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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 decide ....
she was attacked in downtown los angeles. all that s happened but when i tell you when you see everyone come together and rallied around me this is what america is supposed to be and what we stand for and we have to do this together. you know, sorry she s absolutely right. we have to do this together. because this professional athletes it is mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers, no one is untouchable. violent crime in this country is out of control criminals operate with zero fear. and while we may disagree on the cause there s one thing we can all agree on. we need to protect our nation s children. take a look at this. you ve got to take let me see what you got. pl what you got? joy gets me every time in albany, georgia a mother is grieving tonight she should be celebrating nigel brown s tenth birthday. instead nearly anniversary of his murder. gunned down in the drive by shooting. that smiling face gone in an instant. kids are not all right their innocence ....
she was attacked in downtown los angeles. all that s happened but when i tell you when you see everyone come together and rallied around me this is what america is supposed to be and what we stand for and we have to do this together. you know, sorry she s absolutely right. we have to do this together. because this professional athletes it is mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers, no one is untouchable. violent crime in this country is out of control criminals operate with zero fear. and while we may disagree on the cause there s one thing we can all agree on. we need to protect our nation s children. take a look at this. you ve got to take let me see what you got. pl what you got? joy gets me every time in albany, georgia a mother is grieving tonight she should be celebrating nigel brown s tenth birthday. instead nearly anniversary of his murder. gunned down in the drive by shooting. that smiling face gone in an instant. kids are not all right their innocence ....
she was attacked in downtown los angeles. all that s happened but when i tell you when you see everyone come together and rallied around me this is what america is supposed to be and what we stand for and we have to do this together. you know, sorry she s absolutely right. we have to do this together. because this professional athletes it is mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers, no one is untouchable. violent crime in this country is out of control criminals operate with zero fear. and while we may disagree on the cause there s one thing we can all agree on. we need to protect our nation s children. take a look at this. you ve got to take let me see what you got. pl what you got? joy gets me every time in albany, georgia a mother is grieving tonight she should be celebrating nigel brown s tenth birthday. instead nearly anniversary of his murder. gunned down in the drive by shooting. that smiling face gone in an instant. kids are not all right their innocence ....
Very special event here at the Gerald R Ford president ial museum. Really proud to see all of you coming out to enjoy, i think, whats going be a very stimulating discussion about. Our home, we dont know enough about. Im gleaves. Im the executive director of the Gerald R Ford president ial foundation. My this evening is jon lauck, whos a writer and researcher hes written many books. Ive got several of them here that he and i have worked on together on, the midwest. And were going to explore that. So im welcoming you, our Live Audience and our cspan viewers everywhere. So, john, i think we ought get right into it. Please tell us about your background and you have real midwestern roots. I mean, you come by all of this honestly raised on a midwestern you know, you went to big colleges, you know, both your ph. D. In history and ....