Longterm areas. But i dont think you can say there has been big breakthroughs here from the americans, from the chinese or from the g20 as a whole. Obama is going to have to look to other places for his legacy. Rose and we conclude with mike allen of politico talking about a new venture. Politico is based on the inside out strategy. The inside out strategy is the opposite of what i did when i was at time or the post or the New York Times there. I took what people like you were talking about, took what you learn i learned if my sources and translated it for my mom in wilsonville, oregon. Politico did the opposite. They wrote with intentionally for the senator, for the chief of staff, for you. Rose charlie rose from washington next. Funding for charlie rose is provided by the rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by the following and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in ne
You are thinking about records and things like that, has any of you do any research on that concern . That is always been something really pressing to met to know where im from in termss of africa. I know it is difficult because of the fact that the history of being enslaved you were dispersed children and adults and such. So has any of you historians ever address that concern . Will isis stood researchers for 35 years. About. T. About 70 were working on family history. Family history is a big part of what the archives staff assist patrons with. So if you have not asked for help, go ask for help. Of course youre going to find the records of enslaved people. You have to realize that you have to search the white records. He had. You have to search the deeds, the wills and very honestly, sometimes theyre not there. County courthouse bern, family got rid of the plantation records. It amazes me when i go see a pilgrimage a pilgrimage home. A lot of times the family home they still have the
Publisher, says what about you . So i went ahead and put one together, and as you suggest it put it near the end. It all began on a dark and stormy night or anything. Its tied to a speech i gave at Duquesne University in 2007, after i was director of the cia. To the graduating class of duquesne, my alma mater. I used that to pivot off of my pittsburgh experience and how i brought that with me to cia. Character liberal arts education. I mention in the book i was in americas air force before i was fa a classroom that didnt have crucifix in it. Wonderful broad culturally based, historically based education, which stood me in great stead. Values based from Parochial School to Catholic High School and Duquesne University and my parents and then in pittsburgh, which you know as well as eye, blue collar town, got a white collar economy now, still has a blue collar style of life and a blue collar culture. I quote an article byier anypile, the famous correspondent before he was something. He wa
Hood a fighter as commander of the army of tennessee. Hood repeatedly attacks sherman, trying to drive him back from atlanta and hood gets a series of bloody noses. Finally, sherman undertakes the last of his flanking moments at the end of august cuts the last railroad into atlanta coming in from the south forces hood to evacuate atlanta on september 2nd. And that has a huge political impact in the north, northern people have become wary of the war and the slaughter, especially in virginia, during the summer of 1864, with nothing to show for it. Or apparently nothing to show for it. And now comes the message from atlanta, from sherman. Atlanta is ours. And fairly won. People in the north go upset at this news. Its one of the major turning points of the war the nina turning point toward Union Victory is the6f4i fall of atl at the beginning of september 1864, it ensures lincolns reelection. It ensures the north is going to prosecute this war to ultimate victory. And sherman becomes the
Be sure to watch cspans washington journal beginning at 7 00 eastern on friday morning. Join the discussion. Next on American History tv, historians discuss general shermans march flew georgia. After that, historian dennis fry talks about the impact of john browns raid in the 1860 goals. The New York Historical society hosted this hour long event. Welcome, its great to be back in the same seats as we always occupy. For those of you who have come to a number of our sessions. We are promised and we are promising each other that well do more in the coming seasons. We have a topic today that we think is one of the best that weve come up with, its a neglected civil war story. Because of the focus on shermans march through georgia. Theres a little less attention on shermans other march, which followed the march through georgia. Take a look at this scowling man in a fantastic coat, as we begin talking about him. Im going to start with john who as you heard has written two wonderful books abou