Good evening, [inaudible] [applause] to introduce our speaker for this evening who will tell you, Leeanna Keith teaches history at the Collegiate School for boys in new york city. She is the author of the colfax massacre. [inaudible] [inaudible] please join me in welcoming Leeanna Keith. [applause] thank you everybody. Forgive me for remaining seated. Im going to tell you what happened to me. I know you want to know how i broke my legs. They sideswiped me. I feel very lucky to be here at all. Now im going to tell you a story about the civil war and afterwards all i can remember is on the lady who a [laughter] what can i say, thats my story. Ive been traveling and one thing about my book is theres a lot of local history and their s, stories that happen in different places. This is not where much of the action takes place. Seeing how about how to organize this talk make me recognize a certain pattern to the geography of the civil war and the whole radical movement. Which in my story get
Booktv. Org. Now we kick off the weekend with historian Leeanna Keith who looks at the origins of the Republican Party. [inaudible conversations] good evening. Cspan is here, so thats why our lights are super bright. Welcome, my name is kate whitman, and i am the Vice President of community engagement, and im delighted to have you all here. Tonights presentation is a livingston lecture made possible through generous funding of the livingston foundation. Please join me in thank them. [applause] and now to introduce our speaker for thissen evening who will tell you why she is sitting down like this. Leeanna keith teaches history at the Collegiate School for boys in new york city. Shes the author of the colfax massacre, untold story of black power. And most recently [inaudible] she joins us to discuss tonight. Kirkus review, which is an industry publication, a wellresearched, denselydetailed account [inaudible] planted the roots for the civil rights movement. And then [inaudible] Importan
Tonights presentation please join me in thanking them. [applause] and now to introduce our speaker for this evening who will tell you, Leeanna Keith is at the Collegiate School for boys in your city she is author of the untold story of the glass tower and most recently present article of the civil war the publication had this to say, sense of detailed accounts radicals and republicans at the roots for the civil rights movement. And socalled radical republicans. [inaudible] mainstream american and during the civil war. Please join me in welcoming Leeanna Keith. Cement thanks everybody to please forgive me for remaining seated. I just wanted tell you what happened to me i know you you want to hide broke my leg, which is a cement mixer pulled up beside me and sideswipe me and so i feel very lucky to be here at all. And i will be fine. So now im going to tell you the story about the civil war and after words all youre going to remember is i am that lady got hit by the symmetric. [laughter]
Terribly. I have known my husband for 39 years. It is hard to describe. That woman spoke to us after she drove home after providing dna samples to authorities working to identify remains. No names have been officially released but we are abandoning to learn the identities of some of the dems from that tragic diving trip. Such a heartbreaking day for these families. The rema been recovered, the coast guard says the conception was required to have fiery signatures and emergency escape hatch and smoke detectors. Today a federal investigation was launched. Coast guard heo shows the conception of the 75 foot diving vessel running and rescue crews answer the made a call. Officials say the flames moved quickly through the wooden boat, 34 people were below deck and Officials Say it appears all were trapped as the boat burned. This video from another diving tour shows the bunks and close orders below. There was a stairwell to get down the main entryway and an escape hatch and it would appear th
Tower camera looking north at the trans america pyramid. Its wednesday, september 4th. I am michelle griego. I am ie choy. Lets check the wednesday forecast and it looks like we are off to a warm start mary. Thats right. Happy wednesday to you as we are looking at monsoonal moisture from the southwest pushing into the bay area and that means more clouds and also there is a slight, slight chance of dry lightning for the north bay and easted by a bay mountain today. A live look with our sails force tower camera looking west and you can see temperatures are running in the 50s and in the 60s right now. So 52 in santa rosa. 63 in concord and upper 50s for San Francisco right now. So, as we head through the day, near average highs for San Francisco as well as for oakland. A little bit warmer for san jose and for concord. So, 70 in San Francisco later on in the afternoon. Mid70s in oakland. Looking at mid80sin san jose and 90 for concord many we will talk about i will show you futurecast what