very much very much in terms of this and the williamsburg. people do know beyond right because it's an educational. newsburg is a paid. private museum they do know about the cotton gin they do know about the sewing machine. they do know by the american civil war. they know about obama they know about all that stuff. and they will answer and then come back to 1774 or whatever. i think it has to do with location and the impersonation as much as sticking to what that person would have known so some kind of loose script if in a storytelling event somebody is going to be the famous person thomas jefferson talking about i don't know tony morrison's novel, right? he would never have talked about that in real life. so that would be more of a interpretation versus reenacting because that wouldn't have happened in real life. i think has to with sticking to history to some extent. yes. oh, yes. i wonder if there's any acceptance of people of other races are ethnic groups that just really want to be a reenactor for instance. you know it. or asian or hisp

the williamsburg people do know beyond, because it is educational, williamsburg is a paid, private museum they do know about the american civil war. they know about obama. they know about all of that stuff. they would answer and then come back to 70 74. whatever. it has to do with location and impersonation, as well as sticking to what the person would have known. a smooth script, if and a storytelling events and was put to be the famous person, thomas jefferson talking about tony morrison's a novel, he would never have talked about that in real life. so that would be more of a interpretation versus reenacting. that would not have happened in realize. i think it's sticking to history to some extent. >> i wonder if there is any acceptance of people, other races or ethnic groups, asian, or hispanic, or something, there aren't many of you fighting the civil war. has there been any acceptance or any interest in that? that's an interesting question because some of those would not have been at the civil war, if you are irish you could've been one of the irish troops at the civil war. i have to

go to disney world and he had offered to come to williamsburg instead. he wanted to see this program and he came ready to help here and his wife sarah to free -- i think that just changed everything. because now i'm about to be a father, i'm portraying this character who is about to be a father, i'm relating to this character and every human sort of way, so then it's time for him to things happening. one is i realize to this work, i can help people see a different reality. i can help people, you know, and especially young people think about how we see each other, how we engage with these treasure, how we talk to each other and how we are flesh and blood and human aside from our exits journal diversity. that was one, and the other was this museum stuff might be a good avenue for me to you so that i can procure the world for this daughter them about to be born. and so, that was probably the first moment when i started to really think about this work and the potential impact of the work and not just in terms of personal relationships but how it can be part

for many years was often called first person interpreter at colonial williamsburg. since then as worked at the minnesota historical society and now works as a consultant helping particularly museums, historic sites like ours think about and explore how we tell stories and how we do that together. how do we use these stories to help bring people together. so richard, thanks for being here, and welcome. >> thank you i appreciate the opportunity. look forward to pretty dope conversation today. >> i think -- i hope it will be. and richard, we've known each other for a while. so maybe we'll start off, richard, by talking a little bit about that career at colonial williamsburg. last week we had, on our live stream we had jamar jones, who currently portrays jupiter evans, amongst other people at colonial williamsburg. and jupiter evans was, as you know but for the benefit of everyone watching, was the enslaved man servant of thomas jefferson, and jamar did a fantastic job of portraying jupiter in a way that would reflect, you know, something of the view of the world that j

. >>> richard josie was an interpreter at colonial williamsburg, portraying several characters, including a run-away slave named peter. up next, he tells why it's important to tell history from the african-american perspective and the toll of playing historical characters. today we d josey who's the founder and principal consultant for collective journeys, and he was for many years. he can tell you how long i will i won't do that he can do that, but i can't for many years was a what is often called the first person interpreter at colonial, williamsburg. and since then as worked at the minutes, minnesota historical society, and now works as a consultant helping particularly museums historic sites like ours think about and explore how we tell stories and how we do that together. how do we use these stories to help bring people? together so richard thanks for being here and welcome. thank you. appreciate the opportunity. i'm looking forward to pretty no conversation today. i think i hope it will be and richard we've known each other for for a while. so we'll you know, maybe we'll start off.

richard by talking a little bit about that career at colonial williamsburg, you know last week we had on our live stream. we had a jamar jones who currently portrays jupiter evans as amongst other people at colonial williamsburg and jupiter evans was the as, you know, just for a benefit of everyone watching it was the enslaved man servant of thomas jefferson. he was born the same year as jefferson and jamar did a fantastic job. i think first of showing portraying jupiter in a way that would reflect, you know something of the the view of the world that jupiter would have and then also talking about that. you know, how's that craft work kind of how you got started right and one of those people you betrayed jupiter, but she did a lot of other things too. can you tell us about that experience for you. like what was it like to then put on this clothing take on these the persona of these people from the past and in cases and slaves people so dealing with this context of slavery and race as well. what was what was all that? how'd you get started? and what was those that like sure, you know i

i'll have people from colonial williamsburg comingm>rd#,.c) ou. that also be exciting because hó was -- colonial williamsburg áb so last time he was here was back in 1980 and the site was originally documented by the historic american buildings survey in the 60s. my name's ed chapel. i'm an architectural historian and sometime archaeologists. i work for colonial williamsburg responsible for architectural research architectural history and for a while archeology at clinton. anyway work there 36 years and some change and retired and in. i worked for 36 years and some change and retired in 2016. t one of the principal things that our generation at colonial williamsburg did was to broaden the llfishnet, if you will, to look at regional buildings.. and so wexd know that buildingse have in so williamsburg tell powerful stories, but they don'e tell the whole story because not everything survived.tory so it was our responsibility to try to put back pieces that tela a fuller story, particularly a story that afribmqódár( their race, their slavery. so we mou

i went out to visit her when she had a fellowship at williamsburg one time. and so i teach historical archaeology and i do historical archaeology in the west. but the beginnings of historical archaeology were in the east. so it just really helps to get out to see some of these places. you know, you can read about them and talk about them. but to actually be here is special. so she invited me here to -- just to participate in what she's doing. and african-american archaeology was a real stimulus for us studying the slavery period in the united states. and it really didn't get going until, i think 1969, was the first slave house excavation in florida. so it was a real stimulus for looking at the whole slave experience. so it was a really important thing in the history of the united states and the history of archaeology to document this -- what was going on here. >> what are your impressions of the place where we are now, green hill? >> well, this is the most impressive and extensive site that we have been at. this is the third. and it just goes on and on. and i

we know that buildings we have in williamsburg tel powerfull stories but they don't tell the full story because not everything survived. it was our responsibility to restor, put back pieces that tell the fuller story, especially stories about african americans, race and their slavery. we now have a campaign of 30 years to go into the countryside and study early buildings, particularly slave-related buildings. slave houses for slaves like this one, but also planter houses in green hill in which enslaved people were workers. the whole plantation ensemble, urban ensemble if you will. since i retired, and continuing to do this kind of work. i love to do this to work in the countryside. it is largely overlooked and it tells a powerful story. so we are at green hill, this morning in campbell county. it's a remarkable plantation. green hill is probably the most or has been one of the most intact plantation ensembles from the early 19th century. in virginia, maryland as well. so we were here about 20 years ago, so i am back with this team to look further and try to record more. it's one of the

. >>> richard josie was an interpreter at colonial williamsburg, portraying several characters, including a run-away slave named peter. up next, he tells why it's important to tell history from the african-american perspective and the toll of playing historical characters. today we d josey who's the founder and principal consultant for collective journeys, and he was for many years. he can tell you how long i will i won't do that he can do that, but i can't for many years was a what is often called the first person interpreter at colonial, williamsburg. and since the

host: randy, williamsburg, virginia. a republican.ler: yes, good morning, and thank you for your efforts. i too have started a small business on spalding -- solving problems for those children that are left behind and do not feel stable in their homes or communities. and that all came from a personal injury when i volunteered at a hospital and saw how unhealthy many children were. what i did was i built a custom 50 foot trailer and put 30 stationary bikes that kids -- for kids as young as four years old. i have traveled through 1300 schools and on the most challenged blocks in newport news or richmond, i have found cooperation amongst the business of the corner owners. and i show up and displace them with a 75 foot rig that is there for their children and the family as a whole, mom, dad, cousins, and whoever to come into the rig on their block and enjoy music, exercise, videos, and have fun with concerned people, that is success. i have never had one child of any race blowback at me and have a negative experience in my program. and i

you didn't have to march all the way to the williamsburg bridge. >> 40,000 people, they march.ight. >> it was a very big funeral. >> what good does a funeral do? >> it is to protest. >> that does not bring them back to life. >> no, but now 40,000 people know their names. they have names. it is there immortality. their immortality. >> drink your soup while it is hot. >> who were these women? these children who die in the triangle fire. did i know them? but i go to the funeral. the whole world goes to the funeral. now because they die, it's already to be a new law. the door is to be opened in a factory and widows are not to be locked. and because it was a saturday, no union, now thousands will come and join the union. 40,000 people, they marched. it is respect. >> tomorrow you will go with the brody to the doctor. >> jenny, you are so practical. >> is chicken. where are you studying it? don't you recognize the chicken? >> brody is right. when a poor man gets chicken and one gets sick, the man or a chicken? ♪ >> you can put your things on now. are you a relative? >> no, a friend.

using examples from known colonial williamsburg, talks about how history is interpret said through costumes. and enjoy american history tv every weekends on c-span 3. >>> on facebook and dak dorsey talk about combatting misinformation before a commerce virtual hearing. watch live at noon eastern on c-span 3 or listen on the free c-span radio app. >>> congresswoman, ayanna pressly sat down with former mayor of san juan, puerto rico, to see how they can best effect change in a post pandemic and how the pandemic has effected the homeless crisis. >> today, it is my pleasure to welcome all of you to our inaugural town hall at mount holeio college. i'm professor of english at the kennedy foundation. a warm welcome to our campus community, students, staff, faculty. to our world wide network of alums too, neighbors in our local communities. to friends of mt. holy oak throughout massachusetts. i want to made known the fact that we've made spanish translation available. and access can be found available in the chat. we would like to begin the important event by acknowledging that those of us in weste

so i found this place through a coworker and mentor of mine who has -- originally he worked in williamsburg, so he did documentation there, and now he works for a private architectural firm practice. but he knew about the site and told me that it's one that he knew i would want to check out. >> so he's here today. can you tell us what the two of you are going to do? >> his name is mark winger and this site is special because it has a sub floor pit. a sub floor pit is essentially a hole in the ground and you find them in slave spaces and they are in front of the fireplace or hearth and they were used for both as root cellars but also for storage of personal items that the enslaved people may have had. and they range in size and shape and there's a wide variety of them. some are wood-lined, some are brick-lined, some are just holes, just dirt. so this one is special because this building is raised on piers, and part of it is above the ground because it is on piers. today, in addition to 3d laser scanning the building, we're also going to open the pit, to protect the pit, the floorboards were

we've got williamsburg, we've got pennsylvania, we've got virginia, savannah georgia, of course d.c.. we've got palm desert california, excellent, so we've got the country covered. this is terrific. well, let's talk about you a little bit. the closest i get to fame, you know, most people think i'm related to the famous football coach, which i always say is a distant uncle. not sure how distant. but you are great great grandmother was madam c.j. walker. so you must have been famous growing up as a kid in indianapolis. >> so my great great grandmother, madam c.j. walker who founded this amazing hair care company was the person -- the place my mother went to work every day. my mother was the vice president of the madam c.j. walker manufacturing company. she was born on a plantation in delta, louisiana right up to the civil war. lots of's civil records in the national archives and developed a hair care product and then became a millionaire and a philanthropist employed thousands of women. so her story is pretty amazing and praise the american rags to riches story. >> absolutely. i want to

found this place through a co-worker and mentor of mine who has the originally he worked at 21 williamsburg and so he did documentation through there. and now he he's architectural historian and now works for a private architectural firm practice. he knew about the site and told me that it's one that i knew he knew i wanted to check out. so he's here today. could you tell us what the two of you were going to do? yes, so his name is mark wenger, and this site is special because it has a subfloor pit. so a subfloor pit is a hole in the ground and you find them in enslaved spaces and they are in front of the place or hearth and they were used for both as root cellars but also for storage of personal items that the enslaved people may have had and they range and size and shape and there's just a wide variety of them. some are woodlined. some are brick lined. some are just you know, just holes just dirt. but so this one is special because this building is raised on peers. so this one is stone-lined and part of it as above the ground because the building is raised on piers. and so today in additi

if you are a bearded nihilist living in williamsburg brooklyn with a degree in gender study from oberlinounds convenient but if you're an immigrant running a dry cleaners it doesn't sound great. do you care s most of all about your family can we desperately need your business. the democratic party is at risk of losing voters like this. look at the last election results carefully. at this point, the media's jober is to remind these voters they need to stay in the democratic party because the real enemy is straight white men, so that's what they are doing. >> i keep thinking of thatg domestic terror alert and warning that we got shortly after the insurrection, it warmed us that until the end of april we would be living under a heightened threat of violent extremism from a combination of whitena supremacists and extremists who are angry about the election results because of r donald trump's big live but alst because of covert restrictions, i wonder if you could speak to the intersection of that group we were warned about publicly in the targeting of asian-americans. >> tucker: white suprema

richard shows he was an interpreter of african american history at colonial williamsburg, portraying several characters including a runaway slave named peter. up next, he discusses why it's important to tell history from the african-american perspective and talks about the emotional toll of portraying historical characters. thomas jefferson's monte carlo provided this video. >> all right, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to mount to tell -- livestream today. today, we have with us richard shows he, who is the founder and principal consultant for collected journeys and

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and williamsburg there is u.s. -- busch gardens." alright mom, on video. give me a smile. hi, mom. >> reporter: and newport news turned out to be the place. >> that was it. newport news put us smack dab in the middle of everything that we wanted. >> reporter: so she's thinking about the kids, huh? >> specifically about the kids. she said, "if i want our kids to grow up, don't you think that we should give them excitement and fun every day?" >> reporter: and you said? >> i can't argue with that. 'cause i would love nothing more. wow, this place is gorgeous, isn't it? there's the carousel. i told you. >> reporter: if the home videos from 2009 are to be believed, the move from michigan to virginia was working. >> like busch gardens? yeah. >> best place on earth. >> reporter: doug had found a job as a truck driver. and home was an apartment on the ninth floor of this building. >> she wanted to live in a skyscraper. it had always been a dream of hers. >> reporter: so things were okay, if you look back at may 2009? >> things were better than okay. they were better than -- it was

using examples from colonial williamsburg and civil war battlefield reenactments. she explores how history is interpreted through period costumes the library of congress american folklife center hosted this event and provided the video. hi there, everyone welcome. i'm betsy peterson the director of the american folklife center here at the library of congress and on behalf of the staff and everyone. i want to welcome you and i also for the record one and to be reflected that we do have pretty much a full house moving into

this is your crowd it's like if you open a store that sells monocles and artisanal pickles in williamsburgng there, you're not going to do better in, like, staten island but the only truly unifying thing at cpac, the beating heart of modern conservatism, were the dumb, invented culture war grievances, as evidenced by their complaints about total nonsense, like the muppets and mr. potato head. >> this month alone they've banned the muppets >> you see last week they tried to cancel kermit the frog and mr. potato head? you see that >> look out, mr. potato head you're next. >> seth: i mean, i guess i would be concerned about mr. potato head if i answered to mr. blockhead. i mean, matt gaetz's head has sharper corners than military sheets also, that's really what you think americans care about amid a pandemic, an economic crash -- the muppets and mr. potato head? my kids don't even care about the muppets and mr. potato head. they want to watch fortnite streams on twitch. even though i have been trying to get them into the new online ocean master you get tiles for every reef you explore, and the

. >> mary in new mexico, from williamsburg, new mexico, independent line. you're next, hello. >> good morning. in regards to andrew cuomo in this situation, i remember watching andrew cuomo on cnn al waring chris coroncuomo's show durings the initial coronaviru when chris cuomo was ill, and he ittha from his house, and governor cuomo was calling him in, and they were having a big show, and i keep remembering that governor cuomo kept and mentioning the fact t that he w single and that he didn't really have anyone in his life at that point and that he had to go outd all by himself jogging and that he was -- he kind of indicated that he was looking for femalese he kept saying it, you know, in many interviews with his brother, and i kept wondering why iss the governor of new yor talking about, you know, needing a woman or a girlfriend or sort of indicating that?to it was odd. re and howlegation do you relato thela allegations? >> oh, because i relate that to the fact that he seemed asot san though he was trying to t find girlfriend. i'm not saying that that mak

using examples from known colonial williamsburg, talks about how history is interpret said through costumes. and enjoy american history tv every weekends on c-span 3. >>> on facebook and dak dorsey talk about combatting misinformation before a commerce virtual hearing. watch live at noon eastern on c-span 3 or listen on the free c-span radio app. >>> congresswoman, ayanna pressly sat down with former mayor of san juan, puerto rico, to see how they can best effect change in a post pandemic and how the pandemic has effected the homeless crisis. >> today, it is my pleasure to welcome all of you to our inaugural town hall at mount holeio college. i'm professor of english at the kennedy foundation. a warm welcome to our campus community, students, staff, faculty. to our world wide network of alums too, neighbors in our local communities. to friends of mt. holy oak throughout massachusetts. i want to made known the fact that we've made spanish translation available. and access can be found available in the chat. we would like to begin the important event by acknowledging that those of us in weste

my parents likewise took us to harpers ferry and other historic sides, like williamsburg, that's what we did as a family. so i always had his interest in history. certainly never thought i would end up teaching history. i was going to law school, that was my path until my fourth year, i took a pass failed class by this guy named ed air and everything changed at that moment when i realized that i could do this and not just be a lawyer. so that was my path to the civil war. >> that's great. and you teach at the university of virginia. the director at the civil war history museum. and you did your undergrad and graduate work at uva. i return >> a return to uva, spent 12 years at purdue, then i'm back uva and teaching courses on both the civil war and civil war memory among many other courses. >> great, thanks. to me commonly. >> john, thank you so much for having me. i am very excited to be a part of this panel. so, my interest in the history of the civil war also started with family tradition. my family is has fought in every war since the civil war and i just comes from a military fami

my parents likewise took us to harpers ferry and other historic sites williamsburg. we that's what we did as a family. so i always as a family. so i always had an interest in history. certainly never thought i would end up teaching history. i was going to law school. that was my path until my fourth year. i took a pass/fail class by this guy named ed ayers. and everything changed at that moment when i realized that that i could do this and not just be a lawyer. so that that was my path to the civil war. that's great and you teach at the university of virginia? yes our director of the nell center for civil war history. that's correct. and you did your undergrad and graduate work at uva. i did i did so i have returned to uva. i spent 12 years at purdue and now i am back at uva running the now center and teaching courses on on both the civil war and civil war memory among many other courses. great. thanks, tamika nunley. john thank you so much for having me. i'm very excited to be a part of this panel. so history my interest in the history of the civil war also started

host: mary in new mexico, from williamsburg, new mexico on the independent line.aller: good morning. in regards to andrew cuomo and the situation i remember watching andrew cuomo on cnn during chris cuomo's shows during the initial coronavirus when chris cuomo was ill and he was doing it and governor cuomo was calling him in and they were having a big show. i keep remembering that governor cuomo kept mentioning the fact that he was single and that he didn't really have anyone in his life at that point and that he had to go out by himself jogging and that he kind of indicated that he was looking for females. he kept saying it in many interviews with his brother. i kept wondering why the governor of new york was talking about needing a woman or a girlfriend or indicating that, it was awed. host: how do you relate that to the allegations after caller: i relate that to the fact that he seems as though he was trying to find a girlfriend. i'm not saying that makes the connection that he did something bad to other women, i'm just saying i have never seen a politician go

motivations and objectives of living history professionals and hobbyists, using examples from colonial williamsburg and civil war battlefield reenactments, she explores how history is interpreted through period classrooms. watch tonight beginning at 8 pm eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. on thursday facebook ceo, mark zuckerberg, sundar pichai, and jack dorsey testify on combatting online misinformation before a subcommittee virtual hearing. watch live at noon eastern on c-span 3, online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. a number of advocates and public health officials testified on ending domestic violence before the house education and labor subcommittee on civil rights and

using examples from colonial williamsburg and battle reenactments, he explores how history is exploredgh custom. enjoy american tv every weekend on c-span3 -- american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >> on wednesday, president biden has his first news conference since taking office -- on thursday, president biden has his first news conference since taking office. watch live on c-span. host: we want to get your comments about your top policy issues. democrats call in at 202-748-8000, republicans at 202-748-8001, and all others at 202-748-8002. send us a text if you would like at 202-748-8003. a couple of democratic senators who threatened to withhold support for either nominees, this is the latest. senators back off the valve -- off the valve. b --ack off -- back off the vow to withhold support of by the nominees. tammy duckworth and mary her mono had lashed out earlier in the day at the lack of asian-american and pacific islander representation in biden's cabinet. they would withhold nominees into the issue is addressed. senator duckworth said she would not stand in the way of qua

host: randy, williamsburg, virginia. a republican.r: yes, good morning, and thank you for your efforts. i too have started a small business on spalding -- solving problems for those children that are left behind and do not feel stable in their homes or communities. and that all came from a personal injury when i volunteered at a hospital and saw how unhealthy many children were. what i did was i built a custom 50 foot trailer and put 30 stationary bikes that kids -- for kids as young as four years old. i have traveled through 1300 schools and on the most challenged blocks in newport news or richmond, i have found cooperation amongst the business of the corner owners. and i show up and displace them with a 75 foot rig that is there for their children and the family as a whole, mom, dad, cousins, and whoever to come into the rig on their block and enjoy music, exercise, videos, and have fun with concerned people, that is success. i have never had one child of any race blowback at me and have a negative experience in my program. and i ca

revisit this later in the program if you don't it in in this segment we will hear from barry in williamsburgvirginia, democratic line, go ahead. >> good morning. i can't see why republicans, they didn't complain for four years under trump. and now they are going to start complaining about this? what gets me is the way that we manipulated south america for all of these years for the benefit of the big oil corporations and other corporations. we never allowed south america to ever become a vibrant nation because we keep slapping sanctions on everything and breaking the country and tearing them up and keeping them small and poor. so, eventually that's what we've got to do. look at europe. there's a lot of rich countries all around that one area. here all we have got is canada, mexico, and us. something has to be done to keep the people in their own countries. host: linda, good morning. caller: i think that where the fences aren't built, they ought to build big things, the kids who are thrown away from their parents, they can be adopted either on this side or on the mexican side. thank you. that

richard josey was an interpreter of african-american history at colonial williamsburg for trying several characters, including a runaway slave named peter up next he discusses why it's

richard josey was an interpreter of african-american history at colonial williamsburg for trying several characters, including a runaway slave named peter up next he discusses why it's important to tell history from the african-american perspective and talks about the emotional toll of portraying historical characters thomas. jefferson's monticello provided this video. all right, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to monticello's live stream today. today we have with us richard josey who's the founder and principal consultant for collective journeys, and he was for many years. he can tell you how long i will i won't do that he can do that, but i can't