Shrank stories about individuals who led slavery volts, educated fellow free people, and participated in abolitionist on harpers welcome to the Virginia Museum of history and culture in richmond, virginia welcome to our latest special exhibition which is titled determined, the 400 years struggle for black equality. This exhibition is part of a statewide commemoration of the 400th anniversary of significant events that happened in virginia and fundamentally shaped the course of American History that statewide commemoration is called american evolution 2019 and the determined exhibition is a legacy project of that statewide commemoration. And particular, a determined determined commemorates the 16 19 arrival of the first recorded captive africans in virginia. Then it looks at the instilling 400 years and traces the legacy of the beginning of slavery in virginia through emancipation and segregation, the modern civil rights movement, up till the president they. One of the unifying themes o
The virginia Virginia Society on behalf of everyone is made today possible im honored to be the first to welcome you to the Virginia Museum of history and culture. applause im so thankful to see such a remarkable turnout today as we dedicate our father arthur ashe boulevard, we open our newest exhibition, together we mark the 400 anniversary of captive africans in english north america. Todays gathering is one of remembrance and reflection, it is also one of celebration. We are gathered on the front lawn of a very historic institution. In fact, this is the oldest Cultural Organization in the commonwealth of virginia, founded in 1831. For nearly 200 years, we have been collecting materials for the purpose of telling the story of this place. Some 14 million historical artifacts are housed within the walls behind me. We have much to be proud of. But we still have so very much we must do to be the state History Museum we all deserve. The one that represents all and welcomes all. applause d
And now, from alexandria virginia, the closing session from the emerging revolutionary war symposium. A panel of historians summarize their thoughts from the day and discuss the causes of the American Revolution. All right, cool, thank you all for coming out today. Thank you to alexandria for hosting and for the happy hour after this. We are trying to keep it as close to 4 00 as possible so we cannot get our beer we are looking forward to afterwards. You know, this is the first inaugural emerging revolutionary war symposium so we also thank cspan for coming out here to film this and, you know, its going to be an annual event so keep your eye out for next years symposium. To keep up with a movie emerging revolutionary war and everything we are doing, please check out our blog and you can also follow us on facebook and twitter to find out everything we are up to. You can also check out our books, rob and phil wrote a book about battles, in concord and i myself wrote a book and we got a c
Education and accomplish history professor specializing in early us history hes held the Thomas Jefferson chair in American History at the university for the past five years and before that he taught at the university of california and at boston university. He has written eight previous books on topics ranging from the colonial period to the war of 1812 and beyond two of his works have won a Pulitzer Prize in history in 1996 and William Cooperstown over the politician William Cooper and the novelist james cooper and in 2014 he wrote about slavery in virginia during the war of 1812 and the contradictions of early Virginia Society. Thomas jeffersons education he turned his attention to the establishment of the university of virginia with jefferson of course regarded the university diaz a signature achievement and alan god interested as you see a book on the subject seeing correspondence with the efforts to fund the new school it tend to deal with various ways the American Revolution impa
Historian alan taylor on Thomas Jeffersons founding of the university of virginia. Im bradley graham, the coowner of politics prose, and on behalf of everybody at p and p, welcome. Thank you very much for coming down to our location at the wharf. Were very pleased to have alan taylor here with us this evening to talk about his new book, Thomas Jeffersons education. Alan is an accomplished history professor who specializes in early u. S. History. Hes held the Thomas Jefferson chair in American History at the university of virginia for the past five years, and before that he taught at the university of california at davis and at boston university. Hes also written eight previous books on topics ranging from the colonial period to the war of 1812 and beyond. Two of his works have won a prettier prize in history. Pulitzer prize in history. In 1996 it went to his William Cooperstown about the politician William Cooper is and his son, the novellest James Fenimore cooper. In 2016 the pulitzer