The aha is a membershipsupported organization, just a reminder. One has to say these things, anybody who watches Public Television or listens to public radio is ready for this. If you would like to become a member and support this type of content, membership links are located in the chat on zoom and in the comments on facebook live. I want to give an especially grateful thankful to History Channel for their generous sponsorship of this webinar. Lets get started. It is an honor to introduce todays panelists, Annette Gordonreed, professor of law and history at harvard university. And david blight, professor of history and director of the lehrman center for the study of slavery, abolition and resistance at yale university. The professors are Pulitzer Prize winning historians and they have won lots of other prizes as well. They have written and spoken frequently and insightfully on issues relating to monuments, history, memory and our nations continued failure to fully confront the implica
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Talk about recent debates over historical monuments, discussing how people could make decisions about removing or contextualize exam based on Historical Information and public sentiment. The american historical so cetacean associated and recorded this event. Good afternoon. And i say that with some trepidation, because our audience is national and international. So, good morning to some of you and good evening to some of you. I am jim grossman, the executive director of the american historical association. And this is an initial experiment in something that we are likely to call history behind the headlines. The aha considers Historical Context and perspective essential to decisionmaking in public culture and especially in all aspects of public policy. The aha is a membershipsupported organization, just a reminder. , one has to say these things, anybody who watches Public Television or listens to public radio is ready for this. If you would like to become a member and support this type
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