University professor at Harvard University and owners included national Humanities Medal and Macarthur Genius Grant in the frederick douglass prize and in her new book texas born historian examines her own path and her lone Star State roots and juneteenth rated and simmering review and New York times, Praise Book for the authors to combine clarity subtly questioning her own assumptions and showing the historical understandings is a process not an endpoint. Tonight Gordon Reed will be in conversation with award winning Broadcaster Journalist and longtime friend and a three minute series. What have you with us and the screen is yours. And it is quite an honor to be here tonight when the Professor Annette Gordon Reed and this book has gotten rave reviews and if you have not yet picked it up make sure you do that to get it through the Joseph Fox Bookshop but we are delighted to have this time together and we would encourage you as andy said, to ask questions because we left time at the end
now some once pro-unity catalans, like maria vallverdoo, are in favor of secession. reporter: everywhere she turns, the crisis is in evidence. maria vallverdu guides a tour group through barcelona s old town, where catalan history and the current political upheaval appear to vie for attention. protest banners and flags hang from buildings where normally only laundry is strung out to dry. like many locals, the historian is outraged that madrid is moving to enforce direct rule on catalonia. the current political situation is like some 18th century rule by decree. it is a step backwards by 300 years. even if prime minister rajoy claims he hasn t revoked catalonian autonomy and everything will return to normal, i do not believe it. reporter: the next stop on the tour is the historic palace of the generalitat, the seat of the regional government. journalists from all over the world are here reporting on the standoff between barcelona and madrid. opinion is divided on whether cat
now some once pro-unity catalans, like maria vallverdoo, are in favor of secession. reporter: everywhere she turns, the crisis is in evidence. maria vallverdu guides a tour group through barcelona s old town, where catalan history and the current political upheaval appear to vie for attention. protest banners and flags hang from buildings where normally only laundry is strung out to dry. like many locals, the historian is outraged that madrid is moving to enforce direct rule on catalonia. the current political situation is like some 18th century rule by decree. it is a step backwards by 300 years. even if prime minister rajoy claims he hasn t revoked catalonian autonomy and everything will return to normal, i do not believe it. reporter: the next stop on the tour is the historic palace of the generalitat, the seat of the regional government. journalists from all over the world are here reporting on the standoff between barcelona and madrid. opinion is divided on whether cat
lived and worked there, gunnar has never struggled more to find people to interview. he says long-standing tensions between the current regime and the large kurdish minority are worse than they ve ever been. many were simply too afraid to talk to him. gunnar: the ruling ak party has never won an election here in diyarbakir. but as the country gears up for a constitutional referendum that would give the president more power, posters showing the image of recep tayyip erdogan seem omnipresent in the mainly kurdish city. the message is that the kurds should likewise say yes to the changes. for journalist fuat yasar, that s a sign the vote will be unfair especially in kurdish regions. mr. yasar: as soon as a few people come out on the street to campaign for a no vote, the police show up immediately. the governor has banned all opposition events for so-called security reasons. gunnar: in diyarbakir, opponents of the constitutional reforms can only meet behind closed doors. yasar
lived and worked there, gunnar has never struggled more to find people to interview. he says long-standing tensions between the current regime and the large kurdish minority are worse than they ve ever been. many were simply too afraid to talk to him. gunnar: the ruling ak party has never won an election here in diyarbakir. but as the country gears up for a constitutional referendum that would give the president more power, posters showing the image of recep tayyip erdogan seem omnipresent in the mainly kurdish city. the message is that the kurds should likewise say yes to the changes. for journalist fuat yasar, that s a sign the vote will be unfair especially in kurdish regions. mr. yasar: as soon as a few people come out on the street to campaign for a no vote, the police show up immediately. the governor has banned all opposition events for so-called security reasons. gunnar: in diyarbakir, opponents of the constitutional reforms can only meet behind closed doors. yasar