I titled it to the Promised Land because even though we may not get there in our lifetimes and we experience hardship and disappointment along the way, i still have faith we can create a more perfect union. Good morning and welcome to a very special edition of Washington Post live. Im opening and columnist for the Washington Post and founding director of the race card project. For the special conversation to see morning im joined by my dear friend elizabeth alexander, poet, scholar and president of the Andrew W Mellon foundation. Good morning, elizabeth. Good morning. Its wonderful to be together. And together with we both welcome our guest for the conversation, the 44th president of the United States, barack obama. Good morning, sir. Washington post brought out the big guns for this one. We are so excited to see you. Im three grateful that you guys took the time. We are so excited to talk to you about your book but this is a News Organization so we do have to begin with a bit of news.
I title this a Promised Land because even though we may not get there in our lifetimes even if we experience hardships and disappointments along the way, i at least still have faith we can create a more perfect, not a Perfect Union but a more Perfect Union. Good morning and welcome to a special edition of Washington Post lives. I michelle lewis, opinion columnist for the race card project and for the special conversation this morning im joined by my dear friend elizabeth alexander, poet, scholar and president of the Andrew W Mellon foundation. Good morning. Wonderful to be together. It is wonderful to be together and we both welcome our guest for the conversation. The 40 fourth president of the United States, barack obama. Assume you recognize the guy in the middle. Washington post brought out the big guns. We are excited to see you. Im grateful you took the time. This is a News Organization so we have to begin with a little news. Overnight we learned astrazeneca has joined two other D
Next on American History tv, the black image makers who reimagined African American citizenship which focuses on University Hosts thisemory event. I am the director of the institute. On behalf of the visiting fellows and our staff i would like to welcome you to todays installment of the colloquium series. We do this every week. We are glad for those who come regularly. We hope you come back same place next week. We will have another interesting speaker. It is our pleasure to do this with emory library. We hope you can come back. Today it is my pleasure to welcome dr. Brenna greer. Is an associate suppressor at wellesley college. Historian of race, gender and culture in the 20th century United States. She explores connections between capitalism, social movement and culture. She will be speaking on her first book, represented the black imagemakers who reimagined African American citizenship. Examines the work of black media makers and marketers in the world war ii era who garnered Media
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Topics into the context of a broader American History. I will start off by introducing our panel then, everyone will give Opening Statements and then we will start the conversation. So, sitting right next to me is an assistant professor of history at purdue university. He holds a phd in colonial history from Johns Hopkins and is author of captives of history, prisoners of war and the American Revolution that will be released this fall at the university of pennsylvania. In addition to his book, hes published articles in the journal of the early republic the journal of military history in the new england quarterly. Hes currently at work on a project that is provisionally titled, patrick henrys war, the struggle for empire in the revolutionary west. Kelly Carter Jackson is a 19 century historian in the department of african ascites at wellesley college. Her book out from the university of pennsylvania was exclusively focused during antebellum activist. Shes coauthor and featured in the Hi