[inaudible conversations] annette gordon-reed and peter onuf. this is an hour. >> welcome to the free library of philadelphia. i'm representative jim roebuck, and i'm certainly very happy to be here this evening. i'm native philadelphian, i group up in philadelphia, graduated from central high school. but my particular -- [applause] -- my particular focus tonight is on the fact that i went to first college at virginia union university in richmond, from which i received a history degree of honors, and then i did my masters and ph.d at the university of virginia in charlottesville. so i'm a wahoo as they say. subsequent to that, i taught history at drexel university for more years than i like to think about. hitting all the right points here. i worked briefly in the mayor's office as legislative assistant to mayor wilson. and i am chair of the house education committee. the free library is dedicated to advancing hit arrears, guiding learning and inspiring curious it. from it's award-winning author event series to it's thought-provoking programs li

. >> next, a discussion 0 on thomas jefferson with authors annette gordon-reed and peter onuf. this is an hour. >> welcome to the free library of philadelphia. i'm representative jim roebuck, and i'm certainly very happy to be here this evening. i'm native philadelphian, i group up in philadelphia, graduated from central high school. but my particular -- [applause] -- my particular focus tonight is on the fact that i went to first college at virginia union university in richmond, from which i received a history degree of honors, and then i did my masters and ph.d at the university of virginia in charlottesville. so i'm a wahoo as they say. subsequent to that, i taught history at drexel university for more years than i like to think about. hitting all the right points here. i worked briefly in the mayor's office as legislative assistant to mayor wilson. and i am chair of the house education committee. the free library is dedicated to advancing hit arrears, guiding learning and inspiring curious it. from it's award-winning author event series to it's thought-provoking programs li

. >> next, a discussion 0 on thomas jefferson with authors annette gordon-reed and peter onuf. this is an hour. >> welcome to the free library of philadelphia. i'm representative jim roebuck, and i'm certainly very happy to be here this evening. i'm native philadelphian, i group up in philadelphia, graduated from central high school. but my particular -- [applause] -- my particular focus tonight is on the fact that i went to first college at virginia union university in richmond, from which i received a history degree of honors, and then i did my masters and ph.d at the university of virginia in charlottesville. so i'm a wahoo as they.