The early modern era. And by that i mean, essentially, three things. First, the origins and the rise of capitalism around the atlantic beginning in the late 16th century and continuing thereafter to the present. Secondly, the establishment of european dominance around the world. This is another major theme to which the slave trade is connected. And then finally, we are talking today about one of the very foundations of American History. America is the result of the meeting of three very old cultures, and you might say continents. People from europe, people from west africa, and people from native america. So today were going to talk about one of those three pillars. The african slave trade. Now, i want to begin with a quote by a very eminent africanamerican scholar activist named w. E. B. Dubois. Heres what dubois said about the atlantic slave trade. Dubois wrote the most magnificent drama in the last thousand years of Human History is the transportation of 10 million human beings out
From custody after charging to incite to write nypd arresting at least 60 people following the chaos police say more than half of them were juveniles for New York City mayor eric adams described his initial reaction when he saw what was happening. When i looked at what happened in union square the first thing i did was text my son and say where are you . Are you in union square . And i wondered with the thousands of children who were there, hurling a dangerous object at Police Officers, disrespect that residents in the area, attacking each other, how many parents text their children . Works ted williams a standby we will get his take on this and just moments. But first ucb cotton live in union square at the latest on the situation that escalated very quickly. Hi brian, quickly indeed. More than 24 hours later theres still crews cleaning up the mess left behind from this outofcontrol crowd. The work people working behind in reher moving paint and assesg other damage route as you mention
Here to join in this discussion. The examination of the life of brigadier Charles Young i titled the paper or this lecture a destiny deferred because often times when you read about or if you just do a Google Search and at and examining charles life his best friend is often quoted his best friend w. E. B. Dubois and. Dubois defined youngs life as a triumph tragedy and a big part of the research. And my goal as a scholar is changing narratives. And so this is what were going to discuss this evening. Looking at this destiny of one of the finest black officers to serve, according to many of the of his followers from the late 19th century into the early 20th century. So its surprisingly, Charles Young was a humanities, you know, they i keep reading articles all the about how the the humanities are dying. Oh my god what are we going to do with this . But Charles Young at the academy he excelled in the and actually was terrible math in fact he failed math i had to get tutor help to do it but
Brigadier Charles Young i titled the paper or this lecture a destiny deferred because often times when you read about or if you just do a Google Search and at and examining charles life his best friend is often quoted his best friend w. E. B. Dubois and. Dubois defined youngs life as a triumph tragedy and a big part of the research. And my goal as a scholar is changing narratives. And so this is what were going to discuss this evening. Looking at this destiny of one of the finest black officers to serve, according to many of the of his followers from the late 19th century into the early 20th century. So its surprisingly, Charles Young was a humanities, you know, they i keep reading articles all the about how the the humanities are dying. Oh my god what are we going to do with this . But Charles Young at the academy he excelled in the and actually was terrible math in fact he failed math i had to get tutor help to do it but. He was a polyglot. He spoke german fluently. French and spanis
By democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton at a rally in california state university. Followed by a 2016 super tuesday speech by republican president ial candidate and florida senator mao bio in miami. Exploring the american story, watch American History tv saturdays on cspan2 with a full schedule on your Program Guide or watch online anytime at cspan. Org. I am happy that you are here to join in this discussion examining thatlife of Brigadier General Charles Young. I titled the paper, or this lecture a destiny deferred, because oftentimes, when you read about or you do a Google Search and examine Charles Young, his life, his best friend is often quoted, that was wb the boys w. E. B. Du bois who defined his life as a challenge we will look at this destiny of one of the finest black officers to serve according to many of the of his followers, from the late 19th century into the early 20th century. Surprisingly, Charles Young was a humanities person. I keep reading articles ab