When i was a kid growing up in alabama, i went to a flea market, when i was about 11 or 12, a hybrid carnival. There were carnival rides, and there are people there selling objects. One of the objects was similar to this, and i had purchased it and i broke it. And again it, wasnt a philosophical thing i just didnt like the object. I do not remember the second object or the third or fourth but i started collecting and basically i have been collecting for several decades. I didnt start out with anticipation of creating a museum i became an obsessive collector, it became not just a collection not as teaching tools only, but a museum that happened much laters. So not everybody where you grew up was collecting these, theres gonna be more you know what was it that made you keep doing it . You know i dont know, i have been thinking about that a lot. My ancestors four generations back, there are people from the bahamas, trinidad, spain, the Indigenous People of this country. I grew up a multir
Greys anatomy has collected every day objects that mark and dehumanize africanamericans. The founder and director of the jim crowe muchl of racism memorabilia he said they can be used as teaching tools. Next on american artifacts a visit to the museum at Ferris State University in big rapids, michigan to see a selection of artifact of a collection of thousands. Special thanks to the museums cinemagrapher recorded the audio and video while we asked questions via zoom. When i was a kid growing up in alabama, 11, 12 years old or so i went to a flea market hybrid carnival. There were carnival rides but also people there selling objects. One of the objects was similar to this. I purchased it and i broke it. And, again, it wasnt a philosophical thing i didnt like the object. I dont remember the second object or third or the fourth, but i started collecting, and basically have been collecting for several decades. Didnt start out with the anticipation of creating a museum. I was what most peop
Every saturday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Lectures in history is also available as a podcast. Find it where you listen to podcasts. Since the 1970s david pill greys anatomy has collected every day objects that mark and dehumanize africanamericans. The founder and director of the jim crowe mousse yuchl of racism. Memorabilia he said they can be used as teaching tools. Next on american artifacts a visit to the museum at Ferris State University in big rapids, michigan to see a selection of artifact of a collection of thousands. Special thanks to the museums cinemagrapher recorded the audio and video while we asked questions via zoom. When i was a kid growing up in alabama, 11, 12 years old or so i went to a flea market hybrid carnival. There were carnival rides but also people there selling objects. One of the objects was similar to this. I purchased it and i broke it. And, again, it wasnt a philosophical thing i didnt like the object. I dont remember the second object or third or the fourth,
Outreach programs as well. She special ooiizes in 19th cen history, including, of course, the civil war era, but slavery more generally, warfare more generally as well. Her writing has appeared in civil war monitor and Civil War History journal among other publications. Her big project at the moment is converting her phd dissertation into a book. Thats going to be well worth looking out for a few years down the line. Its on the very same topic shell speak about tonight. As you can see, the powerpoint is up there called under the rebel lash black prisoners of war in the confederate south. Another advantage to the zoom format is you can type in your questions using the and a feature. You can type those in any time during the talk, after the talk, and of course we may not be able to get through all the questions depending how many you ask, but well certainly try to address as many as we possibly can, and well wrap things up by about 8 15. Okay . Well, thats all for me, so please join me i
National security advisers Henry Kissinger. In some ways, nixon is one of the most brilliant people to occupy the white house. He had incredible political gifts. But on the other hand hes one of the worst people to occupy the white house because he had a broad streak of para nnoia and course in the end ruined himself by bringing about his his own catastrophic downfall in the watergate scandal of 1972 to 1974. Were going to look at the good and bad side of the nixon presidency with National Security adviser kissinger. Im going to share the screen so we can look at powerpoint pictures as we go through the sequence. First of all, here is president nixon himself. He had been born back in 1913 in california and grew up in a lower middle class family. Went to the local college there with the college. He graduated and went to Duke University law school and this is in the worst years of great depression. The mid1930s. During the second world war, he joined the u. S. Navy. You can see the photo