Good evening, and welcome to so important and interest, slavery and the United States constitution. I am deirdre jones. I want to welcome you to our final event for our constitution weekend. You may know me as the programming lead for the actor interpreters and many recognize me from my time around Colonial Williamsburg portraying free and enslaved black people, but this evening i had the pleasure of serving as your moderator. I am also joined by and hope right, hope right, my Dear Colleague began her career at Colonial Williamsburg when she was in the third grade. She was a performer in a plate on my own time and the black music program. She has collaborated with many other departments at the foundation as well as with other museums over the course of her career. She has worked with a variety of educational institutions as an actress, storyteller, writer, researcher, and mentor. Please welcome hope wright. Our special guest allie larson is a professor of law and director of the instit
Our special guest allie larson is a professor of law and director of the institute of the bill of rights law, since she joined the faculty in 2010, she has received many awards including the statewide outstanding faculty award and the in the rising star category. Offessor larson is a scholar constitutional law and Legal Institution for the focus on how information dynamics affect the votes. Her work has been featured multiple times in various publications and these are just a few of her accomplishments, please help me in welcoming allie larson. Our discussion may be about an hour long and it may feel uncomfortable at times, that is ok, you may feel angry, that is ok. You may feel sad, that is also ok. All of these feelings arose for me when i was researching for an event and it is ok to feel something. This reminds us that we care. While slavery is not the beginning of the story, for the purposes of trying to dive into large topics in a very little bit of time we will start our evening
It is phenomenal. We have the latest out of the United Kingdom right now. They are battening down the hatches because a resurgence in cases has them closing pubs earlier urging people to for the better part of valor quit congregating in large groups. Good luck on that. Meantime were looking at a spending bill that could be in disarray. Could be the fault of the whole Supreme Court. It was in the president s favor but, because of differences that some democrats have put up, to make it a more harder fight than that. Chad pergram, hey chad. This is not a fivealarm fire until funding the government, they still have the end of the month to do that but there is concern. I was told the house of representatives was scheduled to vote on the interim spending bill might pull back on that. They are negotiating with some members and treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin is testifying today, indicating he is negotiating with the speakers office. You have moderate democrats, a freshman democrat on iowa co
May be your first public speech in richmond, virginia. She is a professor of history for the study of war in society at the university of southern mississippi. She taught previously in texas which accounts at least in part for the topic of our program today. As you can see in your program, she is fully immersed in the history of miss of mississippi. Recently, she launched the civil war governors of mississippi project. A partnership with the university of the southern of southern mississippi. I should draw your attention to the common theme you will hear in my introductions. Their role as educators and as mentors of younger students. Dr. Ural is a former president of the mississippi has oracle and serves on the board of trustees for the society of. And on several editorial boards. As you can see from the title of her book in the program, her scholarship explores the intersection of military and social history. Her newest book hoodss texas brigade is the basis for her program today. Lad
Words, martha winow questions whether forgiveness and amnesties can strengthen the american Justice System. She is interviewed by georgetown law professor and former federal prosecutor paul butler. After words, weekly Interview Program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. All after words programs are also available as podcasts. To disclosure, you and i you are my law professor at harvard and you taught me family law and you were to go on for being a lowly assistant professor to a storied career not culminating but along the way you were the dean of Harvard Law School but you are my favorite law professor. Im not alone in that. In 2008 the junior senator from illinois was a man named barack obama and he said when i was at harvard will school i had a teacher who changed my life. Guest it is such a delight to be here and i have learned so much from you so thank you for doing this. Host i love the book because it has your voice, compassiona