annette gordon reed is author of her book. tim teaches at nyu and a cnn presidential historian. ofessor reed, let me ask you whether -- are you hopeful that this time it's different or that this time is bigger than some of the past cases? when you look back at history, do you feel like there have been many of these moments where there is a kind of attempt to reckon with the past, and then it dissipates? >> well, yes. there have been those moments. i'm hopeful about this moment, you're absolutely right. there is something different about this. polls show that large numbers of americans think that there should be some reckoning, some sort of change in attitudes about policing, change in attitudes about voter suppression, all of those kinds of things. i'm a hopeful person generally. i have to be. but i do know that unless concrete actions follow that hope, follow the sort of starts that have been made, then we will fall back into the problems that we've seen for so many years. >> tim, what strikes me as possibly one of the most hopeful aspects is that there has not been a kind of wh

artifacts" a tour of the ellis island immigration museum and 7:00 p.m., david blight and annette gordon reed talk about recent debates over removing historical monday ults. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> earlier today, house speaker nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer held a news conference to discuss negotiations between congress and president trump on additional economic aid in response to the coronavirus pandemic. here's that news conference now.

it is an honor to introduce today's panelists, annette gordon reed. professor of law and history at harvard university. and david blight, professor of history and director of the ablution of slavery at yell universe these three. professors are pulitzer prize winning historians and they have won lots of other prizes as well. they have written and spoken frequently and insightfully on issues relating to monuments, history, memory and our nation's continued failure to fully confront the implications of its own history. professor gordon reed's most recent book, co-authored with peter own of is most blessed of , the patriarchs, thomas jefferson and the empire of the imagination. professor blight's is frederick douglass, prophet of freedom. both of these colors are notable for the way we remember and honor those people as complicated. whether we are thinking about frederick douglass or thomas jefferson. we are going to have roughly 35 minutes of moderated discussion, after which there will be questions from the audience. i apologize in advance that given th

we called in gordon reed as an advisor among others. we came up with these principles by which the administration could put calhoun through and the administration said you're going to remove that one. -- we are going to remove that one. we have to think on these terms, whether it is monuments in congress, on a public square or elsewhere, school names. annette: yeah. david: rather than willy-nilly, the politics that this has to come down, do we wait for the new politics for that one to come down? or do we have some principles? otherwise the mob will take the monuments away and the mob can get away with it. annette: yes. ofany event, the notion taking it down without deliberation from other people is problematic. met is the law professor in saying that is problematic. david: you believe in deliberation and knowledge. annette: i believe in that, they will take down statues of people i admire. that is not the way to go. that is something i would encourage. james: that goes back to what you earlier said, back to the culture, and maybe one va

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nnette gordon reed. i'm the president, and i'll be with you for the next couple of days.reat yesterday and some of the people who intended to be here yesterday couldn't be here because of the deluge that took place and prevented people from moving on the eastern seaboard. there are a lot of people i'll thank later on but just to

when we come back, i'm going to ask annette gordon-reed, what to do about the jefferson mem yay. she wrote a pulitzer prize with her book. robinhood believes now is the time to do money. without the commission fees. so, you can start investing today wherever you are - even hanging with your dog. so, what are you waiting for? download now and get your first stock on us. robinhood. and get way more.ith wso you can bring yours vision to life and save in more ways than one. for small prices, you can build big dreams. spend less, get way more. shop everything home at wayfair today. are you currently using a whitening toothpaste, but not seeing results? try crest 3d whitestrips. its enamel-safe formula lifts and removes stains to provide 100% noticeably whiter teeth or your money back. try crest 3d whitestrips. neuriva has clinically proven oingredients that fuel five, indicators of brain performanc: memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference. >>> we are back with the eminent historians annette gordon-reed and jeff nanaf

artifacts" a tour of the ellis island immigration museum and 7:00 p.m., david blight and annette gordon reed talk about recent debates over removing historical monday ults. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> earlier today, house speaker nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer held a news conference to discuss negotiations between congress and president trump on additional economic aid in response to the coronavirus pandemic. here's that news conference now. >> good morning, everyone. in anticipation of seeing a proposal finally from the other side of the aisle and other side of pennsylvania avenue, i invited the distinguished leader in the democratic leader in the senate to join us today to have some observation we thought we would have in hand we'll see. we come together on a day that marks for the 18th straight week the 18th straight week more than 1 million people have filed for unemployment claims. we come at a time where we predict we will reach 4 million cases in our country. what's important about that is the steam roller

nnette gordon reed. i'm the president, and i'll be with you for the next couple of days. sorry that the weather was not so great yesterday and some of the people who intended to be here yesterday couldn't be here because of the deluge that took place and prevented people from moving on the eastern seaboard. there are a lot of people i'll thank later on but just to remind you, a lot goes into this kind of an event and many people have worked very, very hard, harder than i've worked, to put all of this together. one of the people who could not be here was frank cogliano, because he got stuck in newark. he'll be here later this evening. his co-chair is here and she's going to say a few words. thank you. [applause] >> welcome. i'm sorry that frank isn't here to join me for this further welcome. just to say how wonderful it is to see everyone here and to work with such an amazing group of people. i especially want to thank annette and frank, my co-chair, robin, without whom we would sees to function, and also to the wonderful program committee, one of whose members is sitting

historians david blight and annette gordon reed talk about recent debates over removing historical monumentsy. tvch on american history today on c-span3. >> >> this is a live picture from the edmund pettus bridge in selma, alabama. we are waiting for representative john lewis's procession, as his body is carried across the bridge for one last time.

i will talk to the historians with ed gordon reed and tim natale. >>> democracies or dictatorships?

of history andk ned gordon reed, finally approving a preponderance of that onel research such slaveowner was thomas jefferson who fathered children with his slave, sally hemmings. continued ton serve him. hypocrisy -- it is more than hypocrisy, it is rape. it is part of the history and the dna of the united states. some of this is not addressed in books. it is veiled by statues. the documentated we are celebrating today as an expression of hope and , that everyone has since enshrined and embrace. but jefferson didn't believe that all men were created equal, as we know. fortunately his words spoke louder than his attitudes. remained -- wes can all agree on this independence day weekend, the expression of the great possibility that this country is supposed to be is still. the only country that was founded on an idea not on race, ash -- nationality or ethnicity. it was founded on an idea. if we have not yet created a perfect union, i think we have created a more perfect union. we should escape from the shadows of statues that say otherwise and continue moving forward. host: harold holzer is

. >> let's bring in professor gordon-reed. she is a history his or the -- historian.history? >> no, it doesn't matter that it's not perfect history. you are going to expect they'll be things that are cone for dramatic license. the important thing i think is for people after they've watched it to find out more. you don't expect everything to be exactly the way it is. >> i have 2 1/2 hours of your time in the theater and our goal over the course of writing it was honor the impulse that made me think it was a musical and to me that was the relentlessness of alexander hamilton and the fact that this is an immigrant narrative in the united states before there's even a united states. and what that means, and so, you have to pare away a lot. i get tweets every day from people who say what about this or it's just john laurens' birthday. all the things i could not fit in the 2 1/2 hours of your time, it's exciting to see people discover that. >> i don't think the purpose of theater or art is to give answers. i think it's to ask deeper questions and different questions than the

artifacts" a tour of the ellis island immigration museum and 7:00 p.m., david blight and annette gordon reedalk about recent debates over removing historical monday ults. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> earlier today, house speaker nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer held a news conference to discuss negotiations between congress and president trump on additional economic aid in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

of history andk ned gordon reed, finally approving a preponderance of that onel research such slaveowneras thomas jefferson who fathered children with his slave, sally hemmings. continued ton serve him. hypocrisy -- it is more than hypocrisy, it is rape. it is part of the history and the dna of the united states. some of this is not addressed in books. it is veiled by statues. the documentated we are celebrating today as an expression of hope and , that everyone has since enshrined and embrace. but jefferson didn't believe that all men were created equal, as we know. fortunately his words spoke louder than his attitudes. remained -- wes can all agree on this independence day weekend, the expression of the great possibility that this country is supposed to be is still. the only country that was founded on an idea not on race, ash -- nationality or ethnicity. it was founded on an idea. if we have not yet created a perfect union, i think we have created a more perfect union. we should escape from the shadows of statues that say otherwise and continue moving forward. host: harold holzer is t

historians david blight and annette gordon reed talk about recent debates over removing historical monuments. exploring the american story. tvch on american history today on c-span3. >> >> this is a live picture from the edmund pettus bridge in selma, alabama. we are waiting for representative john lewis's procession, as his body is carried across the bridge for one last time. with65, lewis walked there martin luther king jr. and others. there were calls to rename the bridge in honor of representative lewis. live coverage here on c-span. [train sounds] [train sounds] [indistinct conversations] [natural sound] [indistinct conversations] ♪ >> and those who are so lucky to share john's warmth and love. thent to begin by thanking lewis family. thank you for sharing john with the world. thank you for accompanying john in selma one last time. even more importantly, thank you for sharing him over and over again. our nation is better off because of john robert lewis. my life is better. selma is better. the nation in the world are better because of john robert lewis. we continue to benefit from his l