Welcome. We are delighted you are here. Briefly, the center is a relatively new project and our mission is to bring to bear on a a host of contemporary issues. We host Public Programs like these. We have a blog where historians write for us about contemporary hit issues from a historical specter. We are in the midst of a collaboration with the Philadelphia Inquirer to have more historical scholarship in local journalism. We have a number of things here in kansas and out in the community. If your joining us for the first time, welcome. We are delighted you are here and hope you stay connected to us. We have other programs and events for you to attend. We hope this is the beginning of a long relationship with the Lepage Center and villanova university. For those of you tune in on cspan or on our livestream, i should let you know this is the fourth in a series we have done this year on the subject of rigid revisionist history. You may be thinking, is revisionist history a contemporary iss
Theauthors live in roxbury new york. Please give a warm savanna welcome to and jean ellsworth. [applause] thank you for inviting us and the focus for the last negroes at harvard and 61 years ago , harvard admitted 18 negroes and thats what we were called then and we were the largest number at that time ever admitted harvard. We were from all different parts of the country. North, south, east and west and we came from economic and socioeconomic backgrounds. And we heretofore they had been letting, admitting blacks to harvard but only two or three at a time most guys would just go and do their four years and get out of town. We leave cameras but was different in the sense that we had numbers. 18 and we could form an individual racial identity as well as a group identity. We were able to become actually a force for change at harvard and harvard, we changed harvard and harvard changed us and that essentially what the book is about, its about our four years here and what happened before and
Collaboration between the college of science and department of history and our mission is to bring history on conpeople to rather issues and we do that through a variety of means. We host a variety of programs. We have a blog about contemporary issue from a historical perspective. Were in the midst of a collaboration with the philadelphia enquirer to infuse more journalism and do a number of Different Things here on campus and out in the Community Sponsorship if youre joining us for the first time welcome. Were delighted that youre here. We hope you stay connected with us. You have a newsletter list you can sign up for outside. We have other events you can attend. We hope its the beginning of a long relationship with villanova university. For those of you who are new as well and those tuning in on cspan or on our live stream i should let you know this program is the fourth in a seer that we have done this year on the subject of revisionist history. Now you may be thinking to your self
Scholars talk about the ways in which people engage with and learn about the holocaust, on the internet and in classrooms, Historic Sites and museums. The Lepage Center for history at Villanova University in pennsylvania hosts the event. For those of you who are joining us for the first time, my name is jason and i am the center for history and the Public Interest here at Villanova University. How many of your joining us for the first time . Quite a few. Welcome. We are delighted you are here. Briefly, the center is a and ourly new project mission is to bring to bear on a a host of contemporary issues. We host Public Programs like these. We have a blog where historians write for us about contemporary hit issues from a historical specter. We are in the midst of a collaboration with the Philadelphia Inquirer to have more historical schaller ship in local journalism. Of things herer in kansas and out in the community. If your joining us for the first time, welcome. We are delighted you ar
Sings. Test test test. This is a captioning test. Test test test test test. Test test test. This is a captioning test. Test test test test test. Good morning, everyone. I want to thank the great people of the state of virginia for organizing a series of events commemorating the 400 Year Anniversary of the arrival of enslaved africans. I want to thank all of the community and elected leaders heres for your invitation to participate on behalf of the 55 members strong Congressional Black Caucus. This is the largest number of africanamericans ever elected to congress and in congress, cbc members hold major positions of leadership and have accomplished significant change through legislative victories. One of the most significant legislative victories of the year was accomplished by your own representative. Representative bobby scott. Who, by the way, i know you are aware is the chair of one of the most important committees in congress. The committee governing the nations education system. H