another encore for serena williams. she showed she s got no intention of ending her singles career without a fight as she advanced to the third round of the us open, this time beating one of the top seeds. and we look at glasgow s chances of becoming the host city for the eurovision 2023. good morning. it s not of country this morning started off on a cool note with some dense fog patches but for many of us today, it is going to be largely dry. there will be some sunshine but there will also be some showers and some of those could be heavy and potentially thundery. i will have all the details throughout this morning s programme. it s thursday 1st september. the prime minister is expected to announce up to £700 million of investment for a new nuclear reactor in suffolk today. it s part of the government s long term strategy to bring down energy costs but it could take 15 years to build and a final go ahead will have to wait for mrjohnson s successor. jon donnison reports. is
i teach in the history program here. i also am the director of the project on slavery, race, and reconciliation. institution s endeavor to not only understand a particular history, but the obligations that that history has had for us. it is my pleasure today to introduce our speakers in order of their appearance. first up this morning is professor tracy campbell of the university of kentucky. professor campbell received his ba from the university of kentucky and phd at duke university. history ofmarkable teaching and scholarship. , here arriving at kentucky taught at mars hill and union colleges. since he has been at kentucky, he has been recognized not only for his scholarship but especially for his skill as a classroom teacher. he is the author of numerous articles and five major books, including most recently, his 2013 study of the gateway arch in st. louis, which he tellingly calls a biography. perhaps directly related to our symposium today is his history of election fra
reconciliation. the institution s endeavor to understand not only its particular history but slavery and slavery s legacies, but also the obligations that history has bequeathed to us. it s my pleasure today to introduce our two speakers in order of their appearance. first up this morning is professor tracy campbell at the department of history at the university of kentucky. he has a remarkable record of teaching and scholarship on the political and social history of the united states in the 20th century. before arriving at kentucky, he taught at morris hill and union colleges. since he s been in kentucky, he s been recognized not only for his scholarship but especially for his skill as a classroom teacher. he s the author of five books including his 2013 study of the gateway arch in st. louis. perhaps directly related to today if his 2005 work, deliver the vote. surely, this is a book that we need to take up today if not for the first time, then even a second time. at presen
in the era after the civil war, america changed radically from a nation of small farmers and small producers and small lateacturers, and by the 1870 s, 1880 s, 1890 s, we had concentrations of wealth. we have growing inequality. we have concern about the influence of money and government. he spent the later part of 1890 s giving speeches all over wisconsin. if you wanted a speaker for your club or your group, he would give a speech. he went to county fairs. he went to every kind of event that you could imagine. he built a reputation for himself. by 1900, he was ready to run for governor, advocating on behalf of the people. he had two issues. one, the direct primary. no more selecting candidates in convention. two, stop the interests are , specifically the railroads. for all our events on c-span2 on book tv. the 2015 student cam video competition is underway. it is open to all middle and high school to create a 5-7 minute documentary on the theme the three branches in you, sho