Good afternoon, everyone. Joining uso much for for the American Civil War symposium. Ordinary people, extraordinary times. T up on our roster where she received the 2016 great teacher award. She taught previously at the state of at the university of new york in the state of albany. She received her phd studying under dr. And dr. Gallagher. Dr. Taylor is a member of the board of editors of the journal of southern history and advisor editor for the civil war monitor magazine and coeditor of the university of Georgia Press is on civil war series. Her current book project of the manyy thousands of men and women and children who fled slavery during the civil war and examined how their day to day experiences shaped the way emancipation unfolded in the United States. Book derived from her dissertation provided family in the civil war. In 2005. Published that book is the topic of her program today. I present to you dr. Amy morel taylor. It is indeed a real pleasure to be back here in virginia,
Exonerations by five exonerations by dna, every one of those stories would make a great book, the book should be written, every Wrongful Conviction is a story from the point of view about plot, the suffering, the drama, the deceit , the fact that the rapist is still out there raping when someone else is savoring his time. These are fantastic stories but the system is broken i would have written all of him but i cant do that. To answer your question i would love to be able to write another book of nonfiction, im not sure do it. It would take so much time away from the novels, the the kids books and other books i enjoy doing. Host thank you for stopping by book tv. Guest my pleasure its always in pleasure talking to. Guest and we are back live on book tv for the firstever mississippi book book festival in jackson. The next panel beginning now is looking at the history of civil rights in america. The moderator for todays panels robbie luckett. Robbie luckett received his ph. D. From the u
And in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, r. Thompson, for five minutes. Mr. Thompson thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to speak about the strengthening career and Technical Education act for the 21st century, which well consider on the floor this champion. I proudly champion on the floor this afternoon. Im proudly championing this bill. America is ready for wain. First, id like to thank the house education Work Force Committee chairwoman Virginia Foxx and Ranking Member bobby scott for their support in bringing this bill to the floor. Want to thank the democratic lead, representative raja krystal griner, and my colleague and c. T. Caucus cochair jim langevin. Mcmorris hank cathy rodgers, leader mccarthy and steve scalise, who remains in awful our prayers for a full recovery. This legislation ai
And as many of you know, it was met with some degree of controversy because there are those american citizens who said, but this was just a political correctness. And there were others who, in fact, they didnt even know who Harriet Tubman was. And various pictures of Harriet Tubman appeared on the internet and the people women who were in fact not Harriet Tubman. Harriet tubman has usually been a subject of childrens fiction. And very few people really know, at least american citizens we historians know who Harriet Tubman was. But that wasnt thats not the case with the american public. It was irony noted or the irony was noted in having tubman on the front of the 20 bill. And Andrew Jackson on the back. As many of you know, Andrew Jackson was not only a slave holder himself, but he was also oversaw indian removal and is renowned for being, really, an indian killer. So in addition to that, many people pointed to the fact that here you have Harriet Tubman who was commodified, who had val
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