murder of latasha harlins" justice, gender, and the origins of the la riots" published by oxford university press. the author is ucla history professor brenda stevenson. professor stevenson, who is latasha harlins? >> guest: a15 year-old african-american girl from south central los angeles living with her grandmother and her aunt and cousins. a freshman and high-school and was killed march 16th 1991 in south-central in a store at the empire liquor market by the shopkeeper. >> host: why was she killed? >> guest: there was the struggle over a bottle of orange juice that cost $1.79. latasha enter the store and we can see this on a video camera at 9:30 a.m. to go to the refrigerated case and picks up a bottle of orange juice and places it in her backpack but the top is protruding out and she walks forward to the counter. the owner immediately asks if she was trying to steal her worn shoes. but she is from south korea and her english is not a good. so there is a heated argument that ensues and the order katchis latasha buys the arm to pull her across the counter to see what is in the backpacking and l

army effectiveness and progress in the vietnam war" oxford university press, 2011. his newest book "westmoreland's war, reassessing american strategy in vietnam," oxford university press, 2014, was recently selected for inclusion on the chief of staff of the army's professional reading list. colonel daddis is also an important -- important to this organization as liaison between the society for military history, region two, and the new york military affairs symposium. welcome, colonel daddis. [ applause ] >> thank you, robert, for the kind introduction and bob for the invitation. i'm not only happy to be here, given new york traffic, i'm also lucky to be here. [ laughter ] as i watched the clock tick away, not only on the palisades as we were driving down from west point but also in the cab trying to get us from the hotel to here, it was a -- it was a close-run thing, as some will say. so, what i thought i would do this evening would be to really start with something that happened last week in the white house. and there was an uproar, as you might have recalled last

this was published by oxford university press in 2006, and actually has a forward by jennifer's mentor, james m. macpherson. so you can tell she comes from a quality line. her second book is actually geared for children, and this fact has won her a special place in the hearts of many of us in the lincoln group who really view the importance of sharing the story of lincoln and his heir, and our nation's history with our youngest americans. that story tells the battle of gettysburg and is called "summer's bloodiest day." jennifer actually right now is working on a book about conscription in the civil war area and the impact of conscription on the civil war north. she has also co-edited an anthology that honors her mentor, professor macpherson. she has talked quite a bit, lectured throughout the country. lincoln's era and the politics of the era, and i'm sure this morning you're going to enjoy her talk. we heard copperheads referenced a lot this morning and this is the expert. having heard her talk on the subject several years ago, i know you're going to find this a very interesting and u

oxford university press, if you are watching, please turn my book into an audio book. >> thank you. >hank you. >> were you able to get the court records of the trial? do they exist? >> excellent question . some of the key pieces of the court records were missing. other good parts were there. what i found is that the court stenographers, such as they were, basically summarized what was going on. and really the best blow by blow accounts are from all of the reporters. i don't know how they did it. it's clearly different reporters at each of new orleans seven newspapers and each is different enough you know somebody different is transcribing it but similar enough to know they are all there. they managed to take down blow by blow accounts that run the next day in the newspaper. those were the best sources for what went on in the courtroom. the court records are good. lots of data about where witnesses lived, good official data. but the newspaper s pas pai spa brought the scenes to life. >> thank you. >> what impact did this case have on the relationship between the creoles of color, the f

oxford university press, if you are watching, please turn my book into an audio book. >> thank you. >hank you. >> were you able to get the court records of the trial? do they exist? >> excellent question . some of the key pieces of the court records were missing. other good parts were there. what i found is that the court stenographers, such as they were, basically summarized what was going on. and really the best blow by blow accounts are from all of the reporters. i don't know how they did it. it's clearly different reporters at each of new orleans seven newspapers and each is different enough you know somebody different is transcribing it but similar enough to know they are all there. they managed to take down blow by blow accounts that run the next day in the newspaper. those were the best sources for what went on in the courtroom. the court records are good. lots of data about where witnesses lived, good official data. but the newspaper s pas pai spa brought the scenes to life. >> thank you. >> what impact did this case have on the relationship between the creoles of color, the f

this was published by oxford university press in 2006, and actually has a forward by jennifer's mentorn tell she comes from a quality line. her second book is actually geared for children, and this fact has won her a special place in the hearts of many of us in the lincoln group who really view the importance of sharing the story of lincoln and his heir, and our nation's history with our youngest americans. that story tells the battle of gettysburg and is called "summer's bloodiest days." jennifer actually right now is working on a book about conscription in the civil war area and the impact of conscription on the civil war north. she has also co-edited an anthology that honors her mentor, professor macpherson.

dred scott, a life on slavery's frontier, published in 2009 by oxford university press.a vandervelde holds the chair at the university of iowa college of law. she served on that faculty since 1985 and has published articles. she regularly lectures in the united states and abroad on topics drawn from her teaching specialties, employment law, rlaw, legal history and she has served as visiting professor or scholar, scholar and residence at the law facu y faculties of law, university of pennsylvania, nyu and university of vienna. her current research centers on the law of the frontier, 1800 to 1857. and she uses in her work the most modern electronic tools. her next book titled redemption songs suing for freedom is based on a discovery in which she participated in, the discovery of nearly 300 freedom suits brought by slaves in the st. vandervelde was, as dorothy just announced, the awardee of the prestigious fellowship 2011. 2011 and 2012, she was a visiting scholar at the american bar foundation and during that time she convened a meeting of experts on the american law inst

covered the publishing and information technology field since 1999 and the former editor of oxford university press and reagan books. to his right is franklin or. he is editor of "the new republic" which is celebrate its centennial in 2014. is editor of insurrections of the mind. founded by herbert crowley and walter lippman in 1940, a new republic a voice to the growing progressive movement and became a leading left wing voice in american politics and culture. frank's international bestseller, how soccer explains the world, has been translated into 27 languages. to his right is esther taylor, welcome. she is a writer and document or filmmaker, author of the people's platform. a new times editors best choice. and finally to my left, or in tiger, welcome. he became ceo of the american booksellers association in 2009. founded in 1900, the aba at book web.org is a not-for-profit trade workstation for independent bookstores. at the aba for 25 years he has worn many hats, associate executive director, chief operating officer and 2013 he was named the person of the year for the role in leading the resear