Car. Im very pleased to introduce this event with martha s jones. I am excited to share with us book called vanguard. The Harvard Bookstore continues to bring authors in their work to the community. During the unprecedented times. Our event also appears on our website. It will conclude with some time for your questions. Click on the q a button at the bottom of the screen. I will be posting a link to push it purchase this book. Thank you for showing up and tuning in and support of our authors and incredible staff. If they do it we will do our best to resolve them quickly and we thank you for your patience and understanding. Im pleased to introduce tonights speaker. Martha s jones. As a professor of history at Johns Hopkins university. Her work has been recognized by the American Council of learning societies. She has held numerous fellowships. The university of pennsylvania law school. It has appeared in many museum expositions. With the National Portrait gallery. She has also been publ
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That was a man who was employed by the tulsa tribune and he in turn employed me, didnt employ any young black newsboys. I was employed by mister ripitso, it always and always clear what that was. In the afternoon, he was throwing newspapers and i helped him, wrapped them and prepared for the delivery and then went around with him to deliver the newspapers and i didnt collect, he collected the money and he had all the contact with the newspaper. I had no contacts with the newspaper though they knew that i was in front, they employed no black people. Host your father was a lawyer . Guest my father was a lawyer, yes. I contacted people through him, but it was not a serious thing. Host where were you born . Guest in oklahoma south of tulsa, the name of the village was rentersville, oklahoma. My father and mother moved there in 191112 because he had experiences in shreveport, louisiana, these were not pleasant and he moved to an allblack town because of the way they treated him injuries rep
And from time to time when ive done this panel with friends and colleagues, ive called it on or off their pedestals. The debate over statues, memorials, memory and meaning. And ive discussed this topic at twice or three times with edna medford. And it is evolving even between us as we proceed over about a year and a half. And its a pleasure to welcome not only edna medford, but also liz varon and Gary Gallagher to join the discussion. Of 1,728 confederate memorials in 22 states and the district of columbia, 110 have been removed in the past few years. And three new ones have been built. So it is good to have the opportunity to take a snapshot. At best it will be a snapshot. And i think that we all have to agree that however we feel about art, ography and icons, history, and american heroes and villains alike, that the controversy over statues and memorials thought only attributed to confederates in the south and also to those, and for example and ill show you imanls, honoring figures i