On tuesday, september noon Sidney Blumenthal will tell us about his recently released volume three of the biography of abraham lincoln, all the powers of birth, the political life of abraham lincoln, 18561853. On monday, september 16 at 7 associate Justice Neil Gorsuch will tell us about his new book of republic if you can keep it and which explores essential aspects of the constitution and the importance of civic education, civil discourse and mutual respect. Check our website archives. Gov or sign up at the table outside the few to get email updates. You will point you will find information about other archives programs and activities. Another way to get more involved in the National Archives is to become a member of the National Archives foundation, the foundation support all of our education and outreach activities and you can check out their website archivesfoundation. Org to learn more about their organization and join online. Upstairs in the rotunda for the charters of freedom t
Amendment, using political cartoons and images of suffragists picketing the white house, she explores the National Womens Party Tactics under the leadership of alice paul. Im the curator of votes for women. Im standing in front of what we call our title treatment. Its a large blowup of a hedwig reicher, a germanborn actress. The allegorical figure that represents the United States during the conclusion of the parade in washington, d. C. Thats just one event of the long Suffrage Movement this exhibition highlights. We have 124 objects that goes into the long history begininng in 1832 bringing it right up to 1920. But also querying the 19th amendment and what it didnt do. I then took the exhibition up to the Voting Rights act of 1965. If you come with me, we are going to explore the 1913 parade more in depth. We are standing in front of the photo postcards of the 1913 parade organized by alice paul. This was a completely different tactic than what had been done before by other suffragist
Nonfiction authors about their latest work. Congratulations on this book, it sounds like its out there now and its again i think youre making a statement about some things the we really need to think about. Again congratulations. Lets just try to situate here if you will i know we dont like labels and so forth i think its clear from the book the you do right this book as both evangelical christian. In a conservative. One of those two terms mean to you. Or how do you define those two terms in terms of your own stories and how you are using them in the book. First with conservatism. I think that is as having a libertarian mind and heart when it comes to federalism and the government being involved in peoples lives. Los. The reason i am a conservative though instead of a libertarian is because i also feel a lot of kinship with conservative social values. Their awful inline with evangelical values. Sometimes if i am really feeling frosty i might call it conservatory in. Even though i hold
Beautiful and powerful and heart wrenching. Its sort of like a little bit of a cage bird thing and monster there Something Else in their. Other certain books that you have read that he thought heres a northstar if i could just get close to that i would be happy. I live off of memoirs, i think elaine brown and malcolm x, i spent a lot of time taking into the stories of my personal heroes. Their journeys were so significant and important. It really shaped how i wanted to talk about my book. What i love about those books as it doesnt just talk about the store but gives contacts about whats happening. And i do that in the book. As someone whos done a few of those unwanted know how you worked, how long did it take. I think it was a better timeline, the time i spoke to nine months later were getting a book deal. Is pretty quick in the literary world. They said you have a book in you. I wasnt thinking about that. It was the height of black lives matter. There was what the next protest gonna b
Youtube special in and a special welcome to our cspan audience. Before we get to todays discussion i would like to let you know about two programs coming up soon. On friday that were 16th at noon professors chris my wrist and George Derek Musgrove will be here to talk about a tumultuous four century story of race and democracy in washington d. C. Yesterday that the soft served as a National Battleground for contentious issues including segregation and civil rights of the drug war. After a twoyear absence from public view abraham lincolns original proclamation will be on display in the east rotunda gallery during president s day weekend. Dont miss this rare pretended to see the original emancipation proclamation. The document will be made available for viewing on february 17 come 18th and 19th between the hours of 10 00 and 5 30 h. Day three to learn more about these and other Public Programs and exhibits consult our calendar of events on line at archives. Gov. Theres a table outside wh