Professor adam rothman talks about the jesuits, Roman Catholic religious order and their history during the 18th and 19th century as slave owners in maryland and the washington, d. C. Area. He also looks at how georgetown founded by the jesuits benefitted from the slave economy. This 90minute la tee sha woods brown memorial lek kmur is given annually to honor the pioneering africanamerican educator and historian and was part of a conference on washington, d. C. History. Id like to begin by thanking the Historical Society of washington, d. C. For the opportunity to deliver this years latisha woods brown lecture. Professor brown was a champion of the africanAmerican History of washington, d. C. And its a real thrill for me to be able to honor her work and life in this forum. It was really just touching and moving to hear your recollections of your grandmother. And i cant tell you how happy it makes me to hear from you that she would approve of and appreciate the work that were doing at g
During the 18th and 19th history. And is the washington d. C. Area. He looks at georgetown been fitted from the slave economy in 90 minute memorial lecture is given annually to honor and part of the conference on washington d. C. History. I would like to bebin by thanking the Historical Society of washington, d. C. For the opportunity to deliver this years brown lecture. Proffer professor brown was champion of the history of washington, d. C. Its a thrill to be honor her work and life in this form. It was moving to hear youre recollection of your grandmother and im i cant tell you how happy it makes to hear from you that she would appreciate the work were doing at georgetown. Thats the best introduction i have ever gotten the entire time of my life. I appreciate that. I would hope to do her proud. I would like to thank the National Archives for hosting us. For all of you for being here in person or perhaps watching the remotely through the magic of youtube or cspan. I appreciate your i
Very, very sad. Especially so many things happening today, its very sad. Its a very tragic incident. Prayers to good fd for him and family. Reporte reporter thats the latest live on capitol hill. Wendy and chris, back to you. Thank you, chris. A team of military investigators from alabama is in maryland tonight digging thru the wreckage of that deadly helicopter crash. The crew from the Army Combat Readiness center at fort rucker is trying to figure out why the chopper went down. The black hawk took off from ft. Belvoir yesterday afternoon, crashed across the Potomac River on a golf course in st. Marys county. People who live near the breton bay golf and country club saw the chopper flying low before the crash. We were sitting down on helicopter come by, sitting very low. My brother said, look how low it is. I said, oh, my god, its going sideways. Then it started going backwards and it went down. Reporter three people were on that chopper, their names have not been released. One of the
Professor brown was a champion of the africanAmerican History of washington, d. C. Its a real thrill for me to be able to honor her work and life in this forum. It was touching and moving to hear your recollections of your grandmother. I cant tell you how happy it that me to hear from you she would approve of and appreciate the work we are doing at georgetown. Thats free much the best introduction ive ever gotten. [laughter] in my life. I really appreciate that. I would also like to thank the National Archives for hosting us. And for all of you for being here in person or perhaps watching remotely, through the magic of youtube or maybe later on on cspan. I just really appreciate your interest in history. Teaching it seems like and learning about history is an uphill battle. We are so focused on the present , we look forward to the future and few of us stop to reflect on the past and where we come from and how it shakes shapes where we are today. History, to think about its impact on ou
If you can possibly make it to the microphone that is right here next to this pillar we would be really grateful because that makes the audio much more enjoyable for those who are trying to listen who arent actually physically in this space it if you have a phone or nose making device on your person and you could possibly silence it or make it so that it wont make noise, wed be grateful for that. And then lastly at the end of the event if you wouldnt mind folding up your chair and putting them to the side, elaine will sign bookings up here, we have plenty of copies up front. I think, you all know what it looks like, and shed be happy to sign at the end up here at table. I also want to just point out that we are coming to the end of warms History Month its been a great month for us here at the store. Weve had some terrific events i think for me this unwith is the highlight. We have a whole table dedicated to books related to womens history up at the front of the store and were very, ver