Path. This is an hour and 45 minutes. Eric foner i am eric foner from the columbia university, moderating this second session on slavery and freedom. I want to begin by thanking the organizers of this excellent conference. We all know how much work went into, you know, putting this whole thing together. Thanks to those at the museum and the American Historical Association that have been so active in getting this conference organized. , i gave my last class at columbia university. I am now writing off riding off into the sunset. [applause] retirement. Of and so i ask if you will indulge me for just a minute as i reflect briefly on my own experience in relation to this field of African American history. Which is a little, it is sort of emblematic of the many things that have happened the last couple of generations. I grew up in a family in which africanAmerican History, although utterly ignored in the School Education that i got in grade school and high school, nonetheless, the black exp
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On twitter at bpshow and on facebook at fies book. Com billpressshow. Here in washington, d. C. , everybody is still buzzing about president obamas powerful comments friday afternoon on the Trayvon Martin case for the first time, he spoke as a black man to White America explaining how because of their personal experience africanamericans will always see what happened to Trayvon Martin with a different perspective than White Americans will. Meanwhile, the president goes back on the road this week, traveling to illinois and to missouri on wednesday. Jacksonville on thursday to try to get the focus back on the economy and jobs. Terry mcauliffe and Ken Cuccinelli squared off saturday in the first debate in the virginia governors race. We members of the White House Press corps mourn the loss of our friend and colleague and trailblazer helen thomas and pope francis on his way to brazil. More of that on current tv. vo current tv gets the conversation started weekdays at 9 eastern. Im a slutty