Historically black sites helped to tell the story of africanamerican migration. They argue for additional efforts and resources to preserve such places for current and future generations. This discussion was part of the association for the study of africanamerican life in history annual meeting. Hello, and welcome. Hello and welcome to the association for the study of africanamerican life and histories 104th annual conference. How the National Park service tells the story of black migrations. My name is madeleine, and im the Senior Executive assistant at the National Parks Conservation Association. Is this better . Sorr sorry about that. On behalf of theresa and the president and ceo, thank you for taking the time to join us and welcome. For those of you not familiar with the National Parks Conservation Association, weve been a powerful, independent voice working to strengthen and protect americas National Parks for 100 years. Through our nationwide network of offices and with our more
Professor of history at the university of minnesota. She is currently just finishing up a faculty fellowship at Harvard Fellowship Harvard Universitys in history. She owned a joint ph. D. In history in African Americans studies at Yale University and specializes in 20th century African American and American History with an emphasis on immigration, war globalization and social movements and political resistance. She is the author of a number of books one of which is out available outside at encourage you to grab a copy while you can. The glory of their deeds, a global history of black soldiers and the great war era. That sage was working on that book as i recall as part of your work at the warren center, was a close to publication . So its almost done. Really sage, is a great friend of ours and were just so delighted to have you back here with us again. Thank you. Please join me in welcoming doctor welcoming dr. Matt how. And joining us tonight is a scholar who has a specialized focus o
Preserve such places for current and future generations. This discussion was part of the association for the study of africanamerican life and history annual meeting. Hello, and welcome. Hello and welcome to the association for the study of africanamerican life and historys 104th annual conference. We have of people moving, how the National Park service and preservation is how the story of black migration. My name is madeline, and the Senior Executive assistant at the National Parks conservation association. Louder . Is that better . Sorry about that. Im so proud to be with you this afternoon. On behalf of teresa and the president and ceo, thank you for taking the time to join us and welcome. For those of you not familiar with the National Parks conservation association, we have been a powerful independent voice working to strengthen and protect americas National Parks for 100 years. Through a nationwide network of offices, and with more than 1. 3 million members and supporters, npca s
The 40th annual american book awards. I say it is very appropriate that we are holding this ceremony on the day of the dead. In San Francisco. And in california, and at the end of the west. Not just geographically mind you, you go any further west, you are in the east. Far east. So just this last month, afghanistan turned 18. I say its you say is going to vote . Congressional budget for every 24 hours the war cost hundred and 74 million. So in a city named for st. Francis, who city fathers and mothers now treated citizens as if they were merely detritus of capitalism, is trying these big two. And if state named for a black lesbian amazon clean of the islamic faith took up on that, but these are just the names that we know right now. Because there are monday names for this place became long before any of us were here and there will be monday names to come. In fact the origin of those names came from a group of people who arrived from youre up are increasingly starting to up here within
American history. Well, joining us now on booktv is long time yale professor david blight. Hes also an author and a Pulitzer Prize winner. Professor blight, what do you teach at yale . Well, i teach about slavery. The civil war and reconstruction. How long have you been teaching that . Well, ive been teaching about that all of my career. Ive been doing it at yale about 20 years. But weve invited you on to talk about a new series that you are editing or producing called the black lives series. What is that . Well, its a series that Yale University press has just begun in the past few years. The three series editors are Henry Louis Gates jr and jacqueline goldsby. Jackie is here at yale and the english department. Skip is course up at harvard. Its a series modeled on another that yale press does called jewish lives, which has now been around 20 or 30 years. Its been very successful series. They are short biographies, usually 200 pages or less. The jewish lives series is as been a triumph