hayes makes george washington even more real, more significant. instead of an adult boy, we find washington to be a practical reader, a brilliant writer of letters, and advocate for useful education. a great patron of the arts, literature, and of history. and one of the smartest men who ever held the presidency, george the magnificent. without further ado, dr. kevin hayes. [applause] dr. hayes: thank you very much. it is good to be here. after i finished my book on thomas jefferson, i started looking around for another good possible topic, and i thought of a lot of different and important figures from revolutionary america, and i tried to figure out who i should do next, and all of a sudden, it occurred to me that no one had ever written a literary life of george washington. and so, i started working on it. and now, i remember one time when i was working on this, i told a friend of mine what i was doing. they said -- what is a literary life? if you are writing a biography of an author, that is, of course a literary life, but if you are writing a li

anything you want to know about george washington? ahead and to stand up and talk into the microphone. -- stand up and talk into the microphone. you mentionedr: that his death, washington owned all of the western lands. talk about the disposition of martha at his estate or the adoption of his children. one of thealloway: things that caused such a headache was trying to keep track of washington's lands. i found it so difficult to keep track of how he was getting this land. there was overlapping land claims. , that came to realize was is perhaps not just to george washington. issue belonging to 19th-century america. they were swindling indian people out of land and swindling each other out of land. washington is promoting his own lands duringunty the french and indian war, knowingly dispossessing fellow officers. the short answer to your frankly because i kept a working grasp on it. eventually, i gave up. somebody wrote in the 1930's, it was like overlapping shingles on a roof. that was how this land business was taking shape . >> the bi

george washington refused to respect the boundaries. mcgillivray went back and restored his land with the spanish. but in the washington construction of indian affairs, this is reaching out and olive branch to achieve peace. the problem is, what do you do when they say thanks, but no thanks? which they often did. to that, washington's response is, we have no choice but to destroy them. now the war that we wage against them will be justified. now the war will be authorized by congress because the indians are recalcitrant, and have refused a reasonable piece. in the northwest territory where the indians have refused to give up their land, because they are fighting to hold the line of the ohio river, washington dispatch -- dispatched his army. the first in 1790, which is turned back. the second one in 1791 is utterly and completely destroyed. i won't go into it in detail, because you are all going to read my book, reading it at midnight, and you will not be able to put it down. but the reason i wrote this is because there is no book about i

for george washington. my thing is not moving here. but it leads into another series shapests that washington's life and shape the direction of american history. indians are right at the center of it. it would not have happened at the way that it did without native people. of piece of paris -- peace paris in 1763 represents a shift in north america. france abandons its north american claims. cedes west of the mississippi to spain to keep that region out of the hands of the british. east of them mississippi to britain. the british now have a huge north american empire. they are virtually bankrupt, after fighting what was essentially the first world war. they are not quite sure what to do with this emperor. what they don't do is keep their word. british redcoats occupy forts that has been abandoned by french troops. at the same time they do that, as a retrenchment measure, the british high command says, we can save money by not giving gifts to the indians. we don't need indians as allies anymore to fight the french. andwould we give them

he wanted to make it clear that george washington had profited from slavery. in the mural in which he depicted the march of the white race from the atlantic to the pacific, that's a quote of his, he put those gray pioneers literally walking over the dead body of an indian to demonstrate that the settlement of the west was an act of conquest that involved the slaughter of native americans. that was a very bold effort on his part to counter the kind of textbooks that students were seeing and we hope -- i hope he won't be penalized for that in the future. >> thank you. thank you for the public comment. commissioners, no comments? okay. commissioner walton. >> so the things that we're being asked to separate here tonight, one of the very -- one -- thank you to the planning staff for your report this evening and for coming out and explaining the details. one of the -- there are a few major issues i have with the landmark designations. one as a district, regardless of whether or not state rules apply to -- city rules apply to us as state entities, we all know their

author of "the indian world of george washington." the first president, the first americans, adverse -- and the birth of the nation. the author explains that washington first interacted with native american tribes during the seven years war, and was the first to recognize their importance to the survival and growth of the young nation. george washington university hosted this event. it is 90 minutes. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] >> good evening. welcome to the seventh annual george washington lecture. my name is denver brunsman. i have the privilege of teaching a class at mount vernon. i would like to welcome the president and his wife, their first time to celebrating george washington's birthday with us. thank you so much. thank you so much. one thing historians love to

our speaker knows so much, not only about george washington and the office of the president, but so many of the president's who followed washington. twice a year, richard norton smith and eric nelson host history tours in the spring and fall. this year, it is called inventing america and there are still places left. it offers the opportunity to experience history firsthand and will be in virginia from may 15-22. the timing and subject coincide beautifully with our series for any of you who might like to go. not only is richard norton smith a brilliant scholar and historian. teur. a amazing raccon he had organized a trip two weeks before -- excuse me, two weeks after 9/11. after the attack, he called every one of the people who were going and each of them said yes, they would like to come if they can get into the airport. richard felt there had never been a more important time to show solidarity with americans and all that it stands for. he knew our freedoms and our history were under attack. at thee who arrived airport was nervous because they had flown over the still smoldering wreckage

but if you think about it, george washington, and the myth of george washington, the story of george washington, really is the first recorded example of fake news. - it was, because shortly after his death, this biography came out which gave us our most famous untruth about early presidents, which is the chopping down the cherry tree. - [evan] the cherry tree myth. - and admitting that he did it, which neither thing took place. - it's really, history is now filled with these moments that we all take to be true that are often repeated as true, and often they're quotations, like we have this phenomenon of people saying to quote jefferson blank, and then you discover, no in fact, jefferson never said that, or hamilton never said that. - or mark twain, who i repeat a lot again and again in this book, that history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes, which i love and it sounds like twain and you want it to be twain, there's no evidence that it was. - it's not twain. george washington jumped off the page to me as an example. buffalo bill cody, another great example. - yeah, buffalo bill co

he has spoken at george washington's mt. vernon, valley forming, yorktown and historic sites in boston, new york, philadelphia, and washington, dc. mr. unger is a graduate of the yale university and was a editor at the new york her herald times beforecoming an author. you can find books on his web. he'll discuss "furniture founding father." >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. nice of you to come out in this rain and it's always an honor for me to stand in the footsteps of george washington here at fraunces tavern museum. as the lady said, my views may not reflect those of the museum, and nor do they reflect the views of the president or the members of congress. actually he don't know whose views they reflect other than own. >> america hat many founding fathers but unknown, william withel, joseph hughes, 56 who signed the declaration of independence, each of them of enormous importance to their community and state in the 1770s, '80s and '90s. most of them are forgotten today along with the 39 founders who signed the constitut

secondly, when they didn't pay any attention to that land, george washington had this piece of land on the river right near charleston, west virginia. the present down here. so when the colonial governor granted it to him, he granted land to washington all over the mountains. but washington hired his own surveyor, i can't for the new f crawford, and sing about there basically said i don't know what this is. it belongs to me. i want you to survey only the flat land. i only care about the flat land. and by the way, if you get caught crossing the proclamation line, we never even met. because it is illegal for crocker to go there and do it after 1767. crawford win any made a survey from this rock to that tree over to that island down there, and he blazed washington's initials on of all things cherry tree. and came back into the snap and said look, there shall land. washington said it's flat, right? it's all flat. good. what does that mean? it means that it be else that washington owned, and notice all of the hills surrounding a piece of land today, all of that which goes up an elevation of

colin calloway, in his book "the indian world of george washington." >> earlier today outgoing secretary of state rex tillerson delivered farewell remarks to his staff at the state department. mr. tillerson was fired by president trump on march 13 while returning to washington from his first official trip to africa. he served as secretary of state for 14 months. this is 10 minutes. mr. tillerson: for those of you gathered here today, i truly appreciate the opportunity to bid you a proper farewell. first, i must thank each and every one of you for the role you play in enabling the state department to lead our foreign policy efforts and conduct the steady diplomacy that is the work of the department on behalf of the american people. none of this is possible without your daily contributions. from the mailroom to the seventh floor and all points in between. and all of our missions abroad, our local employed staff, our e.f.m.'s, eligible family members, to our ambassadors and chief of mission. everyone is important to the delivery of the mission of the state department. in preparing for the t

weems'was nathan locke "life of george washington." it came out in 1800 and there was a second edition in 1808, the year before lincoln was born and this was the book he read as a child, perhaps as early as kentucky but certainly by the time he moved to indiana. clergymanan episcopal and he calls himself on the thetispiece of this book, director of the mount vernon parish. there is no such thing as mount vernon parish and he is not the rector of it, but he had met george washington once. he had one visit to mount vernon and had one exchange of letters with him, and this was the basis of his connection on which he claimed authority to write. he also did a lot of interviewing. he did look up people who had known washington as a boy. of the stories he tells about washington may even have been true. [applause] and weems is one of those writers, like james fenimore cooper or h.p. lovecraft, their sentences are terrible but their stories are terrific. and the proof of that is that we all know one of weems' stories. this is the story of the c

george washington, blackjack purging, dwight eisenhower but it's fiction by definition because i'm putting words in their mouth. my job is to tell you a story and a way to do that is not just do it like a textbook would, names, places, facts and figures that put you into the heads of the characters and tell you the story the way they would tell it. by definition that has to be called fiction. your hearing dialogue, your hearing words in their mouths and part of that is drawn from historical record but then you have to fill in the blanks and that's my job is to fill in the blanks by definition that has to be called fiction. if i've done my research ,

in 1790, george washington's first annual address to congress, he stated, to be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace. as the president noted we just received the largest military budget in history. we have seen years of decline and unpredictable funding and together we are going to see make our military stronger than ever. we are grateful for the american people, for their sacrifices on behalf of this funding. in theur responsibility military to spend every dollar wisely in order to keep the trust and the confidence of the american people and the congress. thank you. pres. trump: thank you very

[applause] portraits of your first president, george washington, look down on us in the east room. when president washington called ireland a friend of my country in my country's most friendless sun, his prayer was for the of freedom to shine its benign benevolence on the emerald isle and bring it peace. for george washington, we were strangers mustered around your flag. we supported the cause of american freedom from the very start and we shed our blood to help make it a reality. the united way, states helped build modern ireland, one that is prosperous and at peace, self-confidence in our place in the world, no longer an island on the edge of europe, but an island at the center of the world. in my own office i keep and i treasure a small collection of speeches and letters by one of your greatest presidents, president lincoln. there is a crisis or controversy and there is no obvious solution to it, i find wisdom in the words of that first great republican president. resident lincoln believed as he said, when we talk we are only repeating what we are already knowing. but if we liste

i found the story about george washington that george washington during the revolutionary war duringarly battles in newark there was a secret plot against george washington. some say to kill and murder him, some say to kidnap him, but a secret plot against washington and when washington found out about it he gathered together 20000 troops, brought them to an open field and took the guy responsible for plotting against him and executed him with the largest execution at that point in american history. he brings down the hammer. he's like that's what you do to me? washington out. i'm going. that's actual real dialogue, by the way. this george washington story, the secret plot against george washington and the birth of the counterintelligence because you see how our counterintelligence operation started after that. when someone took a shot at the big man we started fighting back and that's where it begins so the first conspiracy comes out in january. we will do a couple more questions through quick. yes, buddy? >> usually in your i am books you put in the character in the next book somew

on the presidency, the relationship between george washington and native americans is examined by colin callaway and his book, the indian world of george washington and the first president and the first americans and the birth of the nation. >> now to a house homeland security subcommittee where representatives from the tsa and the national center for transgender equality answer questions about the patdown process at airports when s, c accommodating disable the people with disabilities. this is about an hour. >> let's get going. committee of homeland security will come to order. the sub committee is meeting today to examine tsa's efforts to effectively engage with the

he belonged in that upper class with people like george washington and thomas jefferson. the house tells us that in the details as we look at it. the driveway that you would have, during george mason's lifetime was lined with cherry trees. focalated his house as a point and centerpiece of the property here. he did not ever add on to the house. the house but you see now is what mason built in 1759. most other founding fathers did actually have third floors and vernon.ike mount mason saw people like debtrson going into deep doing things like that. today we think it would be like keeping up with the kardashians. mason did not want to be in that position himself. the house that we see today is what he ended up within his lifetime. we are going to have a chance to its for of the spaces in the house, look at george mason and was, why we remember him today, as we go through. stepon't we set inside -- inside? we are stepping into the central path of the manson. it is where visitors would have come in during his lifetime. this was very decorative and beautiful. it meant to show off

on "the presidency" the relationship between george washington and native americans is examined by author colin calloway, in his book "the indian world of george washington." >> earlier today outgoing secretary of state rex

george washington's sword.at value, colonel. >> john brown takes the great-grand-nephew of george washington hostage, for the value of his name and ancestry. he also confiscates a sword that belonged to the first president. now, some historians believe that these symbolic gestures are brown's attempt to connect the liberation of slaves to the declaration of independence, and, in doing so, brown believes he's fulfilling the promises our founding fathers would not. [ gun cocks ] >> you might as well put a noose around your neck yourself. >> you are a slave and you make him a man. if citizens interfere with me, i will burn the town... and have blood. >> john brown fails to rally the slave population to revolt, but he does manage to get the attention of the local militia. >> here they come! >> so, as news kind of filters out that there's this group who have captured this arsenal, this feeds into the greatest nightmare of your typical southerner, which is the slave insurrection. for example, nat turner's rebellion f

martin luther king junior and george washington.hey started selling like crazy and then the whole series started selling like crazy to understand in publishing just about everything is down and i love the book tv when we have the spaniards own credible and they support the written word and they support the most important and most dangerous and most valuable thing in the world, ideas. that is what the book is full of, ideas. i love that part of it but books are down and movies are down and ratings are down because we have so many things that we are looking at your netflix and some of the things begging for your attention but our kids books were selling like bananas and we quickly realized what it was. it was that everyone was tired just like i was returning on the tv and was in a democrat or republican thing but they were all tired. seeing politicians what they wanted to show their kids leaders. we know there's a difference between a leader and a politician and what we need to do is teach our kids that in our nieces and nephews and i

george washington's sword.ue, colonel. >> john brown takes the great-grand-nephew of george washington hostage, for the value of his name and ancestry. he also confiscates a sword that belonged to the first president. now, some historians believe that these symbolic gestures are brown's attempt to connect the liberation of slaves to the declaration of independence, and, in doing so, brown believes he's fulfilling the promises our founding fathers would not. [ gun cocks ] >> you might as well put a noose around your neck yourself. >> you are a slave and you make him a man. if citizens interfere with me, i will burn the town... and have blood. >> john brown fails to rally the slave population to revolt, but he does manage to get the attention of the local militia. >> here they come! >> so, as news kind of filters out that there's this group who have captured this arsenal, this feeds into the greatest nightmare of your typical southerner, which is the slave insurrection. for example, nat turner's rebellion from 18

want to do george washington. you wanted this part go do it i've never been so creatively stifled in reality it's it's really quite something. as our heroes celebrate their pilgrimage revolution steven holmes not the american national man them but the rule britannia . so. i kept blue we made it all the way to the boat. actually were and buzzards bay as our hero sailed off into the sunset the great american pilgrimage has finally come to an end after traveling. across the nation and speaking with everyday american steven emetics feel confident that this pilgrimage has started the conversation that will hopefully bring us together is this the end of our story or just the first chapter where will the pilgrimage take our heroes from here. is there anybody out there can you even hear me next time on the great american pilgrimage. now let's go make some other observations of the great american who. this is really the magic happen people the phenolic. of the great american pilgrimage. you know there's an old expression m

on the presidency, the relationship between george washington and native americans is examined by colin callaway and his book, the indian world of george washington and the first president and the first americans and the birth of the nation. >> now to a house homeland security subcommittee where representatives from the tsa and the national center for transgender equality answer questions about the patdown process at airports when s, c accommodating disable the people with disabilities. this is about an hour. >> let's get going. committee of homeland security will come to order. the sub committee is meeting today to examine tsa's efforts to effectively engage with the traveling public in a manner that is positive, respectful and leads to the success of the agency's mission to secure the aviation system from threats. i now recognize myself for an opening statement. for most americans, tsa is the most visible component of the department of homeland security, and the only homeland security component which they regularly interact with. by screening over 2 million passengers per day, tsa is

i would love to write on george washington, i'm intimidated. there is so much.what i'm doing with space and margaret did with china i would take off like george washington at valley forge, just what is valley forge in american memory, a piece of them. because i'm not apt, i'm not so good if the revolutionary war period even though i wish i was. >> can i say something about stray observation, see if you all agree because doug's talking about it, you know, sometimes we call them slice books or the full meal, you know. soup it nuts. you do soup-to-nuts or do you do a piece of it? i think the biggest threat to what, i don't want to drag you all into my thing, what we do broadly put, is netflix. let me explain. tv is now so good, it's a case of deregulation working, right? you broke the monopoly of the networks. >> technology. >> technology. it turns out that yes, there is enormous amount of talent that needed to be unleashed and my sense is, since i don't write, i try to write short books but, bush 41 used to worry about mission creep. mission creep. but 20 hours, h

and founder of the national review who died in 2008, 8:00 p.m., the relationship between the george washington and native americans examined by -- the first president, the first americans and the birth of the nation. >>> and now a hearing looking at the d.e.a. role combatting the opioid epidemic with robert paterson, the head and asking him about ways they can expedite the investigation into distributors involved in suspicious opioid and pill dumping in west virginia. this is about two 1/2 hours.

this morning, i want to talk about the three were the most important to him -- george washington, thomas payne, and thomas jefferson. announcer: watch the entire program this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. eastern. american history tv, only on c-span3. next, on american history tv, it gary kremer, executive director of the state historical society of missouri discusses his book, "race and meaning, the african american experience in missouri." the book traces the history of african americans including the transition from slavery to freedom and the movement to urban areas to seek opportunities. the kansas city public library posted this event. it is about one hour and 20 minutes. >> good evening. i am gary kremer, executive director of the state historical society of missouri. -- good evening.

. >> "this was once the property of george washington."[ laughing ] yeah. >> ...and the pride of a modest family. >> my father was a truck driver. we got along, but we were very frugal. >> so how did she end up with washington's wallet? >> are you a descendant of george washington? >> no, i'm not. and it's quite a long story. >> a story about love of country... >> we want these things because we want a connection to these men. >> ...the allure of big bucks... >> i established a value for the wallet. >> it was a lot of money. >> ...and some good old-fashioned intrigue... >> someone took the wallet and disappeared. [ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumble

i mean, george washington -- every schoolchild knows it george washington is the father of the country. it sounds good but what does it really mean? >> i know what it really means and i have more respect is george washington than any character i'm dealt with in haiti, all of the clichcs apply. there's a reason he is on the dollar bill. i've vetrimmed disrespect for this man and of course washington's series but beyond that, because you thought the mexican war and washington, work. by the time of the civil war, obviously it is washington, it is congress that divides the southern, the senators and representatives. they go to montgomery in the richmond, and washington is, it's on the border. the civil war is, the first battle of the civil war, it is right across the potomac river. also read across the potomac river is arlington. the big pillared house in arlington cemetery, that was robert e lee's home. he knows that, he can see when he is in the capital. washington is right smack in the middle of when the civil war begins. and then all the way down the line. you get to world war i, world

on behalf of the board of trustees and on behalf of the george washington university, it's a pleasure to the third lecture celebrating the third anniversary of nasa. i particularly would like to acknowledge the presence here of shannon dale, who's the deputy administrator of nasa. it's a pleasure to be sitting here with lucy hawking. time does not permit me to acknowledge all the distinguished members of today's audience. but you are all welcomed for what i though will be a very exciting and stimulating lecture. worked hawking has closely with many of you. james e. webb studied law at g.w. in the 1930's. and was a member from 1961to 1963. as nasa administrator, webb asked them to turn their attention to the policy implications of the u.s. space program and for more than 40 years since then g.w. has made space policy a focus of its research and its graduate education efforts we establish the space policy institute in 1987 as par of the elliott school of international affairs. that has has become the leading study in the world. much of the research and outreach activities has been suppo

this rare copy of george washington's last will and testament, printed in 1800, right after washington'seath. >> at the time, we knew there were only 13 existing copies. >> make that 14. >> it was in a plastic bag filled with other things, and it very well could've been thrown out without anybody ever knowing about it. >> by july 2010, john and lisa's strange inheritance is cataloged and ready for sale. they've invested a year and a lot of money in it. how much had john spent getting ready for this big auction? >> it was around $225,000. >> whoa! >> i hope we get enough out of this to pay for what we've discovered. >> will they? >> sold at $1,000. >> that's next. >> here's another quiz question for you. when andrew green was new york city's comptroller, the brooklyn bridge was partially financed by renting what? apartments atop its towers, boat slips by its piers, or wine cellars at its base? the answer in a moment. ♪ the answer in a moment. hey, sir lose-a-lot! thou hast the patchy beard of a pre-pubescent squire! thy armor was forged by a feeble-fingered peasant woman... your mom! as l

if you see them, it is , his message is the central figure in this story and it is george washington. there are 80 small paintings, washington is in four of them. he is in the center of everyone. focused on him. there is a full-scale painting of washington on the battle of trent. the bridge think they have cornered him, they are going to to fight their lines that battle at princeton. it is a terrific painting. he got washington to pose, maybe he asked them to think about the battle of trenton. that in thely see painting. i had taken a history class, a lot of this is based on reading. we talk about the eloquent guys, washington is not eloquent. he is a man of action. photographs, any we do have these paintings. washington was probably the least eloquent but visually he was a master of drama and theatrics. his imposing size, the way he dressed himself, it is difficult to understand washington without the visual, without understanding the charisma of his actions. there is that front row seat to history. him on horseback probably. they have all seen him. he was an active presence to all t

your own george washington. dr. colin calloway: thank you. dr. brunsman: thank you all for being such a great audience. we have birthday cupcakes at the reception. professor will be doing a signing. thank you. dr. colin calloway: thank you very much. >> [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: you were watching american history television, 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on to c-span3. follow us on twitter for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. we talk aboutt, the book "observing hancock and argues that and he general hancock was the most influential and successful of the union court commanders at gettysburg, crediting him with several key decisions and maneuvers that played a major role in the union victory. the gettysburg heritage center hosted this 40 minute talk. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] >> the county battle of gettysburg from a new

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the universal flu vaccine.gary simon, chief of infectious diseases, george washington university: in order to make the vaccine - you have to first get an antibody to first get an antibody against that - and once you do that - that antibody would react with that portion of thatmorgan wright standup: senator van hollen says a universal flu vaccine would anticipate the mutation of the virus and make sure - one vaccine can protect against all strains of the flu. gary simon, chief of infectious diseases, george washington university: maybe you'd have to get it once every ten years but compared to what we have now - that would be better.reporting in washington, morgan wright (grant) coming up: caught on camera a suspect and a deputy scuffle during an arrest. more on how the suspect was able to get away... and what he was caught carrying.. (pam) in one california community.. while a family was away ábears came to stay. next: how a neighbor spotted the animals living in a crawl space. (pam) a mother bear and her cub were caught on camera... roaming around a california neighborhood .. (grant)

collin callaway in his book "the indian world of george washington: the first president, the first americans and the birth of the nation." >>> and now a conversation on preparations for the 2020 census hosted by georgetown university law center here in washington, d.c. this is about an hour 15 minutes. >> all right. why don't we go ahead and get started? hello, everyone, and for our guests, welcome to georgetown law. as you know, we're here today to learn about the challenges facing census 2020. the constitution mandates the census for the purposes of apportioning representation in the house of representatives. during the first congress, james madison who was then a congressman representing virginia recognized that the census allowed for data-driven decisions. he encouraged congress to add questions to the census so congress could debate and decide on facts instead of assertions and conjecture. today, we have a highly esteemed panel to speak about these challenges and some of the consequences of the enumeration. first, we have director john h. thompson. he's the executive director of the cou

george washington and every school child learns george washington is the father of his country. okay, that sounds good but what does that really mean? i know what it means and i have more respect for george washington as a leader, a commander of troops and then as president than probably any character i don't with and all the clichcs apply. there's a reason he's on the dollar bill and i have enormous respect for this man and of course the washingtons but beyond that, you could go through the mexican war and washington, all i just had about president pulled is trying to run the showfrom washington but that doesn't work . by the time of the civil war, obviously it's washington, is congress that divides the senators representatives. they leave, they go to montgomery and richmond to create the confederacy. and washington is actually because it's on the border in the civil war. the first battle of the civil war, manassas, it's right across the potomac river and also right across the potomac river isarlington . today, this big sort of pillared house at arlington cemetery, that was rob

george washington carver, there is a great essay here -- he is also published a book on george washington carver. fighting over the legacy of booker t. washington and w.e.b. dubois. track for african americans on one side versus the value of liberal arts, a fighting they goes on to this day. the women, josephine gay, her extraordinary story, with the importance of education. you may have known the whitley sisters of kansas city, a group of sisters. they were walking encyclopedias and embodied almost 100 years of kansas city history. from carter woodson to gary kremer, a remarkable tapestry of great historians and tonight, we have terry kramer here -- gary kremer here. thank you. thank you. thank you to all of you who have been here. i was afraid nobody would show up so i brought my own cheering contingent, including my grandson. plenty showed up so that is great. tonight -- italk was asked to talk about two books. race and meaning and the carver book. we will see whether we get to the second book or not. it is gratifying to be here to help you and kansas city celebrate black history month

george washington and benjamin franklin were the two most famous americans in 1787. delegates looked at franklin with respect and awe. there was little doubt that the imposing washington would become president of the convention. if there was any competitor for chair, it was the venerable franklin. the very heavens obey him, one georgia delegate noted. franklin had planned to nominate washington as chair himself, if a storm had not kept him home the day of the meeting. the son of boston puritans had come a long way. in late spring of 1787, he exchanged letters with his beloved sister jane, who was an evangelical christian and the sibling who maintained the longest correspondence with and the deepest influence on franklin. they reminisced about their humble beginnings as the children of a candle maker. she had remained a person of humble means and relative anonymity while her brothers fame skyrocketed. ben told her that the course of his life filled him with wonder and fills me with humble thankfulness to that divine being who has graciously conducted my steps, and pro

george washington is another one of my personal favorites. i want to depict rosa parks. the reason i picked rosa parks as i was born in atlanta, georgia. we lived there when martin luther king was my childhood memory of dr. king in antenna. i was eight or sold when dr. king was killed. it they subsequently bounced around and i taught history in new orleans and eight at being called a magic bus to take college students and i think creative tailored for civil rights tours and went to montgomery, birmingham, studying the civil rights movement. when i go to montgomery and there's no memorials for rosa parks. there was one street named jefferson davis avenue intersected with rosa parks. and so i wanted to see where rosa parks lived on december 1, 1955 and she became the mother of the movement. it was the most decrepit, underfunded housing projects in a room without exaggerating her home was the size of this stage. i mean, she lived with her husband, raymond in this impoverished way, yet her integrity level was so high. she didn't go to college, but she went to an industrial s

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now the second story involves an individual named george washington motley, grandson of a founder john wesley motley. george washington motley remembers two things about visiting grandfather in early years as a little boy, that in the shotgun house on the plantation over the front door was a cross that he had developed with his own hands, just a simple wooden cross. a reminder that in his coming he was created by something much larger than himself, but other the back door was a picture of abraham lincoln that his great grandfather had extracted from a newspaper to remind him in his going that god uses individuals to bring about change and transformation in society. so my story, my story intersects with this very interesting place because in the 1960's a little girl was adopted by george and amy motley, one of 14 kids in the family, the mother discovers that she's dying of cancer, she asked the neighbor ifs they would consider one of 14 rand how you choose to select one of 14, i had the slightest idea but they chose her, she had prom -- promise and great potentiality and if perhaps nurt

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