Father and stepmother. In massachusetts. The bookstore in falls river hosted this event. Hello. Good afternoon. Welcome to politics and pros. Thanks for coming out on this very beautiful day. Were very 34r50esed to have Cara Robertson here to talk about her new book the trial of Lizzie Borden. A little housekeeping. Lets take a moment to silence our cell phones. Ill do that, too. We are recording. Cspan is with us today so we dont want any extra noise or interruptions. After cara speaks there will be time for q a so if you have a question youd like to ask her, if you could use this microphone here so we can pick stuff it l of our would be great. We have a lot going on at politics and pros, even at the what were and union market and check it out on our social media. You may enjoy our True Crime Book Group that meets every third tuesday of the month in the coffee house. My name is jenny, im a bookseller here and really glad to introduce Cara Robertson. Shes a lawyer and educated at harva
Many of you know that we have a lot going on here. That, checkop of out our events calendar. Book, are a fan of this you may enjoy our true crime book club. I am a bookseller here. I am glad to introduce our speaker. She is a lawyer. She served as a Legal Advisor to the International Criminal tribunal and was a visiting scholar at stanford law school. She first started researching. He Lizzie Borden story this is her first book. She addresses one of the most infamous murders in American History. It remains a ubiquitous part of american law. Salacious away the and mythologized details and uses primary sources like Court Transcripts and letters to have a total look at the case. [applause] i am not expecting a call. This is just to make sure that i do not talk too long. Much for coming on such a beautiful day. You have been working on a subject as long as i have, there is always the year that you are involved in some kind of intellectual stockholm syndrome. I will give you a little bit of
Good evening. Welcome to white house history. I am a Senior Vice President at the White House Historical association and the director of the David Rubenstein center for white house history. The White House Historical association is a nonprofit, Nonpartisan Organization founded by first Lady Jacqueline kennedy, dedicated to the preservation of the white house. And also educating american citizens about the white house and its diverse history. This evening, our guest is jim conroy, the author of jeffersons white house monticello on the potomac. Jim was a lawyer in boston for 38 years before he began writing about American History. His previous book is lincolns white house the peopless house in wartime, which won the prestigious lincoln prize. If you would like to ask jim a question at the end of our broadcast, please type it in the comments section of the facebook feed and we will get to as many questions from our online audience as possible. Jim, welcome to white house history live. Jam
On tuesday, october 2, the National Archives will host a for jamesook launch and mcphersons newest book mcphersons newest book. Todays lecturer is alexander for libertyhor of and equality the life and times of the declaration of independence. He has also written on slavery and reconstruction, the 13th. Mendment, and American Freedom they have appeared or will in a variety of lobar views across the country including the columbia law review, cornell law review, university of california davis law review, Boston College log review, connecticut log review, and wake log review. Is a frequentis presenter nationwide on issues regarding constitutional law, civil rights, reconstruction of the american creed, and hate speech legislation. Please join me in welcoming tsesis to the National Archives. [applause] thank you so much for that kind introduction and i appreciate you making time to hear this presentation. From the time of its signing on july 4, 17 76, the declaration of independence has set
Despite investing almost 200,000 in the films, they were never released, but instead sent to a warehouse in maryland. Up next on American History tvs real america, three short training films that were recently rediscovered and digitized by the National Archives. The pilot district project, the development of community control, is a 15 minute film featuring 32yearold marion barry. Who later became mayor of the district of columbia. Mr. Barry this is a peoples movement. Old people, young people, they all live in the district. It is not fair for the citizens to be left out of the picture. Down and out place. People be hitting people in the head. Mr. Barry i dont think anywhere in america people can take this. What do you think about the police . They aint nothing but pigs, man. They pick me up just because i wasnt in school and shit like that. I said, what you going to do to me . He said, i take you to the pig pen. I said, no, you aint. You got to take me to my aunts. He said, all right,