the humanities, the four door ford foundation, the Leon Levy Center for biography, the Biographers International organized asia
Celebrate. Rachel swarns for the 72, the families who were enslaved and sold to the American Catholic church in 1838, a group of americas most prominent catholic. Sold 272 enslaved people to their largest mission project, which is now georgetown university. In this groundbreaking, professor swarns follows family through nearly two centuries of indentured and enslavement to uncover the harrowing origin story of, the Catholic Church in the united states. Rachel swarns is a journalist author and associate professor of journalism at new york university, who writes about race and Race Relations as a contributing for the New York Times. Her articles about georgetown universitys roots in slavery touched off a National Conversation about americas universities and their ties to this painful period history. Her work has recognized and supported by National Endowment for the humanities, the four door ford foundation, the Leon Levy Center for biography, the Biographers International organized asia
Catholic church. In 1838, a group of americas most prominent catholic priests sold 272 enslaved people to save their largest mission project, which is now georgetown university. In this groundbreaking account, professor swarns follows one family through nearly two centuries of indentured servitude and enslavement to uncover the harrowing origin story of the Catholic Church in the United States. Rachel swarns is a journalist, author and associate professor of journalism at New York University who writes about race and Race Relations as a contributing writer for the New York Times. Her articles about georgetown universitys roots in slavery touched off a National Conversation and about Americas University days and their ties to this painful period in history. Her work has been recognized, raised and supported by the national endowment, the humanities, the four org ford foundation, the Leon Levy Center for biography, the Biographers International organized nation, among others. As a corres