Moments of the late 19th and early 20th century. Holds a lot of significance in the period of the guilded age and the progressive era. It also happens to be a the subject of my new book. I have been living and breathing in this period and in this moment. Dh is very significant for 1916 and really for the nation as i this ill try to make clear. So what ill do today is start by setting up the context of San Francisco in 1916 during the moment during this summer. And then ill spend time in really three parts talking about why its significant. And why its important to American History and our story. Let me begin by framing this story about this 1916 moment. Many of you have probably seen this character before. Mark twain. Of course the famous American Play write and he had many quips during his life. One of them that he said is he said the coldest winter i ever spent was a summer in San Francisco. One of his jokes. Of course if you have been to San Francisco you know this to be true. He sa
The attack remains the worst act of terrorism in San Francisco history. This is about 50 minutes. Well, good morning thanks for coming. I appreciate you all being here on a drizzly day at providence college. Today i wanted to share with you i think a story and a moment in American History that is one of the, for me, more important moments of the late 19th and early 20th century. Holds a lot of significance in the period of the guilded age and the progressive era. It also happens to be a the subject of my new book. I have been living and breathing in this period and in this moment. Dh is very significant for 1916 and really for the nation as i this ill try to make clear. So what ill do today is start by setting up the context of San Francisco in 1916 during the moment during this summer. And then ill spend time in really three parts talking about why its significant. And why its important to American History and our story. Let me begin by framing this story about this 1916 moment. Many
It holds a lot of significance in this period of the guilded age and the progressive era. It also happens to be the subject of my new book so ive been living and breathing in this period and in this moment which again i think is very, very significant for 1916 or for the nation, in ways i will try to make clear. So what ill do today is kind of start by setting up the context of San Francisco in 1916, during this moment, during this sunshine, and then ill spend some time in really three parts talking about why its significant and why its important to American History and our story. But let me begin by kind of framing this story about this 1916 moment. Many of you have probably seen this character before, mark twain, of course the famous American Play write and he had many quips during his life, but one of them that he said is the coldest winter i ever spend was a summer in San Francisco. This is one of his jokes. If you have ever been to San Francisco, you know this sometimes to be true
World under the shadow of the statue of liberty, its often told as a very uplifting and romantic story where immigrants become americans, but not many of us know the history of immigration through angel island. This is the immigration station in San Francisco and its an important site not only for what happened back then in the early 20th century, but also because its so timely today. Its timely because when we pick up any newspaper we see headlines like this. This is just from last week. Republicans slam obamas immigration town hall. Obama ill fight any attempt to reverse immigration action. Moving forward to fix our broken immigration system. House conservatives warn boehner, dont cave on immigration. U. S. Immigration dispute, threatens security, agency shutdown. Does anyone know what some of these headlines are referring to last week . What was the big debate in congress . What was the proposed shutdown . Diego. They were posing to shut down dhs funding because of obamas executive
Were going to be talking with ray suarez, Latino Americans. 500legacy that shaped the nation. Its the name of theoo Latino Americans the 500year legacy that shaped a nation is the name of the book. At the companion book book hoosiers you might have seen on pbs in 2013, the 500 yearr legacy. Ray suarez, how much of the 500 year legacy is on immigration . Guest all of it. The people have been moving aroundue forces that shape history, you the planet. Ow, people came from, people came from france, people came from britain. They were looking for many of the same things in this new content and found people that were here and added wrinkle to the story. Really, what im trying to do as Latino American is remind americans that theres been a spanish trend to this story from the very beginning. We just finished talking with erika lee the making of asian american, 6 or 7 of the population. How do you define Latino Americans and whats the population in the United States . If you are a decentant of