I think we will get started. I want to thank julia for allowing me to say a few words. Welcome to the new school. Welcome to one of the featured events at the center for capitalism studies. For a couple of years i taught a course at our undergraduate division on understanding global capitalism and the first day we would come in and everyone had to look at the tag of the shirt on the shirt of the person to their left and tell us what country that shirt was made in. That was the first thing we did in understanding global capitalism and we would write the names of the countries on the board. It was invariably 25 countries. Actually remarkable in the era that the production is still quite diversified. What we learned by looking at cotton shirts in that case was about globalization of production. We learned about the structure of the modern corporation, about grounding Fashion Design and the relation between trade and capital movements but what we didnt have when i taught the course was sve
[inaudible conversations] i think well get started. I want to thank julia before i introduce her for allowing me to say a few words. Welcome to the new school. Welcome to one of the featured events of the center for capitalism studies. For a couple years if taught a course another Eugene Lang College on understanding global capitalism, and the first day we would come in and everyone had to look at the tag of the shirt to the person to their left and tell us what country that shirt was made in. So that whats first thing we did in understanding global capitalism and we would write the names of the countries on the board, and i it was invariably 25 countries. Actually remarkable in the post multifiber arrangement era that the production is still quite diversified but what we learned by looking at cotton shirts in that case was about globalization of production. We learned about the modern structure of the modern corporation, about branding in fashion design, the relation between trade and
[inaudible conversations] i think we will get started. I want to thank julia ott before introducer for allowing me to say a few words. Welcome the new school. Welcome to one of the featured events of the Harvard Center for capitalism studies. For a couple of years i taught a course at eugene college, our undergraduate division, on understanding Global Capitalism. The first day we become in and everyone had to look at the tag of the shirt to the person, shirt of the person to their loved and tell us what country that shirt was made in. So that was the first thing we did in understanding Global Capitalism. We would write the names of the countries on the board. And it was invariably 25 countries. Actually remarkable that the production still quite diversified. What we learned by looking at cotton shirts in that case was about globalization of production. We learned about the modern structure of the modern corporation, about branding, fashion design, about the relationship between trade a
Stories i came across of the person who actually took the photograph. He was a white southern photographer and it was during the sitins that he actually had a change of heart. He was a segregationist when he walked into that woolworths and he was an integrationist when he walked out because he saw the quiet dignity of the demonstrators against the mob mentality of his friend and neighbors. And he realized that segregation could no longer rule. It was a very powerful story. Thats what we had in the book. You also mentioned medgar evers. How much did you get into his murder and the investigation . Well we start the book with his story. Call it, medgars mississippi. We paint the picture what mississippi was like at that time. What it was like for somebody like medgar to come back for the war where he fought for freedom in his country and not be able to experience it himself. So his story is is really woven throughout and of course with his assassination which is part of the book. It tells
[applause] good evening thank you for that wonderful introduction. I like to start off tonights event based first offering a land acknowledgment birdlike to gratefully acknowledge the native people whose ancestral homelands we gather as well as the Diverse Communities who make their home in washington d. C. And for all of those streaming to acknowledge the land youre coming to us from. I am so excited and pleased about tonights event both personally and also at the secretary of education. As you heard this is a special evening for us as we are doing in person and Live Streaming for the first time. And also that education has been at the cook core of the smithsonian Mission Sensor 175 your founding. In fact the spirit and purpose of the programming you will have tonight the Smithsonian Associates have been doing for 55 years through highquality inperson programming. We are happy tonight. We are particularly excited about this event because we have two fabulous people pretty properly the