Were going to be presenting an imported book to the mark in history which unlike 18th century behind the name or current important books by some of the major in our country. It also be reporting by the historian who works at the institute. It must frequently on health education. And then we will guide a question and answer questions our state and pretty in the Program Sponsored by them please go to our website. Now enjoy. Khalil muhammad hello and welcome everyone today pretty july 19th, 2020 addition of the institutes new Digital Program a gain in august today is a professor and he be talking about his book the condemnation of blackness. First for those of you are new to the institute pretty we are the leading Nonprofit Organization dedicated to k12 History Education while also serving the general public. And her mission is to help promote the knowledge and understanding of American History through Educational Programs and resources such as the Hamilton Education program online, teach
still too cowardly to take a stand against insurrectionists ex president. the idea of political violence is being normalized. he held newspaper published a piece this weekend underlying its stark terms what this new post trump post january 6th world looks like. the number threat in vests launched by u.s. capitol police in 2021 was 100 and 50% higher than it was in 2017. trump s first year in office. lawmakers who are critical of trump remain among those most frequently targeted for violence. the long and diverse listening clues republicans who voted for an infrastructure bill he opposed. democrats who manage the former presidents impeachments. republicans who supported his ouster after the january 6th capitol attack. and most recently, the nine lawmakers on the select committee investigating the 2021 a riot. all of whom have around the clock security details. end quote. president biden addressed the normalization of violence this week in his soul of the nation s speech. y
Im going to complicate some of the ways it is often talked about. We will talk about where it came from and how we ended up with the worlds biggest prison system. What that has to do with this time. The 1960s and 1970s and the second reconstruction. We will think about the role that people in prison and formerly incarcerated people have played consistently as analysts and observers and critics of mass incarceration. We will start off big and work our way to the human level. The u. S. Incarcerates more people than anyone else in the world. In terms of absolute numbers more than 2. 2 Million People in prison, but also the rate of incarceration. 5 of the worlds population and about two 25 of the prison population. You can see how much more that is than even other countries that have their own version of mass incarceration. 700 people per 100,000 people in the United States that are incarcerated today. That is a relatively recent phenomenon. When we look at incarceration throughout the 20t
The Marquis Lafayette was 19 years old when he came to america to fight in the revolution. He was a french aristocrat and when i talk to students about this and i say he was 19 we think about 19yearolds today what were you like when you were 19 . Were you going to fight in revolution across the sea . Probably not. He was an interesting individual. His support and influence with the french government helps the revolutions cause. When he came back, he was invited back by president monroe for the purpose of remembering the revolution, munro saw that people were starting to die off, the revolutionaries are starting to leave us, but lafayette was still a living connection to the revolution. He came back and did this amazing tour of what was then the United States, in an era when there were not trains. Of course there were not automobiles. This was horses and carriages and he crisscrossed the then United States, and the fact that he had so many places from new york city down to charleston an
But not from a big tower at a certain volume where the whole region heard it. It would be amplified on a lower volume which in the quadrangle by mechanical means where people around that area would hear it. That is true but the important thing is the physical occupation of the Christian Chapel for those prayers will not happen. That is what is important. This seems to be some debate about this but whether it is in this instance or not you can take it to the banks that unless people of other faiths understand that what they are being duped by is a deliberate strategy of subversion from within, is this notion that bridgebuilding and their participation in it is a matter of ecumenical is a man solidarity in defense of First Amendment religious freedom rights. Is actually a cynical act on the part of those that they are interacting with. We are reminded of a passage from one of the most influential jihadists ideologues in modern times, said khoutup. They often find it on the battlefield as