Rights on school grounds. Then at 9 35, New York Times versus United States which restricted the governments power over the press and broadened journalists First Amendment protections. Watch landmark cases, tonight on cspan3 and any time at cspan. Org. Wednesday night on American History tv beginning at 8 00 eastern. Congressman john lewis. The 17term democrat from georgia recently died at the age of 80 and will be buried on thursday. Before joining congress he was influential in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. In 2019 congressman lewis gave the keynote address at a ceremony offering pioneering africanamerican tennis player arthur ashe. Watch American History tv tonight on cspan3. All persons having business before the honorable, and the Supreme Court of the United States admonished who draw near and give their attention. Landmark cases, cspans special history series produced in partnership with the National Constitution center. Exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas be
And hate speech topping free speech . I have seen many such miss statements. Just to summarize it, he says that hate speech is a physical imposition because it, languishes a psychological effect imposed physically, bringing about toxic stress, fear and distrust, which are all physical in once neurosurgery. And, it can change the brain lead to threatening action. Quote, when faith is physically in your brain, then you think hate, you feel hate, your moved to act in to carry out what you physically in your narrow system think and feel. That is the summary of what he said hate speech is not free speech. I was wondering response to that. It certainly is true that expression is very powerful and hate speech, which im going to put an air quotes because it does not have a specifically legal definition, lets a hateful, insulting speech on the basis of certain demographic characteristics, certainly can have adverse potentially, have adverse psychological and even physiological impacts. But, not
Welcome everybody. Im david, head of Public Policy at wells fargo. Im very pleased to be here with you today. We are still pleased to serve for the first year, and even prouder to what the book festival grow into the popular and impactful event its become. You wouldnt be surprised to see as move the needle on the best seller list. It is important to keep this free event. The library of Congress Real purpose is learning and opportunity, which matches our goal of allowing the community to succeed. Learning to love books and learning is part of what this session is about. If were lucky, certain other fanning font thirds will be discussed tonight. One thing that i learned from this story is how people can of all, and through persistence and hard work overcome their imperfections. Its an incredible story that reminded me that someone of goodwill can overcome their issues and realize great potential. The International Director of a break, and our moderator, the thank you. Welcome to the 18th
That president carter gave in naming a building in texas after congressman brooks. In one of the things that the president said at the time was he is a new president , thought well if i just have one congressman that disagrees with me, i am the president of the united states. That is no big deal. And they found out that that one congressman was jack brooks. [laughter]. And that was a big deal. It talks about how president and Congress Work together and i think at this time, it is very important that we hear that message about how they work together. Pleasedspecially tonight to ask congressman jack brooks son, jeff and his work in hethe financial industry and all size companies for more than three decades. He started his career at citibank until one and rose to Vice President of citigroups International Securities and then he is currently the managing partner of pinewood trading fund. And he is the chairman of the Jack Brooks Foundation which provided wonderful reception for nus tonight
Designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. The mayor of houston had a message for his constituents in the nations fourth largest city today please, stay off the roads. The warning came as Hurricane Harvey still classified as a Tropical Storm dumped torrential rainfall on the texas coast along the gulf of mexico. Two days after making landfall as a category four hurricane friday night, harvey has weakened, but with little relief for millions of texans. At least five deaths are blamed on the storm. An estimated 300,000 texans are without power today. Parts of Southeast Texas expect a cumulative 50 inches of rain, the most ever recorded in the