Southampton county, recruiting slaves and killing more than five dozen white men, women and children, more than killed ever in any slave revolt in united states. Examining the terrible choices faced by slaves and also the deep disagreements among whites about how to respond to the rebels, todays speaker will discuss new ways of thinking about nat turner, his revolt, southampton county, and even american slavery itself. Patrick breen is an associate professor of history at Providence College and the author of the land shall be deluged in blood. He has published articles in the journal of the early republic, the virginia magazine of history and biography, and the Oxford University press anthology of nat turner. With the release of the movie birth of the nation, how many of you have seen birth of a nation . The new version. [laughter] thank you. Far fewer. How many have seen the old version of birth of a nation . I still worry about you people sometimes. [laughter] with the release of the
Honored to have such distinguished guests seated on the stage who will later be introduced by mr. Alan williams, president of the africanamerican historical and Cultural Society. Each year when we celebrate black History Month, we adopt the National Theme of the association for the study of African American life and history founded by the late dr. Quarter jean woodson. Father of black history week that later became black History Month. This year, the National Theme is, the crisis in black education. The executive summary found in your Program Addresses the theme. We will follow the order of the program. Now, rev. Dr. Amos c brown, civil rights leader and pastor of Historic Third Baptist Church will bring the invocation followed by mr. Eldridge anthony, who will lead uswho is the conductor of the Willie L Brown wilson choir leading us in singing with every voice and sing, the Negro National anthem. Please, stand. Thank you. Let us now pause and give acknowledgment to our maker. Oh, unmo
Comedians kate berlant and john early, and featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 622 steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, hi, everybody [ cheers and applause ] yes i can feel it. I can feel the love. Im sending it right back to you. Welcome, everybody. Welcome to the tonight show. Thank you for being here. You made it. Youre here. Youre the show. Come on this is it. [ cheers and applause ] youre here. Youre at the show. Well, heres what people are heres what people are talking about. I saw this today. At the white house, President Trump had lunch with japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe. And out of respect for the Prime Minister, trump decided to eat his doritos using chopsticks. Steve oh. [ laughter ] nice. Jimmy President Trump actually greeted japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe with a hug. Trump said he would have bowed, but it wasnt like he was meeting Vladimir Putin or anything. [ light laughter ] at the end of their meeting, trump and a
John early, and featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 622 steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, hi, everybody [ cheers and applause ] yes i can feel it. I can feel the love. Im sending it right back to you. Welcome, everybody. Welcome to the tonight show. Thank you for being here. You made it. Youre here. Youre the show. Come on this is it. [ cheers and applause ] youre here. Youre at the show. Well, heres what people are heres what people are talking about. I saw this today. At the white house, President Trump had lunch with japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe. And out of respect for the Prime Minister, trump decided to eat his doritos using chopsticks. Steve oh. [ laughter ] nice. Jimmy President Trump actually greeted japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe with a hug. Trump said he would have bowed, but it wasnt like he was meeting Vladimir Putin or anything. [ light laughter ] at the end of their meeting, trump and abe shared a a handshake for
Comedians kate berlant and john early, and featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 622 steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, hi, everybody [ cheers and applause ] yes i can feel it. I can feel the love. Im sending it right back to you. Welcome, everybody. Welcome to the tonight show. Thank you for being here. You made it. Youre here. Youre the show. Come on this is it. [ cheers and applause ] youre here. Youre at the show. About. I saw this today. At the white house, President Trump had lunch with japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe. And out of respect for the Prime Minister, trump decided to eat his doritos using chopsticks. Steve oh. [ laughter ] nice. Jimmy President Trump actually greeted japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe with a hug. Trump said he would have bowed, but it wasnt like he was meeting Vladimir Putin or anything. [ light laughter ] at the end of their meeting, trump and abe shared a a handshake for photographers, but it felt lik