So nice be with you today to talk about this Exciting Book whose and why a hidden chapter from the 18th century invention race. This came out with harvard in 2022 and i love to get started by asking you about the genesis of this project. How how did this project come about. Well thanks its kind of a long story and a story involves the most important kind of person in the project. And thats Henry Louis Gates jr. Apparently, he reading an earlier book that i wrote called the anatomy of blackness that mentioned this debate or this contest which took place at the Bordeaux Academy of sciences. And ill get back to that second and at the same time, he was already thinking about doing a project this, and he just gave me a phone call out of the blue is an amazing day where he said, listen, im going to do a book and im going to call whos black and why about this contest . That took place at the Bordeaux Academy of sciences in 1741, and we worked on it very closely for two years, and it just came
Talk about this Exciting Book whose and why a hien chapter from the 18th century invention race. This came out with harvard in 2022 and i love to get started by asking you about the genesis of this project. How how did this project come about. Well thanks its kind of a long story and a story involves the most important kind of person in the project. And thats Henry Louis Gates jr. Apparently, he reading an earlier book that i wrote called the anatomy of blackness that mentioned this debate or this contest which took place at the Bordeaux Academy of sciences. And ill get back to that second and at the same time, he was already thinking about doing a project this, and he just gave me a phone call out of the blue is an amazing day where he said, listen, im going to do a book and im going to call whos black and why about this contest . That took place at the Bordeaux Academy of sciences in 1741, and we worked on it very closely for two years, and it just came out in paperback, by the way.
It forms in the appalachian mountains, runs through richmond and slows goo the chesapeake flows into the chesapeake bay. Wait a trade route for connellists and sometimes called america founding river. Continuing the look at richmond we spoke with richmond native and former governor of virginia, douglas wilder. Hold your hand on the family bible. And repeat after me. I, Lawrence Douglas wilder, do solemnly swear, that i will support the constitution of the united states, and the constitution of the commonwealth of virginia, and that i will faithfully and impartially discharge all of the duties inincome bunt e bent on me as governor of virginia, according to the best of my ability. So help me god. Congratulations. Thank you. How did you now want wanted to get into politics ii didnt because i didnt want to go around smiling and begging for votes and asking for money, and i thought, politics was what i would call a representative of people but i ran my mouth all the time from day one. As a
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20 degrees denver come a 17 conifer and although the temperatures not as cold as they with this time last night, let me take you to the west. Already dropped extreme temperatures 20 below, 22 below zero and a lot of temperatures in the mountains running below zero and another one on us dennis and 18 below. Another very cold start. Heading to the mountains, very cold first thing in the morning. The city we drop from 20s to 15, not as cold with the light wins tonight. We have a good weekend warmup the guys, cold shot late last week and i will show you in a few. If traveling in and out of the mountains be prepared for extra traffic this weekend cdot expects heavy traffic on saturday and sunday afternoon and many of the people who are on i 70 heading to the Denver International airport, forecast to be the second busiest day of will be on monday as well. Check with the airport and the flights on sunday, they recommend, get this rising three hours before your flight departs. Developing tonig