David walt stryker teaches history at the City University of new york Graduate Center and is the author of slaverys constitution from revolution to ratification and runaway america. Benjamin franklin slavery and the American Revolution. He has written for the New York Times book review, Boston Review and the atlantic, among other publications. And he is joined in conversation by annette gordonreed professor at harvard university. She has won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book award, and she is the author of six books. Her honors include fellowships from the guggenheim and macarthur foundations and the National Humanities medal. She shes a fellow of the American Academy of arts and sciences, the American Philosophical Society and the british academy. Tonight, they are here to discuss the odyssey of Phillis Wheatley, a poets journeys through american slavery and independ. Since this new biography is the fullest account to date of wheatleys life and works and carrie greenidge writes
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Offers programming focused on nonfiction authors and books. Keep watching for more here on cspan2 and watch any of our past programs online a book tv. Org. Hello and welcome to grapevine, harlem renaissance, 19th annual book library festival. I am benedict carton, with africanamerican studies, we appreciate your attendance today. The festival runs through saturday, october 14th. For all the most uptodate information on this festival and all the other programs throughout the year, visit ballstothebooks. All one word. This is funded through donations was one way to help us through this kind of programming is friends of fall for the book. To learn more visit please visit their website again. We ask that you please remember to silence your cell phones and thank you for filling out a survey and improve the festival of the future. Thank you to our main sponsor in africanamerican studies so we are pleased to have here Marylouise Patterson and Jeffrey Stewart, two writers who examine key figur
At the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say, does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave please take your seats. April 6, 1917, for three years the great war raged across the globe, bringing death, destruction, famine, disease and displacement of peoples across europe, africa and asia. From the atlantic to the pacific. During these years the United States of america remained neutral keeping our distance from the conflicts of the old world. Four days earlier on april 2nd, president Woodrow Wilson addressed a joined session of congress. Neutrality is no longer desirable where peace is involved. And the freedom of its people. To minister that peace and freedom lied in the existence of autocratic governments. We are
Proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say, does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave please take your seats. April 6, 1917, for three years the great war raged across the globe, bringing death, destruction, famine, disease and displacement of peoples across europe, africa and asia. From the atlantic to the pacific. During these years the United States of america remained neutral keeping our distance from the conflicts of the old world. Four days earlier on april 2nd, president Woodrow Wilson addressed a joined session of congress. Neutrality is no longer desirable where peace is involved. And the freedom of its people. To minister that peace and freedom lied in the existence of autocratic go