Brady carlson and a look at president ial grave sites and monuments. That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. First up on booktv in prime time, heres crystal wright. Host crystal wright is backt ott our desk, editor and publisher of conservativeblackchick. Com, also out with a new book, con job. Crystal wright, a lot to get into in that title of your book, but i want to begin with this quote from your book. It reads real racism still exists in modern america, it and hurts real people. But when hustlers like al sharpton and other liberals are quick to label every incident i America Racist from voter id laws to the shooting of black teens, it diminishes the rightful attention that true racism should receive. So what is true racism, and why are some of the issues that you bring up in that example not for racism . Guest well, i actuallyll devote a chapter in the book to true racism. Its in the appendix, and its my familys personal story of being discriminated against. When i was a littl
Now built on private donations. Its a great honor to serve. The teach people all over the world. We ever sense of gun fire engines from Ford Motor Company is a sponsor number of exciting things including this book talk. We always appreciate when they come out. Now we have a very special guest. An old friend. The editor in chief. This is one of the most extraordinary scholarly projects of the 21st centurys to copy, transcribe all the correspondence in a professional manner used by all the stories, and extraordinary collective work and scholarship has been going on since 1968. Funders and partial funders of the project since its beginning. In the recent past we renewed our partnership, i would like to think of friendship, help them create a comprehensive edition of Martha Washington spacers as well as other family papers. And that is really heading up the leadership of the programs as well and to fully encompass the scope they change the project from the George Washington papers project
Jim thompson discussing his new who is billy lee, George Washingtons mulatto man. Toward acquired, in his words, 1767. Atto man, in he was wellknown known to washingtons staff, including lafayette. Thompson presents an analysis of washingtons complex relationship with billy lee and discusses a deeper relationship between the two. Mr. Thompson is the author of a number of books on the arts and history, among them being the birth of virginias aristocracy and Thomas Jeffersons enlightenment. After his presentation, there will be a q a and mr. Thompson will be happy to sign copies of his book. Please take the opportunity to explore our library and museum with its new exhibition, remembering the american resolution. We also have 31 period rims detecting life in early america. Resources are free and open to the public. O, pleaseurther ad welcome jim thompson. [applause] mark, for the, fine introduction, and thank you all for coming today. I appreciate you joining me and learning with me abou
Youre watching American History tv. All weekend, every weekend, on cspan 3. Follow us on twitter for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history dues. History news. William lee, known as billy lee, was short washingtons personal slave. Washington granted billy lee land and freedom in his will. Next, author James Thompson discusses his theory explaining why washington may have taken this action. The daughters of the American Revolution hosted this onehour event. Today, we are pleased to have jim thompson discussing his new book, who is billy lee, George Washingtons mulatto man. Toward acquired, in his words, my mulatto man, in 1767. He was wellknown known to washingtons staff, including lafayette. Thompson presents an analysis of washingtons complex relationship with billy lee and discusses a deeper relationship between the two. Mr. Thompson is the author of a number of books on the arts and history, among them being the birth of virginias aristocracy and Thomas J
Number of books on the arts and history, among them being the birth of virginias aristocracy and Thomas Jeffersons enlightenment. After his presentation, there will be a q a and mr. Thompson will be happy to sign copies of his book. Please take the opportunity to explore our library and museum with its new exhibition, remembering the american to 1890. N, 1776 period rooms31 detecting life in early america. All these resources are free and open to the public. Without further ado, please welcome jim thompson. [applause] jim thank you, mark, for the fine introduction, and thank you all for coming today. I appreciate you joining me and learning with me about billy lee. Im going to begin with a couple brief comments about my background and my approach, my view of the past, and how i research. Then im going to talk about the book. Im only going to focus on a couple aspects. Im going to focus on the first point is, how was George Washington related to billy lee . I believe they had a family b