which gave african-americans the right to vote. this event was held at the university of the south in suwanee, tennessee. good morning, everyone. my name s john mccartle. i m the vice chancellor and president of the university of the south here at suwanee, tennessee. also i m proud to say a member of the history department. and in those several capacities it s a pleasure for me to welcome all of you attending this symposium in person. as well as our audience on c-span to this second annual symposium on constitutional issues. this year we examine the 15th amendment and invite a conversation as our program states on suffrage in light of the hopes and realities of american identity and governance. in many ways this university is the ideal venue for such a conversation. envisioned as a great national episcopal institution by a group of founding bishops in the 1850s, the university of the south by 1860 possessed more than 6,000 acres of land on the cumberland plateau in tennesse
and in those several capacities, it s a pleasure for me to welcome all of you attending this symposium in person. as well as our audience on c-span to this second annual symposium on constitutional issues. this year, we examine the 15th amendment and invite a conversation as our program states on suffrage in light of the hopes and realities of american identity and governance. in many ways this university is the ideal venue for such a conversation. envisioned as a great national episcopal institution by a group of founding bishops in the 1850 s, the university of the south by 1860 possessed more than 6,000 acres of land on the cumberland plateau in tennessee. it had an endowment half the size of harvard s. i often think with my regents about what that would mean for us today. we wouldn t be lamenting an 8% return. and saw itself, in that vision, with colleges of different sizes, schools of law and medicine and business and theology. saw itself indeed as america s first truly
welcome all of you attending this symposium in person. as well as our audience on c-span to this second annual symposium on constitutional issues. this year, we examine the 15th amendment and invite a conversation as our program states on suffrage in light of the hopes and realities of american identity and governance. in many ways, this university is the ideal venue for such a conversation. envisioned as a great national episcopal institution by a group of founding bishops in the 1850 s, the university of the south by 1860 possessed more than 6,000 acres of land on the cumberland plateau in tennessee. it had an endowment half the size of harvard s. i often think with my regents about what that would mean for us today. we wouldn t be lamenting an 8% return. and saw itself, in that vision, with colleges of different sizes, schools of law and medicine and business and theology. saw itself indeed as america s first truly comprehensive private university a half generation ahead o
justice antonin scalia appeared we begin with the funeral service scalia. we begin with the funeral service of nancy reagan. from the ronald reagan presidential library in california, this is about one hour. [band playing] [choir singing] [crowd noises] [applause] i am the resurrection and the life. he that believes in me, yet shall he live. and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. lives that my redeemer and he shall stand upon the earth and those whose body has been destroyed quite yet i will see god. and my eyes behold, not of a stranger. where none of us lives to himself. and no man dies to himself. for if we live, we live unto the lord. and if we die, we die unto the lord. whether we live therefore or die, we are the lord s. blessed are the dead that have died. even so, says the spirit, for the rest from their labors. halt. ready. ready. step. march. a reading from the book of proverbs. when one finds a worthy wife, her value is far beyond pe
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