As you probably know harriet , tubmans face is due to grace the front of the 20 bill soon. Our speaker, Catherine Clinton, [applause] Catherine Clinton is one of the people that helped to put her there. In fact, her biography of Harriet Tubman was praised as a revelation. Not bad. Harriet tubman is an appropriate subject for her. I will tell you a little bit about catherine. She has been in perpetual motion almost are whole life as well. She grew up in kansas city, missouri. She received her undergraduate from harvard university. She specializes in American History with an emphasis on the American South and the civil war as well as american women and , african American History. She has held academic positions at countless institutions. She has been at the university of richmond, the citadel, the current chair of history at university of texas at san antonio. She served as a consulting scholar on a number of documentaries and feature films, including Steven Spielbergs lincoln. Pretty ne
[applause] good evening. Thanks for coming on on what was a nice day today. Welcome to the lecture on Harriet Tubman. You probably know we are in a Harriet Tubman revival right now. A new appreciation of an iconic figure. It is a name we relate with the underground railroad. We sort of forget that after the underground railroad, Harriet Tubman lived for another 50 years. Some remarkable 50 years after the civil war. Tonights speaker is here to bring us up to speed and uptodate on that in our lecture. [applause] as you probably know, Harriet Tubmans face is due to grace the front of the 20 bill soon. Our speaker, Catherine Clinton, [applause] Catherine Clinton is one of the people that helped to put her there. In fact, her biography of Harriet Tubman was praised as a revelation. Not bad. Harriet tubman is probably an appropriate subject for her. I will tell you a little bit about catherine. She has been in perpetual motion almost her entire life as well. She grew up in kansas city, miss
Hardtalk. She has been a singing star since the 60s, A Civil Rights Activist and a woman you dont mess with on or off stage. Shes worked with Martin Luther king and has sung everywhere thats anywhere. And once she even shot at someone who threatened to cheat her in a business deal. Still a huge star and as powerful as ever, she is our guest today on hardtalk. I love you, porgy, dont let him take me, dont let them handle me, and drive me mad. If you can keep me, i want to stay here with you forever, two days after forever, with you forever. cause i got my man. Nina simone, dr simone, a very warm welcome to the programme. Thank you tim sebastian, you have the same name as bach, my first love. I cant lose with that, can i . No, you cant. You can but i cant. Tell me about music as a political weapon which youve used it as. 0h, now. Thats a hard one. Um, as a political weapon. It has helped me for 30 years defend the Rights Of American Blacks and third world people All Over The World and to
Hardtalk. She has been a singing star since the 60s, A Civil Rights Activist and a woman you dont mess with on or off stage. Shes worked with Martin Luther king and has sung everywhere thats anywhere. And once she even shot at someone who threatened to cheat her in a business deal. Still a huge star and as powerful as ever, she is our guest today on hardtalk. I love you, porgy, dont let him take me, dont let them handle me, and drive me mad. If you can keep me, i want to stay here with you forever, two days after forever, with you forever. cause i got my man. Nina simone, dr simone, a very warm welcome to the programme. Thank you tim sebastian, you have the same name as bach, my first love. I cant lose with that, can i . No, you cant. You can but i cant. Tell me about music as a political weapon which youve used it as. 0h, now. Thats a hard one. Um, as a political weapon. It has helped me for 30 years defend the Rights Of American Blacks and third world people All Over The World and to
Hardtalk. She has been a singing star since the 60s, A Civil Rights Activist and a woman you dont mess with on or off stage. Shes worked with Martin Luther king and has sung everywhere thats anywhere. And once she even shot at someone who threatened to cheat her in a business deal. Still a huge star and as powerful as ever, she is our guest today on hardtalk. I love you, porgy, dont let him take me, dont let them handle me, and drive me mad. If you can keep me, i want to stay here with you forever, two days after forever, with you forever. cause i got my man. Nina simone, dr simone, a very warm welcome to the programme. Thank you tim sebastian, you have the same name as bach, my first love. I cant lose with that, can i . No, you cant. You can but i cant. Tell me about music as a political weapon which youve used it as. 0h, now. Thats a hard one. Um, as a political weapon. It has helped me for 30 years defend the Rights Of American Blacks and third world people All Over The World and to