Coming up next Howard University history professor discusses the experiences of free to slaves following the civil war. She discusses education and Political Rights. She talks about their struggle to achieve them. This program was part of a symposium of the Lincoln Group of the district of columbia. You may wonder why we have this pulpit here. This pulpit is one that the pastor would have used when preaching and lincoln would have seen the pastor from this hope it. It was in the old era. That is when you have this heirloom. I would like to bring up the editor of our lincolnian journal lindy swanson. Having heard that, i am very honored to be standing at this pulpit and to introduce our next speaker, edna greene medford, who many of you know. She is a very treasured friend of the Lincoln Group and one of our members. She always provides us with wellcrafted, meaningful remarks. She is an author, much published. The chair of the History Department at howard and coauthor of the publication
This program was part of the symposium hosted by the Lincoln Group. And you may wonder why we have this old podium. This pulpit is the one in the old church that pastor gurley would have used during the premartial era while the old church was in action. To introduce our next speaker, i will like to bring and the editor of our lincolnian journal, wendy swanson. Wendy swanson i am very honored to be standing at this pulpit and very honored to be introducing our next speaker, edna greene medford, who many of you know. Shoes are very treasured friend of the lincoln. She is a very treasured friend over the Lincoln Group she is a very treasured friend of the Lincoln Group. And one of our members. She always provides us with wellcrafted, meaningful remarks. She is an author, much published. The chair of the History Department at howard and coauthor of the publication the emancipation proclamation review. And editor of the price of freedom series, slavery and the civil war. We also have if you
The thing that is frustrating but fascinating about james madison, he was this incredibly impactful individual over world history, but because he was private and introverted and other aspects he was 54, 100 pounds, have these anxiety attacks he has not exerted the same kind of Gravitational Force field on people that Thomas Jefferson or Alexander Hamilton have. That to me was the reason to write a book that plunged deep into his youth and comingofage to figure out, how do we know this guy . What motivated him to have such an impact on the country and the world . James madison was from right here, which is Orange County, the heart of virginia, half an hour north of charlottesville. He grew up in this house behind us, which has changed over the years. They brought it closer to what it was. When he was a young boy, he was primitivea much more fatherment before his built this brick house. Madison was the son of a privileged family. His father was a planter. Gentry. Up in the elite experien
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The lords have thrown the first spanner into the brexit works so carefully constructed by the Prime Minister, voting to amend the brexit bill to tie the governments hands by giving eu citizens here a guarantee of a right to remain. Now the plain truth is, there is little controversy over the substance the government wants the eu Residents Herejust as the lords do and the Leave Campaigners in the referendum did. The issue is about whether you negotiate their guarantee of residence in return for assurances over the rights of the british elsewhere. Or should we make the guarantee unilaterally . It was hard fought in the lords today. If we are to be concerned about anybodys rights after brexit, to live anywhere on this continent of europe, it should be our concern for the rights of british people to live freely and peacefully in those other parts of europe. Somehow or the other, today we seem to be thinking of nothing but the rights of foreigners. My lords. All our debate has been based on