I got mixed emotions. I am thrilled to be a part of this. But im disappointed youre not here to give me the Pulitzer Prize for the book i wrote. [laughter] Good Organization needs a Pulitzer Prize recipient on the staff. Heres the bush center, we have bill mckenzie. [applause] thank you for convincing us to join you in hosting this. It is very exciting for the bush center that you are here. All the members of the Pulitzer Prize board as well as the representatives from 41s library and i forgot lbjs number. [laughter] as a history buff, i aim thrilled that i met and to john and ron turn our here to be interviewed. [applause] get my book reconsidered, i thought i would share an active with you. Talk to vladimir about the necessities to have a free press in order for the society to be a wholesome and vibrant society. He had just suspended the independent press. This was in slovakia. I couldnt identify during the debates. Its during the debates. During the debates. [laughter] i said, vladi
Historians in providence, rhode island. This is about 10 minutes. You wrote the loneliness of the black republican, a pragmatic politics in the pursuit of power. What is this talk about . Looks at the black men and women who worked within the Republican Party roughly 19 86 to the present day. Its a huge expanse of broadnamericans, its as as edward brooks, jackie robinson, but also includes figures like a Whitney Young of the National Urban league or a Jesse Jackson of the rainbow coalition. You focus on the role of women within the Republican Party. In the time period we are looking at, 1936 to the present, how have africanamerican women tended to vote in president ial elections . Prof. Rigueur one might describe africanamerican women as being the backbone of the Democratic Party. They are the most loyal constituents and of voters for the democrats. We have really seen this over the past 80 years, since 1936 africanamerican women have cast their support for the Democratic Party and the
[laughter] every Good Organization needs a Pulitzer Prize recipient on the staff. Here at the bush center, we have bill mckenzie. [applause] thank you for convincing us to join you in hosting this. It is very exciting for the bush center that you are here. All the members of the Pulitzer Prize board as well as the representatives from 41s library and i forgot lbjs number. [laughter] as a history buff, i aim thrilled that jon and annette and ron chernow are here to be interviewed. [applause] in order to get my book reconsidered, i thought i would share an anecdote with you. I was tasked to talk to Vladimir Putin about the necessity to have a free press in order for the society to be a wholesom and vibrant society. He had just suspended the independent press. This was in slovakia. I couldnt identify it during the debates. [laughter] mr. Bush i said, vladimir it is very important that you have a vibrant press. He said, you are a hypocrite. You fired the famous newsman. I said what the hel
Music that of this month, watch coverage of the conventions and every saturday night at 8 00 eastern we will look back at past conventions. This saturday, we will focus on income presidency who ran for reelection. President s who ran for reelection. Nixon at the 1972 convention in miami beach, the 1980 Democratic Convention with united city,in the george h. W. Bush at the 1992 Republican Convention in houston, bill clinton and chicago for the 1996 Democratic Convention, anthony 2004 Republican Convention in the city of new york with george w. Bush. Saturday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan. In his weekly address, president obama talked about celebrating Independence Day and honoring Service Members and veterans. Newlso discusses a initiative that would make it easier for military spouses to work in any state. Gowdy andtives trey Lynn Westmoreland deliver the republican address. They discuss the benghazi investigation and its final report. President obama hi, everybody. Happy fourth of ju
100 years ago, president Woodrow Wilson signed the bill creating the National Park service and thursday we look back on the past century of these caretakers of americas natural and historic treasures. Beginning at 10 00 eastern and throughout the day we take you to National Park Service Sites across the country as recorded by cspan. At 7 00 p. M. Eastern, were live from the National Park services most visited historic home, arlington house, the robert e. Lee memorial at Arlington National cemetery. Join us with your phone calls as we talk with robert stanton, former National Park service director, and brandon buys, the former arlington house site manager who will oversee the upcoming yearlong restoration of the matching, slave quarters and grounds. Thursday, the 100th anniversary of the National Park service live from arlington house at 7 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv on cspan 3. Up next on the presidency, historians jon meacham, Annette Gordon reid and ron chernow talk about