About 20 years ago i was doing research on my first book about africanamerican women in the north and i came across an advertisement for a hundredway, and enslaved person who had run from the president s house in philadelphia. May 1796. And i was sort of caught up looking through microfilm and old newspapers and this made me pause and i said, wait, who is this person who ran away . She was named only judge in the advertisement. I thought, wait a minute, i dont know this person and that was troubleing to me. This miss area of expertise and i had no idea who thats owny judge was. And there was something that was very sort of compelling about this advertisement, never sort of escaped me. And i said, you know, im going to come back those important story and try to trace this woman. I need answers. So i finished the first book and here i am. Man years later. Was a lengthy processy attempting to recover the life ona judge and those who do specifically early africanamerican history, doing thi
About 20 years ago i was doing research on my first book about africanamerican women in the north and i came across an advertisement for a hundredway, and enslaved person who had run from the president s house in philadelphia. May 1796. And i was sort of caught up looking through microfilm and old newspapers and this made me pause and i said, wait, who is this person who ran away . She was named only judge in the advertisement. I thought, wait a minute, i dont know this person and that was troubleing to me. This miss area of expertise and i had no idea who thats owny judge was. And there was something that was very sort of compelling about this advertisement, never sort of escaped me. And i said, you know, im going to come back those important story and try to trace this woman. I need answers. So i finished the first book and here i am. Man years later. Was a lengthy processy attempting to recover the life ona judge and those who do specifically early africanamerican history, doing thi
Lissa muscatine, coowner of politics and prose, on november 9, you posted for the many politics and prose customers who expected and were looking forward to the election of Hillary Clinton why was that up on your blog post . Brett and i do a weekly blog together every week, and we were hearing from a lot of customers. I was and who the. I was in new york, but we were hearing from a lot of customers, we were hearing from our staff. People were worried i would suggest about what the change would mean to a lot of what this bookstore stands for. It was really just intended to acknowledge that and to hear what we were hearing come to hear an adult what we were hearing from customers come from others in our community. Brad kram, what does this bookstore stands for . It stands for the things that mean independent bookstore stands for. They can be summed up as a kind of third place. That is, a place that people can come to in addition to home and office, a kind of refuge, a place where they ca
If we check that are mobile devices have been silenced or turned off as a courtesy and for those watching online we remind you youre welcome at any time to send questions or comments, simply emailing speaker heritage. Org and, of course, well post the program on our heritage homepage as soon as todays events are over for your future reference. Leading ou a discussion welcomig our guest is ryan anderson, r Simon Senior Research fellow in american principles and public policy. Hes also the founder and editor of public discourse, the online journal of the Witherspoon Institute of princeton new jersey. He is the author of truth overruled fro, the future of marriage and religious freedom, and coauthored with princeton robert george, the book, what is marriage, man and a woman. He earned his bachelors from princeton and his doctoral degree in political philosophy from notre dame. These join me in welcoming ryan anderson. [applause] thanthank you, john and thanu everyone for coming. Today we
About 20 years ago i was doing research on my first book about africanamerican women in the north and i came across an advertisement for a hundredway, and enslaved person who had run from the president s house in philadelphia. May 1796. And i was sort of caught up looking through microfilm and old newspapers and this made me pause and i said, wait, who is this person who ran away . She was named only judge in the advertisement. I thought, wait a minute, i dont know this person and that was troubleing to me. This miss area of expertise and i had no idea who thats owny judge was. And there was something that was very sort of compelling about this advertisement, never sort of escaped me. And i said, you know, im going to come back those important story and try to trace this woman. I need answers. So i finished the first book and here i am. Man years later. Was a lengthy processy attempting to recover the life ona judge and those who do specifically early africanamerican history, doing thi