Gabriel. And brian is with the panel transnational perspectives on american slavery and the United States civil war. Brian gabrial. Brian . Well, listen, im so sorry that im not joining you, all of you there in augusta. I wish that i were there, of course, in person. I think we have a nice panel for you. Ill be first with my paper. The second american revolution. Canadian editors and the outbreak of the u. S. Civil war, followed by Matthew Arendt from Texas Christian University and simon vodrey from carlton up in canada. He will have probably a little bit more than what im saying to you in terms of timing. I will time myself. Hub is that okay or is someone timing me off . Brian . Time yourself. Okay. All right. All right. So i think we need to get started here so we can keep things on track. Right. I hope everyone can see this now. Very good. It is sometimes forgotten that the close bond the United States shares with canada is largely a 20th century manifestation. And the signing of th
Our first moderator this afternoon. And that is going to be brian gabriel. And brian is with the panel transnational perspectives on american slavery and the United States civil war. Brianwell, listen, im so sorryt im not joining you, all of you there in augusta. I wish that i were there, of course, in person. I think weave a niill be first. The second american revolution. Canadian editors and the outbreak of the u. S. Civil war, ow from Texas Christian University and simon vodrey from carlton up in canada. He will have probably a little bit more than what im saying to you in terms of timing. I will time myself. Hub is that okay or is someone timing me off . Brian . Time yourself. Okay. All right. All right. So i think we need to get started here so we can keep things on track. Right. I hope everyone can see this now. Very good. It is sometimes forgotten that the close bond the United States shares with canada is manifesta. And the signing of the treaty of ghent that ended the war of 1
Transnational perspectives on american slavery and the United States civil war. Brian gabrial. Brian . Well, listen, im so sorry that im not joining you, all of you there in augusta. I wish that i were there, of course, in person. I think we have a nice panel for you. Ill be first with my paper. The second american revolution. Canadian editors and the outbreak of the u. S. Civil war, followed by Matthew Arendt from Texas Christian University and simon vodrey from carlton up in canada. He will have probably a little bit more than what im saying to you in terms of timing. I will time myself. Hub is that okay or is someone timing me off . Brian . Time yourself. Okay. All right. All right. So i think we need to get started here so we can keep things on track. Right. I hope everyone can see this now. Very good. It is sometimes forgotten that the close bond the United States shares with canada is largely a 20th century manifestation. And the signing of the treaty of ghent that ended the war
Quite often in our most famous decisions are ones that the court took that were unpopular. Lets go to a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening and welcome to landmark cases and 2 3 of the way of 12week series looking at Historic Supreme Court zigs. Brown v. Board of education and listen to linda brown on the roots of this case. My memory of brown began in the fall of 1950. In the quiet kansas town of topeka, where a mildmannered man took his 7yearold daughter by the hand and walked briskly to the allwhite school and tried without success to enroll his child. That parent in topeka child to enroll their children was long overdue. Many evenings my father would arrive home to find my mother upset because i had to take a walk like she did many years before and catch a school bus and debus two miles across town. I can remember that walk.
The United States has one of the highest incarceration rate in the world. There are Racial Disparities in conviction and sentencing. We need to reform our criminal Justice System and develop alternatives to the existing policies. Talking about criminal Justice Reform and how to approach the issue. I am pleased to welcome Governor Terry mcauliffe to the brookings institute. Many of you know him as governor of the commonwealth of virginia. Jobs andrked to create build a 21st century economy. Tois also committed bettering the lives of ordinary people. After the tragic violence in inuts will, charlottesville, he spoke out forcefully about hatred and bigotry. He has been a trailblazer in restoring civil Voting Rights for those released from prison. During his time in office, he restored Voting Rights to thousands of extra lens in virginia. Thousands of exfelons in virginia. Please join me in welcoming governor mcauliffe. [applause] think you for joining me for joiningank you me today. It is