Monuments. This is in washington d. C. And they hosted the event and provided the video. I am pleased to introduce todays discussion, during the last several years, how we remember and memorialize the civil war has been a topic in the United States and we have seen a renewed interest in these conversations in the recent weeks. At this site of Political Violence and national memory, we see our work as looking not only to the actions of the past but also how the passed informs to these circumstances throughout the country and the world, people raise questions about the purposes of the leaders who supported or profited from slavery, whether in richmond, boston, or birmingham, monuments and statues have become a flashpoint for the black lives matter movement. Since 2015, ford has held an annual Summer Institute set in stone, memory, monument, and myths that has explored questions of remembrance and memorialization. Each year, we find the spring has brought new and urgent crises that requir
Lincoln,. Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 its a tough question. Same thing with someone like washington. Would you have had a United States without a George Washington . Its been interesting. My many, many years in the profession, washington wasnt right at the top as hes moved up among evaluation but how he treated democracy, how he wanted to step back, sort of father the country. He owned slaves and though she shhe punished slaves and other things, the overall thing he was willing to free them. It gets complex. Theres a large framework there and you have to decide which of it youre going to accept. The whole story with jefferson needs to be told. The whole story. If youre going to celebrate jefferson you say this man did not or claimed not to believe in black equality, though he rights all men are created equal. At the same time he felt himself or he at the most was attracted, lets put it that way, if he didnt love an africanamerican young woman who was under ag
Bristol, england, boston, or birmingham, monuments and statutes have become a flashpoint for the black lives matter movement. Since 2015, ford has held an annual Summer Institute set in stone memory, monuments and myths that explores questions of remembrance and memorialization. Each year we find that spring has brought new and urgent crises that require attention and consideration and this year more than in any in recent memory, demands that and more. Today we explore some of these questions with you. Im pleased to welcome dr. Hillary green and kevin levin to todays cabinet conversation. Both dr. Greene and mr. Levin have written extensively on how a wide range of americans commemorate the civil war and reconstruction. They are currently coediting a book sharing different perspectives on civil war memorials. Theyve also been active in recent debates. Dr. Green is an associate professor of history in the department of gender and race studies and serves as a coprogram director of the Af
This afternoon, we are going to be starting our discussion of the Great Depression and what were going to be doing today is talking about how the Great Depression affected ordinary people. Were going to talk about sort of the nuts and bolts of the situation and the things that people would have experienced in their everyday lives if they were seriously affected by the problems of that decade. Now, i dont normally use images like this, but im using this one for a reason. Grandma survived the Great Depression because her supply chain was local and she knew how to do stuff. Thats a really important concept, and were going to come right back to it at the end of class as well. This really is sort of the theme for the day. Now, in terms of what were going to be talking about, were going to start with an overview of what the problems of the Great Depression were for ordinary people. Sort of the depths of the problem. Well talk about how families tried to cope in terms of their work strategies
Muskets, carbines and revolvers. The professor describes technological advances that allowed soldiers to fire faster and with more accuracy. All right, guys. How are yall doing today . Welcome to class. Today as i talked about a little bit earlier this week we have a special lecturer here. You may have a class with him. He is the chair of our history and Political Science here at gillford Technical Community college. What you may not know about the doctor is that hes a military historian. Hes an expert in military history. He has published at least four books on anything from weaponry, he collects a host of artifacts which he has brought and will share with us today. He is a phd. Earned his dockerate from texas christian fort worth. It was a while ago but hes an expert. If you get an opportunity to take a class with him, take a class. So were going to continue to and we get to look at the aspect of weaponry and its impact on the war. So without further ado i will hand the class over to