Our great modern american historians. One of the things that makes him great is he really minds the resources of the president ial he has come here to the library, gone through and found very interesting documents that other people had not seen before. He has done that at other president ial combined with that he has also minded the resources of the archives on various, evangelical organizations that have become involved in politics. In addition to that, on top of his research skills, he is an excellent writer. Ive had the privilege of reading many of his books, including the one that has just come out. I can tell you that as much as i have followed the subjects and on my own research, that there were many points way where i came up across new information. I said wow. That really explains what is going on. If you want to understand the difference in the United States between the 1970s and the 19 eighties in case you have forgotten. There were very significant differences, and you want
Great modern american historians. One of the things that makes him great, he really mines the resources of president ial libraries. He has come here to the carter library, gone through and found very interesting documents other people had not seen before. Hes done that at other president ial libraries. Combined with that, he has also mined the resources of archives on various evangelical organizations that have become involved in politics. In addition to that, on top of his Research Skills he is an excellent writer. I had the privilege of reading many of his books including the one thats just come out. I can tell you as much as i have followed the subjects and done my own research, there were many points i came across new information, i said, wow, that really explains whats going on. If you want to understand the difference in the United States between the 1970s and 1980s. In case you have forgotten, there were very significant differences and you wanted to know about the transition to
Election and his defeat in 1980 by mr. Reagan. Mr. Balmer spoke at the Jimmy Carter Museum in atlanta back in 2014. Welcome. Its a pleasure for me tonight to introduce randall balmer, professor of arts and sciences at dartmouth college. I have followed his career for a long time. His under graduate work was done at a school where my father was a dean and my brother joe attended that school at the same time. And randy has turned into one of our great, modern american historians. One of the things that makes him great is he really minds the resources of president ial libraries. He really mines the resources of president ial libraries. He has come to the carter library, gone through and found very interesting documents that other people had not seen before. And he has done that at other president ial libraries. Combined with that, he has also mined the resources of the archives on various evangelical organizations that have become involved in politics. And on top of his research skills, h
Programming with designs by our panelists tonight, so that we could tell the whole story of our 18th century community. Blending social history with public history to tell the africanamerican story has never been done before. And quite literally, they were making history. This is the first of three panelist discussions that we are going to have this year. And i would welcome you to come back on july 5, when we will look at current programming that focuses on African American stories, and also on october 18, where we will be focusing on the future, and our panelists at that discussion will be helping us to think about, how do we continue to tell the story . Lawrence mitchell said it really is all of our story. Now i know our panelists well. And they have plenty to share with us. So, please let me begin the evening by introducing our moderator. He began his career here at Colonial Williamsburg as a junior interpreter, and became an active interpreter and manager of the interpreters. And
tonight on the reidout my goal, this is not revenge. what this is is account ability. i don t want to see anyone including donald trump indicted, incarcerated simply because i fundamentally disagree with them this is all about accountability he needs to be held accountable for his dirty deed michael cohen testified before a grand jury. and with the walls seeming to be closing in, trump is once again calling for an investigation of the investigation. also tonight, president biden reassures americans that their money is safe in the bank, after two recent bank failures and we ll look at the role trump era deregulation played in the financial havoc in silicon valley we begin tonight with mike pence. a former vice president who quite possibly is most famous for his tongue biting silence. but believe it or not, mike pence used to talk for a living. seriously, he was a right-wing talk radio host in the 90s, true story meaning it was once his job to say what he thought.