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this is a film about storytelling. about how we tell the story of our country s past. why do we want to believe one version and not another? maybe because it makes us feel safe at night. there is one episode of america s history that is told very differently depending on who you are and where you live. it is the story of our civil war and what came after. the winds of war blew across the land, made of it a country divided. friend turned into foe. brother fought against brother. it was such a long and drawn-out struggle, and the feeling on both sides was so intense. we re all just romantics, lost in contemporary times, you might say. every one of us feels we was born 125 years too late. to introduce myself, my name is rachel boynton. this is nelson walker. hi. we are independent documentary filmmakers. we re making a film about how we tell the story of the civil war. we re filming in lots of different schools, and we re going places with a deep connection t ....
nat turner, a troublesome property. it is my honor to introduce to you kenneth greenberg. [applause] mr. greenberg: well, it s a great, great pleasure to be here. when i left boston this morning it was snowing. my plane had to be deiced, but i arrived in paradise. this is a lovely place. i have never been to the campus before, and you have absolutely gorgeous campus. the town is wonderful as well. my hosts have been extremely gracious, and my subject matter is about one of the most difficult subject in american history. there is controversy every step of the way and battles every step of the way in terms of all the people who have tried to natbout net turner turner. first, i m going to sort of tell you about my own history with turner andut nat turner. about nat it covers a fair amount of territory. then i want to just zero in on a few areas in more detail. let me begin by describing a couple things. , when i was in graduate school, i first encountered nat turner be ....
slaves to resist their masters. he also talks about the consequences of the rebellion or other slaves in the south. this event was part of the university of mary washington s great lives lecture series. [applause] good evening. i m the associate director of great lives and i am pleased to service your host and emcee along with courtney over here helping this evening with q&a. i m pleas to bring your attention tonight to our sponsor, the dovetail cultural resource group. theme join me in thanking for their support. tonight s lecture is on net turner, a nat controversial and sometimes very difficult figure to deal with but we are in good hands tonight, i promise it. kenneth greenberg is a distinguished professor of history at suffolk university. the author of masters and statesman, the political culture of american slavery. and are you ready for this one? duels,nd slavery, lies, ases, masks, dressing as woman, gives, strangers, humanitarianism, death, slave rebellion, b ....
abdul wahi, this is a convicted drug offender who at one point was sentenced to 15 years behind bars. police are not sure how much of that he did serve but we know that he also fired shots at a second officer. grateful applause, once word of suspect s apprehension spread. dozens of police units from surrounding areas including the fbi arrived to elmwood avenue hours earlier to help search for the man accused of shooting folcroft officer christopher dorman and six times ride right across the street from the folcroft police station. police say the 259 year-old was responding to a report of drug activity. tameika daily and her daughter ran from the building after hearing gun shots. the man police were looking for is someone that daily says she has encountered. just before 1:00 p.m. police went inside folcroft station apartments and as seen in this video was table to take the shoot inner custody without further incident. our first impression was he had left the scene and ....
justin drabick what a wild week of weather. things every calming down this week. this will be a great weekend. full first weekend of the summer season. humidity will drop. nice way to set up summer. yes, take advantage, not going to get too many weekend days like this over next few weeks as we head in the heart of the summer season this morning still muggy right now but temperatures not that bad. we re in the 50 s and 60 s. 66 degrees right the now in philadelphia you can see low cloud, maybe fog trying to develop but there is nothing too thick at this point. northeast breeze coming in at 8 miles an hour. that fog or low clouds should dissipate over the next hour or so. we will see a lot of sunshine. sixty-one in allentown. fifty-one in mount pocono. that is a a sign of cooler air trying to move its way in the delaware valley. mid 60 s in south jersey and shore points. quakertown chilling down at 57 . humidity running high right now, you can feel it muggy but it w ....