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Industrialization in the postbellum u. S. , and the cultural history of Petroleum Use in the 20th century, and what it revealed about American Environmental ethics and precedents. He has examined industrial intensity during the civil war era, as well as the impact of modernism and landuse planning on the modern environmental movement. Professor black received his doctorate in american studies from the university of kansas in 1996. This evening, he will address how world war i informed the 20th centurys use of Energy Sources including petroleum, and the fuels enduring impact on our environment and climate today. Give a warm welcome to professor brian black. [applause] professor black thanks ,everyone. Thanks, everyone. Thank you for being hardcore audience to come out on an evening like this. Thank you, kamil, and everyone for putting together this program. I truly am impressed on a number of levels and i have not been to this facility, so i am impressed at that. I was part of a confere
Includes nighthawks, doctor kings refrigerator, dreamer, facing a good thing and Middle Passage for which he won the National Book award in 25 years ago now. 1990. Wow. In 2002 he received the arthur letters award in literature from the American Academy of arts and letters. In the format tonight will beam remarks by Clifford Thompson and a conversation by doctor johnson and mr. Thompson and then we have time for your questions. Without further ado, help me welcome Clifford Thompson. [applause] thank you, thank you all for coming. And thanks to the library for hosting this, its great to appear with doctor johnson. I thought what i would do is read the first few pages of the introduction to my book what it is and then lay out the way the rest of the book is set up. Put on my old man specs so i can see. This is from the introduction. I am a black man, brooklynbased, 54 years old as i write this, for many years as i can remember there has been at the core of my being making me who i am or
Professor joanna schwartz, its such a pleasure. Finally meet you. How are you. Im well. How are you . Very good, thank you. Very good. I really enjoyed reading your book. Even though the subject is quite a serious subject matter. So i feel a little uncomfortable saying i enjoyed it, but i always enjoy being informed. And certainly as someone who focuses on these issues in my teaching and as former Police Officer here in new york city, i just found it absolutely fascinating. I wanted to start off with what what motivated you i know this is your area of scholarship and focus but broadly speaking what motivated you to write this book. Well i before i a professor at ucla, i a civil rights litigator new york city bringing lawsuits. New york city police, Police Officers and new York City Department of corrections, other agencies in the area. And when i was in that practice, there were a lot of questions that came to mind about the way in which our system, the way in which civil litigation ac
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