Washington, d. C. , new york, san antonio. There are a lot of over 40 states and weve been told that theyre at least five Foreign Countries that even celebrate the juneteenth emancipation day. This date is very important, because it showed that even though texas is a southern state, it had compassion for the africanamericans struggle of slavery. Hello, everyone, and welcome im ian cooke of the Smithsonians National portrait gallery. Here at the portrait gallery, its an article of faith that every picture tells a story. This Program Series face to face exists to connect some of the thousands of stories that we have on hand and to make one step from story to history. Our presenter today is jim barber, a historian here at the portrait gallery. Jim has written and lectured extensively on the civil war. Hes finishing a new exhibition on babe ruth and he has given face to face talks on everyone from they will loanus munch to elmer elsworth. Please welcome with a history of Ira Aldrich Jim ba
It is an article of faith that every picture tells a story. This series exists to connect some of the thousands of stories we have on hand and make one step from stories to history. Our presenter today is jim barber, an historian at the portrait gallery. Jim has lectured extensively on the civil war. He has finished a new exhibition on babe ruth and given talks on everyone from Thelonious Monk to albert elswick. Please welcome jim barber. Jim barber welcome to the National Portrait gallery. Ira aldridge, we will talk about a little bit right now. Very appropriate for february is black history month. Why ira aldridge . With this face to face series, we connect three different people throughout three consecutive months. We began last month with pocahontas. This month is ira aldridge. The connection is the thread back in 2007, the state of virginia commemorated two huge anniversaries. One, the older one being the 400th anniversary of the founding of jamestown. The second anniversary was t
Obama. Sundays on American History tv on cspan3. As a cop limit to the series cspans new book is now available. Complements to the series cspans new book is now available. Providing lively stories of fascinating women creating an illuminating, entertaining, and inspiring read. It is available as a hardcover rebook your favorite bookstore or online bookseller. Coming up next, we visit the National Portrait gallery in washington, d. C. , with curator jim barber who gives us an indepth look at one of the Oil Paintings of ira aldridge, an early 19thcentury African American actor. He was born free in new york in 1807 and became famous in after being unable to find work in america. This program is part of a series called face to face about important players in the struggle for justice in American History. Ian cooke hello and welcome. I am ian cooke of the National Portrait gallery. It is an article of faith that every picture tells a story. This series exists to connect some of the thousands