Affairs intellectual force. I want you to also know shes one of the nicest people you will ever get to meet. In addition to that she is an author, University Teachers ad public historian. She has two prizewinning works of afro afroamerican and natie american instead. The ties that bind us to open afro cherokee family and slavery of freedom. Published in 2005. Next the house on the diamond hill published in 2010. She follows those works for the study of race and gender in southern ghost stories titled tales from a haunted south. Published in 2015. She is also a writer of fiction, academic articles on indigenous womens history and feminist essays. Her debut novel is cherokee ros rose. The novel was named and publishers week weekly pick [laughing] is particularly as well. You should pick it up. In 2015. And selected for her books all of georgia should read. She teaches at the university of michigan as you heard in the departments of american culture, afroamerican african studies, history,
Historian and author Richard Norton smith is working on a new biography of gerald ford. We caught up with him at his homing in grand rapids home in grand rapids, michigan. A Baptist Missionary put down roots, and a year or two later on the east side a friend be frenchspeaking intend tour showed up who was eager to sell liquor to the indians to save their sols, and it their souls, and it set the pattern ps in some ways for the two faces of grand rapids, west side and east side. Both sides of the river banks more for most of the 19th and 20th century were covered over with factories, furniture factories, back when grand rapids was the furniture capital of the United States. Theyre gone now, but the city that has replaced them in many ways was seated by that building, the ford museum was seeded by that building, the ford museum, which was opened in 1981, located downtown at president fords insistence in the hope that it might, in fact, spark the beginnings of an urban renewal, a genuine u
[applause] [applause] good evening. My name is Melissa Geller and im the chief marketing officer for the reagan foundation. Thank yall for joining us this evening. I know you just set down but if you wouldnt mind standing back up in honor of the men and women who defend our freedom, please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. You may have noticed this Evenings Program is promoted as an architects of change. This is because Maria Shrivers work is driven by her belief that all of us have the ability to be what she called architects of change. People who see a problem in their own life formed a Community Around them and step out of their comfort zone and do what it takes to create the solution. And not many people do find the center and our guest tonight sunday. She had a happy and successful life, marriage
Handling. Each week, American History tvs american artifacts visit s museums and historic places. The National Gallery of art was a gift to the American People from financier Andrew Mellon who served as treasury secretary until 1932. Up next, we visit the museum to learn about early american portrait painting and work of John Singleton copley. Dianne hello. We are standing in a room full a portrait by John Singleton copley, americas most important colonial portrait painter. I think as we look around the room, you can think back to the words of john adams 1817 who said when you see his portraits, you want a discourse with him, you want to ask him questions and receive answers. Let me give you some background. In the early part of the 18th century, american early painters without much background and training made ambitious but tentative likenesses onture canvas because portraiture was really the only way to do that. It was the most important type of painting in the colonies. There was a
Portraits by john singleton. As he looked around the room, you can think back to the words of john adams, who said, when you see his portrait, you just want to discourse with them, as the questions, and receive answers. Men show you of these substantial, realistic figures. You have a sense that they have in auccessful lives, and good place. His paintings of women are sometimes so ravishingly beautiful in their attention to fabric, texture, and the beauty this portrait. This was painted in 1763. Look at the beauty of the fabric, the garlands of flowers, the lace leaves on her dress. You can see his training in fine details. There is an interesting story to this woman. Veryas married to a very, wealthy man from the stripping shipping industry. They had a home in newport. He was very active in political affairs. In 1763, he would have accumulated so much wealth that they retired to their Country Estate in new hampshire, where there were 70 acres, of 11 of to greenhouses and flowers. They