anybody wanting to study early negro writings was edited by dorothy porter and it's called "early negro writings." and dorothy porter use -- dr. dorothy porter was the head archivist for many years and that work i think is something that should be -- anybody is curious on this subject should have it in their library and some of maria stewart's diary and you get to hear their voices. >> great, thank you. >> well, thank you very much for your time. and may you all have fun researching. >>> as commemoration of the 1350 -- 150th war continues join us for programs featuring the civil war. for more information about american history tv on c-span 3 including the complete schedule, go to c-span.org/history. to keep up with us during the week or to send questions or comments, follow us on twitter. >>> the organization of american historians and the national council on public history recently held their annual meeting in milwaukee, wisconsin. american history tv spoke with several of this year's attendees. next, yale history professor joanne freeman and university of chicago political science professor william howell describe acts of v