Jackson as a frontiersman is too simplistic. He believes that jacksons upgrading upbringing in the south is more in line with an elite southern gentleman. This 50 Minute Program was hosted by the library of congress. Professor cheathem thank you. My name is jeff flanery, i would like to welcome you to the library of congress. The menu for the the Manuscript Library is related to American History and culture. Among our collection of personal papers of 23 u. S. President s and numerous other wellknown americans including such notables as Walt Whitman Orville and wilbur wright, carl sagan, and civil rights icon rosa parks. 170 years after his death Andrew Jackson still dominates the. Between the onslaught of the slavery crisis that overran midcentury america. One could mark the expansion of democracy, trace the development of modern political parties, and witness a wave of political partisanship that would not look unfamiliar to modern already and says. Modern audiences. The librarys manu
Jeff flannery thank you. I am the head of the reader and Services Section and i would like to welcome you to the library of congress. The Manuscript Division is custodian to approximately 63 million primary source documents. Among our other personal papers of 23 u. S. President and numerous other wellknown americans, including the poet walt whitman, aeronautic pioneers orval and Wilbur Wright , and a civil rights icon rosa parks. 170 years after his death Andrew Jackson still dominates the period between the founders generation and the onslaught of the slavery crisis. During the age of jackson, one could mark the expansion of democracy, trace the development of modern political parties, and witness a wave of political partisanship that would not look unfamiliar to modern art and since modern audiences. One of it is here that the collections and personal papers of the nations leading figures shed light on their hopes and ambitions. The division not only holds the most significant collec
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Tuning in. Im so excited, my guest tonight the editorinchief of National Geographic, Susan Goldberg is joining us, everybody. Its a really fascinating article from National Geographic. You want the stay tuned from that. Since she is from National Geographic, lets start with weekend news from somewhere americans only usually hear about on National Geographic. It is often said a good speech leads forever and on occasion of swearing in of ghanas new president akufoaddo, whole paragraphs of speeches from two new american president s appeared to have found their way into his speech. It appears to have been lifted from bill clinton and george bush speeches. I ask you to be citizens. I ask you to be citizens. Citizens, not speck starts. S. E. C. Zits, not spectators. Citizens, not subjects. Citizens, not subjects. Though our challenges are fearsome, so are our strengths. Though our challenges are fearsome, so are our strengths. Americans ghanaens have ever been a restful, hopeful people trevo
Syrian, arab and Kurdish Forces in opposition to isis have been trying to gain traction to fight isis. This is a stronghold area for much of isis. So what will the troops do . Go in and advice, assist, help the kurds and the arabs learn how to fight better, get them weapons, ammunition, communications, intelligence, there will be more air strikes were told. Everything to advice, assist them and get them out in the field. The troops will get there within the month. They will get a lay of the land and then begin to work but one of the key questions here tonight is how much do those kurdish and arab opposition fighters really want u. S. Troops with them . We dont know. Many of those fighters have told our cnn team led by ward, they want heavier weapons to fight with, not advice so much, john . Barbara, were talking about fewer than 50 personnel. How much of an impact can this have . One of the key goals the u. S. Set is for, to facilitate opposition fighters being able to retake the city.