Kathleen rooney and miles harvey talk about how they approach Historical Research for fiction and nonfiction work, at 6 00 p. M. On the civil war, scott hartwig, discussing his research on the battle of antietam. At 8 00 p. M. , Patrick Allitt discusses richard nixon, his National Security adviser henry kissinger, and their key Foreign Policy initiatives. And former u. S. Senator sam nun, watch American History tv this weekend on cspan3. Up next on American History Tv University of minnesota professor sage matthew discusses how world war i affected africanamericans. She says that the promise of a better life because of military service in the war was largely denied by the reality of jim crow america. The National World war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri hosted this talk. It lasts about an hour. Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon, good afternoon, thank you for coming to this session. My name is chad williams. It is my great pleasure and honor to serve as chair for
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Im not counting my chickens before they hatch. Thank you all very much for coming. [applause] [inaudible conversations] now on booktv, someone recount said sixs times then. This is an hour and a half. First of all commit inks for coming out and thank you to Anthony Appiah and cornel west for coming out. Just a few introductory words about our distinguished guests and then also about Anthony Appiahs new book, lines of descent w. E. B. Dubois and the emergence of identity due course became to celebrate tonight. Ive asked professor appiah to tell us a little bit about how he came on then go from there. It is a very good fortune to have Anthony Appiah and dr. Cornel west truly is this centuries Anthony Appiah talked about 2002 until the end of last year. Hes a professor of philosophy love. Professor appiah is known for contributions to African American studies to promote the philosophies, Boston College and as many influential books include ethics of identity. Ethics and the relative stran