Our nations asked every weekend on cspan3. Historians david blight and annette gordonreed talked about recent debates over historical monuments, discussing how people could make decisions about removing or contextualizing them based on Historical Information and public sentiment. The American Historical Association hosted and recorded this event. James good afternoon. And i say that with some trepidation, because our audience is national and international. So, good morning to some of you and good evening to some of you. I am jim grossman, the executive director of the American Historical Association. And this is an initial experiment in something that we are likely to call history behind the headlines. Considers Historical Context and perspective essential to decisionmaking in public culture and especially in all aspects of public policy. The aha is a membershipsupported organization just a reminder. , one has to say these things, anybody who watches Public Television or listens to pub
Jim good afternoon. And i say that with some trepidation, because our audience is national and international. So, good morning to some of you and good evening to some of you. I am jim grossman, the executive director of the American Historical Association. And this is an initial experiment in something that we are likely to call history behind the headlines. The aha considers Historical Context and perspective essential to decisionmaking in public culture and especially in all aspects of public policy. The aha is a membershipsupported organization, just a reminder. One has to say these things, anybody who watches Public Television or listens to public radio is ready for this. If you would like to become a member and support this type of content, membership links are located in the chat on zoom and in the comments on facebook live. I want to give an especially grateful thankful to History Channel for their generous sponsorship of this webinar. Lets get started. It is an honor to introdu
Monuments discussing how people can make decisions about based removing or contextualizing them based on Historical Information , and public sentiment. The American Historical Association hosted and recorded this event. James good afternoon. I say that with some trepidation because our audience is national and international. Morning to some of you and good to some of you. I am jim grossman, the executive director of the American Historical Association. This is an initial experiment in something that we are likely to call history behind the headlines. We consider Historical Context essential to decisionmaking in public culture and especially in all aspects of public policy. Aha is a membership supported organization. Anybody who watches Public Television or listens to public radio is ready for this. If you would like to become a member and support this type of content, membership links are located in the chat on zoom and in the comments on facebook live. I want to give and especially gr
The Senate Committee held a confirmation hearing for several underground divisions including Inspector General and deputy undersecretary for intelligence and security. Some of the topics covered the Committee Hearing included whistleblower protections, election interference and servicemember misconduct. The meeting will come to order, we consider the nominations of mr. Jason, Inspector General of the department of defense. Mr. Lucas to be assistant secretary of defense that Nuclear Chemical biological and defense rooms and mr. Lewis to be assistant secretary of defense special operations. I think everyone for being here today, let me briefly say these people are and i think we have a great bunch that is certainly qualified for the mission they are accommodated for. Senior advisor, u. S. Customs and border protection, you have extensive experience leading litigation as part of the Inspector Generals offices for the federal Housing Agency and the u. S. Department of housing and urban Dev
The American Historical Association. James this is an initial experiment in something that we are likely to call history behind the headlines. Historical context essential to decisionmaking in public culture and especially in all aspects of public policy. This is a membership supported organization. Anybody who watches Public Television or listens to public radio is ready for this. If you would like to become a member and support this type of content, never siblings are located in the chat on zoom and in the comments on facebook live. And especially grateful thankful to History Channel four their generous sponsorship of this webinar. Lets get started. It is an honor to introduce todays panelists, Annette Gordon reed. Blight, he studies slavery and abolition. These professors are Pulitzer Prize winning historians and they have won lots of other prizes as well. They have written and spoken frequently and insightfully on issues relating to monuments, history, memory and our nations contin