The war. The discussion was part of a conference by gettysburg colleges civil war institute. Hello, and welcome to the second roundtable this afternoon. Teachian shane, and i civil war and early republic at ohio university. The subject of this panel is sort of asking us to step up and think from what the civil war might have looked like from 5000 feet. Were going to be internationalizing this conflict that we like to selfishly think is americas domestic civil war. We will be thinking about how some broader International Developments shaped the civil war, and hopefully get a sense of whats going on outside, in the rest of the world. In some ways, this is not a new thing. People have been writing diplomatic histories of the civil war really sends the since the years after the conflict andy. But the combination of the sesquicentennial, a new rethinking of 19thcentury globalization, and really the current context in which americans are sort of rethinking what it means to be part of a large
And i just want to say that this book, americas black capital, is a really profound new way of looking at the history of atlanta. And so its only fitting that his first author talk in atlanta, be here at the Atlanta History Center are many of you all already have read the book, but some of you all might not might not be aware of his background. But professor ober is, a professor of history, and hes also the founding director of the center for the study popular music at the university of and he received his ph. D. From indiana university, bloomington and he received his undergraduate degree a bachelor of art in history from, Morehouse College and. Hes previously two books. His first book was black power radical politics and he wrote hip hop revolution. The culture and politics of rap. So this is his third book. And having read his first book, it was a great book. But this book broke new ground. And without further ado, i want to welcome to the stage dr. Jeffrey oji obaa. Good everyone t
Is aprofound new way of looking at the history of atlanta. And so its only fitting that his first author talk in atlanta, be here at the Atlanta History Center are many of you all already have read the book, but some of you all might not might not be aware of his background. But professor ober is, a professor of history, and hes also the founding director of the center for the study popular music at the university of and he received his ph. D. From indiana university, bloomington and he received his undergraduate degree a bachelor of art in history from, Morehouse College and. Hes previously written two books. His first book was black power radical politics and African American identity, and he wrote hip hop revolution. The culture and politics of rap. So this is his third book. And having read his first book, it was a great book. But this book broke new ground. And without further ado, i want to welcome to the stage dr. Jeffrey oji obaa. Good everyone to say its a pleasure to be here
Communications. Charters proud to be recognized as one of the best internet providers. Were just getting started. Building 100,000 miles of new infrastructure to reach those who need it most. Charter communications, along with these Television Companies, supports cspan 2 as a public service. Now, on American History tv, we continue our special series on speeches that define a presidency. Y this week, a look at the 1863 gettysburg address. Now, it was only three minutes and length, it proclaimed a new birth of freedom that to find Abraham Lincolns legacy in so many ways. Youll hear an actor read the entire gettysburg address. That is followed by a discussion on its historical significance. This begins now. Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now, we are engaged in a great civil war. Testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedi
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Margaret Hoover and trevor potter. Okay. Here we go. Good morning. Good morning, margaret good morning to all you. Thank you for being in celebration of our democracy. Its furtherance elections, Election Integrity and, the importance of free and Fair Elections in a democracy. One small topic. I wonder if we could just maybe start start small. Who votes . So you referred to it as a democracy. We have all spent last day and a half here discussing is that a republic . Is it a democracy . Is it a Representative Democracy . Which is what i think it has been from the start, what nowadays . Political scientist call a liberal democracy, meaning majority vote wins, but it cant take away the rights of minorities, which has been a issue throughout american history. So who votes is obviously most basic question and as weve talked about a little bit already, we started as a country in which white males, but not all white males. Many states White Property owners