[applause] >> it is a pleasure to be welcoming doctor vincent browne this evening. as it is sometimes the case but not often w that often we are ay welcoming a good friend to the museum here this evening. vince is one of the group of scholars have consulted in the e development of the extraditions for the museum here so long before the shuffle was in the ground into the steel beam in philadelphia. some of these turned into some of the great personal stories in the core exhibition. the charles warren professor of american history and professor of african-american history at harvard university he's the author of the garden that won the james raleigh prius and award. if you have an opportunity to go online, don't do it now on your phone but he's a developer of slave revolt and jamaica 1760, 61 and it is a narrative you can go online and even may be speaking about this during the talk this evening, but it's a great online resource and hopefully will begin to be used by educators and classrooms. he's received a guggenheim fellowships, his documentary in the heart of blac

then we will warmly welcome vincent brown.use for clip] [pause for clip] [applause] >> i did not expect the sizzle reel. now i can lay back and relax. thank you for that lovely introduction. thank you for all the fantastic work you do here at the museum and for inviting me to speak this evening. i want to thank hannah bacher and alex mcclatchey for arranging my appearance here. and ryan david for holding down the tent. it's kind of oncoming for me in a way because consulted early on the museum but also those à Ãbut also because of phil mead one of the curators and he was a graduate student hours at harvard university. i am grateful to be here to support him. [applause] i'm extremely honored to have laurel thatcher or work in the audience. she was instrumental in hiring me and i'm so grateful. i'm grateful you did. i'm honored to be with you here. i'm hoping we can catch a bit of the spirit of revolution together before it's too late. in 1776 great britain's most important american colony was on the verge of infraction. colonis

harvard professor vincent brown chronicles the 18th century for a regal that took place in jamaica.and george mason university professor fh berkeley examines the possibility of states exiting the union. that all starts tonight at 7:15 p.m. eastern, here on booktv. check your program guide for more information. ... lead. >> welcome. the scheduling of this book and panel is certainly timely given the rising crisis with iran. we will get to that subject eventually, but the book entitled "seven pillars" and the discussion is to look more broadly and deeply at the drivers of instability of the middle from yemen to syria to iraq and now with iran

harvard professor vincent brown chronicles the 18th century for a regal that took place in jamaica. and george mason university professor fh berkeley examines the possibility of states exiting the union. that all starts tonight at 7:15 p.m. eastern, here on booktv. check your program guide for more information. ... lead. >> welcome. the scheduling of this book and panel is certainly timely given the rising crisis with iran. we will get to that subject eventually, but the book entitled "seven pillars" and the discussion is to look more broadly and deeply at the drivers of instability of the middle from yemen to syria to iraq and now with iran the region more than ever seems in a permanent state of turmoil and it's become and land of endless wars. despite decades of intense and often well-meaning american attention. u.s. policy had more often than not been a failure. more often than not is too kind. if one accepts that the basic aim was to foster stability and a better life for the people of the region. of course the ones ultimately responsible ot of questions about whether the united

our university story professor vincent brown chronicles the 18th-century slave that took place in jamaicaofessor at h buckley examines the possibility of states exiting the union, that all starts tonight at 7:15 p.m. eastern here onbook tv . check your program guide her more information. >> on our weekly author interview program republican congressman matt gates of florida interviewed republican senator rand paul about his new book case against socialism. there'ssome of their discussion . >> if i'm going to be a successful capitalist and i sell something i'm not caring about my desire, i may want to be successful but i have to hear about what you want, i have to care about everything you want so everything is focus outward towards trying to getyou to accept and buy my services for my product but if i'm a socialist, i really am not caring too much about popular opinion or pleasing a consumer , in fact when we socialize things like healthcare, they just say yes, everybody's going to get it, no longer be bankrupt but you will have to have rationing read don't seem to care you have to wait in