Prof. Selverstone good afternoon, everyone. I am marc selverstone. Associate professor in president ial studies at the university of virginias Miller Center, and as chair of the centers president ial recordings program, id like to welcome you to a special panel, echoes of the past, featuring my colleagues on the recordings program. Its quite wonderful to be here with everybody. Its something of a reunion, in fact. Kent was with us for years and years, now spending time at the university of South Carolina. For the next 75 minutes, well share insights from the secret white house tapes, and well look to explore the dynamics therein, but also to relate them to contemporary developments, to see what kinds of questions they prompt us to ask about contemporary dynamics, about the history they contain, about parallels to todays events, about the practice of democracy itself. Just a word about the recordings program, we were established in 1998, and our goal, we are the only institution of this
Annual history symposium entitled reconstruction in the long reconstruction to 150 years towards freedom. I am the chief historian, you can call me truck. Please not call me the guy in charge because none of this couldve happened without the involvement of so many here, in this society. It is an all hands, all board operation. Taking charge of the logistics and influencing much of the symposium contacted lauren borchard, the societys director of historical programs, she has helped along by charlotte cummings, and several other Staff Members as well as a whole host, of enthusiastic volunteers. Theyll do this not just once a year, but are not routine races on our Public Program including a noontime lecture series. The next one is coming up on the 29th of may, the other ones is a halfpage red fire on the registration flyer outside and i would like you to encourage you to fill out the questionnaire that you found on the desk in front of you when you came in. I will leave to the society Jan
Recordings program. Quite wonderful to be here with everybody. Kent was with us for years and years, spent time at the university of south carolina. For the next 75 minutes, well share insights from the secret white house tapes, and well l in, to explore dynamics there but also to relate them to contemporary developments, to see what kinds of questions they prompt us to ask about contemporary dynamics, about the history they contain, about parallels to todays events, about the practice of democracy itself. Just a word about the recordings program. We were established in 1998, and the only we are institution of this kind doing transcribenalyze and the secret president ial tapes that president s made from 1940 so franklin, roosevelt through Richard Nixon. We do this work at the miller center. Well,it offsite as because so much work these days is browserbased. But we publish work through the university of Virginia Press and its electronic imprint. The president ial recordings digital init
I am marc selverstone. Associate professor in president ial studies at the university of virginias Miller Center, and as chair of the centers president ial recordings program, id like to welcome you to a special panel, echoing the echoes of the past, featuring my colleagues on the recordings program. Its quite wonderful to be here with everybody. Something of a reunion. Kent was with us for years and years, now spending time at the university of South Carolina. For the next 75 minutes, well share insights from the secret white house tapes, and well look to explore dynamics therein, but also to relate them to contemporary developments, to see what kinds of questions they prompt us to ask about contemporary dynamics, about the history they contain, about parallels to todays events, about the practice of democracy itself. Just a word about the recordings program. We were established in 1998, and our goal, we are the only institution of this kind doing it, is to analyze and transcribe the
Test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test the war is about slavery. The Iowa Supreme Court declares segregated schools are unconstitutional under the iowa constitution. So that we have the precursor to brown before there is a 14th amendment. This is clark versus directors of the muska tin schools. Clark will be the u. S. Ambassador to liberia in the 1890s. The long reconstruction is about the changes taking place when a man sues to get his daughter into the Public Schools to be coming in as a u. S. Ambassador to liberia. A year after the war ends, the con fed rats are still running their legislatures and pass black codes and within two years those black codes are all repealed as africanamericans and white unionists begin to take over southern legislature. A revolution in law that takes place, an obvious example to say its now okay for africanamericans and white americans to get married in the south. This is part of the revolution in law in lou