Preparation for the event tonight and they said that is the new faulkner biography. I said well, you got the faulkner part right. The best way i can describe this book is equal parts military history, social commentary, and literary criticism. And i think it will appeal equally to fans of any of those subjects. What the book really did for me is force me to give some serious thought to where faulkner stands at a time when we are asking ourselves some difficult and longoverdue questions about our countrys historic difficulties when it comes to matters of race. Was he something of a pioneer on those issues or was he or another white writer profiting off of racist caricatures of black americans . Dr. Michael gorra, as you might imagine, has some thoughts on that. He is a professor of English Literature at Smith College in massachusetts. He is the author of several books including portrait of a novel, the making of an american masterpiece, which was a finalist for the pool surprise and bio
Republican rich aashooh conceded the first Congressional District race to incumbent frank guinta. Ray brewer was there for the breakfast. Ray, any evidence of hard feelings . Ray there was evidence that some time may be necessary to forgive and et times if he was supporting his opponent frank guinta. Ashooh would only say he was supporting the ticket. Governor christie the stakes of the presidency will ride on what happens in New Hampshire. The majority of the United States senate may very well ride on what happens here in New Hampshire. Ray former president ial candidate new Jersey Governor Chris Christie told republicans that the future of our country for the next 4 years will depend on what happens in New Hampshire come election day. Christie was the first to christie dropped his own president ial bid, and says the time has come for all republicans to unite. Governor christie if you are not working for donald trump over the next 55 days you are working for hillary clinton. Theres no
Programs and to keep up with the latest history news. We visit the National Gallery of art to learn about the shaw memorial, the sculpture 54th infantry. The work specifically commemorates the july 18, 1860 three storming of fort wagner and which one third of the 54 men were killed or wounded. Spotlightt 60 shine a on the group of abolitionists. Good morning. I am the senior curator here at the National Gallery of art. I am the cocurator of this exhibition. Augustus Saint Gaudens began to work on this memorial in 1883. Initially, he was going to make it a monument just dedicated to shaw himself. If you look at some of the examples we have in the case behind you you will see that one of his first ideas for the monument was to depict colonel Robert Gould Shaw on a horse. That kind of depiction is often referred to as the man on the mount. However, colonel shaws family objected to that. They thought such a depiction was too grand a way to show their young son. He was, after all, only 25 y
Us, lees miserables. Every weekend, marking the anniversary of the civil war about the people and event chas shaped the area, saturday at 10 00 and 6 00 p. M. Eastern here on cspan. Anniver civil war about next on american artifacts, we visited the National Gallery of art to visit the shaw memorial. The sculpture honors colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th massachusetts volunteer infantry, one of the civil wars first African American units. The work commemorates the july 18, 1863 storming of fort wagner in which 1 3 of the men were killed or wounded. The exhibit tell it with pride shines the spotlight on the members of the 54th and a group of abolitionist. Good morning. I am the senior curator here at the National Gallery of art. I am the cocurator of this exhibition. Augustus Saint Gaudens began to work on this memorial in 1883. Initially, he was going to make it a monument just dedicated to shaw himself. If you look at some of the examples we have in the case behind you you will se