He really did not think that government needed to be vigorously participating in the Human Experience in a way that limited people and peoples choices. I thought, you know i guess you know, from one perspective, the good lord gave them free will so let them exercise it. He did not believe government should be participating in operating in the small details of the lives of people. Can you see how easy this was . All i had to do was turn the camera on and sit there. So easy. Theres an art to it. Perhaps one more question from the audience. Yes. Please identify yourself. Good evening. My name is ron williams. I have a comment and a question. I think its interesting that we talk about anger. Particularly, we talk about anger in regards to black men because, you know, really, theres a difference between destructive anger and transformational anger. Are we talking about the fact that there is anger when it comes to injustice . But yet when we talk about these kinds of issues, theres a concer
Books about poe. Baltimore in many ways has a feel a lot like new orleans, an old port city with traditions and quirky and sometimes spooky history. I always kind of feel at home in baltimore just as i feel at home in new orleans. Where i lived for ten years. What i want to do tonight is introduce you to this case that has kind of disappeared from the american memory. But for the summer of 1870 captivated the nation. Newspaper readers across the country. Try to explain it to you so that you can see what i saw as i stumbled across it. I began writing i found this story while i was doing much more traditional legal history. I was researching the famous slaughterhouse cases, the first case where the Supreme Court interpreted the 14th amendment. I was reading every single day of the new orleans newspapers in 1870. Suddenly, theres this story about a white baby being abducted by two africanamerican women. The rumor begins to circulate that the baby has been abducted for use as a voodoo sacr
Next on American History tv, author and history professor michael ross discusses his book on the 1870 kidnapping of molly digby. She was abducted by two black women and it exacerbated racial tensions. The Pratt Library hosted this 50minute event. Good evening. Its very nice to be here at the Pratt Library surrounded by pictures of Edgar Alan Poe and books about poe. Baltimore in many ways has a feel a lot like new orleans, an old port city with traditions and quirky and sometimes spooky history. I always kind of feel at home in baltimore just as i feel at home in new orleans. Where i lived for ten years. What i want to do tonight is introduce you to this case that has kind of disappeared from the american memory. But for the summer of 1870 captivated the nation. Newspaper readers across the country. Try to explain it to you so that you can see what i saw as i stumbled across it. I began writing i found this story while i was doing much more traditional legal history. I was researching
How does it feel seeing them . Doing this again . Makes me sick. Wait till you see what we found when we took our cameras undercover. So we are talking 7,000. Total, about that. This woman was offering her baby for adoption. But was she even pregnant . Is that a pillow . It looks like a pillow. What about adoption agencies careful as they should be. I will say on the form i dont do drugs. I am actually a correspondent with dateline nbc. A hidden camera investigation. Im lester holt. And this is dateline. Here is Andrea Canning with hope heartbreak. Reporter adoption can be a time of joy. It was probably the most amazing moment of my entire life. Reporter but its also a multimillion dollar industry. Its just been unbelievable and eyeopening. Reporter the transactions impact peoples lives. It sounds like youre describing buying a house. Right, but its a baby. Reporter and the outcome is anything but certain. I say, its all a gamble. Reporter because for the thousands of families who succ
Doing this again . Makes me sick. Wait till you see what we found when we took our cameras undercover. So we are talking 7,000. Total, about that. This woman was offering her baby for adoption. But was she even pregnant . Is that a pillow . It looks like a pillow. What about adoption agencies careful as they should be. I will say on the form i dont do drugs. I am actually a correspondent with dateline nbc. A hidden camera investigation. Im lester holt. And this is dateline. Here is Andrea Canning with hope heartbreak. Reporter adoption can be a time of joy. It was probably the most amazing moment of my entire life. Reporter but its also a multimillion dollar industry. Its just been unbelievable and eyeopening. Reporter the transactions impact peoples lives. It sounds like youre describing buying a house. Right, but its a baby. Reporter and the outcome is anything but certain. I say, its all a gamble. Reporter because for the thousands of families who successfully adopt each year, there