Schenk starting from 1918, can be convicted with arime under the espionage act of 1917. And that the First Amendment isnt absolute. And then 9 30, from the 1934 case, holding the internment camps dont violate the constitution as they were needed in world war ii. Watch landmark cases tonight, on cspan three or anytime on cspan. Org. All persons having business for the Supreme Court are required to give their attention. Landmark cases, cspan special history series, produced in collaboration with the constitutional center. 12 historiciz Supreme Court decisions. Number 759. Petitioner. Well hear arguments from number 18. Quite often in our most famous decisions, the court took unpopular decisions. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually, what it means to live in a society, of 310 million different people, who helped to stick together because they believe in the rule of law. Good evening and welcome to cspan the landmark cases. Our series explores 12 landm
Discussion will be at the end. So please write down any thoughts you have, questions, responses, that would be good. The jazz age, the period from 1919 to 1929 reminds me of the opening lines of a tale of two cities by charles dickens. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Well, it wasnt exactly the best of times, but for many people it was certainly good times. It was a great age of literature, of the golden age of sports, music, jazz. The 19th amendment to the constitution, which allowed women to vote in National Elections for the first time, radio was becoming popular. It was the early days of hollywood and certainly the age of the automobile, the model t. And automobiles were for almost every budget. Those are the good times, which we will discuss, and it wasnt exactly the worst of times, although there were some very bad times. And the failures of that decade led to the worldwide depression in the 1930s and helped the rise of fascism in europe. So lets begin with ta
I was happy to answer this call. I thought, this will be very interesting, in my mind, at least and predictable, but i learned it was a very very very, very wide subject. I hope you will profit as well. Living in new york, i was very, very fortunate to be living close to moma, the museum of modern art and the whitney and i take full advantage with my students. I think art can be a really profitable way to teach history, and i would be curious. Art for artyou use history in your own classes . I would say a good number of you. Briefly, how do you use our . I do not know if we can get the mic. Just a couple of i use it in my class and to establish Historical Context or perhaps multiple perspectives on an issue. Ms. Friedman mmhmm. Anybody else . History, and i do this with vocab were kids for pictures of vocabulary. Its not special art by any means, but yeah. Ms. Friedman ok. Also and ihistory use it to show cultural changes and things like that. Just to put it in context. Ms. Friedman ex
War ii memorial, this is close to an hour. My pleasure to introduce Rochelle Friedman whos going to be talking to you about innovations in art during world war ii. This is rochelles second year coming to the conference. She was here last year. Really excited to have her back and excited to hear her presentation on art. Please join me in welcoming rochelle. Good morning. And thank you, everybody. Its a real pleasure to be here. Last year you heard, i was sitting in your skpot and it po. I was happy to answer that call. At the time i thought, oh, this will be something obviously very interesting in my mind at least and something predictable but i learned that its a very, very wide subject. I wont cover all of it by any means. And ive learned a lot. So i hope that youll profit as well. So living in new york, im very, very fortunate to be living close to the museum of modern art and also to the whitney and i take full advantage as do my students and so i think that art can be a really prof
Has enabled us to invite so many prominent authors. [applause] i i would also like to recognize and thank New York Historical trustee, chairman emeritus roger herzog, who is responsible for the 2011 renovation of New York Historical Society Building as well as this magnificent robert a Smith Auditorium during his tenure as chairman. Lets give him a big hand, thank you. [applause] i also want to recognize and thank Trustees Barry barnett, joe pickett, ira and all the wonderful chapmans councilmembers with us with a great work and support as well. A few. [applause] so the program tonight will last an hour, include a questionandanswer session, and the q and who will be conducted via written questions on cards. You should receive a card and a pencil. If you havent, the staff are circulating right net and more out and they will be collected later on in the program. There will be a formal book signing in our ny history store on the 77th street side of our building, and copies of the books wi