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of internship. after they learned the skills necessary to make good cloth, they will be given their freedom, a transitional experiment. when i read this letter i said washington threw that out the coach window is no way that will sell in virginia. that not what he did. he said the letter, endorsed the plan, senate two the governor and said we had to think about kids. in the virginia government in 20 countries in 1990 that of representative road to freedom through work. i didn t invent this. right in the washington letter book. no historian never noticed this extra possibility that washington was holding out. now what happened, someone came to him as head do realize that if this guy for the state-of-the-art mill to america, you are going to be breaking every international treaty and international law that the importation of technology from great britain? he said i can t break the law so he went through with the plan. the plan that the good story. the bad story is washi ....
bit, reflect his evolving views, is it fair to think of him still as the father of the constitution? i don t know that he was the father of the constitution, but the thing i came away with was how terribly important the document is. not as an object of record but for as a way for us to understand how difficult that task was that they face. i came away from the whole project with enormous respect for how close the country was too falling apart, and a much different people with different opinions struggle to try and hold it together, how remarkable the document was that was written in philadelphia, but how different it looked to them that it looks to us. as i say, this is not the document base of what they re writing. the fact end up on playing cards would be a great surprise to all of them. let me make it a couple things about the building. we have a place where you will see a life-size models of the framers. so you will see how short james madison was, which may be ....
in 50 years because in some way are very embarrassing to ask the united states to bail them now. the letters are declassified this is the first book that takes the vintage of looking at those in-depth . thank you for your attention and i will be glad to take questions. [applause] jfk never went to india or pakistan the thousand days he was in office. she did not go with him but then to request the meeting with the prime minister they said the intention and often failed because the prime minister s attention was bailing. and with into zero minutes of the meeting nehru was playing with his pencils. so i did get better but the auspicious start. but this is kennedy did travel to southeast and. in the spring of 1962. and then in the age of television and during the second world war ended never traveled by themselves overseas. with the detachment of the 25 people. per trip was a spectacular success schaede was hailed as the queen of america and sheet excited the crowds and ....
presents his second book, invisible: the untoward untold story of african-americans in the white house. he s a nationally recognized journalist and media authority who as contributed hundreds of articles in african american history, politics, news. he makes regular appearances on c-span s washington journal, abc s news now, and evening exchange. he is also long-standing contributor and a political reporter for the associated press and a supreme court correspondence. in his first book, he pointed out the many iconic buildings and structures and monuments including the capital zone statue of freedom that was constructed at least in part by enslaved black men. in his latest offering, he lays his focus on the extensive and historically overlooked roles that african-americans have played in the history of the white house. of our first, 10 were slave owners. .. and revealing how little tribute has been given for the contributions of enslaved persons to the normal functioni ....
the town has since changed its name to chavaniac lafayette. and it is confirmed that almost anybody was some relationship, say through marriage, can have the name of a famous person to their own name. rather nice. lafayette never knew his father. his father was killed in battle against the british at age two. and he was raised by his very plain, but wise grandmother. .t chavaniac his own mother was much happier living in the palace in paris. which, of course, after the kings moved out, it was turned over for nobility to live there, and as you probably know, now is course, the- and of park is still there. it is a pretty place to visit and get the french flavor. which i certainly enjoy. and, he was treated like a prince. as a young lad. what thenew very early story of his family was. that, he came from the blood of nights, course through his blood system. he was an early challenger. unfortunately, his mother remained in paris, pretty much, and the boys stayed with his gra ....