Talk but it is unique in that this is not just a conversation response to recent events, both the killing of unarmed black citizens by mostly White Police Officers or expolice officers, as well as the protests across the country and around the world that have called for systemic change and a reckoning for the monuments memorials and flakes of White Supremacy, many of which relate to the war era what makes our conversation different is we have already had a. Five years ago. I want you to think back to where you were in the some of 2015. Us yournd edna you gave time back then and you spoke in the wake of a flutter at flag intake down at the stake at house a Confederate Flag being taken down at a steakhouse in north carolina. At a state house in north carolina. One of the things you said in 2015 was that you were encouraged by the change in the flag coming down etc. , but you i i think this movement but i am afraid it is not parliament not permanent. Im afraid people thought it was the ri
Constitutional rights given to africanamericans or as a failure because Racial Discrimination was legal and africanamericans remain unequal. So today, we are going to be talking about reconstruction. Right . So what is reconstruction . Its really the period immediately after the civil war. The period of reconstruction. Why is it called reconstruction . Because we are talking about the reconstruction of the union. Right . Of the seceded states that had formed the confederacy, theyre now defeated and the question then becomes is how do they reenter the union . How do we reconstruct the union . And that is why this period is known as reconstruction. It is not that well known in American History. As the civil war, so so far, we have been talking about the civil war, right, before the midterms, we covered the civil war. And everyone knows about the civil war. It has kind of a triumphant end. You know, at least if youre not a neoconfederate. The union wins. Slavery is destroyed. Reconstructi
Juvenile record looking for Police Violence justifications with the same zeal and zest they had when they did it to Trayvon Martins history Michael Brown browns history of tamir rices history and speaking of kids falling victim to overzealous policing and the criminal zation of black children look no further than the treatment of 12 year old Isaiah Elliott of Colorado Springs who according to reason dot com was suspended for 5 days and had police visit his home after a teacher briefly saw him move a neon green toy gun around on his couch during a virtual classroom session. When the Security State meets the nanny state and our kids get trapped in the crosshairs it aint because of a few bad apples my friends it means its time we start watching the hawks. On a cd. Player so lets see this is joyce state. Great see this ladys systemic deceptions show which i will. Build as. Well for the watching the entire over the now in the leisure every every single day every single week it seems like 20
Greetings and sal you take. Since the murder of george ford and beyond the taylor cries for Police Reform have rarely been heard this loud in the United States of america and while Small Victories of Law Enforcement reform have taken place on local levels of cities like minneapolis ferguson and seattle on a national and federal level the needle of reform. Its barely moved why because even today many leaders and citizens across the country still question whether we even need to reform the police at all often using that that tired old oh its just a few bad apples routine Like Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell the corporate job themselves who dusted off the bad apples excuse recently when discussing how city mayors need to really crack down on those protesters mcconnell observe that the police deserve our respect for doing a tough job that most of us would have wouldnt have the courage to take up but then he added that like in any organization youre going to have a few bad apples. Ye
President lincolns assassination. This was recorded at the Philadelphia Free library in 2011. Its about an hour. Thank you very much. Its wonderful to be here again. I love this venue. Get lots of good questions which we will save time for at the end. This is an interesting occasion for me. This is actually the first time ive been up in front of an audience talking about Andrew Johnson. Forgive me if i say jefferson occasionally. I had to write that when i was writing, i did a spell check in there. Because it was the temptation was quite great. If somebody had told me a number of years ago or any point in my life that i would have written a book about Andrew Johnson, i would have told them they were crazy. Its not that i dont think hes an interesting person. He is an interesting person. For most of my career as a historian ive tried to avoid the period of reconstruction. It sounds strange for someone who writes about slavery which is a difficult topic to write about. But i find it easi