alba was trying to diffuse the situation before he killed the attacker. al van bragg now faces demands to drop the charges against him. he was attacked by somebody who is bigger than him, larger than him, what alvin bragg is doing is a tragedy. visitors of thomas jefferson calling out bias. they made it a one-sided point of view, a visitor wrote in online review, even my 11-year-old daughter noticed the bias. steve: good morning, miami flo rida, right now 78 degrees. you are going for a high of 91. it s a beautiful start to this, the 11th day of the seventh month. that s right. it s 7/11 day. free slurpees coast to coast at 7-eleven. she is back from vacation. ainsley: i had best vacation. i had taken by daughter on annual vacation we do every summer. watching the news. brian: are you really doing that. ainsley: get the headlines so i can talk about what i missed over the week. steve: what did i miss? ainsley: i think i missed the best thing that fox
David blight is at yale. He is the author of several books. Most recently, american oracle, civil war and the civil rightser e. R. A. Thavolia sthofle a professor of history at Duke University and in epartment of history africanamerican studies, and the Research Institute in the program of womens studies. She has published numerous articles and essays. She is the author of out of the house of bondage. And coeditor of a the two volley vool umenyiora freedom. Our third colleague, eric, was unable to make it today. The topic of reconstruction is second to none in its importance. I want to be able to talk to each of you about the book that you have contributed to, at least at the beginning, and then we will move into a discussion about reconstruction more generally. He book is called beyond freedom, disrupting the history of emancipation. David, could you tell us what the purpose of the book is and what beyond freedom is all about . Sure. Thank you all for coming out at lunch time. Dont wo
Read from the ancient and sacred scroll of ester. It is in the scroll we read at first of a certain darkness, a darkness which would come to envelope the entire nation over which ester would reign as queen. It was queen ester who became frightened when the plan revealing a plot to erase the sacred remnants of her people, along with the fundamental teachings of her faith came to light. And yet, it was ester who, when confronted by the impending darkness, was able to bring the plot to an end, allowing her people to emerge from the shadow of this horror and live freely, without fear, celebrating life itself in the light of their new found freedom. And now, standing here today before you on the eve of the festival, we too ask that you remember us for life, instilling within us a greater love of freedom seeking both peace and prosperity for all the inhabitants of this great nation. And yet, dear lord, we would be remiss if we were not to remember those who have sacrificed much, those who ha
Bring to you one of our most prestigious speakers and one of his cleverest biographers. Dresser and it gordon reed is the one who definitively cracked the case as our speaker on tuesday mightve said. On one of American History both conflict and now expunged stories which is the relationship between the jeffersons and the hemmings. Is theor gordon reed trolls warren professor of american legal history at Harvard Law School and professor of history at harvard university. She has a jawdropping list of honors. Fellowship from the Dorothy Lewis b Coleman Center for scholars and writers at the new york public library, a guggenheim fellowship, a , and awardellowship from the National Organization for women in new york city. On both seen and unseen americans, including a biography of Andrew Johnson in her most recent book is most blessed of the patriarchs. It comes to jefferson, were fortunate to have her here. No one knows the public and private jefferson quite as well as she does. The relati
Bring to you one of our most prestigious speakers and one of his cleverest biographers. Dresser and it gordon reed is the one who definitively cracked the case as our speaker on tuesday mightve said. On one of American History both conflict and now expunged stories which is the relationship between the jeffersons and the hemmings. Is theor gordon reed trolls warren professor of american legal history at Harvard Law School and professor of history at harvard university. She has a jawdropping list of honors. Fellowship from the Dorothy Lewis b Coleman Center for scholars and writers at the new york public library, a guggenheim fellowship, a , and awardellowship from the National Organization for women in new york city. On both seen and unseen americans, including a biography of Andrew Johnson in her most recent book is most blessed of the patriarchs. It comes to jefferson, were fortunate to have her here. No one knows the public and private jefferson quite as well as she does. The relati