History of slavery, and in particular, the experiences of enslaved women. We already had a chance to look at the case of Harriet Jacobs, one of the best remembered of the slave narratives. There, jacobs introduced us, if you will, to that dimension of slavery that is exemplified, and we might say central to the experience of slave women, and that is sexual violence. We will come back a little bit to talk about jacobs in comparison to our case today, that of celia. We also looked at the wpa narratives, and one of the things we noticed about those narratives was the extent to which some issues, including sexual violence, violence generally, and sexual violence, in particular, was rather muted in the slave narratives. And so here we have an with this case to take another pass at this question, to try to see this dimension of slavery through the experience of celia. So, why do i say try to see this dimension of slavery . As you have all begun to see in your readings for today, there are ma
Chose to be with us tonight. I would like to acknowledge some very important people who are with us this evening. Parents are here with us tonight and his wife, kristin, who is here tonight. In my book the two most important costellos are at home. Their wonderful kids. I would like to welcome the members of the board of directors. Stock and we will give her a hand. [applause] bob mcgee. [applause] mcbrideave two, anita and gail west, who will be a little late. Steve strong is the national cochair of our National Council on what has history. He and his wife are here tonight. This is one of our most important groups at the White House Historical association. Their support, encouragement, inspiration, really put the winds in the sales of so many sails of so many. The program tonight, dr. Matt costello will share about his brandnew book and this is the first time we are making it available. We are proud of him as one of our historians here. He has been with us how long has event . Dr. Cost
Others to discuss the upcoming general election. This is about an hour. Senator sanders good evening. Welcome to what is going to be an exciting discussion tonight. It will be in conflict with the establishment politicians and the elite who represent the working families in this country. These are great people who have run great campaigns. And let me introduce them to you. Reelected last night in a landslide victory, they told us it was going to be a tough race. What was it, 6633 . Ms. Tlaib 69. Senator sanders really . But who is counting. Congratulations. Ms. Tlaib thank you all. I appreciate it. What i love about you, you didnt become the democratic nominee but didnt give up on this movement and you continue to support so many of us that are speaking truth and putting people before profit and i cant thank you enough for not giving up on this movement. And continue to support. Senator sanders how could i give up when we have people like you guys . You inspire me. You inspire the amer
She took on a much harder cast she went from being june cleaver to joan crawford. In the fact of the matter was neither was true and both was true. There was someplace in the middle. When i got into the scholarship and the research i found out this is a very talented woman even one recent biographer in a recent biographer of washington said she was on weathered. Unlettered person. She also lived in fergus berg. It was a blue booming metropolis. What emerged for me was the fact that im in sport sophisticated woman had been there. Between martha in myself i and myself i think we were starting to address the idea that she needs to be looked at more closely. George as you mentioned died when he was only 12 years old. And it occurred to me he was never around all that much. Where did he achieve all of these qualities. They have to come from somebody. I think they can crack correct conclusion came from his mother. Not just because she have George Washington but how she raised him. Its really
Prior to being elected to congress, she served on the bostons city council for eight years and was the first woman of color elected to the council in its 100 year history. Please welcome congresswoman ayanna pressley. E] rep. Ressley today, i am thinking of the ancestors, not just the ones recorded in our history books, but those omitted from the pages. The freedom riders, the organizers, the community builders. Every loved one passed a brownbag lunch. Lunch, read a freedom song, set up a prayer. Sacrifice and selfdetermination shaped history and brought us to this moment. The truth of the matter is we are because of them. We are black with a capital b. We are the manifestation of the movement. We are and cultural proud blacks. If my granddaddy the reverend e. James echols were here, he would whisper in my ear and say baby, make it play. I intend to do just that, make it play area we are in unprecedented and uncertain times. We are challenged by the state of the nation and the crisis w