Hes the most important political figure in wisconsins history and one of the most important in the history of the 20th century in the United States. He was a reforming governor. He defined what progressivism is. He was one of the first to use the term to self identify. He was the United States senator. He was recognized by his peers in the 1950s as one of the five greatest senators in american history. He was an opponent of world war i. He stood his ground advocating for free speech. Above all, he was about the people. In the area after the civil war, america changed radically from a nation of small farmers, small producers, small manufacturers. 1870s, we had concentrations of wealth. We had growing inequality. We had concern about the influence of money in government. The United States senators were elected by legislators. There were huge sums of money going into those campaigns. Individuals were looking for a way to change the status quo. Around 1900, the idea of progressivism coales
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That means a lot that you are here with us. Especially raising money for such great causes. I want to think first of all the best bookstore in all the land, Harvard Bookstore. I want to thank my friend jeff for hosting this discussion. The panelists are all authors of some of the most important works ever written on race and the american experience. And i strongly, strongly encourage you to purchase their text and other work you are interested in from Harvard Bookstore its another independent booksellers. I also want to think of other hosts, the incredible Boston Review and the editors. All of us have been proud contributors to the rich intellectual condition curated by Boston Review. I just think it is really important that in this moments before our countrys more famous publications were willing to run pieces on police, prison abolition, racial and ethics of resistance and market violence, Boston Review really provided one of the major forms for these ideas to be debated with serious
Bookstore and other independent sellers. Also the incredible Boston Review and the editors all of us have been proud by what has been curated by Boston Review but in this moment before the countrys more famous publications were willing to run racial capitalism and the ethics of resistance Boston Review provided one of the major forums for these ideas to be debated and it still does theres not many publications who can match the commitment to get space to debate across the political spectrum or insisting on the significance of race as a broader question of justice and democracy and citizenship. Its a real honor to be here at a panel cohosted by Boston Review. As a reminder the contributions all go to three important organizations critical resistance National Bailout devoted to attending mass incarceration with pretrial detention or one womans love to empower black women and girls in stockton california. The format today is 40 or 45 minutes of discussion i will moderate before he take qu
Interview with Joan Trumpauer mulholland. She recalls taking part in the 1961 freedom rides, attending tougaloo college, and serving at the Mississippi State penitentiary with other activists. This interview is part of a project on the Civil Rights Movement initiated by congress in 2009, conducted by the Smithsonian National museum of africanAmerican History and culture, the american full like american folklife center. Joan i was born in washington, d. C. And raised in arlington, virginia, basically a mile down the road in apartments, which at that point was the only place in Northern Virginia that would rent to jews. This was the early 1940s, folks had come from new york, looking for government jobs. They wanted out of the boarding houses and they can move to buckingham and that was about it. What did your dad do . Joan they had those government jobs. My father came from southwest iowa, during the depression. My folks met at the midnight shift at the post Office Building in the elevat