Future of the magazine. This is one hour 20 minutes of stop [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] journal cspan. Org welcome to the National Constitution center. Im jeffrey rosen. Im the president of this special constitution center. Lets recited together this is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. Beautiful. [applause] that is our inspiring congressional motto. Its a cult. It is a constitutional cult and its such a thrill to be here in this wonderful place. This is a really special evening for me because i am welcoming my dear old friend frank foer editor of the new republic. Frank and i have known each other since 2000 when he first came to the new republic as a brilliant young writer from u. S. News stop he established himself early on as the magazines most thoughtful and penetrating comm
That is the one vindication i could not think of. But the way in which black ministers made sense of this, god had intervened in Human Affairs in 1861 and god had chosen Abraham Lincoln to do his work in 1862. That gods will was to transform the status of africanamericans because they were his chosen people. Now god had released them from bondage at there were great they great things in their future. One thing to keep in mind as we talk about the grim days of reconstruction and grimmer days of the jim crow south, there is an optimism that god cant be doing this to us if he will put us back in a situation like slavery. There has to be a forwardlooking progress to this and that is essential as to how africanamericans are interpreting what happened after the civil war. Prof. Varon that is the investment in the idea that they are a redeemer race that will redeem america from the sin of slavery, but also a deep investment in the Union Victory in the moment where they had proven irrevocably
Makes the case of the number of men from slave states that wore blue uniforms gave a decisive edge to the union in the end. He finds 450 thousand men from slave states were union blue. This is a new framework for thinking about the war. Lets talk a little bit about men in the ranks and give some examples to the audience of some of these troops and their stories. Prof. Gannon there are so many. One of the things people have no idea is how many medal of honor winners there were among colored troops there were 14 in one battle. Christian fleetwood was one of those medal of honor winners. Robert penn, there are so many others. There were also the African Americans in the navy who were also awarded the medal of honor. They were so much more. So many stories. Its incredible about their sacrifice. Most people dont realize the men who fought at port hudson were officers, black officers among them. The 54th massachusetts had black officers at the end. One of the better known people was joseph w
Lincoln described vindication in a way. For the one group in particular for home the providential interpretation was unambiguous was africanamericans. The way in which black ministers made sense of this was that god had intervened in Human Affairs in 1861s. God had chosen Abraham Lincoln to do his work in 1862. That gods will was to transform the status of africanamericans because they were his chosen people. Now god had released them from bondage at there were great they their future. We talk about the grim days of reconstruction and grammar days of the jim crow grimm,erer days of the jim crow south. There is an optimism that god cant be doing this to us if he will put us back in a situation like slavery. There has to be a forwardlooking progress to this and that is essential as to how africanamericans are interpreting what happened after the civil war. Prof. Varon that is the investment in the idea that they are a redeemer race that will redeem america from the sin of slavery, but al
Careers in multiple fields, politics journalism and diplomacy. She may have disagreed with much of mrs. Roosevelts philosophy, but as early as 1948 she was recommending that truman ask her to be his running mate. And for her part Eleanor Roosevelt publicly praised her appointment as ambassador to italy writing that mrs. Luce would be an able ambassador who will represent us well. Price of fame goes into fascinating detail about luces relationships not only with the roosevelts, but with so many of the great figures of the 20th century from eisenhower to several churchills to jfk and of course her stormy marriage to henry luce. And so does morris herself in a wonderful account of how she became to be Clare Boothe Luces biographer the only one to have access to her public and private papers. And so it is really a great privilege to have Sylvia Morris with us here tonight. Born in england, she taught English Literature before moving to the United States in 1968 with her husband the writer