This is an hour and 45 minutes. Eric foner i am eric foner from the columbia university, moderating this second session on slavery and freedom. I want to begin by thanking the organizers of this excellent conference. We all know how much work went into, you know, putting this whole thing together. So thanks to those at the museum , and the American Historical Association that have been so active in getting this conference organized. Two weeks ago, i gave my last class at columbia university. I am now riding off into the sunset [applause] eric foner of retirement. And so i ask if you will indulge me for just a minute as i reflect briefly on my own experience in relation to this field of African American history. Which is a little, it is sort of emblematic of the many things that have happened the last couple of generations. I grew up in a family in which africanAmerican History, although utterly ignored in the School Education that i got in grade school and high school, nonetheless, the
Amy as Six Baltimore Police officers face charges in the death of freddie gray, we will speak with kevin moore, the baltimore man who filmed gray being violently arrested and thrown into the back of a police van. By the time gray left the van, his spine was 80 severed at the neck. Then to seattle where schools are closed for a fifth day as teachers continue their first strike in 30 years. We will speak to socialist City Council Member Kshama Sawant and Public School teacher Jesse Hagopian. We can fight and transform Public Education to make it something relevant to our students lives, to make it something that will help our students deal with the problems theyre facing rather than just filling in another bubble to enrich a testing company. Amy and then to bolivia. Very interestthe of capitalism. [inaudible] amy for the past decade, bolivian president evo morales has spoken out against the actions of the u. S. Drug enforcement administration. Many critics called him paranoid when he kic
He was screaming for dear life, you know . Once i got around the front and saw it was my friend freddie gray, i was like, ok, it is on. So i started recording. Amy as Six Baltimore Police officers face charges in the death of freddie gray, we will speak with kevin moore, the baltimore man who filmed gray being violently arrested and thrown into the back of a police van. By the time gray left the van, his spine was 80 severed at the neck. Then to seattle where schools are closed for a fifth day as teachers continue their first strike in 30 years. We will speak to socialist City Council Member Kshama Sawant and Public School teacher Jesse Hagopian. We can fight and transform Public Education to make it something relevant to our students lives, to make it something that will help our students deal with the problems theyre facing rather than just filling in another bubble to enrich a testing company. Amy and then to bolivia. Very interestthe of capitalism. [inaudible] amy for the past deca
He was screaming for dear life, you know . Once i got around the front and saw it was my friend freddie gray, i was like, ok, it is on. So i started recording. Amy as Six Baltimore Police officers face charges in the death of freddie gray, we will speak with kevin moore, the baltimore man who filmed gray being violently arrested and thrown into the back of a police van. The time gray left the van, his spine was 80 severed at the neck. Then to seattle where schools are closed for a fifth day as teachers continue their first strike in 30 years. We will speak to socialist City Council Member Kshama Sawant and Public School teacher Jesse Hagopian. We can fight and transform Public Education to make it something relevant to our students lives, to make it something that will help our students deal with the problems theyre facing rather than just filling in another bubble to enrich a testing company. Amy and then to bolivia. Very interestthe of capitalism. [inaudible] amy for the past decade,
The members and sometimes we have members from the museum and members of the town so coming out to support a spirit we really do appreciate the support here Jonathan White is an assistant professor of american studies and a fellow at the center for american studies at Christopher Newport university where he serves as the prelaw advisor for he is the author of Abraham Lincoln and treason in the civil war. He is currently at work on three books. Please join me in welcoming Jonathan White. [applause] thank you for having me. I love having an opportunity to come to new york city. This is only my third trip here. I spent two weeks air about eight years ago with a fellowship at the New York Historical society. I love going there to do research and a stopped by there this afternoon with my daughter who is 14 months old, and we had to get a picture of her next to s statue out front. My poor daughter has excellent into more civil war sites than i think most people see in a lifetime. Part of me