Fessor woody holton from the university of South Carolina. Third we hear from professor eri c slauter from the university of chicago. Finally, we hear from professor David Armitage at Harvard University known fo the declaration of independence a global history. Everyone will speak about 10 to 12 minutes and then we have questions from the audience. I think youre all set. Prof. Brewer thank you to organizers of this conference, which is terrific. When the delegates to the Continental Congress assembled in june of 1776, they faced a dilemma. Fighting between colonists and british troops have been going on more than a year. Political disputes over whether colonists needed to dissent to their own government and taxes remained at a standoff. Some delegates sought peace and redfin scissors peace and reckons lesion with their king. Only seven supported independence. New york, new jersey delaware, and South Carolina were not yet ready to fight. Congress chose a committee of five men to persuad
Poetic eloquent ironic we present the short list of writers and there were. But first the impact of the german election how is the art scene reacting to the success of the far right we can go to dresden. Famous for its monuments and world class museums dresden is a center of the arts but in recent years its also become a bastion of right wing populism. The far right a. F. D. Captured more than twenty percent of the vote here leaving the city struggling to defend its image. Its a new stress test for dressed in start singing. Just. As i dont want to comment on the election result itself as its the outcome of a democratic process. But we do. You reject the sentiments of intolerance and non acceptance of foreign nationals in our society. Tristans heller a center for the european arts is also taking a stand in its performances against intolerance and xenophobia. At the center makes a point of working with refugees many here believe the problem lies in dresden history and i did add whats thi
From Lincoln Center in new york. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. This is the eve of ukraines president ial election. And in the eastern portion of the country militants patrol the street in an effort to hold down the down outin tomorr iin tomor voting. Ukraines Prime Minister vowed the election would proceed despite the rebels calls for an independent pro russia state in the east. Tomorrow we will prove to the world. But we will not be intimidate and we alone will decide how to construct and run our home. Yesterday Vladimir Putin said held expect the outcome of tomorrows voting. For more, by paul, managing editor for the news service. He and a group of journalists met today. What are the headlines from this meeting . You know, it was an interesting meeting. It was three hours. What became clear during the whole meeting was that president putin feels a real sense of agreement and especially i would say the United States for not taking into account what he records as russias needs,
Courted and fell in love with a woman and married a second time. He wrote thousands of passionate love letters to each of these women. This was a real living breathing human being and i dont think we have seen that about woodrow wilson. Next Diane Mcwhorter on her look carry me home birmingham, alabama the climactic battle of the civil rights revolution. She focuses on the 1963 bombing of the 16th st. Church that killed four young girls in times when the police try to disperse young demonstrators with fire hoses and dogs. This is an outward. Cspan the last lion under acknowledgments as i think my father for delivering me as Robert Renoir wrote out of the history into history and the awful responsibility of time. What are you getting out there . Guest at the last line from all the kings men which was an inspiration for this book because as you recall in that book the main character is able to tie his own history to characters he thought had nothing to do with him when he was growing up
We still find that people in those communities are saying thats an old case. We dont need to revive it. Why bring up the past . Lets let it go. Lets let god take care of it. And i answer did not god give us a mind . Did not god give us the strength . Why are we depending on that . That can bring closure, i feel, to all of these negatives that still float around in the air, whether they be in mississippi or whether it be in other parts of this country. It was the same thing that was told to me. Years and years i searched for evidence that would help us get a third trial with medgars assassin. People said youre crazy, youre living in the past. Youve got to move away from it. I cant help you. I wont help you. And this one word, one word that medgar had and i had, and i hope all of us want to make positive changes will have, and thats perseverance. A believing in something, a being determined, having that vision. Being determined of seeing that vision comes into being. And assessing whatev