Good friday morning, everybody. I am erica hill with rahel solomon. Poppy harlow is off today. Nice to be friday. Isnt it . We are here for that. Five things to know for this friday. June 2nd, the Debt Ceiling Bill on its way to President Bidens desk and once signed the threat of a u. S. Default is off the table until after the 2024 election. Also, new questions this morning about that partial Building Collapse in davenport, iowa. Just days before the wall came Crashing Down an Engineering Firm said, quote, bricks appear ready to fall imminently. You can see the gap in the new pictures. Three people are still missing. The former president now responding to reporting that they have him on tape. The Denver Nuggets one step closer to making franchise history after beating the miami heat, they are up taking the first game in the nba finals. An Eighth Grader crowned the new National Spelling bee champ. We will put him to the test when he joins us live on cnn this morning which starts right
So nice be with you today to talk about this Exciting Book whose and why a hidden chapter from the 18th century invention race. This came out with harvard in 2022 and i love to get started by asking you about the genesis of this project. How how did this project come about. Well thanks its kind of a long story and a story involves the most important kind of person in the project. And thats Henry Louis Gates jr. Apparently, he reading an earlier book that i wrote called the anatomy of blackness that mentioned this debate or this contest which took place at the Bordeaux Academy of sciences. And ill get back to that second and at the same time, he was already thinking about doing a project this, and he just gave me a phone call out of the blue is an amazing day where he said, listen, im going to do a book and im going to call whos black and why about this contest . That took place at the Bordeaux Academy of sciences in 1741, and we worked on it very closely for two years, and it just came
Talk about this Exciting Book whose and why a hien chapter from the 18th century invention race. This came out with harvard in 2022 and i love to get started by asking you about the genesis of this project. How how did this project come about. Well thanks its kind of a long story and a story involves the most important kind of person in the project. And thats Henry Louis Gates jr. Apparently, he reading an earlier book that i wrote called the anatomy of blackness that mentioned this debate or this contest which took place at the Bordeaux Academy of sciences. And ill get back to that second and at the same time, he was already thinking about doing a project this, and he just gave me a phone call out of the blue is an amazing day where he said, listen, im going to do a book and im going to call whos black and why about this contest . That took place at the Bordeaux Academy of sciences in 1741, and we worked on it very closely for two years, and it just came out in paperback, by the way.
Hello, everyone. Welcome to Washington Times for this special episode of history. As it happens podcast. Were doing a series of episodes about, the declaration of independence. Why the declaration of independence . Well, the subject may be old, but the issues are fresh. The American Revolution is current events. I actually got that line from our guest today. Hello, Denver Brunsman historian at George Washington university. Welcome to the Washington Times. Thanks, martin. Its to be here. Yeah, i dont think i could get a better guest because youre the guy who teaches the classes about George Washington at the university named after him and teach them at mount vernon to tell us a little bit of the work you do. Yes, im incredibly lucky im a professor and the chair of the History Department at George Washington university. So i get to teach a range of classes on early american history, including the revolution, war of 1812. And the one you mentioned, my favorite, George Washington and his w
Hello, everyone. Welcome to Washington Times for this special episode of history. As it happens podcast. Were doing a series of episodes about, the declaration of independence. Why the declaration of independence . Well, the subject may be old, but the issues are fresh. The American Revolution is current events. I actually got that line from our guest today. Hello, Denver Brunsman historian at George Washington university. Welcome to the Washington Times. Thanks, martin. Its to be here. Yeah, i dont think i could get a better guest because youre the guy who teaches the classes about George Washington at the university named after him and teach them at mount vernon to tell us a little bit of the work you do. Yes, im incredibly lucky im a professor and the chair of the History Department at George Washington university. So i get to teach a range of classes on early american history, including the revolution, war of 1812. And the one you mentioned, my favorite, George Washington and his w