Former, and most recently, Civil War Monuments and the militarization of america which one the book award from the society of civil war historians as best book of the year on the issues of the civil war era. Hes been the editor of several influential volumes, including a particularly still relevant and useful set of edited essays on reconstruction originally issued almost 15 years ago, but still relevant today and a topic we wrestle with today. As well as a number of edited volumes. We are delighted to have him join us today. I will lead him with the first question, if you are ready . You might be muted. Things we aret of going to want to touch on in a relatively brief time today. Monograph,arkable you approach memorials and all kinds of interesting ways that we will want to touch on as works of art, what happens if we context in a national rather than bifurcated into , northern, andrn confederate stories. And what cultural readings we can read from them beyond the meaning of the civil
Circumstances. Throughout the world people have raised questions about the purposes of memorials to whose leaders supported or profited from slavery. Whether in richmond, boston, or birmingham, monuments and statues have become a flashpoint with the black lives matter movement. Since 2015, ford has held an in stone,titute set monuments, memories, and myths that explores memories and memorialization. We find that the spring has brought a new and urgent crises that requires attention and consideration. This year, more than any in recent memory, demand that and more. We explore some of these questions with you. I am pleased to welcome dr. Hilary clean dr. Hilary and mr. Levin. Both have written about how americans commemorate the civil war and reconstruction. Differingaring perspectives on civil war memorials. They have been active in recent debates. Dr. Green is an associate professor of history in the department of gender and race studies and the coprogram director of the Africanamerica
Editor, editorial writer and columnist on the editorial page of the news and observer for 31 years. He will introduce our special guest lease help me welcome jim jenkins. [applause] come on up, zuck. In 1973 i saw him first. Across a loud, profane, filthy newsroom in downtown raleigh. He was right out of school. I was still in school. I looked across and is said to someone, whose that . , thats david zucchino. Is going to be the new star here. He had long, dark hair over his shoulders, a thick jet black mustache. It was a long time ago. [laughing] david is a grad of the unc Journalism School and a member not of the journalism hall of fame. In raleigh he became famous very quickly in the newsroom when a new young editor came in and sent out a memo to the reporting staff saying each reporter will submit to his editor every morning and itinerary for his plans for the day. David even then impossible to came, sat down at the old manual typewriter. Its a legendary story. Many of the people w
Watch booktv this weekend and every weekend on cspan2. The cspan cities tour is exploring the american story as with the booktv and American History tv on the road. Benefit clause i suppose in the ncaa rulebook. It specifies that athletes are not permitted to accept anything of value really. Related to their status as an athlete. That means a fan, a a booster,e wouldbe agent, a coach is not permitted to give anything of value be on what is specified in basically the ncaa consultation, x number of dollars for your books, et cetera, et cetera. Anything beyond that is not permissible and will get you in trouble with the ncaa policeman. The ncaa open an investigation of that, as for unc to cooperate in that investigation. And by the end of the summer of 2010, it was was clear the also academic violations that were included in this initial investigation. I would say it really wasnt until the summer of 2011 that the scope of the ugliness really came to light. It reared its head. We began to
And it was one of the primary engines of industry in the city. It has a legacy going all the way up to the present. Ok, cspan, you ready . Thomas j. Brown is a professor of history at the university of south carolina. He not only got his ba and phd from harvard. He also got his law degree. Despite the severe temptation i will spare you law your jokes. We are so ecumenical in this invite lawyersn to participate. More important than his professional credentials is dr. Browns expertise in all varieties of Civil War Monuments , and his discussions and in his discussions about the details of this program said that dr. Brown is the ultimate utility player in this field. Your Program Notes of many of his book publications including his most recent book civil of confederates memory in south carolina. Aat is canon with one n, not boom cannon. The publictoday is art of civil war commemoration a brief history with documents. I expect he will have an opportunity to share his wide expertise on Civi