American history article john butler challenged historians of modern america to Pay Attention to religion. In particular, he noted, religion of the continuing importance in 20th century american politics deserves sustained attention and analysis. Scholars of american religious history have proliferated over the past 15 years, yet in political history, religion has often retained a jackinthebox quality colorful, surprising, anomalous, idiosyncratic, but left on the periphery to pop up occasionally rather than systematically. Today, our roundtable will address how religion matters in american political history, and we will do so in three ways. First, i will ask each of our panelists to focus on a way in which religion matters that is, in their own research, how religion plays a role in spaces that they are working on, but also how centering religion in these spaces gives us a different narrative, a different story than if it were on the periphery or ignored in an way. Second, we will tal
Jim and Tammy Fay Baker and muhammed ali. Thank you for attending our session on this beautiful friday afternoon. Ill have to compete with the outdoors and hopefully well convince you youve made the right choice hanging out with us to talk about media and biography in political history. Between the four of us, we have written at least 17 biographies and it might be more than that. I was losing count because Randy Roberts has written so many. More than half of our total number, i think. So we have a lot of experience in this genre that weve been drawn to and have an affinity for it in some way or another. So before we begin let me introduce the panelists and as i introduce each of you if you could spend a minute or two telling the audience what was it that drew you to biography and what is it you love about the genre . And first we have larry masslon from the tish school of arts and as particularly interested in the history of broadway and comedy and written biographies. Richard rogers
Introduce the panelists, and as i introduce each of you, if you could just spend a minute or two telling the audience what was it that drew you to biography, and what is it you love about the genre . First we have a professor in the graduate acting program at new york universitys tish school of the arts with an affiliation in the graduate musical theater writing program, and is particularly interested in the history of broadway and of comedy. He has written biographies of xoeter Richard Rogers and p playwright. His most recent is a documentary film sammy davis jr. Ive got to be me. So, larry, tell us what has drawn you to biography. Well, i may be a little different from the rest of the panel. My venue is really entertainment. So obviously in entertainment youre dealing with the public persona of performers, what they sang, what they danced, what they acted. And then, of course, what happens off stage or behind the curtain is equally fascinating as you try to make some sense out of wha
And it continues to heat up as we reach into the upper 90s here. Its going to be a big change n the esterday, and it gets even microclimate forecast coming up in a few minutes. And mike gives us a look at the Early Morning commute. Kari, well go past your 90 geographically speaking. The big view shows what you would expect lighter traffic except for right at the altamont and grant line road things loosen up once again but the build is on there. Not a build for the north bay but coming down to martinez across the carquinez bridge west 80 at American Canyon there are reports of boxes in the roadway right now. Your left two lanes may be a factor. So far no slowing and no traffic break. The roadways are light in construction. Back to you. All right, thanks, mike. Breaking overnight in vallejo, authorities shot at someone. This is after reports of looting at walgreens and today in the bays bob redell is live there at the scene. So, bob, do we know yet if when the officers opened fire, did t
Portland. The protests in new york city also mostly peaceful although there was some looting there. It is Tuesday Morning. And protesters in providence, im kris sanchez in for laura garcia today. Rhode island, set fire. And im marcus washington. President trump is now were going to get to traffic in threatening to deploy the just a bit. Military. First we want to start with Chris Pollone joins us with that meteorologist kari hall with a part of the story and some look at that forecast for us, governors are saying, no, and that sun rise each time we thanks. Come to you, kari, looks reporter yeah, thats right, kris. Its not thats not all that beautiful and more beautiful. Its my favorite time of the has democrats and some members of the clergy criticizing the day watching the sun rise. President s actions this morning. Its going to be a hot day. They Say Federal Police and as we take a live look outside National Guard troops used tear and check out our temperature gas and rubber bullets