in 2012 president obama awarded him, and he had several books of required reading, the death of satan, the real american dream and the puritan ordeal and the latest book which is the title of his presentation this morning is the war before the war: fugitive, slaves, and the struggle for america s soul from the revolution to the civil war. andrew? [applause] good morning. i gather the moderator is not here but that s not a problem because people have been trying to moderate me for years with no success. [laughter] if you have any doubt, you can just check with my wife on that subject. i m delighted to be here. i want to thank harold holzer and all the organizers of the forum for this opportunity to speak to you this morning. unlike some of the other speakers, my book exists in a kind of twilight zone at the moment. it was published only a few days ago. hasn t been reviewed yet to speak of, so it has this kind of limbo existence, but i hope after my remarks this morni
harvard and is a fellow of the royal historical society. i m also proud to note that he s you currently serving on the advisory committee for the upcoming exhibition, the 400-year struggle for black equality which tells the story of the arrival of 1619 andin virginia in the first century that followed. a critical milestone that s part of the commonwealth s 400-year commemoration of several pivotal moments in our state s history. this exhibit will open in june of 2019 as part of this commemoration and we re thrilled to have the expertise of jim and so many others to help shape that important exhibition. jim is a leading expert on early virginia. he s the author of numerous articles and books including a land as god made it, jamestown, and the birth of america. a kingdom strange, the brief and tragic history of the lost colony of roanoke and most recently, 1619, jamestown, and the forging of american democracy. which has just been published, copies are available this evening
the years of economic decay are over the. present donald trump boasts of a great american combat but his state of the union address highlights the country s deepening political deficiencies malawi s president says he will appeal against a court decision that unowned his controversial reelection last year. thank you very much for joining us what started out as a rescue mission on a mountainside in eastern turkey has turned into a frantic search for the rescuers themselves at least 33 people have been killed after an avalanche swept on to a road near the city of rescue workers are among the dead and they were searching for victims of an earlier which killed 5 other people on tuesday let s get the latest from our who s in istanbul for as a tragic situation in no doubt what what is the latest on the rescue operations. the front tick rescue operation for this still underway about a thing the chances for finding more survivors are now fading away and this explains why the death tol
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