The south during the u. S. Civil war, that the winners would want cuba because there had been a lust for taking cuba for decades previously. This had been this effort to make cuba a state of the United States of america. So thats one idea thats sirlating in the circulates in the minds of the rulers in cuba. Another idea thats circulating is they should be in solidarity with their comrades who are slave owners in the south in order to defeat the north. But then again, as i said if the south had won, the south would be after cuba ousting the spanish. But in any case, at the end of the day they decided to open their ports to the Confederate States of america, socalled. But after the defeat of the Confederate States of america there was tremendous pressure on cuba to abolish slavery, and a bloody war e erupted to that end leading to the rise of a figure who may be known to many of you. Im speaking of antonio ma say owe. Like many of you know, he was considered to be a hero amongst black am
French revolutions. This is about one hour. Okay. Im tim marshall the provost for the new school and im delighted to welcome everyone here for this wonderful event to launch laura auricchios new book which is right here. [applause] the Marquis Lafayette reconsidered which came out this month published by knox publishers. This is a research over the course of seven years at a major part of it the tilted personal life from the inside of the passion french hero become of the American Revolution of several freshmen over several to watch the kids. Theres an intimate depiction summit towering figures of the historical period while also eliminating and explore the new role of the press and publication the politics of the time. The personal letters of marquis de lafayette which can be found in in the collection of elaborate of congress and at Cornell University provides many of the books anecdotes. And now a few words about laura. She is a specialist in 18th century french history and art and
Career. And at 10 on after words, qaz is city war tang looks back at the history of money. And we conclude our prime time programming at 11 p. M. Eastern with joe becker detailing the legal strategies and battles in recent years for marriage equality. That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. Next on booktv, actor danny glover is joined by Kathleen Cleaver and brian jones to talk about the black Power Movement. The Panel Discussed key participants in the Movement Like stockily Carmichael Stokely carmichael, angela davis, you would bridge cleaver, bobby seale and huey p. Newton. This is about an hour and ten minutes. [applause] good evening, and welcome. Thank you so much, everyone, for coming. This is an amazing house that we have here this evening. And needless to say, i am thrilled and honored to be able to partake in this Amazing Group of people that we have here. My name is michelle materre, i am a media studies and film professor here at the new school, and i do teach about thin
Im kicking off the biggest travel adventure in globe trekker history. Weve traveled to every corner of the world, but for the first time, weve planned a single epic journey that takes us from one end of the u. S. To the other, and then we keep going, all across the globe till we get to the other side. This is round the world, episode one, and my leg of the journey is a road trip through americas heartland. This is route 66 and beyond. The first leg of our roundthe world journey starts in north america, heading from east to west, all across the United States. From the historic riverport of lynchburg, virginia, i take a scenic drive south along the Blue Ridge Parkway to North Carolina, then turn west to tennessee and the famed cities of nashville and memphis. Driving north through arkansas and the choctaw nation, i pick up the historic route 66 in oklahoma and start a road trip that takes me west via oklahoma city, albuquerque, new mexico, and finally, to the edge of a 50,000yearold Mete
Decide. Nearly 3,000 americans were killed 9 11. This professor said america overreacted to the terrorist attack. The reason might have you outraged unless youre british. Mornings are better with friends. Life from studio e as in elizabeth hasselbeck. She returns. You know what . Shes got a parttime job where shes hosting in nashville. Was in nashville. We were at the grand old opry. I was in a lip sync battle. There i was pretending to be toby mac. And yep, the spirit just got ahold of me. You just got to go for it. Weve got other highlights. This is just so oman, you were great. There is toby macwatching watching it. I didnt realize he was watching. How did you rehearse it . I couldnt rehearse it fully. Did they come up for you look at the run down we have you dancing or did you say what would you like to do . I pitched the concept. You pitched the concept . I said that not realizing that would be what i have to do. Your dream came true. It did. I walked away with a Charley Daniels f