Of the headings is monticello an American Family which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book award and she was here for her biography of Andrew Johnson and later she shared the stage with the coauthors work most blessed of the patriarchs Thomas Jefferson and the empire of the imagination. And that gordon reed is the University Professor at harvard and the genius grant and Frederick Douglass prize. In her new book the texas born historian it examines her and passed visavis her Lone Star State roots in juneteenth. In the shimmering review in the new york times, jennifer praised the book for the authors ability to combine clarity with the subtlety and showing historical understanding is a process, not an endpoint. Tonight Annette Gordon reed will be in conversation with awardwinning broadcaster, journalist and longtime friend of the author event series tracy. Its great to have you with us tonight. The screen is yours. Its an honor to be with you tonight with Annette Gord
There is a situation in texas and Mark Crumpton is with us. Mark Tropical Storm harvey is not letting up on houston. The fourth largest city in the United States has been inundated with floodwaters and an additional 20 inches of rain is in the forecast. Has drifted into the gulf of mexico and set to crash the shore of the texaslouisiana border. To pop houston reservoirs are overflowing two houston reservoirs are overflowing. They are both at record high levels due to days of heavy rain. Army corps of engineers officials have been releasing water from both but it wasnt enough to counter the rain, overspill floodwaters ways. Officials say more homes and streets will flood as a result. President trump is promising texas will get emergency disaster aid quickly. He says there will be a very Rapid Reaction from congress, in his words. There are signs that might be a political fight over the money. A Top Committee member suggests he wants to cut spending to pay for the response to harvey. Ref
Trisend 10 yield. That is one reason why carl jacobys exciting new book, the strange career of William Ellis, the texas slave who became a mexican millionaire he. He is a professor at Columbia University in new york where he lives with his wife and son. His books from the role of the environment in shaping human power relations to the challenges he representing the profound violence experience by north americas indigenous peoples. In the strange career of William Ellis, jacoby brings to life the story of an elusive figure known variously as w. H. Ellis and guillermo ellis. The book strips away layers of mystery surrounding, ellis, revealing a long ignored history of slavery, emancipation, racial mixing and segregation in the u. S. Mexico border lands. The study casts. Sharp relief intimate entertaining link acrossnational boundaries that mexico and United States inseparable elements of a shared north American History. Please join me in welcoming karl jacoby. [applause] good morning, ev
That is just one way that karl jacoby exciting new book, the strange career of William Ellis, the texas slave who became and mexican millionaire is so important. He is at Columbia University in new york where he lives with his wife and son. Two previous books, two tells to adjust some of the largest issues in American History. From the role of the environment in shaping human power relations to the challenges representing phone. This indigenous people. Jacoby brings life the story of ellis. The book strips away the layers of mysteries surrounding ellis, revealing a history of slavery and emancipation of racial mixing and racial segregation in the us mexico borderlands. The result is a study that casts into sharp relief the intimate and tangling across National Boundaries that have rented mexico and the United States inseparable element of a shared north American History. So please join me in welcoming karl jacoby. [applause] good morning everyone. When michael and thought we would do i
Will talk about our book we could not fail the first African Americans in the Space Program. Influx at nasa role in civil rights the years before the civilrights act which is an important distinction because before the act discrimination was not against the law it was legal to say you cannot use this toilet you are black or cannot come into this restaurant because you are black. It is an important distinction as we talk about the achievements of the people in this book. To talk about the rules put in place from the Kennedy Administration how they read implemented by nasa and by contractors. More importantly the alliance whose people were touched to tell the stories of 10 men that we call the civilrights era and some employees worked for agency contractors. Kennedy was forced to deal with our space at the same time he was forced to deal with civil rights. Because they are not things he talked about his campaign. He didnt bring up either but there was a sequence of the events time to gat