Introducing someone who is kind, classy, and a careful scholar and someone who has been the heart of the lincoln forums since its inception. Edna green medford is now the associate provost of Equity Affairs and howard university, Faculty Affairs at howard university, and this places her in the enviable position of having to say no to everyone. [laughter] she is the former chair of history at howard. She is the former interim dean and professor of history. Her works focus on africanAmerican History and the history of the jacksonian era, the civil war, and reconstruction. Some of her works include the emancipation proclamation three views, which is now coming out in paperback. The price of freedom, slavery, and the civil war. Volume one and volume two. As well as the historical perspectives of the african burial ground, new york blacks, and the diaspora. What i have always found about her scholarship is she reminds us of the humid told of the civil war. We often can float into abstractio
Van lew was published by Oxford University in 2003 and 13 prizes including the library of virginias peoples choice awards. She will speak to us about her new book, armies of deliverance which was published earlier this year by oxford. A review in the wall street holzer calledold the book a highly original and sweeping new study. I had the good fortune to hear liz speak on the subject a few weeks ago in hampton roads, virginia and im so glad we could have her here to speak to us. Please join me in welcoming elizabeth varon. [applause] can everyone hear me . Good. In his first time were message to congress delivered july 4, 1861 Abraham Lincoln casts secession as the work of a small band of conspirators who had duped and cowed the south into submission. After drugging the public mind of their section for more than 30 years as lincoln put it, relied on coercion to bring many good men to a willingness to take up arms against the government. Theres much reason to believe, leggett speculated
At the university of virginia. She is the author of five books that probe important issues related to the sectional conflict from the American Revolution to the civil war. The trueful graffiti story of Elizabeth Van lew, a union agent in the heart of the confederacy was published in three prizes. Today, she will speak to us about her new book armies of deliverance a new history of the civil war, which was bylished earlier this year oxford. A review by some guy named Harold Holzer maybe some of you have heard of him called this a highly interesting new study. I am so glad we could have her here today at the forum to speak to us. Welcomingn me in elizabeth varon. [applause] prof. Varon all right. Can everyone hear me . Good. Yes. All right. In his first wartime message to congress delivered on child july 4, 1851, Abraham Lincoln cast secession as the work of a small band of conspirators who had duped in Calgary South into submission. The southnd cowed into submission. Relied on in had ge
Midst to talk about the shop. But first i want to talk about richard bell, scholar, beautiful writer. This book really jumps in with his incredibly human picture of a young by, and from that moment i knew that i was in sure creative hands but he is a remarkable scholar. Educated at cambridge harvard, moved professor at the university of maryland, has won one of the major awards and if theres a round of applause it is for people who are educating the next generation of historical people to have a sense of history and what it means as human beings in the world but also particularly as americans, and somewhere from wells is dedicated to helping us mine that history. He is a 2017 public scholar after the National Endowment for the humanities. And has had fellowships from the Huntington Library in california to cambridge in england and everywhere in between, yale and the library of congress. So this is a mind we want sort of tilling the soil of americas past and helping us come to under and
Independents 202 7488002. You can also send us a text at 202 7488003. Please include your name and where you are from. Catch up with us on social media. A very good Tuesday Morning to you. Here are the headlines on john beings statement about win willing to testify. The story noting that bolton rejected demands as the administration delayed military aid. Here is john boltons statement from yesterday. During the impeachment controversy i have tried to meet my obligation as a citizen and former National Security adviser. Since my testimony is an issue i have tried to resolve the issue as best i could. Based on careful consideration and study i have decided that its the Senate Issues a subpoena i am prepared to testify to testify. A few hours ago the momentum for uncovering the truth in the senate trial gathered more momentum. One of the key witnesses i have bolton,r, mr. John former National Security advisor to President Trump correctly acknowledged that he needs to comply with a Senate