it's now my pleasure to introduce our two guests speakers, daniel allen -- danielle allen from harvarduniversity, a political theorist . widely known for her work on justice and citizenship, alan is nhe author of several -- alle is the author of several books. she's a member of the american academy of arts and sciences and the american philosophical society, and the society of american historians. she is also a contributing columnist for the "washington post." emily sneff was manager of the declaration resources project at harvard university. she's responsible for it administration, research, and web content in pursuit of the the project mission to create informative resources about the declaration. before joining the project, she was a member of the curatorial team at the american .hilosophical society please welcome danielle allen and emily sneff. [applause] >> good afternoon. for joining us during this week of july 4 celebration. our mission is to create innovative and informative resources about the declaration of independence. dale: this has -- ms. sneff: this has included everyth

radio host mark levin warns against federal government expansion, harvard university professor danielle allen will discuss how mass incarceration has impacted her family. this weekend on afterwards wall street journal writer and former editorial editor george malone offers his thoughts on his publication's influence. >> very strongly believes in free markets and free people, which was very unpopular with the thousands call minors. he wrote an editorial defending the so call minors. money on mining stocks and that sort of things, workers have just as much right to organize as investors who organize business corporations so that was one of the points i make in the book is that kind of philosophy, fundamental philosophy has carried on pretty much through the history of the wall street journal. .. >> you can watch all previous shows on our website, booktv.org. >> [inaudible conversations] >> good evening. [applause] >> good evening. my name is tom campbell of the regulator bookshop and we are thrilled to welcome nancy maclean here this evening for this marvelous

. >> up next on american history tv, harvard university researchers daniel allen and emily smith talk about their discovery of 18th-century declaration of independence parchment manuscript. the american document was found in england and researchers named at the sussex declaration. it's only the

daniel vaissier: there was a catastrophic deficit here, we were paying exorbitant taxes. scott: the language is different, the scene and complaints, the same as you'd find in coal country in pennsylvania. bill allen father was in the coal mine and that's the way i supported my family. scott: or cattle country in texas. pam dismukes: i want to get the trade between the countries fixed. scott: in all, economies tanked, jobs dried up, and so did people's hope. christopher szczurek is the deputy mayor of henin-beaumont. christopher szczurek: as you tell, it's quite poor, a huge unemployment rate. scott: how big is the unemployment rate here? christopher szczurek: 20%. sharylscott: 20%? after years oftr town is now rebounding, sprucing up, rebuilding. the success, some say, rests upon a controversial new notion. this has been dubbed, "a town without immigrants." should people be allowed to wear burkas, should people be allowed to wear yarmulkes in public? christopher szczurek: i don't think, because we have a strong belief in our secularism. in public life, we should only see what gathers us, not what divides us. scott: last year, the town rallied support to form "the town without immigrants associati