moved down to washington about a decade ago, and i noticed right over the river in alexandria, there were still streets and roads named after confederates. and in charlottesville the statues were not put up right after the civil war to, they were erected in 1924 as symbols of white power. the ku klux klan held a parade to celebrate the statues. and we got around to discussing the dunnings rule, right? so follow my premise and then i'll let you take it away. i alluded to it before. as children, as young adults we're greeted by a certain set of values, beliefs, narratives. i call it the lining of the crib. and then when we're introduced to new ideas, it can be quite, you know, jarring to the senses. the dunning school interpretation of the confederacy and reconstruction just didn't come from some crazy guy in left field. it was a prestigious eye ivy league university, and that version of history dominated scholarship for about a century, right? so what was the dunning school, and why is it important? my long question. and why is that important for this discussion today. >> so dunning w

washington, i am a yankee i guess, moved down to washington dc a decade ago and noticed over the river in alexandria there still streets and roads named after confederates and i was puzzled why that would be the case and in charlottesville, statues were not put up right after the civil war to honor battlefield heroes, they were erected in 1924 as symbols of white power, the ku klux klan held a parade to celebrate statues and we got around to discussing the dining school. follow my premise and i will let you take away to explain the dining school. i alluded to it before his children and young adults, who have a certain set of values, beliefs, narratives and when introduced to new ideas it can be quite jarring to the senses, the dining school interpretation of the confederacy and reconstruction, from crazy guy and left field, a prestigious ivy league university, that narrative dominated scholarship for half a century so what was the dining school and why is it important? and why is that important for this discussion? >> dunning was historian at colombia university, he had a lot of influence on the way

united states man from sumner county named isaac franklin, it became very wealthy buying slaves in alexandria, virginia, and transporting them initially he made them walkti by the writer here. and then they put them on those later and took them on boats and took them around florida and new orleans and of the river. but he became one of the wealthiest men in the country in the slave business there's a new book called the venture in the chain which the historian is taken all of the financial records pretty this was such tedious work and really combed through their and draws the conclusion about isaac franklin in the business in slaves predict so cotton was not just cotton, it meant slaved people that's what brought the population that's what it in the city to grow so rapidly. let's move forward fast to the civil war. east tennessee, mom-and-pop farms and no need for cotton, no need for enslaved people, they can't raise cotton over there but weather is not right in the land is not right, it's persistent farming. an agricultural abundance, lots and lots of cotton being raised over there and here

away committee assignments from paul gosar after he posted anom anime video that showed him killing alexandria ocasio-cortez aswi well as president bidenen. so democrats have main daneed both in the's -- maintained that when they removed marjorie taylor green from committees that they're establishing a precedent of not tolerating lawmakers who appear to promote political violence. mathey say that's a red line particularly after the violent attack on the capitol on january 6th. but republicans are very frustrated at being in the house minority where that means they can't, they don't have a whole lot of ability to stop whatever majority wants to do to. and so republicans who are very frustrated about this have been pushing kevin mccarthy to take retaliatory action ifry they do take over the house in 2022. >> host: lots to read about with christina marcos this week and "thehe hill." thanks for the update. >> guest: thanks for having me. >> host: our morning topic in our first hour, asking you about with may have over new variant reported, of covid-19, reported out of south africa. 202-748-8000 fo

whether to censure arizona republican paul gosar for a violent social media post about congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez. the senate's back at 9:30 a.m. on c-span2 for work on executive nominations and the procedural vote on the 2022 defense programs and policy bill. and on c-span3, a confirmation hearing for several executive nominees including jessica rosenworcel to be chair of the federal communications commission. she is currently the acting chair of the fcc. later an update on the southwest u.s. border. that senate hearing starts at 2:30 eastern. watch all of our coverage online at c-span.org or watch more coverage on c-span now, our new video app. >> the senate energy and natural resources committee examined the contributing factors of rising energy costs. lawmakers also heard about steps the federal government could take to provide some relief. the hearing is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] >> come to order. the committee's meeting today to vote on two nominations and to hold a hearing on energy price trends. parts of the business -- purpose of the businessth meeting

republican paul gosar for a violent social media post about congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez. the senate's back at 9:30 a.m. on c-span2 for work on executive nominations and the procedural vote on the 2022 defense programs and policy bill. and on c-span3, a confirmation hearing for several executive nominees including jessica rosenworcel to be chair of the federal communications commission. she is currently the acting chair of the fcc. later an update on the southwest u.s. border. that senate hearing starts at 2:30 eastern. watch all of our coverage online at c-span.org or watch more coverage on c-span now, our new video app. >> the senate energy and natural resources committee examined the contributing factors of rising energy costs. lawmakers also heard about steps the federal government could take to provide some relief. the hearing is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] >> come to order. the committee's meeting today to vote on two nominations and to hold a hearing on energy price trends. parts of the business -- purpose of the businessth meeting are ae to vote