Black gotham Carla Peterson recounts the lives of black elites in new york city in the 19th century. Professor peterson examines a community of black new read more . Recounts the lives of africanamerican elites in new ork. This is about an hour, ten minutes. Um, i want the start out my talk with two quotes. Um, theyre both from the prologue of my book, and ill give a little explanation for them, um, but they introduce why i decided to write book. Write the book. So the first quote is in my own prose from the prologue. We still hold certain truths about africanamericans to be selfevident; that the phrase 19th Century Black americans refers to enslaved people. That the, that new york state before the civil war denotes a place of freedom, that blacks in this new york city esignates harlem, that the black community posits a classless and culturally unified society, that a black elite did not exist until well into the 20th century. The lives of my new york forebearers belies such assumption
Substance of his arab spring lecture to the Wisconsin Historical society as part of their lecture series. This talk is just over one hour. It is a pleasure for us to welcome professor wood to madison. It has been 40 years since professor wood has been here. Every 40 years, we are going to have him back. Gordon wood is recognized as the premier historian of the early american era in when i say that, i do not mean only active historians, i mean of all historians. He is recognized as at the top of his profession. It is an honor to have him here in madison. Professor wood went to tufts and harvard and studied under bernard bailey. It is pretty difficult to top that. Just marvelous. Professor wood is noted for his productivity and the quality of his work. I had lunch with him today and i asked him how many books he had published. I told him, i counted 26. He said, that is far too many. He has so many books, he doesnt know how many that he has. Three of them stand out. The creation of the am
I dont want to hear anything morph you are taking the roads to your spring break destination, leave early. Because 80 is a mess right now, we are taking 80 to where we need to go. Im bracing for this traffic and more traffic as schools start to roll into their spring break schedule, it takes a good amount of people off the roads, that is something to look forward to. Absolutely, it is going to be as a matter of fact these last few days have been lighter, people are out doing their things, michael. All right. But its still busy out there. It is going to get busier, according to a new report there is about to be a population boom along the 80 corridor. By 2040, population will grow by 29 that means more people hitting the roads. That is absolutely correct. Experts predict the number of vehicle miles will increase 27 between now and 2040. Behind me here is a picture of 80 westbound, now that same study looking at possible solutions to the traffic boom. And they include expand, express bus
Up next in the american elliscts, we visit the Island Immigration Museum to learn about the immigration experience. Peter urban good morning, my name is peter urban, and i am a park ranger here at ellis island. This island for Many Americans is a place where their story began. Came toon americans this island, this building in order to be given the ok to go out and start their lives in the 1800s and early 1900s. A lot of people dont know about ellis island, so let me talk briefly about the island itself. But in27 acres in size, the original island, it was three acres. A small island in the middle of the harbor rarely above sea level at high tide. A for most of its life was military installation. It was used in the war of 1812 and was for storage. Somewhere around 1890 it was decided by the federal government this would be the place they would institute the first building specifically for the processing of immigrants, and so they did construct to that building between 1890 and 1892. The
12 Million Immigrants seeking a new life in america were taken to ellis island for questioning and health screening. Today, millions of americans take ferry boats to visit it. Up next on american artifacts, we visit the Ellis Island Immigration Museum to learn about the immigration experience. Peter urban good morning, my name is peter urban, and i am a park ranger here at ellis island. This island for Many Americans is the place where their story began. 12 to 13 million americans came to this island and building in order to be given the ok to go out and start their lives in the 1800s and early 1900s. A lot of people dont know about ellis island, so let me talk briefly about the island itself. Today, we are 27 acres in size. But in the original form it was , three acres. A small island in the middle of the harbor barely above sea level at high tide. For most of its life, it was a military installation. It was used in the war of 1812 and was for storage. Somewhere around 1890 it was dec