Afterwards. High everyone, my name is brittany kerr. ,deputy director of events at politics and prose and id like to welcome you all. A few housekeeping items before we again, first i will be dropping links in the chapter you can purchase copies of both speakers books today, straight from pmpyou can also ask the author question today by clicking on the q a button at the bottom of the screen and we will try to address everybodys questions near the end of the program but if we dont get to your exact question we apologize, i have a feeling there will be lots of questions today. It is my pleasure to introduce todays speakers, first, Maya Rockeymoore cummings, the former chair of the Maryland Democratic party and wife of the late congressman Elijah Cummings. In were better than this, congressman cummings details the formative moments in his life that prepared him to hold President Donald Trump accountable for his actions while in office. s final words are a call to action for us all to rema
Midst to talk about the shop. But first i want to talk about richard bell, scholar, beautiful writer. This book really jumps in with his incredibly human picture of a young by, and from that moment i knew that i was in sure creative hands but he is a remarkable scholar. Educated at cambridge harvard, moved professor at the university of maryland, has won one of the major awards and if theres a round of applause it is for people who are educating the next generation of historical people to have a sense of history and what it means as human beings in the world but also particularly as americans, and somewhere from wells is dedicated to helping us mine that history. He is a 2017 public scholar after the National Endowment for the humanities. And has had fellowships from the Huntington Library in california to cambridge in england and everywhere in between, yale and the library of congress. So this is a mind we want sort of tilling the soil of americas past and helping us come to under and
Remarkable places and events like this are really remarkable opportunities we have. I always like to start with these events especially on nights when we are inviting remarkable writers into our midst to talk a little bit about the shop. First i want to talk about richard bell tonight who is a scholar and writer, beautiful writer. This particular book really jumps in with this incredibly human picture of a young boy and from that moment i knew i was in short creative hands as well as scholarly hands. He is educated at cambridge and harvard and beloved professor at the university of maryland. One of the Major University system of maryland awards. I think if there is a round of applause as well its for people educating the next generation of people to have a sense of our history and a sense of what it means as human beings in the world but also particularly americans and someone from elsewhere dedicated to helping us mind history. He is a 2017 public scholar after the National Endowment
Torn in half and was immediately engulfed in flames. A Fremont Police officer who was in the area responded within seconds with the fire extinguisher, and Good Samaritans tried to help. They were able to pull one of the men to safety before the car reignited. Someone came up and said, wheres the driver . Officer said, this is the driver. And then the guys that knew that was the driver said, thats not the driver. And they immediately ran to the car. But then the car had burst into flames. Well, the video shows firefighters responding about 6. 5 minutes after the crash. The witnesses say it felt much longer. He also says more traffic calming measures are needed on fremont boulevard to make drivers slow down. Every night. People are speeding and racing down the street. That used to be a one way street each way. And now, ever since they pulled it back to two lanes, its constant honking, its constant speeding. The car hit a tree outside of bogeys discount pet food and supplies, which was da
8 00 eastern and pacific on cspans q a. Look backcontinue our at the 1965 watts riots in los angeles. At our guest is gerald anden horne, professor author of fire this time. He joined us earlier on washington journal to field questions from viewers. This is about 45 minutes. Host this month marks the 50th anniversary of the riots outside of los angeles known as the watts riots. 40 million in damage at the time. More than three dozen deaths. Cbs put together a documentary that focused on the riots. It was released in december of 1965. In a moment, gerald horne is going to be joining us to talk about the significance of the events 50 years later. But first, this from cbs news. [video clip] [yelling] it was the most widespread racial violence in American History. White people driving through the area were considered fair game whether young, old, or women. Their cars were battered and burned. The mobs might grow in disappointment when a white got away and sheer like a football and then che