i teach in the history program here. i also am the director of the project on slavery, race, and reconciliation. institution s endeavor to not only understand a particular history, but the obligations that that history has had for us. it is my pleasure today to introduce our speakers in order of their appearance. first up this morning is professor tracy campbell of the university of kentucky. professor campbell received his ba from the university of kentucky and phd at duke university. history ofmarkable teaching and scholarship. , here arriving at kentucky taught at mars hill and union colleges. since he has been at kentucky, he has been recognized not only for his scholarship but especially for his skill as a classroom teacher. he is the author of numerous articles and five major books, including most recently, his 2013 study of the gateway arch in st. louis, which he tellingly calls a biography. perhaps directly related to our symposium today is his history of election fra
south in tennessee. this decision is about 90 minutes. good morning, everyone. good morning again. thank you for joining our second session today. my name is woody register. i teach in the history program here. i also am the director of the project on slavery, race and reconciliation. the institution s endeavor to understand not only its particular history but slavery and slavery s legacies, but also the obligations that history has bequeathed to us. it s my pleasure today to introduce our two speakers in order of their appearance. first up this morning is professor tracy campbell at the department of history at the university of kentucky. he has a remarkable record of teaching and scholarship on the political and social history of the united states in the 20th century. before arriving at kentucky, he taught at mar rorris hill and u colleges. since he s been in kentucky, he s been recognized not only for his scholarship but especially for his skill as a classroom teacher. h
reconciliation. the institution s endeavor to understand not only its particular history but slavery and slavery s legacies, but also the obligations that history has bequeathed to us. it s my pleasure today to introduce our two speakers in order of their appearance. first up this morning is professor tracy campbell at the department of history at the university of kentucky. he has a remarkable record of teaching and scholarship on the political and social history of the united states in the 20th century. before arriving at kentucky, he taught at morris hill and union colleges. since he s been in kentucky, he s been recognized not only for his scholarship but especially for his skill as a classroom teacher. he s the author of five books including his 2013 study of the gateway arch in st. louis. perhaps directly related to today if his 2005 work, deliver the vote. surely, this is a book that we need to take up today if not for the first time, then even a second time. at presen
from chicago. he s spending his summer with his uncle down in mississippi. his uncle was a farmer and his uncle had a son who was emmett s age. his uncle is moses wright. moses wright s son, simeon, and they re all living together in the wright house down in mississippi having a good summertime. two days before this day, 60 years ago on august 24th, emmett till had gone into a local country store called bryant s. bryant s meet and grocery i think it s called. and h was hanging out with simeon, with some other guys and he goes into the store to purchase something. and he purchases it and he s at the cash register and there he sees the woman who owns the grocery store with her husband, carolyn bryant. and something happens at that point and there s only one person alive today who knows what happened. and that s carolyn bryant. okay? and he purchases something and he then either whistles at her in a sassy sort of way, a wolf whistle, you know, that construction workers and other
i saw a lot of hands. okay. i was curious about hotels in new york. i mean i know my parents stayed at one of the few hotels in new york that allowed black people to stay there. well, you know, it was different. like up where i interviewed paula, up at the polo grounds, she mentioned in her building at one time walter white from the naacp, thurgood marshal stayed there, judge bruce wright stayed there at one time in that building. but further up is a building count 555. gnat king cole would come in town and he couldn t stay in town. he could playdown town but couldn t stay downtown. what years were your parents stay ting there? they got married in 54. well you know, i guess it happens. but i know i read his article not too long ago that hairy bell fon taye was having a hard time finding a place. he ended up buying the building and sold the penthouse to lena horne. that s how he was able to get in the upper westside. do you know the websites url for the green book