Technology. This conversation took place on line due to the coronavirus pandemic and the New York Historical society provided the video. Harold, weve been talking in this series about the power of objects to be touchstones of historical events, to be con duties for understanding the past. Its a thrill and an extraordinary experience to be a historian at New York Historical where i work alongside these treasures and use them in my exhibitions. Lets talk for a second about the inspiration for this program, the book civil war in 50 objects. How can 50 objects tell such a sweeping story . We used to ask ourselves that question often when we were whittling down the list and there was so much to choose from. The way we did it, as i recall, is first we discussed the medium of the object, we wanted photographs, paintings, documents, relics, and then we wanted to represent every year of the civil war. First the year leading up to it and then 1861, 2, 3, 4, 5. By the time we shifted through the
Protests continue there on the streets. And their desire to reach a just and impartial verdict doesnt always work. Thats the nature of the system but i have every confidence that it will work in the future. Its just a bump along the road to justice. Of bumps. Again, most hung injuries get retried and those that get retried are usually 70 or so in favor of conviction, about 20 something percent in favor of youve been listening into a News Conference law norgsment officials talking about the hung jury which was seen as a blow. People are now in front of the courthouse. Theyre protesting the judges announcement, which you can see here from up above. The jury was locked in intense deliberations for the past two days, even telling the judge yesterday they were deadlocked. And now with the jury unable to declared this a mistrial and the Police Officer on trial is charged with manslaughter. As you might know by now, freddie gray died earlier this year while in Police Custody and the Police Of
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