Anne freeman talks about her lifelong research on hamilton hafment. Owe she talks about how she became interested in this founding father and how she used his writings to understand what motivated him. The museum of the American Revolution hosted this talk. It is about an hour. Forgive me. I have not only grown gray, but almost blind in the service of this museum. [laughter] well, it is incredibly exciting to welcome my friend of nearly 30 years now, joanne freeman, who i got to know running the streets of charlottesville when we were both graduate students. Apparent at the time. There were a lot of smart people, but joanne was already head and shoulders above her colleagues, just head a an incredibly sharp mind. Was already talking about this founding father guy, Alexander Hamilton. The rest of us were come on, that is sort of boring, but a lot of things about the work of joanne. R first book, public lish in 2001, does this sound familiar . A rousing discourse on the utopian republic.
It is about an hour. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] not only grown gray, but almost blind in the service of this museum. Exciting toibly welcome joanne freeman. I have gotten to know her when we were both graduate students, if you can imagine us in our 20s. I dont know how i got in to yale, there were a lot of smart people. Was already had and shoulders above everyone else, and was already talking about this founding father guy, Alexander Hamilton. The rest of us were come on, that is boring. [laughter] but there were lots of pressing things about her work as a scholar. Her first work was published in 2001. Does this sound relevant today . A rousing discourse on the utopian republic. She has gone on to edit several works that are letters or writings of hamilton, one was named atlantic monthlys best book of 2001. I hope she t
In the coming days. Sunday night and the big story on action news is the impending return of some sunshine. After a soggy, we thought weekend Melissa Mcgee with the check of the accuweather forecast. We have something to look forward to for the start of our workweek because its been a washout for the most part over our weekend. Very rainy for the month of february. So far, 6. 52 inches of rain well above the normal for this time of year, usually 2. 5. Philadelphia, the fifth wettest on record for the month of february. Now, looking at Storm Tracker 6 live double scanner 3d, the frontal boundary stalled out and the rain moving away and High Pressure returns for the start of the workweek. Despite the clouds and moisture, pretty comfortable. 46 in the city, 47 in reading, 50 in the pocono know and theres no cold air following this cold front that pushed on through the region. So, along the i95 metro area by tomorrow afternoon, numbers easily climb ing into the lower 50s. So, sunshine retu
I want to say hello to those who are watching this through the lifestream and through cspan2. This is a great day to have a great conversation about Higher Education and particularly the role of historically black universities and colleges. In 1997 i worked with an educational project. A number of you know the dr. Is that public hbc you. Some of you know his private hbc. He spent time in washington, d. C. As a kennedy appointee to the peace corps. Number of you know him through his work as a pastor. In 1997 we had an opportunity to sit in the lovely room. With a donor who owns a very large and very Famous Family foundation. The head of that walked into the room. And she said, can ask a questi question . Is there a need for blackblack colleges today and doctor proctor leaned back in his seat and he said maam, if you make can i restructure the question. The question is not, whether there is a need for hbcus today, the question is, where would america be today without them. And so she nod
I want to say hello to those who are watching this through the lifestream and through cspan2. This is a great day to have a great conversation about Higher Education and particularly the role of historically black universities and colleges. In 1997 i worked with an educational project. A number of you know the dr. Is that public hbc you. Some of you know his private hbc. He spent time in washington, d. C. As a kennedy appointee to the peace corps. Number of you know him through his work as a pastor. In 1997 we had an opportunity to sit in the lovely room. With a donor who owns a very large and very Famous Family foundation. The head of that walked into the room. And she said, can ask a questi question . Is there a need for blackblack colleges today and doctor proctor leaned back in his seat and he said maam, if you make can i restructure the question. The question is not, whether there is a need for hbcus today, the question is, where would america be today without them. And so she nod