Coming up this saga in the fight for tick tock continues as china claims it will need to have a say in the oracle deal straight ahead we dive into the ongoing fight for the worlds hottest social media ad and another week another round of u. S. Jobless claims amid the coven 1000 pandemic later on we break down these numbers and the state of u. S. Markets with a packed show today so lets dive right in. And its a strange concept to think about but within the next 24 to 36 hours President Donald Trump will rule on whether social Media Company tick tock will be allowed to continue operating here in the United States in a move that is unprecedented President Trump will decide whether or not to allow take back to deal with oracle to move forward details of the agreement would give oracle a 20 percent ownership stake in tictac and were now learning would give walmart c. E. O. A seat on tick tocks board now the deal would mean that Chinese Company by dance will continue to own the majority stak
With each discussion we will conclude with time for your questions and if you have a question for our speakers at any time, click on the q and a button at the bottom of the screen and we will get through as many as time allows. Ill send a link to donate in support of this series. Your purchases and financial contributions events like tonight possible and help ensure the landmark bookstore. Thank you for tuning in in support of our authors. We sincerely appreciate your support now and always. Finally as you may have experienced virtual gatherings technical issues may arise and if they do we will do our best to resolve them and we thank you for your understanding. Im so pleased to introduce tonights speakers, professor martha s jones, professor of history at Johns Hopkins university and copresident of the brookshire conference of historians. Her work has been recognized by the organization of american historians, American Society for history and the National Committee center and she hold
My job is assistant director for culture at the Smithsonians National museum of the American Indian. , theve the scholars historians, the curators at the museum. Charge of producing exhibitions, the books, a lot of the Educational Programs and symposiums, and work with a ,000ection of about 824 objects. But i have a real interest in photographys and we have also photographs in the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Been working very hard in the years i spent to this museum, i am a 30 year career at the smithsonian but i just joined the American Indian museum in the last year and these photographs are of much interest to me as an archivist. You wrote an article about the collection. Tell us why you wrote this article a virtual tour history. Ms. Delaney thanks, richard. We have a great magazine. American indian magazine that is a members magazine for our museums. It has become more and more familiar with it over time, so when i was asked to think about the opportunity
Throughout the country and the world, people raise questions about the purposes of the leaders who supported or profited from slavery, whether in richmond, boston, or birmingham, monuments and statues have become a flashpoint for the black lives matter movement. Since 2015, ford has held an annual Summer Institute set in myth memory, monument, and that has forced questions of remembrance and memorialization. Each year, we find the spring has brought new and urgent crises that require attention and consideration. This year, more that more than any recent memory, demands that and more. Today, we explore some of these questions with you. I am pleased to welcome dr. Toary green and kevin levin todays cabinet conversation. Both dr. Green and mr. Levin have written extensively on how a wide range of americans commemorate the civil war. Sharingrrently different perspectives on civil war memorials. They have been active in recent debates dr. Green is an associate professor of history and the d
Brooklyn Historical Society a cultural hub for civic dialogue for over 150 years. The Washington Post right professor at Boston College and then with modern conservativism. And with that coalition of the h century. And then the prevalence of sexism and the quality for the civil war. And then they would be persuade persuaded. I am really excited to be here but first woman to share your questions for heather and in the q a box that as a whole the last about an hour. Now its my great pleasure to introduce Heather Cox Richardson author of six books of american politics and writer of the newsletters. Welcome heather. Im here. Trying to unmute myself also first of all thank you to brooklyn Historical Society but also to say im incredibly excited about this because the first time joann and i do her own thing to gather i asked her not only my but the talk about her new book as well but also how the past speaks to the current moment and whats going on in american politics today. We will talk ab