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join a very special visitor for a preview of the chelsea flower show. royal guests have been touring the gardens today, before thousands of members of the public arrive tomorrow. good evening and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has refused to put a figure on the upper limit people will have to pay towards the cost of social care, saying it will be subject to consultation. the prime minister has denied going back on her manifesto plan to make people in england pay for their care, up to the last £100,000 of their assets. after mounting criticism, she said today she would consider a cap. questioned by the bbc‘s andrew neil this evening, mrs may declined to say what the cap might be. 0ur political correspondent, alex forsyth, is in westminster. what more did the prime minister have to say about this to andrew neil? theresa may has been saying, when she was asked byjournalists this morning and then to andrew neil, that there was no change in policy but she has moved from what
with the theater. ayear or so ago there was play set in africa, about a who was seriously committed to religion. as i thought about the play, it seemed to me she was an african alion.eon pygm someone who would been transformed by her experience. but, the transformation it seemed, was more beneficial perhaps to those who had transformed her, then it was to her herself. that got me to thinking more about phillis wheatley. we have a building named the wheatley building. boston anding about the flickering history it has had. it has had this history where, at some point, its connection to african-american history has seemed hazardous. has seemed positive, and other times when it has not. that flickering change in character fascinated me. it invited me to look more deeply at the history of phillis wheatley. maybe it is even an addiction to history. i love history, it fascinates me. i like reading about it, thinking about it, i like treating it like water, through which i swim.
introducing barbara lewis. dr. lewis heads the william at thetrotter institute university of massachusetts boston where she is also an associate professor of english. she is a francophone scholar as well as a cultural historian who has published on lynching in film, photography and drama and the black arts movement. she currently blogs and is affiliated with the massachusetts foundation for the humanities and sits on the advisory board of central square theater. before dr. lewis takes the stage, i am going to ask you all if you would not mind turning off your cell phones, and also please note that c-span is recording, and at the end, if you have questions, if you would come to the microphone, that would be great. now i have the pleasure of introducing dr. barbara lewis. [applause] barbara: it is truly a pleasure to be with you this evening. particularly since so many of us understand that this is the birthday of phillis wheatley. we cannot say for sure that it is the birthday
good evening. welcome to boston public library s commonwealth salon for the presentation remembering phillis wheatley by barbara lewis. my name s danielle george. i have the pleasure of introducing barbara lewis. dr. lewis heads the william monroe trotter institute for the study of african history and culture at the university of massachusetts boston. where she s also an associate professor of english. she s a francophone style as well as a cultural historian who has published on lynching and film, photography and drama, the minstrel stage and the black arts movement. dr. lewis also sought at city college, new york university and the new york university of kentucky. she currently blogs for the public humanist affiliated with the massachusetts foundation for the humanities and sits on the advisory boards of central square theater and the new federal theater in new york. so before dr. lewis takes the stage, i m going to ask you if you wouldn t mind turning off your cell phone