Growth of the u. S. Beef industry. The Watkins Museum of history and lawrence kansas hosted this event. Good evening everyone. Welcome to our latest book chat at the watkins. I am will hickox. I thank you for joining us tonight. Im starting to sound like a broken record before every event, but these days, when there are so many options for things to do with our free time, and you can just sit on your couch every evening. It is very encouraging and exciting for us here at the museum to have folks come in for our events. We really appreciate it. I know that the staff of the bookstore appreciates it as well. I will introduce tonights guest speaker. James sherow is University Distinguished professor at the department of history at kansas state university. He specializes in researching and teaching environmental history. Kansas history. North American Indian history and the history of the American West. Professor sherow sherow has written six books and numerous articles. It is a familiar re
Looking live from sa told they were kidding of course. The is in San Francisco fordream force this week. He is giving a speech. Its a well attended events. We saw the live shot from the last hour the line is long people were trying to get incensed 3 00 this morning. With since i was glad to tell you more the former president will share the spotlight at 10 30 this morning. Later today he will be in los altos for a Party Fundraiser and tickets for that range from 10,000 all the way down to 300 thousand dollars. Thats a lot of money will pay it. A call morning right now on the campus after night of protest and arrest. Demonstrators oppose the appearance of and coulter on the campus. We have a response from the university. Reporter good morning. Everything back to normal here at the Berkeley Campus although last night anger and opposition to one persons expression of free speech which led to six people getting arrested at a demonstration on campus. Its take a look at video from last night.
stay tuned to find out. we a off in a 4th of july edition of supermarket showdown. we re also going to answer your fan mail questions. and we have a brand new segment for you. we rionse looking back at our 4h of july. favorite memories. fourth oebut first is the five n fun extravaganza. g into we re diving into some summer topics to celebrate. some su4th of july. first up, butter up your popcorn hollywood summer blockbuster season is in full swing. hey, barbie, can i cometonigh to your house tonight? sure. ure.i don t have anything big planned. just a giant blowout party with all the barbies and plat n and a bespoke song, you should stop by. so cool. foould wy we go to the middle of nowhere. for who knows how longr who kn? why? why? mporta how about? because this is the most important thing that ever happened in the histornt y, the world. and those are just a couple of the big flicks hitting theaters. soe bi our all time favoriteall- blockbuster. i guess we have some t
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Hes been at work on pearl. Laurence dunbar the life and times of a caged bird, published should say by the ever wonderful Princeton University press for well over a decade. His previous books are representing race a new political history of African American literature and deans and truants, race and realism in African American literature. Hes joined evening by his colleague in the English Department simon gikandi, whos currently search projects are on slavery and modernity. Decolonization in literature and global modernism. Professor eric arnesen many acclaimed books i wont list all, but they include slavery and the culture of taste and writing in limbo. Modernism and caribbean literature. Before i hand things over, i just wanted quickly to say, right before reading gene jarrett outstanding biography of Paul Laurence dunbar, i had read saidiya hartmans wayward lives beautiful experiments in which Paul Laurence dunbar makes few appearances and does not cut a great figure. And so came to