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Tabletop Role-playing Games with Jeremy, Elisabeth, and Zach
Join Jeremy, Elisabeth, and Zach as we discuss the world of tabletop role-playing games! We get into what classifies a game as a tabletop role-playing game, what it’s like to play them, and how you could get involved with local groups.
Did you know many public libraries have TTRPG available? And that many have TTRPG clubs that meet regularly?
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Serving the Underserved: Library Services for the Incarcerated and Newly Released
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This webinar provides tools and methods to assist librarians in offering library services to Mississippians who are incarcerated or newly released from a correctional facility.
Let's Review some CANVA apps!
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There is a lot that can be done in Canva once you know the basics. Follow us down this rabbit hole to explore useful apps that are available through Canva, like Giphy, Pixabay, QR Code, and You Tube. The class will cover how to use the apps and how to apply them in your graphics and videos.
Take a Behind the Scenes Tour of Talking Book Services at MLC
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Thanks to a partnership with the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS), the Mississippi Library Commission serves as a free public library service for eligible Mississippi residents of all ages and for institutions that serve these individuals, such as schools, hospitals, or living facilities. This free library program allows patrons to receive digital audio, braille, ...
20 Years of Librarianship 101
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Join Lacy, Sharon, and Alex as they discuss Lib 101, a professional development program for librarians in Mississippi. They discuss what participants can expect, their past experiences, and how it has benefited them the most in their professional careers. Photos in the video were taken from the past 10 years of training.
Program Planning
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Planning is key to producing programs that run smoothly and efficiently. This webinar provides strategies & tips for covering all the bases before the program happens.
Spooky Reads 2024
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Join J.D., Kristina, Charlie, and Zach as they discuss some of their favorite spooky reads as we head into this Halloween season. Books Mentioned: Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson If it Bleeds by Stephen King Salem’s Lot by Stephen King The Shinning by Stephen King One Second After by William R. Forstche...
The Happy Library Signage Part 2
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Following up to our earlier webinar on signage, we'll be going more in-depth into the do's and don'ts of creating effective, attractive signage your patrons will notice. Suggested pre-viewing: Happy Library: Signage to Welcome Your Patrons, also available on this channel.
Would you rather... part 2
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Join Charlie, Zach, J.D., and Russel as they play a little game of Would You Rather, with book and reading preferences! Would you rather secretly love a book everyone else hates, or secretly hate a book everyone else loves? Stay tuned to find out!
Short Form Video Using Canva
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Learn how to create vertical, short form videos for Facebook stories, Instagram Stories, UA-cam Shorts and other social media in Canva with Kristina Kelly, MLC's Public Relations Coordinator. She'll also cover customizing templates to fit your library’s brand and creating your own templates, and repurposing the content you’ve used to make flyers to video. 2:06 Using a Mobile Video Template. Thi...
Fast and Furious Facebook Management: An Introduction to Meta Business Suite
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Learn how to remodel your clunker Facebook page into your social media dream ride with our latest webinar by Kristina Kelly, MLC's Public Relations Coordinator and Elisabeth Scott, MLC's Reference and Social Media Librarian. Whether you’re just starting out as an admin or you want to rehaul your whole system, they have the tips and tricks you need to make your Facebook page a Grand Prix winner....
Emerging Trends in Librarianship
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The methods and strategies we employ to meet our communities’ needs are constantly evolving. Join Lacy, MLC's Lead Library Consultant for an exploration of the latest trends shaping modern libraries and their services.
Hosting A Swap
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Looking for a low-cost, interactive program that‘ll draw people in to your library? Hosting a community swap is a great way to reach new patrons and make a big impact with a tiny budget. Sharon Davis, MLC's Library Development Director, covers the basics of how they work and provides some ideas to get you started.
LSTA State Grants Workshop 2024
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This workshop will cover the basics of MLC's federal subgrant program, the subgrant reimbursement process, and tips on how to develop a comprehensive narrative when completing an application. This is a recording of the workshop that took place July 18, 2024. Important links: www.mlc.lib.ms.us/ms-libraries/grants/grants-state-aid-grant-program/ www.mlc.lib.ms.us/grants-library-services-and-techn...
Would you rather... Book edition
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Join Charlie, Alex, Megan, and Maddie as they play a little game of Would You Rather, with book and reading preferences! Would you rather secretly love a book everyone else hates, or secretly have a book everyone else loves?
Using Canva for Library Flyers and Signage
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Using Canva for Library Flyers and Signage
Stacks & Stories Popcast - Adventure Books
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Stacks & Stories Popcast - Adventure Books
Programming Basics
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Programming Basics
Readers' Advisory: Cozy Mysteries for Adults
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Readers' Advisory: Cozy Mysteries for Adults
Community Partnerships for Lasting Impact
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Community Partnerships for Lasting Impact
Collection Assessment & Weeding with Tracy
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Collection Assessment & Weeding with Tracy
Large Print Extended Loan Services with Alex
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Large Print Extended Loan Services with Alex
Finding Families: An Introduction to Genealogy Research
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Finding Families: An Introduction to Genealogy Research
Creativebug: Crafting New Programs with Alex
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Creativebug: Crafting New Programs with Alex
Adventure Begins at Your Library: Teens & Middle-Graders | SLP 2024
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Adventure Begins at Your Library: Teens & Middle-Graders | SLP 2024
Adventure Begins at Your Library: Adults & Seniors | SLP 2024 with Brianna Williams
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Adventure Begins at Your Library: Adults & Seniors | SLP 2024 with Brianna Williams
SLP Presenter Showcase
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SLP Presenter Showcase
Adventure Begins at Your Library: Early Literacy | SLP 2024 with Dee Hare
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Adventure Begins at Your Library: Early Literacy | SLP 2024 with Dee Hare
Adventure Begins at Your Library: Children K-5th | SLP 2024 with Brooke
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Adventure Begins at Your Library: Children K-5th | SLP 2024 with Brooke
MLC Services for Schools with Tracy
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MLC Services for Schools with Tracy

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  • @churrritto
    @churrritto 16 днів тому

    This is so, so, so helpful! Thank you for making this information digestible.

  • @melvinsmitherman3284
    @melvinsmitherman3284 23 дні тому

    Very well done on the tour! The Library sure looks different when it has been organized like it should be, I am impressed! I worked there for 15 years, and it looks a lot different now than it did. When I volunteered, I wish I could come back and help again!

  • @CamiFlenar
    @CamiFlenar Місяць тому

    Absolutely LOVE all the cat pics throughout!! <3

  • @MSLibraryCommission
    @MSLibraryCommission 2 місяці тому

    As a follow up to using short form video, you can do a further deep dive on UA-cam shorts at ua-cam.com/users/liveZYqbQjwVE50?si=FSQxyIYJtDLkQg6W.

  • @victoriachase9550
    @victoriachase9550 2 місяці тому

    Great presentation

  • @TARAHARPERS4444DELIVERINGTRUTH
    @TARAHARPERS4444DELIVERINGTRUTH 4 місяці тому

    Lmao mine was pink also. But definitely not a ghost😅

  • @shelliezeigler2414
    @shelliezeigler2414 5 місяців тому

    An easy-to-follow tutorial! Great job, Kristina.

  • @Mr.MikeJones-sj4wn
    @Mr.MikeJones-sj4wn 5 місяців тому

    Great video. Thanks for putting it together.

  • @winlou7634
    @winlou7634 6 місяців тому

    I work in a library in Canada-- this will be wonderfully helpful to communicate with our hard of hearing patrons. Thank you!

    • @MSLibraryCommission
      @MSLibraryCommission 6 місяців тому

      We're so glad to help! You might like our video on Deaf resources and programming that we did last year, too. ua-cam.com/video/zXcbOfoO2MU/v-deo.htmlsi=fM8uHqjpKJw4BQR-

  • @MorganHedglin
    @MorganHedglin 6 місяців тому

    Love this! Lots of people ask me for cozy mystery recs and the ones I tend to gravitate towards are not so cozy so this was helpful.

    • @shelliezeigler2414
      @shelliezeigler2414 6 місяців тому

      Oh, that makes me so happy!! I'm so delighted it was helpful. :)

  • @stacyhull2480
    @stacyhull2480 8 місяців тому

    So awesome!! I can't wait to get my card.

  • @nadiavelasquez2599
    @nadiavelasquez2599 8 місяців тому

    Very informative, thank you!

  • @Shadowcat1954
    @Shadowcat1954 9 місяців тому

    Excellent documentation.

  • @NOLAZACK
    @NOLAZACK 10 місяців тому

    Is there a way to get in contact Miranda?

    • @MSLibraryCommission
      @MSLibraryCommission 10 місяців тому

      Hi, @nolazack! Thank you for reaching out to MLC. We would be happy to help you with any genealogy questions you might have. You can send us an email at mlcref@mlc.lib.ms.us or give us a call at 601-432-4492. We look forward to hearing from you.

  • @thedinosaurexperience
    @thedinosaurexperience 10 місяців тому

    Thank you for inviting us along. Looking forward to working with you guys.

  • @paulietteburnett7270
    @paulietteburnett7270 10 місяців тому

    Terrica Williams Taft

  • @TamaraBlackwell-b5l
    @TamaraBlackwell-b5l Рік тому

    Great webinar with some excellent ideas. Thanks Lacy!

  • @granthalaypremilibrarytech9698

    Very good information about RA Thanks a lot Actually my research topic on reader advisory services in University knowledge resources centres of India so please recommend related study materials like books and journals please co-operate and suggest

    • @MSLibraryCommission
      @MSLibraryCommission Рік тому

      We would be happy to recommend some books. Please send us a request at mlcref@mlc.lib.ms.us. Thank you!

  • @tanelise4673
    @tanelise4673 Рік тому

    Thanks for keeping it real!!!!

  • @Jstreamssr
    @Jstreamssr Рік тому

    Having a difficult time locating the burial place of my grandfather, William Henry Streams (died 1902) maybe in SC.

    • @MSLibraryCommission
      @MSLibraryCommission Рік тому

      We could look into this a bit more if you would like. Shoot us an email at mlcref@mlc.lib.ms.us.

  • @alt-enter237
    @alt-enter237 Рік тому

    Very useful! Thank you!

  • @francesmeadows4899
    @francesmeadows4899 Рік тому

    Thank you!

  • @SouthMSRegionalLibrary
    @SouthMSRegionalLibrary Рік тому

    ENJOYED THE CLASS! VERY INFORMATIVE AND NEEDED!! SHIRLEY ECHOLS, MARION/COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRARY, COLUMBIA, MS

  • @glossaria2
    @glossaria2 Рік тому

    THANK YOU! This was really well-done. ILL looks as complicated to describe in ASL as it is to describe to hearing patrons. And I laughed when she gave up and spelled "database." 🤣

  • @FGCOUNCIL
    @FGCOUNCIL Рік тому

    Excellent Presentation Ms. Ruth!!

  • @obgfoster
    @obgfoster Рік тому

    I have been a public services librarian for 30 years, and landed a job where I have to catalog. This was very useful. I've been copy cataloging for 6 months & now starting to derive and create. You answered several questions for me.

  • @SouthMSRegionalLibrary
    @SouthMSRegionalLibrary Рік тому

    THANK YOU!! SHIRLEY ECHOLS, CIRCULATION CLERK SUPERVISOR, MARION COUNTY/COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRARY

  • @SouthMSRegionalLibrary
    @SouthMSRegionalLibrary Рік тому

    THIS TRAINING IS MUCH NEEDED IN OUR AREA, TO HELP THE SPECIAL NEEDS. EVEN IN THE SCHOOLS, THE ADMINISTRATION/TEACHERS NEED THIS TYPE OF TRAINING. SHIRLEY ECHOLS, CIRCULATION CLERK SUPERVISOR OF MARION COUNTY/COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRARY!!

  • @reidshe
    @reidshe Рік тому

    Great Program, excited to see how our Excel by 5 and MFWC Club, Cosmopolitan Club, can help our Petal Library!! Great ideas thank you for including your Excel by 5 with your library, everyone with a Excel program and MFWC club in their town should seek their help in promoting these programs in your community!!

  • @coltonb3210
    @coltonb3210 Рік тому

    I hope you know right now… nobody is gonna join your program ok?

  • @salavejka
    @salavejka Рік тому

    Excellent intro! Thank you very much!

  • @ResidualSelfImage
    @ResidualSelfImage Рік тому

    My weekly public library LEGO session normally about 40 participants 25 kids/15 care givers. - but the participation level varies from 18 to 68 participants per week.

  • @avery3009
    @avery3009 2 роки тому

    heck yeah good picks, Utena, Evangelion, Princess Tutu and Angel's Egg are all part of my top 10 anime

  • @katiescarlett2539
    @katiescarlett2539 2 роки тому

    Thank you so much for this! I got a new job and was immediately given some original cataloging. The last time I cataloged was in school and I've been stressing out about it. This was a lifesaver!

  • @kmcdouall
    @kmcdouall 2 роки тому

    Great to see librarians taking an interest!

  • @aliciadallas7616
    @aliciadallas7616 2 роки тому

    I love the idea of offering storytime outside of regular work hours.

  • @vivisunset89
    @vivisunset89 2 роки тому

    This was very informative and I too would like to see a second part. 😁

  • @melvinsmitherman3284
    @melvinsmitherman3284 2 роки тому

    MLC is getting BETTER,I enjoyed this video.

  • @gracieela1533
    @gracieela1533 2 роки тому

    I love this video so much, but I lost it at interlibrary loan. 🤣 Much love

  • @ashboo28
    @ashboo28 2 роки тому

    Such a good and fun podcast episode!

  • @kevincallahan7907
    @kevincallahan7907 2 роки тому

    I need legal help in Jackson county Mississippi. I have the largest amount of lawsuits against deputies and all upper command. Also against the chancery court. The clerks. And Judge Harris. And every other person in the building with an oath of office that talked about me behind closed doors to facilitate this obscene amount of violations against their oaths. Your constitutions. And my God given rights protected by the constitutions. That are protected by these people who signed Oaths to protect everyones rights. I have state and federal suits and claims. You won’t even believe the complete line up. The amount of different people trying to outsmart me. But also running from me right now. I’ve been held against my will in my sheriffs department trying to follow up on the list of complaints I filed of multiple employees of mine. For several different assaults and various other days of taking my property. This is not a one day issue with one person. I can link this between three or more departments. Over 50 staff of Jackson county. This is huger than any story. And it includes congressman candidate Mike Ezell. I’m running out of time. I promise im not wasting yours

    • @MSLibraryCommission
      @MSLibraryCommission 2 роки тому

      Thanks for your question, Kevin. We recommend this list of pro bono resources from the Mississippi Bar: www.msbar.org/for-the-public/pro-bono-resources/. Please contact our Reference Department if you have any further questions. Thank you for using MLC as a source for information!

  • @merompubliclibrary9569
    @merompubliclibrary9569 2 роки тому

    You only need to reference Adults or change the content title.

    • @MSLibraryCommission
      @MSLibraryCommission 2 роки тому

      Thanks for the suggestion! We wanted people to know that the needs of older adults were also addressed in this webinar.

  • @cuppajavaplease
    @cuppajavaplease 2 роки тому

    I would also like to see a part 2 to this video! This is excellent information.

  • @karlburkhalter1502
    @karlburkhalter1502 2 роки тому

    Pure Marxist Revisionism. How about a debate?

  • @karlburkhalter1502
    @karlburkhalter1502 2 роки тому

    The so called “Lost Cause Myth” is a pejorative created by post 60’s historians to discredit any defense of Southern history. “Lost Cause Myth” is itself a myth driven by those who are more committed to ideology than history. Conveniently the myth of the “Lost Cause Myth” was fabricated after all primary source witnesses were long gone and were not around to refute it. And it is not a coincidence that the myth of the “Lost Cause Myth” arose during the 60’s and 70’s when Marxist style analysis was first in vogue in the universities. Now it has a firm grip on the History Discipline in the wake of a second wave of neo-Marxist influence called postmodernism that began in the 80’s due to the influence of certain Marxist French intellectuals and continues in vogue to this day. “Lost Cause” is a PC weapon to shut down debate by discrediting any pro-South defense. A history professor long considered an expert on slavery was Eugene Genovese. He was a Marxist himself (until he got smart) and yet realized the terrible dishonesty that was occurring: “To speak positively about any part of the Southern tradition is to draw charges of being a racist and an apologist for slavery and segregation. We are witnessing a cultural and political atrocity, an increasing campaign by academic elites to strip young white and arguably black Southerners of their heritage.” Massey Lectures at Harvard University. Another academic historian who witnessed the takeover of our universities had this warning. Dr. Ludwell Johnson, Professor of History Emeritus, College of William and Mary: “Various theoretical ‘isms’ arriving from Europe in the 1960’s still endanger the very existence of what has so long been thought of as history… Of all fields of scholarship, history is perhaps most attractive and vulnerable to Political Correctness. It decrees that some things should be accepted without question - otherwise the elaborate machinery of academic control and social hostility will exact their full measure of retribution on the dissenter… Readers with special interest in the period of the Civil War need to be particularly alert because the South and Southerners offer many tempting Targets to the holier-than-thou.” You sir would do well to heed their warnings. Even neo-Con historians have made strange bedfellows with the radical Leftist historians. They spew the same skewed narrative only for a different reason. Where the Leftists use the Civil War as a poster war for the civil rights movement, the neo-Cons use it to promote American Exceptionalism, wherein a great humanitarian crusade was carried out by the US Gov’t to free slaves from an evil South. Both sides of the political spectrum spew fictitious history by suppressing much in the primary source material that discounts their ideologically driven historical narrative. A recent survey revealed that the radical Left controls administration and professorships in our universities at an 11:1 ratio. In the history discipline that balloons to a 33:1 ratio! That is not by accident. The universities, and in particular the history departments, have become indoctrination centers for the radical Left who hope to dislodge western civilization from its history of a Judeo- Christian ethic and capitalist economic system. In order to do so, they must first vilify western history as oppressive and evil. The “long march through the institutions” as envisioned by Antonio Gramcsi is well underway! You should listen to this interview with a former Harvard Professor and think hard about with whom you’ve joined forces: ua-cam.com/video/wLoG9zBvvLQ/v-deo.html And I highly recommend you read the following paper: mises-media.s3.amazonaws.com/16_2_4.pdf?file=1&type=document

  • @karlburkhalter1502
    @karlburkhalter1502 2 роки тому

    “One argument used by those wanting to remove Confederate statues is that contemporary blacks had little chance to oppose them when they were erected. Aside from anecdotal evidence that blacks joined white crowds to observe the dedication ceremonies, one example in Mississippi provides undeniable evidence of explicit high-level black support. In 1890 the Mississippi legislature voted on a bill to appropriate $10,000 for a Confederate monument. The vote in the lower chamber was 57-to-41 in favor. All six black representatives voted “yea.” One, John F. Harris, made a supporting speech excerpted below prior to the vote: ‘Mr. Speaker! I have risen here in my place to offer a few words on the bill…I was sorry to hear the speech of the young gentleman from Marshall County. I am sorry that any son of a soldier should go on record as opposed to the erection of a monument in honor of the brave dead. And, sir, I am convinced that had he seen what I saw at Seven Pines and in the Seven Days’ fighting around Richmond, the battlefield covered with the mangled forms of those who fought for their country and for their country’s honor, he would not have made that speech….When the news came that the South had been invaded, those men went forth to fight for what they believed, and they made no requests for monuments…But they died, and their virtues should be remembered.’ Sir, I went with them. I too wore the gray, We stayed four long years, and if that war had gone on till now I would have been there yet….I want to honor those brave men who died for their convictions.” He knew about Devil's Punchbowl, do you?

  • @karlburkhalter1502
    @karlburkhalter1502 2 роки тому

    Debate this man.ua-cam.com/video/PHT6T-nyNfE/v-deo.html

  • @karlburkhalter1502
    @karlburkhalter1502 2 роки тому

    The popular narrative remembers Abraham Lincoln as “the Great Emancipator. However, many who had a true dedication to the well being of the black race knew better. H. Ford Douglas, a black man and a radical abolitionist living in Illinois, saw Lincoln as an advocate of white supremacy and an opponent of equality for African Americans. On July 4, 1860 he made a speech at Framingham, Massachusetts to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. In that speech he exposes the Republican nominee’s views on race and slavery. Here are some interesting excerpts: “John Quincy Adams said, twenty years ago, that ‘the preservation, propagation and perpetuation of slavery is the vital animating spirit of the national government,’ and this truth is not less apparent today. Every department of our national life-the President’s chair, the Senate of the United States, the Supreme Court, and the American pulpit-is occupied and controlled by the dark spirit of American slavery... We have four parties in this country that have marshaled themselves on the highway of American politics, asking for the votes of the American people to place them in possession of the government... All of these parties ask for your support, because they profess to represent some principle. So far as the principles of freedom and the hopes of the black man are concerned, all these parties are barren and unfruitful; neither of them seeks to lift the Negro out of his fetters and rescue this day from odium and disgrace. Take Abraham Lincoln. I want to know if any man can tell me the difference between the antislavery of Abraham Lincoln and the antislavery of the old Whig party or the antislavery of Henry Clay? Why, there is no difference between them. Abraham Lincoln is simply a Henry Clay Whig, and he believes just as Henry Clay believed in regard to this question... Henry Clay once said ‘That is property which the law declares to be property,’ and that ‘two hundred years of legislation have sanctioned and sanctified property in slaves.’ Wherever Henry Clay is today in the universe of God, that atheistic lie is with him, with all its tormenting memories. I do not believe in the antislavery of Abraham Lincoln, because he is on the side of this slave power of which I am speaking, that has possession of the federal government... What did he say at Freeport, that the South was entitled to a Fugitive Slave Law; and although he thought the law could be modified a little, yet, he said, if he was in Congress, he would have it done in such a way as not to lessen its efficiency... and the man whose name is inscribed upon the Presidential banner of the Republican party is in favor of keeping it upon the statute book! In the state of Illinois, where I live-my adopted state-I have been laboring to make it a place fit for a decent man to live in. In that state, we have a code of black laws that would disgrace any Barbary State, or any uncivilized people in the far-off islands of the sea. Men of my complexion are not allowed to testify in a court of justice where a white man is a party. If a white man happens to owe me anything, unless I can prove it by the testimony of a white man, I cannot collect the debt. Now, two years ago, I went through the state of Illinois for the purpose of getting signers to a petition asking the legislature to repeal the ’Testimony Law,’ so as to permit colored men to testify against white men. I went to prominent Republicans, and among others, to Abraham Lincoln and Lyman Trumbull, and neither of them dared to sign that petition, to give me the right to testify in a court of justice! The state lays its iron hand upon the Negro, holds him down, and puts the other hand into his pocket and steals his hard earnings, to educate the children of white men; and if we sent our children to school, Abraham Lincoln would kick them out, in the name of Republicanism and antislavery!”

  • @karlburkhalter1502
    @karlburkhalter1502 2 роки тому

    The so called “Lost Cause Myth” is a pejorative created by post 60’s historians to discredit any defense of Southern history. “Lost Cause Myth” is itself a myth driven by those who are more committed to ideology than history. Conveniently the myth of the “Lost Cause Myth” was fabricated after all primary source witnesses were long gone and were not around to refute it. And it is not a coincidence that the myth of the “Lost Cause Myth” arose during the 60’s and 70’s when Marxist style analysis was first in vogue in the universities. Now it has a firm grip on the History Discipline in the wake of a second wave of neo-Marxist influence called postmodernism that began in the 80’s due to the influence of certain Marxist French intellectuals and continues in vogue to this day. “Lost Cause” is a PC weapon to shut down debate by discrediting any pro-South defense. A history professor long considered an expert on slavery was Eugene Genovese. He was a Marxist himself (until he got smart) and yet realized the terrible dishonesty that was occurring: “To speak positively about any part of the Southern tradition is to draw charges of being a racist and an apologist for slavery and segregation. We are witnessing a cultural and political atrocity, an increasing campaign by academic elites to strip young white and arguably black Southerners of their heritage.” Massey Lectures at Harvard University. Another academic historian who witnessed the takeover of our universities had this warning. Dr. Ludwell Johnson, Professor of History Emeritus, College of William and Mary: “Various theoretical ‘isms’ arriving from Europe in the 1960’s still endanger the very existence of what has so long been thought of as history… Of all fields of scholarship, history is perhaps most attractive and vulnerable to Political Correctness. It decrees that some things should be accepted without question - otherwise the elaborate machinery of academic control and social hostility will exact their full measure of retribution on the dissenter… Readers with special interest in the period of the Civil War need to be particularly alert because the South and Southerners offer many tempting Targets to the holier-than-thou.” You sir would do well to heed their warnings. Even neo-Con historians have made strange bedfellows with the radical Leftist historians. They spew the same skewed narrative only for a different reason. Where the Leftists use the Civil War as a poster war for the civil rights movement, the neo-Cons use it to promote American Exceptionalism, wherein a great humanitarian crusade was carried out by the US Gov’t to free slaves from an evil South. Both sides of the political spectrum spew fictitious history by suppressing much in the primary source material that discounts their ideologically driven historical narrative. A recent survey revealed that the radical Left controls administration and professorships in our universities at an 11:1 ratio. In the history discipline that balloons to a 33:1 ratio! That is not by accident. The universities, and in particular the history departments, have become indoctrination centers for the radical Left who hope to dislodge western civilization from its history of a Judeo- Christian ethic and capitalist economic system. In order to do so, they must first vilify western history as oppressive and evil. The “long march through the institutions” as envisioned by Antonio Gramcsi is well underway! You should listen to this interview with a former Harvard Professor and think hard about with whom you’ve joined forces: ua-cam.com/video/wLoG9zBvvLQ/v-deo.html And I highly recommend you read the following paper: mises-media.s3.amazonaws.com/16_2_4.pdf?file=1&type=document