this is a powerful exploration of the past and present arc of america s white supremacy from the country s inception and revolution every year to its 19th century flash point of civil war, to the civil rights movement of the 1960s and today s black lives matter, i m just going to turn it over at this point to donald to read a little and talk to us about his his new book. thank you very much for being here, donald and everyone everyone. thank, thank you. thank you all for coming this evening. i really appreciate it. the past matters, especially now that wisconsin born frederick jackson turner, who happened to spend many unhappy years teaching at harvard, observed in 1891 that, quote today is so much a product of yesterday that yesterday can be understood as as it is explained by today, for the present is simply the developing past. the past, the under developed present, far too many americans. as the famed author and critic james baldwin explained in his famous book, the fire
in 2013. how about teaching white supremacy? this is a powerful exploration of the past and present arc of america s white supremacy from the country s inception and revolution every year to its 19th century flash point of civil war, to the civil rights movement of the 1960s and today s black lives matter, i m just going to turn it over at this point to donald to read a little and talk to us about his his new book. thank you very much for being here, donald and everyone everyone. thank, thank you. thank you all for coming this evening. i really appreciate it. the past matters, especially now that wisconsin born frederick jackson turner, who happened to spend many unhappy years teaching at harvard, observed in 1891 that, quote today is so much a product of yesterday that yesterday can be understood as as it is explained by today, for the present is simply the developing past. the past, the under developed present, far too many americans. as the famed author and critic james ba
donald, and he is the lifetime at harvard university s hutchins center for african and african american research. the author and of 11 books, mississippi and of the acp image award for the african americans. many rivers to cross in 2014 and the w.e.b. dubois from harvard university in 2013. how about teaching white supremacy? this is a powerful exploration of the past and present arc of america s white supremacy from the country s inception and revolution every year to its 19th century flash point of civil war, to the civil rights movement of the 1960s and today s black lives matter, i m just going to turn it over at this point to donald to read a little and talk to us about his his new book. thank you very much for being here, donald and everyone everyone. thank, thank you. thank you all for coming this evening. i really appreciate it. the past matters, especially now that wisconsin born frederick jackson turner, who happened to spend many unhappy years teaching at harvard,