are so thrilled to have derek baxter here with us today the author of in pursuit of jefferson traveling through europe with the most perplexing founding father. joining us today from fairfax, virginia where he lives with his wife and children and in his words. they lived quite a peaceful life there before deciding to follow thomas s jefferson s travel advice across europe, so he is going to tell you a little bit more about the book and we are so thrilled to have him here derek baxter everybody. great. well, thank you. thank you scuppernong and and c-span. thank you everybody for watching. so. so yes, this book is about it s about me following jefferson s travels across europe and it s really it was a chance to learn about a different side of jefferson that we don t often hear about we all know about the younger jefferson who wrote the declaration of independence at the age of 33, and we probably know something about jefferson as an older man when he was president, but this ga
Presents his second book, invisible the untoward untold story of africanamericans in the white house. Hes a nationally recognized journalist and Media Authority who as contributed hundreds of articles in African American history, politics, news. He makes regular appearances on cspans washington journal, abcs news now, and evening exchange. He is also longstanding contributor and a political reporter for the Associated Press and a Supreme Court correspondence. In his first book, he pointed out the many iconic buildings and structures and monuments including the capital zone statue of freedom that was constructed at least in part by enslaved black men. In his latest offering, he lays his focus on the extensive and historically overlooked roles that africanamericans have played in the history of the white house. Of our first, 10 were slave owners. And revealing how little tribute has been given for the contributions of enslaved persons to the normal functioning of our early american insti
The kind of crisis and concern about what was going on in the states . All of which provided some of the impetus for the creation of a central federal government and that will be the subject of our next class. So ill see. And now for the main event we are so thrilled to have derek baxter here with us today the author of in pursuit of jefferson traveling through europe with the most perplexing founding father. Joining us today from fairfax, virginia where he lives with his wife and children and in his words. They lived quite a peaceful life there before deciding to follow thomass jeffersons travel advice across europe, so he is going to tell you a little bit more about the book and we are so thrilled to have him here derek baxter everybody. Great. Well, thank you. Thank you scuppernong and and cspan. Thank you everybody for watching. So. So yes, this book is about its about me following jeffersons travels across europe and its really it was a chance to learn about a different side of je
And now for the main event we are so thrilled to have derek baxter here with us today the author of in pursuit of jefferson traveling through europe with the most perplexing founding father. Joining us today from fairfax, virginia where he lives with his wife and children and in his words. They lived quite a peaceful life there before deciding to follow thomass jeffersons travel advice across europe, so he is going to tell you a little bit more about the book and we are so thrilled to have him here derek baxter everybody. Great. Well, thank you. Thank you scuppernong and and cspan. Thank you everybody for watching. So. So yes, this book is about its about me following jeffersons travels across europe and its really it was a chance to learn about a different side of jefferson that we dont often hear about we all know about the younger jefferson who wrote the declaration of independence at the age of 33, and we probably know something about jefferson as an older man when he was president
Histories. Mary elliott, curator at the Smithsonian National museum of African American history and culture, will moderate. Mary cocurated the museums slavery and freedom exhibit and served as curator and content developer for their digital humanities project. The searchable museum. Please note that there is a change to the panel as listed in your program. Dr. Elizabeth chew was unable to attend today and dr. Sarah bon harper, who you heard from earlier, will be joining the panel. Dr. Ben harper initiated research at highland that led to the discovery of the archaeological remains of the monroes main house and opened a new chapter of site interpretation with inclusive narratives enriched by descendant collaboration. Our next panelist, andrew davenport, is the public historian at the Thomas Jefferson foundation and manager of the getting word africanamerican oral history project at monticello. He is currently a ph. D. Candidate at Georgetown University ity. Our final panelist is my coll