If you support another candidate or perhaps you did not vote, 27488002 call 2027488002. As the vote rolled in from the suburbs of atlanta, biden now has a 1096 vote lead. While mr. Biden leads and the trending pattern of votes favors him, a major News Organization did not call georgias rates race over. Still outstanding are overseas and military votes that phrase a friday face a friday deadline to arrive by mail. The Atlanta Journalconstitution reporting ballots, norentee was it one of the newly minted democratic suburbs. It was clayton, the south metro county that is the bluest bastion in the state that provided the decisive votes. Were presented by john lewis, the late civil rights icon, who was one of the most vocal critics of President Trump. There is more to that story. Theis available to you at Atlanta Journalconstitution. If you go to the front pages of wall street journal, it highlights not only the events taking place in georgia with joe biden taking the lead there, but also t
Todays first todays speaker. Ata hunter is a professor princeton. She specializes in 19th and 20th century history. A little bit about her publications, which are multiple awardwinning, her most recent in wedlock slave and free black marriage in the 19th century published in 20 17, a book about africanamericans and marriage in the 19th century. It won a memorial prize from the aha and a variety of other prizes. The list goes on and on. Let me mention her first book, to join my freedom, southern. Lack womens freedom another prizewinning book about women in the postemancipation south. Dr. Hunter has agreed to speak with us about the history of emancipation in the civil war, a topic that is always on the peoples agenda for teaching and discussed but we earlier this summer on the history of juneteenth and that is what got us started thinking about inviting her to speak to us about that history that is complicated, exciting and always in need of clarification. Let me turn it over to you ter
Bound in wedlock slave and free black marriage in the nineteenth century. It was published in 2017. A book about African Americans and marriage in the 19th century. The winner of multiple awards, including the Mary Nicholas prize. A variety of prizes that, the list goes on and on. Let me also mention her first book. To enjoy my freedom, southern black womens lives and labors after the civil war. Another multiple prize winning book and wonderful book about African American women in the post emancipation south. Dr. Hunter has agreed to come here today and talk to us specifically about the history of emancipation, the end of slavery during the civil war. A topic that was that is always on peoples agenda for teaching and discussion, but was particularly widely discussed earlier this summer on the anniversary of juneteenth. That is kind of what got us started thinking about inviting her to speak with us about that history, which is complicated, exciting, and always kind of in need of clarif
This event and provided the video. It is my pleasure to introduce nicole myers. Nikole turner is a sister professor of religious studies. She earned her phd in history at the university of pennsylvania. Her masters in divinity new york and her bachelors degree in political science. From high referred college. She is the author of this sole liberty the evolution of black religious politics imposed emancipation virginia. Before asking her the first question, i want to mention that this appears in this kind of conventional version of a hard copy it also has two other versions. Part of what makes her work so interesting is that it makes it possible to it is available as a conventional verbatim open access ebook and also as an enhanced open access ebook which shows off what dr. Turner was able to do with mapping and Digital Technology in order to develop her research findings. So one of the things i hope we will get to talk about today is how she worked with those sources and what kind of c
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