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the society. it s really great to see everyone here. our speaker today is a guy named matthew restall. i want to read his title. it s kind of ponderous, not like matthew, i don t want to leave anything out. the edwin earl sparks professor of latin american history and director of latin american studies at penn state. he was educated at oxford, ucla, and he s published numerous books and articles on the african diaspora and spanish america and the spanish conquest period. some of you might recognize his name and some of the themes he s going to be touching on from our last dome where he has an article on how montezuma just keeps surrendering in different ways in the art of the capitol, and its historical implications. from his various titles and the subjects of his books, you might infer correctly that he s not an art historian per se. but this after all is a chance for us to highlight how interdisciplinary approaching the capitol is and allowing us to hear various stori ....
text us your thoughts at 202-748-8003. wj. on c-span at c-span the discussion about confederate leaders, there was a recent poll on this topic. it asked what should be done with the statues of confederate leaders. roughly 2% roughly one third of the voters in the poll expenses should be taken down. 44% said the statues should remain standing, down eight point since the survey was taken down two years ago after the riots in charlottesville, virginia. the poll was done with morning consult and politico. a history of some of those bases across the u.s. that have come into the conversation and its history such as for georgia.ing located in it was established as a training down in world war i and was named after a confederate general who was present at the battle of antietam and gettysburg. mr. bragg, named after ragg. established as an artillery training ground in world war i, named after a u.s. army officer who served in the second aminal war and mexican-american war b ....
on the go with the free c-span radio app. leaders, there was a recent poll on this topic. it asked what should be done with the statues of confederate leaders. roughly 2% roughly one third of the voters in the poll expenses should be taken down. 44% said the statues should remain standing, down eight point since the survey was taken down two years ago after the riots in charlottesville, virginia. the poll was done with morning consult and politico. a history of some of those bases across the u.s. that have come into the conversation and its history such as for georgia.ing located in it was established as a training down in world war i and was named after a confederate general who was present at the battle of antietam and gettysburg. mr. bragg, named after ragg. established as an artillery training ground in world war i, named after a u.s. army officer who served in the second aminal war and mexican-american war before becoming a confederate army general. located ind ....
you have a new book out, what are you hoping readers will find out? these are things we need to think about what we are considering not the space of america . you are also a lawyer. are those two specialties what brought you to examine aiding this topic. really, it is about five or six years old. can you walk us through the protest that wrote the russians the crescendo of 2020? erin: americans toppled the first equestrian monument we got. put up the statue of king george and that only lasted for about 70 years before soldiers of the new army independence and pulled it down. these issues both rock to folk is use of monument the white worldview. there is a lot of debate on whether monuments in public spaces should be taken down. nothing compares to the summer of 2021 after the death of george floyd, millions of americans marched to protest rachel racial disparity, black lives matter. lots of these rallies focused on monuments as a symbolic meeting place f ....
you have a new book out, what are you hoping readers will find out? these are things we need to think about what we are considering not the space of america . you are also a lawyer. are those two specialties what brought you to examine aiding this topic. really, it is about five or six years old. can you walk us through the protest that wrote the russians the crescendo of 2020? erin: americans toppled the first equestrian monument we got. put up the statue of king george and that only lasted for about 70 years before soldiers of the new army independence and pulled it down. these issues both rock to folk is use of monument the white worldview. there is a lot of debate on whether monuments in public spaces should be taken down. nothing compares to the summer of 2021 after the death of george floyd, millions of americans marched to protest rachel racial disparity, black lives matter. lots of these rallies focused on monuments as a symbolic meeting place f ....