the new york times and other organizations have been doing in the last year which tends to with context includes some great historical whoppers is nuanced about things they do right within it gives them credit for the things he does think are being done properly which i think is one of the nice things about the book. now we have three notable scholars to talk about the book, doctor woods book, 1620 followed by himself followed by q&a moderated by me. also that into scholars first and talk with the q&a. phil magness, senior research fellow, american institute for american research also the 1619 project critique, robert prickett president of the alexander hamilton institute for the study of western civilization, which cosponsored the conference last year on slavery or freedom which is precisely another scholarly critique perspective of the project ian wrote senior visiting fellow of the woodson center and resident scholar of the american price institute in 1776 unite have bee
i would like to say one thing, show the love by purchasing their books in the link below. they are authors with books after all, and i m going to turn over now to both of them to continue the conversation. thank you very much. thank you very kindly. i m honored to be here today with a woman who is among the 304 greatest writers in america, arguably the finest writer in america today. three or four i m going to make that argument. it is an extraordinary honor to be with you, ms. isabel wilkerson and to have this opportunity to chat with you. they re calling it a conversation but i m just going to and without, and as they say in the hood, ask you some questions if we can steam at some conversation. a remarkable book to be certain. i want to begin with a kind of conceptual inquiry, if you will. so in the warmth of other suns you take a massive movement and mobilization of black people from the south out, a kind of intra-american dias bro, if you will. in a way which blac
his writing has been honored by the legacy award for creative nonfiction and any a literature, in his new book afropessimism, memoir and philosophy flow-through and from one another as frank wilderson discusses an afro pessimist world of the occult with examples from his own life which in turn inform a lot. the screen is all yours. guest: it seems new every time. i thank everyone for coming up and sharing their evening with me in the auditorium of the free library of philadelphia. we are to gather like this perhaps. as horrible as this is, would have been in an auditorium. it is not worth the extra numbers. i hope everyone is safe and healthy. i am going to share with you an episode from my book. those of you who have seen the book or read my other work or some are familiar with afropessimism, there are two trains running and i told john williams of the new york times, what is the chain of critical theory which speaks to explain the structure the structure of black suffer
[inaudible conversations] / all right. good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us tonight. my name is maddie wolters, and on behalf of the bookstore i am pleased to welcome you to this evenings event with sean wilentz and his new book no property in man. we are pleased to have c-span book tv tonight. when asking questions, please note you will be recorded and wait for the big microphone to come over before asking your question. we have a great lineup over this fall and this coming tuesday, the new book on the other side of freedom, and you can look forward to authors like andre and missy phillips. for more details and information on these and other upcoming events, please visit the calendar at harvard.com/events and timely for the sign up for the newsletter. we will have a book signing right here at this table. the line will form to my left and we will have copies of no property in man for sale at the registers in the next room. tonight s tail is 50% off and the
during the 18th and 19th history. and is the washington d.c. area. he looks at georgetown been fitted from the slave economy in 90 minute memorial lecture is given annually to honor and part of the conference on washington d.c. history. i would like to bebin by thanking the historical society of washington, d.c. for the opportunity to deliver this year s brown lecture. proffer professor brown was champion of the history of washington, d.c. it s a thrill to be honor her work and life in this form. it was moving to hear you re recollection of your grandmother and i m i can t tell you how happy it makes to hear from you that she would appreciate the work we re doing at georgetown. that s the best introduction i have ever gotten the entire time of my life. i appreciate that. i would hope to do her proud. i would like to thank the national archives for hosting us. for all of you for being here in person or perhaps watching the remotely through the magic of youtube or c-span. i a