Lived in ohio, although they had immigrated from england and scotland. But the wilsons lived here in augustine and they were the only ones on his side of the family who were in the south and took the Southern Side of the conflict. All of his brothers and sisters his mother was of norse of the time up north at the time it. They created a bit of a division. The civil war affected the wilsons like it did most people. The modern part of the civil war the latter part of the civil war, the south was subject to a huge inflationary situation with money because of course, the confederate currency was getting more and more worthless. And we see that demonstrated in the church records, president wilsons fathers salary was 3000 a year when the war started. That was given to him quarterly in 750 installments. The latter part of a 264, the first part of 1865, they paid him in regular installments and they started shoving money at him, thousands of dollars at a time, 5000 here, 3000 there, of course,
Activists straddling the civil rights and power movements, he fought against racism and from the Political Center and welcomed public and private debate. Our speaker today will explore as hisearly life as well life as an intellectual. Hall teaches courses and africanAmerican History and the history of popular culture. A native of suburban chicago, he b. A. From st. Joseph in 2006 and004 and 2011. His scholarship has appeared in the journal of African American social sciencese review. His biography of arthur ashe she tennisrthur a and justice in the civil rights by johnspublished Hopkins University press. His work focuses on the intersection of popular and political culture, particularly the relationship between sport and the black Freedom Movement. So please join me in giving a hall. Hs welcome to eric [applause] eric good afternoon. Thank you so much for having me here at richmond today to talk about my book and to talk about ashe as a whole. Would like to thank the Virginia Historica
Questions from cspan audience, we tell the stories of american 45 first ladies. Ellen edith wilson on first ladies. This is about 90 minutes. Susan swain this is the Woodrow Wilson house in washington, d. C. , the home of our 28th president and former first Lady Edith Wilson after they left the white house in 1921. Youll be seeing more of it over the next two hours as we tell the story of the two Wilson Administration first ladies, ellen and edith. Susan swain ellen and woodrow met in their 20s and their love for each other was reflected in passionate letters. An accomplished artist as well as his intellectual companion, she helped guide his career from academia to politics. In adopting causes, she set an example for future first ladies. Ellen wilson died in the white house just a year and a half into the president s term. The grieving president soon met washington businesswoman edith galt through a mutual friend. They married after a secret courtship and edith wilson served as first l
Apartheid movement in south africa. His career as athlete and activist straddling the civil rights and power movements, he fought against racism and injustice from the Political Center and welcomed public and private debate. Our speaker today will explore ashes early life as well as his life aan intellectual. Eric allen hall teaches courses in africanAmerican History and the history of popular culture. A native of suburban chicago, he earned a b. A. From st. Joseph college in 2004 and in 2006 and 2011. His scholarship has appeared in the journal of African American history and the social science review. His biography of arthur ashe entitled arthur ashe tennis and justice in the Civil Rights Era was published by Johns Hopkins university press. His work focuses on the intersection of popular and political culture, particularly the relationship between sport and the black Freedom Movement. So please join me in giving a warm dhs welcome to eric hall. [applause] eric good afternoon. Thank y
Met in their 20s and their love for each other was reflected in passionate letters. An accomplished artist as well as his intellectual companion, she helped guide his career from academia to politics. In adopting causes, she set an example for future first ladies. Ellen wilson died in the white house just a year and a half into the president s term. The grieving president soon met washington businesswoman edith galt through a mutual friend. They married after a secret courtship and edith wilson served as first lady for more than five years. Her unprecedented role in managing the president s affairs after he suffered a stroke remains one of the most controversial efforts of any first lady. Good evening and welcome to cspans continuing series, first ladies influence and image. Tonight the story of the Wilson Administrations two first ladies ellen and edith and we have two terrific guests here to tell you about this two interesting women and the times in which they lived. Kristie miller i