To find everything we want to, such as Hand Sanitizer or toilet paper or pasta. And this was one of the big problems that provoked the bread riot, were shortages in the market. So well be talking about that tonight. And what i want to do at the beginning of the talk is kind of set the stage for the bread riot, give you an idea for the conditions under which it could which it occurred. Then i will talk about the riot itself, and then ill end with the aftermath of the riot. I have a slight up here of e. Bert garlick keen wrote some insightful things in the days leading up to the bread riots. I want to share something from his diary. On march 7, this is what he said. He was an official in the War Department. He said flour in the city is , 30, but butchers are closing their stalls. Meat, 1. 25 per pound. Farmers are making preparations. Then he went on to say, they resent the secretarys scheduled prices, which are often 50 below the market or neighborhood price. And this price schedule he
The government commercial was greeted with disbelief. Can the Prime Minister tell us does he agree previous inquiries have fostered a cultural grievance in the minority communities . I am someone who a brilliant feature about these issues and we will proceed with a new commission to look at racism and discrimination and it will be very thorough look at discrimination in health, education, the criminal Justice System and i know the house will say there are plenty of commissions and plenty of work but it is clear from the black lies matter march, all representations we have had, the more work needs to be done in this government is going to do it. We are sure to visit doctor jenkins. Thank you. Following the disgraceful events with folks defacing National Monuments and offending the memory of keith palmer what will the Prime Minister do to uphold British Values and carry out rule of law . Im grateful to my honorable friends and i can tell the house any incident of vandalism or attack on p
Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Also a member of the wig Political Party and todd and clay shared some political ideas especially in regard to slavery. Both clay and todd supported the American Colonization Society which was a movement to resettle freed blacks back to liberia. So this represents yet another view on slavery that mary lincoln was exposed to as a chi child. This is the gentlemans parlor of the house and its a section of the house that would have been offlimits to the women, but according to one of Mary Todd Lincolns cousins, mary would like to sit in on the political conversations when her father was entertaining the prominent men of the day. Mary lincoln might have taken an interest in politics to help garner attention from her father who was very active in state and local politics. And our next caller is from lexington, kentucky. John is on the line. John, your question or comment. Hello, thank you for taking my call. I certainly appreciate the empathetic and
It was used as a place to stay and it was basically destroyed. Eliza being ill with tuberculosis wasnt able to get out much. Eliza received many gifts she brought her to. This was the room she returned to after years in the white house . She was obscure, as she probably would have wanted it, but shes who he needed. Abraham lincolns assassination just weeks after the warravaged nation and brought Andrew Johnson and andrews wife e lizza was thrust into being the first lady and reconstruction in the south and his own impeachment. This week on cspans first ladies, the life and times of Eliza Johnson. Good evening and thank you for being with us. As we learn per about Eliza Johnson let me introduce you to our two guests who will help us do that. Jacqueline berger is in the midst of midst a threevolume series and she joins us from her home in southern california. Kendra hinkle is a greenville, tennessee, native as Andrew Johnson is and longtime employee of the National Park service and serve
Witnessed the death of three of the four as well as her own husbands assassination. Though her life was filled with tragedy, she relished in their success. As we focus on the civil war years, one of the defining moments in our countrys history, a look at the life and times of Mary Todd Lincoln, one of the most complex first ladies ever to live in the white house. Thanks for being with us for cspan continuing series on first ladies influence and image. We invite to history advisers for the whole series to be our guests for this program. Let me introduce you to roslynter borg penn. And Richard Nortan smith our guest and at our table is the director of five president ial libraries including the Abraham Lincoln library in springfield, illinois. Thank you both for being here. Mary todd lincoln and this is a question for both, well start with richard, is viewed in broad strokes, bouts of depression, criticism of her lavish spending and and indulgent mother and what do you see. Oh, boy. That