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http://www.achls.org James Meredith's "Divine" mission. In this presentation of The Massachusetts School of Law's program, Books of Our Times, Dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews Charles W. Eagles on his book, The Price of Defiance: James Meredith and the Integration of Ole Miss. Mr. Eagles is the William F. Winter Professor of History at The University of Mississippi.

http://www.achls.rg James Meredith's unusual background. In this presentation of The Massachusetts School of Law's program, Books of Our Times, Dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews Charles W. Eagles on his book, The Price of Defiance: James Meredith and the Integration of Ole Miss. Mr. Eagles is the William F. Winter Professor of History at The University of Mississippi.

http://www.achls.org The origin of The University of Mississippi's nickname. In this presentation of The Massachusetts School of Law's program, Books of Our Times, Dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews Charles W. Eagles on his book, The Price of Defiance: James Meredith and the Integration of Ole Miss. Mr. Eagles is the William F. Winter Professor of History at The University of Mississippi.

http://www.achls.org In this presentation of The Massachusetts School of Law's program, Books of Our Times, Dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews Charles W. Eagles on his book, The Price of Defiance: James Meredith and the Integration of Ole Miss. Mr. Eagles is the William F. Winter Professor of History at The University of Mississippi. In this excerpt the very different lives of two African Americans in the South during segregation is discussed.

http://www.achls.org "It's not your country that you're fighting for when you go to war, it's your government.". In this presentation of The Massachusetts School of Law's program, Books of Our Times, Dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews American Historian Howard Zinn on his books: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train - A personal History of Our Times, and Failure To Quit - Reflections of an Optimistic Historian.

http://www.achls.org "Freedom of the press belongs to whoever owns the press." In this presentation of the program, Books of Our Times, Dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews American Historian Howard Zinn on his books: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train - A personal History of Our Times, and Failure To Quit - Reflections of an Optimistic Historian.

http://www.achls.org The media has helped to keep the American people ignorant. In this presentation of the program, Books of Our Times, Dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews American Historian Howard Zinn on his books: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train - A personal History of Our Times, and Failure To Quit - Reflections of an Optimistic Historian.

htp://www.achls.org "The Constitution is not a document that favors the economic needs of people." In this presentation of The Massachusetts School of Law's program, Books of Our Times, Dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews American Historian Howard Zinn on his books: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train - A personal History of Our Times, and Failure To Quit - Reflections of an Optimistic Historian.

http://www.achls.org "It is very important that people engage in even the smallest of actions even if they don't seem to bring any immediate results. It's these small actions that build and build and build that eventually come to fruition." In this presentation of The Massachusetts School of Law's program, Books of Our Times, Dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews American Historian Howard Zinn on his books: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train - A personal History of Our Times, and Failure To Quit - Reflections of an Optimistic Historian.

http://www.achls.org There is very little original work that gets done in Congress. In this presentation of the program, Books of Our Times, Dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews Robert G. Kaiser on his book; So Damn Much Money - The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government. Mr. Kaiser is associate editor and senior correspondent of the Washington Post.

http://www.achls.org Money talks more loudly than ever. In this presentation of the program, Books of Our Times, Dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews Robert G. Kaiser on his book; So Damn Much Money - The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government. Mr. Kaiser is associate editor and senior correspondent of the Washington Post.

http://www.achls.org "Something for something". In this presentation of the program, Books of Our Times, Dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews Robert G. Kaiser on his book; So Damn Much Money - The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government. Mr. Kaiser is associate editor and senior correspondent of the Washington Post.

http://achls.org Through the examination of Stalin's library, we see the evolution of a leader trying to understand the premises of his own behavior. In this presentation of the program, Books of Our Times, Dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews Jonathan Brent on his book, Inside the Stalin Archives: Discovering the New Russia. Mr. Brent is the director of YIVO Institute and founder of the Yale University Press's distinguished Annals of Communism series.

http://www.achls.org With paid and unpaid informants everywhere, there was no safe place to turn with questions or dissent in the Soviet Union. In this presentation of the program, Books of Our Times, Dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews Jonathan Brent on his book, Inside the Stalin Archives: Discovering the New Russia. Mr. Brent is the director of YIVO Institute and founder of the Yale University Press's distinguished Annals of Communism series.

http://www.achls.org Joseph Stalin was in some ways perhaps the ultimate rational man. In this presentation of the program, Books of Our Times, Dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews Jonathan Brent on his book, Inside the Stalin Archives: Discovering the New Russia. Mr. Brent is the director of YIVO Institute and founder of the Yale University Press's distinguished Annals of Communism series.