Holding up placards outside the funerals of dead american soldiers. Celebrating schoolroom massacres. Westboro Baptist Church has been described as the most obnoxious, hate filled group in america. Megan phelps roper was part of that group. She was born into the church. She carried those hate filled placards from the age of five years old. But as an adult, firing off tweets against online critics, megan began to doubt. Eventually, she left the church altogether, but she paid a high price. The church was founded by her grandfather. She was shunned by those she loved the most. Can she still really regard the people who taught her to hate, to desire more death, that the world was going to hell, as her beloved, wonderful mum and dad . Megan phelps roper, welcome to hardtalk. From the age of five, in 1991, you were involved in your familys demonstrations, later taking part in pickets of the funerals of dead soldiers in the united states. Can you just give us a sense of what these events mea
In the Chicago Council. Welcome to our program, todays event is on the record and we are live streaming, please silence your phones though we do welcome engagement. On before this Evenings Program begins we will hear flash talk, from the doctor this ceo and president voice of iranian politics. He focuses on a team missed finding iranian politics, he hopes to be at Syracuse University and a ph. D. In policy studies from the university of Maryland College park following the flash stop we will continue our discussion introduced the panelists. Unfortunately the former deputy chief of the political section the u. S. Embassy and iran is unable to and join us tonight, please join us and welcoming doctor farm each. Hello, hello. I appreciate the chance to be here, hello to chicago its my first time here thank you for the welcome applause . I am presenting to a survey that has been done for the Chicago Council and iran poll of global affairs, the title being iranian Public Opinion for the irani
Cspan radio and listen to washington journal daily at 7 00 a. M. Eastern, important congressional hearings and other Public Affairs events throughout the day. Weekdays at 5 00 p. M. And 9 00 p. M. Eastern catch washington today for a fastpaced report on the stories of the day but listen to cspan any time just tell your Smart Speaker plate cspan radio. Cspan powered by cable. So, that the seminar even thinking about images during the 19th century. And specifically today we are going to think about the ways images constructed gender roles, particularly in the 19th century. And the way activists use images to shape, alter, change in gender roleses during this time. Two. I like to start off with is just to think up by the ways images are part of our culture today. And one is the way portraits like Susan B Anthony portrait which we see in the 2017 womens march paraded for it we see Susan B Anthonys coast close has had to us. With a circle and glasses. Weow see a marched on pennsylvaa avenue
Of gauze. It forces a targeting southern areas with thousands of hello cindy and so slid, waiting so much needed, aid in gaza know, would on with the egypt to open the prophet crossing. The un secretary general pleads for a quick decision more rides in the occupied west bank. And is there any military offensive and refugee camp kills at least 13 palestinians people, they are completely given off on any International Efforts whatsoever. Sylvia, as well as action cams, in towns across the opening, 5 charities license the its just past 11 gmc, thats 2 pm in gaza with palestinians are enjoying the 14th day of his riley, bombardments, kansas Oldest Church has been attacked on displaced families with sheltering inside 16 people have been killed with the Greek Orthodox church, has often century to both christians and muslims. Since the 12th century, religious leaders say its a war crime that cannot be ignored. And then con, units in the south of the ink, life is rarely as strong skilled, at l
Esthetic, maybe amendment hesic, maybe a better word would be snobbery. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. Welcome to lynchburg, virginia, on booktv. Located in the foothills of the blue Ridge Mountains along the james river, it has a population of about 80,000 people. Founded in 1757, lynchburg was named more its founder for its founder, john lynch. The city is home to poplar forest, Thomas Jeffersons private retreat. And with the help of our Comcast Cable partners, for the next 90 minutes well feature the citys Literary History beginning with poet ann spencer. Ann spencer was a poet, an american poet mostly associated with the harlem renaissance period in 19241945. How she becomes part of the harlem renaissance is how harlem comes to lynchburg. Unfortunately, theres a whole group of people who are associated with that period of time like ann spencer that people dont know about. Ann spencer was born in 1882 in henry county, virginia, which is southwestern vir