A little bit about her publications, which are multiple awardwinning, her most recent book is bound in wedlock slave and free black marriage in the nineteenth century. Published in 2017. A book about African Americans and marriage in the 19th century, a winner of multiple awards. And a variety of other prizes. The list goes on and on. Let me mention her first book about women after the civil war. Another multiple prizewinning book. Dr. Hunter has agreed to come here today and talk with us specifically about the history of emancipation, the end of slavery during the civil war, a topic always on peoples agenda for teaching and discussion but particularly widely discussed earlier this summer the anniversary of juneteenth. That is what got us started thinking about inviting her to speak with us about that history, which is complicated, exciting, and always in need of clarification. Let me turn it over to tera hunter to talk a little bit about the process of wartime emancipation. What happe
First going tohe jackson bodegas life. When she worked as a newspaper columnist and writer and met and married future president john f. Kennedy. Welcome. Mr. Anthony thank you. I appreciate so much being able to join the White House Historical association today and very honored to give you a little bit of a background about Florence Harding and the book. I have to tell you, as is often said, a parent should not really have, per se, a favorite child, and i think an author perhaps should not have a favorite book. But i will say that the research of this book and then the unique promotion that i did for the book will always be a very important part of my life. I started writing this book and researching this book at a time when the sun was just setting on the last generation of people who knew the hardings firsthand. Of course, they had been young children, one or two had almost been teenagers. At the end of the process, the 75th anniversary of the death of president harding, of course he
Curator sarah levit shows us what architecture can reveal about how the mentally ill were cared for over time. We decided to do this exhibition for many reasons, one of which, i think its a real important moment to be talking about the role of the federal government in providing Public Health and providing healthcare for the mentally ill and what that role has been over the time. I think it is an interesting time to talk about that. Also, right now, at st. Elizabeths in d. C. , its really a time where theyre looking to develop the land. Its now split into two halves, the federal government owns half of it and it will become the department of Homeland Security, which is something thats happening right now and also development is really starting on the east campus, which is owned by the city of washington, d. C. Its a really interesting time to Start Talking about that since theyre really moving forward and starting that development process. This is a great hall as we call it in the old
Girl for simon and shooter, the first chronicling of jack and bouquets life from 1950 to 1954, when she worked as a newspaper columnist and writer and met and married future president john f. Kennedy. Welcome, carl. Thank you. I appreciate so much being able to join the White House Historical association today, and im very honored to give you a little bit of a background about Florence Harding and the book. I have to tell you, as is often said, apparent should not really have a favorite child and i think in author perhaps should not have a favorite book, but i will say that this research of this book, and then the unique promotion that i did for the book, will always be a very important part of my life. I started researching this book at a time when the sun was just setting on the last generation of people who knew the hardings firsthand. Of course, they had been young children. Then at the end of the process, the 75th anniversary of the death of president hardening, and of course he d
Vanguard, how black women overcame barriers vanguard how black women broke barriers, won the vote, and insisted on equality for all this book is fascinating. You have to get it. It starts with doctor joneses grandmother, soucie jones, and i must admit i have not finished the book, but it has Amazing Stories of women who really have made a difference. We look forward, dr. Jones, to hearing your story. So let me just tell you a little bit about doctor jones. She was born in Central Harlem and was originally trained as an attorney and was working on social justice issues after being trained at in new york. So at the law school, she became a Public Interest lawyer and spent nearly ten years representing homeless people, people with mental illness, People Living with aids. And in 1994, she was awarded fellowship on the future of the city of new york at Columbia University based on her lawyering work. And there, her career took an interesting turn as she was drawn to the research and writing