He discusses trends in the field of history and his work at the center for social solutions at the university of michigan. Is the current president of the organization of american historians. You picked the theme for this years conference, the work of freedom. How did you come up with that and by . I was reflecting on what it means to be unamerican and i realized we often what it means to be an american and i realize we often dont pause to think about what it means. As a historian, freedom required work, required human beings to invest in creating a Democratic Society and our freedom should not be taken for granted, nor should the idea of working for freedom be taken for granted. What are the sessions or talks this year that speak to that theme . There are a number of them. There is one tomorrow afternoon, a powerful session talking about 400 years after the importation of the first African People from america, where the enslavement that followed set a boundary for what we meant by fre
Historians, at their annual conference in philadelphia. He discusses trends in the field of history and his work at the center for social solutions at the university of michigan. The current president of the organization of american historians, earl lewis, you picked the theme for this conference, the work of freedom. How did you pick it, and why . Lewis i thought about the word freedom. Often we do not know what that means. Freedom requires work. Trying to invest and freedom should not be taken for granted. Would be the that theme for this years conference. The sessions that speak to that claim . Prof. Lewis theres one tomorrow afternoon, a powerful session talking about 400 years after the first African People were brought to america. Created a boundary for what we meant by freedom. The oneswas one of where some of the leading scholars of the last generation, talking about the 400th anniversary, the powerful word freedom. Boundaries were put on freedom, and how did it of all . Prof.
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