The president. Lectures in history every saturday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Lectures is history is also available as a podcast. Find it where you listen to podcasts. The largest stone fort in the United States sits at the mouth of the chesapeake bay. Fort monroe Casemate Museum director gives us a tour showcasing its history and its role in the civil war. Were inside the casemate music because were inside a casemate. Its a vault inside of a wall. Kind of unique for museums in this day and time. Were going to walk you through the museum and talk about the interesting history that occurs here. Some of our stories will deal with the indians, the africans that first arrived here. Thousands and thousands of years ago, the natives of this land started to migrate. They migrated as far as as far west as mexico and the Mississippi River valley. They migrated as far south as south america and central america. They migrated all the way here to Point Comfort where fort monroe is located today. They w
Hampden, virginia. Up next, robin reed gives us a tour showcasing the forts history from a colonial era through its completion in 1834 and its role in the civil war. Welcome to fort monroe located on the Pleasant Place we call Point Comfort. Actually, oh, Point Comfort and that way for a long, long time. Here over 400 years of history occurred. In fact, some say even longer. Some say even thousands of years. Inside the museum aptly named, Casemate Museum. A vault made is inside a for the wall. Youre inside the fourt wall. Unique for museums this date in time. Well talk about the history that occurs here. Some of our stories deal with the virginia indians, the africans that first arrived here, and their plight during the American Civil War. Thousands and thousands of years ago, the natives of this land started to migrate. They migrated as far as, far west as mexico and the Mississippi River valley. They migrated as far south as south america, and central america. They migrated all the w
Social media. Follow us at cspan history. The largest stone fort announcer the largest stone fort in the United States sits at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay near hampton, virginia. Up next, Fort Monroe Casemate Museum director robin reed gives us a tour, showcasing the forts history, from the colonial era, through its completion in 1834 and its role in the civil war. Mr. Reed welcome to fort monroe, located here on the very Pleasant Place we call Point Comfort. We actually call it old Point Comfort. That has been that way for a long, long time. It is here that over 400 years of history have occurred. In fact, some would say even longer. Some would say even thousands of years. We are inside the Casemate Museum, aptly named because we are actually inside a casemate. A casemate is nothing more than a vault inside a fort wall. So you are actually inside the fort wall, kind of unique for museums at this point in time. We will walk you through the Casemate Museum and talk to you about the
Discussion entitled, historically speaking, Thurgood Marshall, a life in American History, an evening with spencer crew and paul finkle man. Before we begin, let me also welcome our audience whos streaming the discussion through the museums you stream channel. Our twitter handle this evening is historicallyspeaking. We are also thrilled that this program will be broadcast via cspan book tv and will be aired at a later date. Through dr. Crews compelling new biography introduces us to the constant battles of equality faced by africanamericans through a study of Thurgood Marshalls extraordinary courage and his believe in the power of the law to change society. Thurgood marshall, a life in American History, follows his career from his youth in baltimore, maryland, to his days as a Supreme Court justice. Thurgood marshalls inspiring story illustrates how pervasive is racism in American Society and reveals the difficulty of the struggles of africanamericans to make progress against it. Throu
Mccalls through this charming photograph that we use in the story. Im pleased that you have taken this picture which was taken a year or two after i came back from school in england, and had come out in the traditional way in new york. Fashions seem so funny today with the high neck and the gold beads around my neck and above all the hair. I had hair below my waist, so it was hard to get it scrolled up on top of my head, but it makes you look quite different. All i can say about the fashions today is that at least weve progressed and are more comfortable. In the next picture with your father you seem to have a very nice relationship with him. He meant a great deal to you, didnt he . My father meant a tremendous amount. I adored him all the days of my childhood. Did for many years. Did he have a particular nickname he called you . Little male after the dickinson story, i always liked that. Im sitting on my fathers knee, very badly dressed little girl, right up to my mothers death so i h