South in tennessee. This decision is about 90 minutes. Good morning, everyone. Good morning again. Thank you for joining our second session today. My name is woody register. I teach in the History Program here. I also am the director of the project on slavery, race and reconciliation. The institutions endeavor to understand not only its particular history but slavery and slaverys legacies, but also the obligations that history has bequeathed to us. Its my pleasure today to introduce our two speakers in order of their appearance. First up this morning is professor Tracy Campbell at the department of history at the university of kentucky. He has a remarkable record of teaching and scholarship on the political and social history of the United States in the 20th century. Before arriving at kentucky, he taught at mar rorris hill and u colleges. Since hes been in kentucky, hes been recognized not only for his scholarship but especially for his skill as a classroom teacher. Hes the author of
Reconciliation. The institutions endeavor to understand not only its particular history but slavery and slaverys legacies, but also the obligations that history has bequeathed to us. Its my pleasure today to introduce our two speakers in order of their appearance. First up this morning is professor Tracy Campbell at the department of history at the university of kentucky. He has a remarkable record of teaching and scholarship on the political and social history of the United States in the 20th century. Before arriving at kentucky, he taught at morris hill and union colleges. Since hes been in kentucky, hes been recognized not only for his scholarship but especially for his skill as a classroom teacher. Hes the author of five books including his 2013 study of the gateway arch in st. Louis. Perhaps directly related to today if his 2005 work, deliver the vote. Surely, this is a book that we need to take up today if not for the first time, then even a second time. At present, he is hard at
Hosted by the university of the south in sa womanny, tennessee. This discussion is about 90 minutes. Good morning, everyone. Good morning again. Thank you for joining our second session today. My name is woody register. I teach in the History Program here. I also am the director of the project on slavery, race, and reconciliation, the institutions endeavor to understand not only its particular history, but slavery and slaverys legacy but also the obligations that that history has bequeathed to us. Its my pleasure today to introduce our two speakers in order of their appearance. First up this morning is professor Tracy Campbell of the department of history of the university of kentucky. Professor campbell who received his ba from the university of kentucky and his pad at Duke University has a remarkable record of teaching and scholarship on the political and social history of the United States and the 20th century. Before arriving at kentucky, he taught at morris hill and union colleges
Books is doing on the president. I said i dont have time. He said i want you to do one thing. He said alan evans has done a paperback that excerpts his diary, his president ial direry. Take the diary. Take the weekend and read it. I read the excerpts from the diary and i couldnt say know no. I was fascinated. Did you know much about him . I knew he was a tennesseeian. Im a tennessean. I knew his grave shined the capitol. There is no marker in nashville except a plaque on the side of a dirty motel wall. His old home place in columbia is preserved and ive been there many times and been there since. I knew virtually nothing about him and almost nothing that was good. His reputation as a result of what was done to him during his presidency over the mexicanamerican war left him a bad reputation. A reputation as a warmonger and the attacks on him in congress in the latter days of his administration reminded me a great deal of the attacks on Lyndon Johnson at the end of his administration ove
And we begin with the latest out of ferguson, missouri. The police have just released new Surveillance Video from sunday nights shooting. In the video, we see a suspect, identified as taylor harris, and it appears that he has a gun. Police say harris shot at them. Plainclothed officers returned fire from the van, wounding harris, who is in critical condition, and harris friends and family have disputed the officers accounts, and meanwhile, a presence has appeared on the streets of ferguson. An armed group, called the oath keepers, and its members appear to be all white men, former police, wearing assault rests and camouflage gear, and the group is described as fiercely antigovernment and militaristic, Diane Eastabrook is in ferguson, and diane, this new development can not be helpful reporter well, tony, it has raised a lot of eyebrows here in ferguson, and the oath keepers said that they started coming to ferguson last fall, when the rioting broke out and the jury decided not to indic