Macbook tv continues now on cspan2. Television for serious readers. This week center for Public Affairs Virtual Event we bring to florida congressman matt gaetz for it is currently seing his second term in the u. S. House speaker of representatives. Hes mayor of the Armed Services committee and House Speaker judiciary committee. His work in cgress focuses on social security, Veterans Affairs and adherence to constitutional principles. During todays conversation congressman gates discusses his new book, firebrand a book is quoted as saying is your invitation for the frontlines of our fights. Join me with ideas, energy, images and stories. This is not my chronicle logical die watch on television for that. This is how you prevail with joy and now enjoy and chant invite you to enjoy our Virtual Program from the air force one pavilion oval office. With congressman matt gaetz and executive director john heubusceubusch. Student congressman matt gaetz, welcome too the reagan library. I wish we
Recent book one person, no vote how Voter Suppression is destroying our democracy. Doctor anderson is a renowned historian, educator and author. She is the Charles Howard kammer professor of every american studies at Emory University and the author of white rage, the unspoken truth of our nations divide. Im a great admirer of her work exploring the legacies of slavery, segregation, and discrimination and how we remain fundamentally an unequal nation, 400 years after the arrival of african slavery in north america. Doctor Andersons Book one person, no vote chronicles the history of Voter Suppression in america including all the current ways the Republican Party is undermining Voting Rights. Doctor anderson, i am delighted to have you here to talk with you about your work, its wonderful to you. I want us to talk about what we can do to fight back against efforts to suppress the most fundamental and sacred rights we have committed right to vote. We know that this is the current each and e
Politics. Hi, priscilla and brandon. You have to unmute. Nice to be here. Thanks for having us. When i was asked to sort of moderate this, one of the thing that it brought up brought to mind or brought null mill enemy he was now in the early how 200s there was a panel u. S. Discussion of the future of books and people making prediction about he future of books and how things had to change and which way they needed to go and that was all tied to the emergence of ebooks and ebook technology and most of the people saved at that time did not turn out to be true. Ebooks did not take over from print books. And in particular, younger readers more than any other Demographic Group preferred print books. So, the idea that Book Publishing needed to change with this technology, maybe it did some ways but not maybe in ways that people thought, and im wondering first, priscilla, i dont know if you remember that time or the kind of craziness that win along with it, but do you feel that i dont know ho
Im an assistant professor of history at the university of southern california. And this is my first inperson conference in since the pandemic and after two years where giving a conference paper was basically sitting alone in my apartment justiculating at my laptop. Its really wonderful to i guess be able to justiculate in person to you guys today. So just wanted to give a big thank you to the organization of american historians for putting together this conference and for accommodating all of the different varieties in which people chose to participate even though i know that came at some great logistical challenges. I also want to think Raylan Barnes who unfortunately cant be here today. But who is really the one responsible for bringing us all together today . She originally conceived of the round table as one that would be focused on the civil war in the west. But ultimately last year around february decided to focus it on 1862. This is the year when the Republican Party succeeded a
Im alice baumgartner. Im an assistant professor of history at the university of southern california. And this is my first inperson conference in since the pandemic and after two years where giving a conference paper was basically sitting alone in my apartment justiculating at my laptop. Its really wonderful to i guess be able to justiculate in person to you guys today. So just wanted to give a big thank you to the organization of american historians for putting together this conference and for accommodating all of the different varieties in which people chose to participate even though i know that came at some great logistical challenges. I also want to think Raylan Barnes who unfortunately cant be here today. But who is really the one responsible for bringing us all together today . She originally conceived of the round table as one that would be focused on the civil war in the west. But ultimately last year around february decided to focus it on 1862. This is the year when the Republ