Ron james provided his answer in the truman court, law and the limits of loyalty. My name is steven im so direction are of program and marketing for the kansas city public library. Welcome to this special trim and day, three days removed installment in our virtual signature event series. Our guest tonight is ron james author of the soon to be released truman court, fall in limits of loyalty. James is a graduate of Yale University and Duke University school of law. Hayes practiced in washington d. C. For the last two decades the author of two previous books, Charles Hamilton houston and the struggle to end segregation. And how war, purchase and harry truman desegregated americas military. Before we get started want to mention two things. If at any point you have questions you can drop those in the chat and well get to as many of those as we can. If you are interested in purchasing the book, and i hope you will be, you could do so what you press. Missouri. Edu, that is you press. Missour
The limits of loyalty. My name is steven im so direction are of program and marketing for the kansas city public library. Welcome to this special trim and day, three days removed installment in our virtual signature event series. Our guest tonight is ron james author of the soon to be released truman court, fall in limits of loyalty. James is a graduate of Yale University and Duke University school of law. Hayes practiced in washington d. C. For the last two decades the author of two previous books, Charles Hamilton houston and the struggle to end segregation. And how war, purchase and harry truman desegregated americas military. Before we get started want to mention two things. If at any point you have questions you can drop those in the chat and well get to as many of those as we can. If you are interested in purchasing the book, and i hope you will be, you could do so what you press. Missouri. Edu, that is you press. Missouri. Edu. If you use the code truman and 21 tonight you will
Historical society. Im happy to welcome you to this program. This is our second inperson Program Since march 2020. Today we will hear one of the most consequential battles of american history. The struggle between president Woodrow Wilson and, Senate Majority leader henry capital homage in the league of nations. Speaker this evening is patricia otoole. Mr. Tool is a former professor in the school of arts at columbia university. Shes a fellow of the united historians, than a member of the president s Historical Commission at the New York Historical society. She has published five works, including biographies on Theodore Roosevelt, and henry adams. The second of which was a finalist for the pulitzer prize, the National Book critics circle award, and the Los Angeles Times book of. Tonight, should be speaking on her most recent book. This is the moral list. Woodrow wilson and the world he made. This book will also be for sale following the program, if you are interested. Before we get star
End segregation. And how war, purchase and harry truman desegregated americas military. Before we get started want to mention two things. If at any point you have questions you can drop those in the chat and well get to as many of those as we can. If you are interested in purchasing the book, and i hope you will be, you could do so what you press. Missouri. Edu, that is you press. Missouri. Edu. If you use the code truman and 21 tonight you will receive 40 off the list price. So check it out. All right, lets get started. Ron, thanks much for joining us today. Quick thanks much for having me. I want to start by asking you, when the Publisher Reach out to me about this book the truman court i was at a loss to name anyone truman appointed. So reading the book i quickly change my tune and wondered why no one has told the story before. Maybe more to the point when you discover theres a book tv written about the story . Certainly. Again its good to be with you. Having not been back to missou
Our speaker this evening is patricia otoole. Im inso tool is a former professor in the school of arts at columbia university. She is a fellow of the society of american historians and a member of the president ial historial Historical Commission at the New York Historical society. She has published five books including biographies of Theodore Roosevelt and henry adams the second of which was a final for the Pulitzer Prize the National Book critic circle award in the Los Angeles Times book tonight. Shell be speaking on her most recent book, which is the moralist Woodrow Wilson in the world. He made this book will also be for sale following the Program People are interested. Before we get started. I just like to mention that the Mass Historical Society hosts 60 original programs during the course of a year this these explorer all aspects of American History. We also host 35 seminars and teacher workshops and most if not all these are either free or available at a very small cost. Were on