It was. What we are politics and 71 . I think a martian left would be the easiest way to sum it up. I was a leftwinger but it didnt make sense to be a communist. Went to the transformational kerr . It was gradual. It took place, in fact i just wrote about this. There is a book coming out from the Hoover Institute of why i turned right and its a story of a bunch of us. And it is a long story and i wont tell you but i will give the short version. I was a radical leftist in a search of marxist socialist thing in america and i got a job i got a job paying 150 a week. I was the messenger in new york. That was a lot of money as far as i was concerned. I was very broke and i was paid every two weeks. I was really looking forward to that 300 and so was my landlord. And my drug dealer. [laughter] and other people. I got my first paycheck it was 178. It was supposed to be 300 but after taxes and Social Security and Health Care Retirement fund i said wait. I have been advocating socialism marxism
That is really great. I love your emphasis on the challenge and creativity involved. And i guess it underscores a key point especially when were trying to write about enslaved women who are really known to us almost primarily either relationship to someone who enslaved them and you think about the incredible achievement of erika dunbar writing that biography of judge and letting her be an individual in her own right and letting her have her own life when you only have to point of access to her individual voice. Interviews she gave in the mid19th century describing what happened when she ran away from washington so i think you make such an important point about seeing women asindividuals and not just in their relationship to other people so thank you a lot. I want to go back to this question with martha about curvature and asking martha, i want to ask you two things although i want to ask you to be brief about them but the first one is about curvature and if you could quickly, i know yo
Martha washington and other women of the eighteenth century. One of them is Mary Ball Washington. The month of march is womens History Month but part of the closure, here we are tonight. Mention a couple steps, one important thing the audience probably knows by now. To come to mount vernon, you have an opportunity to stroll the ground and see the museum quite soon. Those particular challenges, please come to the mount vernon support mount vernon in that way. July 8th coming around the corner, will feature justice ginsburg, the host and creator of the recent pbs miniseries on the constitution interviewed by someone no less notable, david rubenstein, join us for that conversation so we can learn more about the constitution. Three panelists i wont describe to you, doctor karen wolf, historian of early america, and the director of the omaha professor of history at william and mary and working on a project when i came, bond lineage in the history of genealogy. Welcome. Thank you. It is cool
Calling the National Subcommittee hearing back to order the chair will recognize congressman for five minutes. Thank you madam chairwoman and thank you for holding this hearing today. This is been a very difficult week for all of us and for john lewis of georgia a champion for quality that so many others engaged fighting for their freedoms by discussing the removal congressman lewis described these efforts as the beginning of the movement to help us move toward the realization one people and one nation to be sensitive to her owniv history. Just this week we in the house of representatives are honoring this movement in the Nations Capital by voting on historic legislation to removeov the statue of defenders but the horrific system of slavery segregation and racism from the us capitol building. Lamp out of the work hour chair and all colleagues are doing to demonstrate the public land and parks this is an opportunity to shine a light on greatth individuals but rather those who reflect ou
Harry and megan go to court over the way they say the paparazzi snapped photos of their young son archie. What would you do . Baseball season. Owerball lottery dr. Anthony fauci just a bit outside. Good friday morning, everyone. We start with a somber milestone. We now have more than 4 million cases of covid19 in the united states. It took only 15 days to jump from 3 million to 4 million infections, and thats leading to more uncertainty about schools reopening. A new poll shows 55 of adults oppose the reopening of Public Schools for inperson class. And theres growing economic uncertainty. This was the line outside a food bank in new jersey where volunteers handed out 2,000 packages of food. And now without a deal in congress, people who have lost their jobs are set to lose their federal Unemployment Benefits which expire tomorrow. We begin our coverage with the surge of infections. This morning, new video of people defying mask orders at this Outdoor Worship Service in redding, califor