Who are members, trustees. Fund, but the women who were in thank you. I just want to say thank you and salute you for all of your support because as a nonprofit, boston were not happy with this. You. Nt do it without they thought all the money should go to boston. So there was a big issue over for those of you who arent members, i dont know what you are waiting for. This between the women in new can go online and join the york city and the women in boston. However, today, i found this statement in consequence of a recent decision of the new york party any time. Ok . We are here tonight, it is part of a celebration on a black antislavery fair association, history month. We had a program at the you will receive a check for the beginning of the month with, which are hand, joyce gold, did a program on little africa. Net proceeds of the sales made out with three months [applause] that was good. Interest thereon. Tonight, we are going to present also 16 proceeds of sales made an author whos
Next on American History tv, don papson discusses his book secret lives of the underground railroad in new york city Sydney Howard gay, Louis Napoleon and the record of fugitives. The record of fugitives was a previously unpublished text from the 1850s. Gay revealed his close collaboration with Louis Napoleon, a free black man who helped many slaves returned to freedom. The Greenwich Village Historic Society posted this hourlong program. I am director of programs at the Greenwich Village Historic Society, which is a Nonprofit Foundation founded in 1980 to preserve and protect this cultural history that we have and what i think is the best neighborhood and the whole world, but im slightly prejudiced. What can i do . Said something about midtown, but i did not really hear him. Anyway, i look around and i see some people who are members, even trustees, thank you. I just want to say thank you and publicly salute you for all of your support, because as a nonprofit we cannot do it without yo
The first group of landgrant universities created in 1867 by the acts signed into law by lincoln five years earlier, and the only in lincolns home state. One reason i was drawn to take the job as law dean is the prospect that the university of illinois can he come linked with ellington in the way that the university of virginia is associated with Thomas Jefferson mind, was not as great of a president or person. Why bob woodward . That might be the easiest. Many consider the New York Times the newspaper of record. Bob woodward is americas reporter of record at the post. He is responsible for two Pulitzer Prizes for coverage of watergate and 9 11. He is more than a reporter. He is a insightful and prolific reporter. He has written or cowritten 12 number one bestselling more than books any other contemporary american author. A native of illinois and a graduate of yale who spent five years in the navy, he has won nearly every major american journalism award. I am pleased he is our leadoff
Mr. Carson who is Martin Luther king . One side of him is a famous individual. He was a 1964 winner of the nobel peace prize. He was the most influential leader of a great social movement. Who wase only american honored with a National Holiday in his name. That is the uniqueness practically everybody in the world knows the name Martin Luther king. The question i would like to address in this setting is who really was Martin Luther king . Advantages of using a setting like this is that we can really practice history to which it be. It should not be about names and dates that you remember. It should be about the study of the things that survive from the past. That is why a site, a historical site, is so important. That is why the king papers project, when Karen Scott King edited his papers, she understood that in the long run, what would survive where the papers that Martin Luther king produced during his lifetime. Is part of what i would call the legacy of Martin Luther king. If we want
Freedom, the Hidden History of the underground railroad. Uncoveredbout how he ,he story of Sidney Howard gay one of the key organizers behind helping escaped slaves in new york city. Good evening. I am happy to be here with my esteemed colleague and friend, eric phonfoner. Some years ago, i was doing some research and as i approached the library desk to retrieve archival material, i saw that the staff was animatedly whispering and pointing, because there had just been a celebrity sighting. Eric foner. [laughter] you when i asked you what are doing, i got a modest, oh just checking out some things about the underground railroad. Book,e have is gateways to freedom. I look forward to interacting with you later this evening. Eric, you tell your readers that the story of the underground railroad is a jigsaw puzzle with many pieces missing. Usually, historians think of a question and go in search of documents. Sometimes we find extraordinary documents and let questions emerge. Why dont you t