Library many years ago to work on the book, a staff come up to me and say to me, unsolicited, do you know that so and so was here, so and so and listing all the famous historians but then they said to me, you know who our favorite is . David mccullough he was here and he was the nicest and said to this me. He was appreciative. Im enjoying the stories. So what i did was that night before i came in the next day to finish my research, i went out and bought doughnuts for the staff figuring they might Say Something about me. Not in the same breath as David Mccullough but in that respect. One other thing, i think we would all agree and its without question that David Mccullough is the most celebrated, revered historian of our times. Hes a National Treasure. [ applause ] hes a National Treasure not only the president ial medal of freedom and multiple pulitzers, National Book aday and as gay said, too many awards to announce. But also, the voice which was alluded to earlier. I have always love
Homes. And i discover the archivists and librarians there love to talk. As i was visiting a Truman Library there many years ago to work on a book, all the staff would come up to me unsolicited did you know that soandso was here and then listing all the nameious historians. But then they had to me you know who our favorite is, dafbl udmccollough. And David Mccollough was here and he was the nicest and appreciative. And im enjoying all these stories. So what i did that night before i came in to finish my research, i went out to buy doughnuts for the whole staff because i figured they might Say Something about me. Not in the same breadth as mccollough. But i think we would all agree its without question David Mccollough is one of the most revered of alltime. Hes a National Treasure not only of the president ial medal of freedom, multiple pulletsers, but also the voice which was alluded to earlier. I always loved mr. Mccolloughs voice narrating the american experience, reading his books an
48 hours every weekend with top nonfiction books and authors. Booktv. Org. The 78th annual anisfieldwolf book awards that recognized books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of the rich diversity of human cultures is next on booktv. This is about an hour, 40 minutes. [applause] thank you. Thank you. Good evening, everyone. Good evening. You know, i love coming to cleveland for this annual event. I look forward to it, i enjoy every minute of it. , and it just grows and grouse. Thank you for your loyalty grows. Thank you for your loyalty, thank you for your support, and thank you for all your enthusiasm. Give it up to yourselves for being such a great audience. Ms. [applause] you know, every time i think about this prize, i think a poet, a poet in the 1930s who happened to be a white woman endows one of the first, certainly, if not the first prizes in celebration of what today we would call excellence and diversity. I mean, what an
That this is a racist argument. It doesnt mean you can make any racist deductions from that. The idea of racism is one race is superior to another. Rose we conclude with a look at the life and work of the Pulitzer Prizewinning film critic, roger ebert. Theres a new documentary called life itself. The director, stephen james, a. O. Scott, joins us to talk about his fellow critic, and also rogers widow, chaz ebert. He was a man who wanted to engender those feelings of empathy for other people. I mean, i think its wonderful for someone who has the curiosity to know to know get into your head and see what its like to be a person of a different race, of a different age, a different nationality, a different gender. Un, thats a person who has the kind of curiosity that makes this world a better place. He took movies to be an ethical and a democratic art form. That is, that they had a responsibility. If they have that power to take you into other peoples lives and to make you feel what other p
That this is a racist argument. It doesnt mean you can make any racist deductions from that. The idea of racism is one race is superior to another. Rose we conclude with a look at the life and work of the Pulitzer Prizewinning film critic, roger ebert. Theres a new documentary called life itself. The director, stephen james, a. O. Scott, joins us to talk about his fellow critic, and also rogers widow, chaz ebert. He was a man who wanted to engender those feelings of empathy for other people. I mean, i think its wonderful for someone who has the curiosity to know to know get into your head and see what its like to be a person of a different race, of a different age, a different nationality, a different gender. Un, thats a person who has the kind of curiosity that makes this world a better place. He took movies to be an ethical and a democratic art form. That is, that they had a responsibility. If they have that power to take you into other peoples lives and to make you feel what other p