And especially with whats going on in the United States, no one was more consequential and has been more consequential on the question of race in america than Frederick Douglass. Way ahead of his time. He was not only an abolitionist and and a passionate abolitionist as a former slave, but he insisted from the earliest times, in the 1840s right through his death almost toward the end of the 19th century, that equality was the goal. And he was, he would take no deviation from that. He was very clear about what the goal was. And so many of his words ring true today, and i really recommend the biography for everybody. Its a long read but its really powerful. Host one of the things i learned about Frederick Douglass this year was thatalso a very active suffragist. Guest yes, yes, absolutely. He was very consistent. And, you know, had a distinguished career and, you know, was able to talk to mixed race audiences at a time where that was unusual, to say the least. And, you know, was willing
That would Headline News 247 this is our Senior International over the world stories where across for you. Hopes of a breakthrough can be reached today in the bitter conflict thats erupted between armenia and azerbaijan the Foreign Ministers of both countries are holding talks right now in moscow for us at the venue awaiting news of any developments. Well certainly Great Expectations of the eyes of the world are right now on the russian capital where the talks between the Foreign Ministers of armenia and azerbaijan mediated by their russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov has already begun theyre on the way at the moment now journalists were allowed in for about 30 seconds for there to witness their initial encounter then everybody was asked to step outside as its also continued behind closed doors once again there are ongoing right now as we speak meanwhile earlier Vladimir Putin called for and still it sees in gordon a car bomb and to allow for the exchange of bodies and prisoners and for
The revolutionary war era. Mark is a delightful historian. I wish i could get him to laugh on q. His most on cue. His most distinctive feature is is left. Were delighted to have him speak on the first shots of the civil war at fort sumter. Mark . Mark thank you very much for that introduction, chris, and its a pleasure to be able to speak at this symposium for the emerging civil war. We would love to have done it in person, but being able to do it digitally like this is a wonderful way to do it, as well. But yeah, as chris mentioned, my main passion is the American Revolutionary war. But i worked for the National Park service, and we take care of a lot of important civil war sites. I actually started my career with the National Park service as an intern down at fort sumter in charleston, South Carolina. I worked there for about a year, in charleston, South Carolina, if youve never been, its a beautiful town. Theres a lot of history, revolutionary war history, but most people associate
The panel, but i do want to do a special shout out to our moderator, she was the post doctoral fellow in womens history, and public history here at New York Historical nick is a fantastic scholar, and human being, and colleague, and i am so absolutely thrilled that he is here with us, at a very important moment in the development of the center. I also want to do a special shout out to the milk foundation, which about four years ago gave us a giant vote of confidence, and helped us to get the center up and running. So, because of the foundation, we are here and we are here to stay. And we are really happy about that. In any case, nick juravich, when you column university, ph. D. Student just a couple of years ago, as did i, more than a couple of years ago. But, starting in september, 2019, he will be assistant professor of labour and public history at university of massachusetts, in boston. We will be desolate when he leaves by law he is very fortunate to have boston except him. Our [ap
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