Refugees, a native of miami. The first member of his family to go to college, he graduated from harvard, both undergrad and law school. He clerked for samuel alito, he was a u. S. Attorney and an assistant attorney general for civil rights under george w. Bush. He has been somebody who, in the legal arena, and in the area of reaching out to our hispanic brothers and sisters who share our values, has been a conservative leader for decades. He is no recent arrival to the ranks of our movement. As President Trumps secretary of labor, he has led the way on job training, on ensuring that those exoffenders released under the first step back, the historic criminal Justice Reform that this organization passed, get the job training they need to get a Second Chance at life, and he has been at the president s side in ensuring that the current 7 million job openings that there are right now, the most in American History, that we give a path to a job and a better opportunity to every american. Plea
Good morning. You have heard from the leader of the free world. The Senate Majority leader marco rubio. Ted cruz. Congressman mark meadows. One of the heroes of our movement. We are just getting started. You are going to hear from former members of the cabinet. Heroes of our calls. Senators and congressmen. It is my great privilege to kick off the morning with a man who was truly one of the most articulate and one of the most courageous defenders of faith and freedom in america today. Is a dear friend of this organization. His personal story i think is one of the most inspiring of our time. A man who grew up in poverty. A man who many statistically would have consigned to a life of hopelessness. And deprivation. Instead, he rose to a point where he graduated from the university. University of michigan law school. We are glad you are a doctor. I can say that as the son of a medical doctor. For nearly 30 years, he was the director of pediatric neurosurgery. They were joined at the had. H
Good morning. You have heard from the leader of the free world. The Senate Majority leader marco rubio. Ted cruz. Congressman mark meadows. One of the heroes of our movement. We are just getting started. You are going to hear from former members of the cabinet. Heroes of our calls. Senators and congressmen. It is my great privilege to kick off the morning with a man who was truly one of the most articulate and one of the most courageous defenders of faith and freedom in america today. Is a dear friend of this organization. His personal story i think is one of the most inspiring of our time. A man who grew up in poverty. A man who many statistically would have consigned to a life of hopelessness. And deprivation. Instead, he rose to a point where he graduated from the university. University of michigan law school. We are glad you are a doctor. I can say that as the son of a medical doctor. For nearly 30 years, he was the director of pediatric neurosurgery. They were joined at the had. H
And i just want to say that this book, americas black capital, is a really profound new way of looking at the history of atlanta. And so its only fitting that his first author talk in atlanta, be here at the Atlanta History Center are many of you all already have read the book, but some of you all might not might not be aware of his background. But professor ober is, a professor of history, and hes also the founding director of the center for the study popular music at the university of and he received his ph. D. From indiana university, bloomington and he received his undergraduate degree a bachelor of art in history from, Morehouse College and. Hes previously two books. His first book was black power radical politics and he wrote hip hop revolution. The culture and politics of rap. So this is his third book. And having read his first book, it was a great book. But this book broke new ground. And without further ado, i want to welcome to the stage dr. Jeffrey oji obaa. Good everyone t
Is aprofound new way of looking at the history of atlanta. And so its only fitting that his first author talk in atlanta, be here at the Atlanta History Center are many of you all already have read the book, but some of you all might not might not be aware of his background. But professor ober is, a professor of history, and hes also the founding director of the center for the study popular music at the university of and he received his ph. D. From indiana university, bloomington and he received his undergraduate degree a bachelor of art in history from, Morehouse College and. Hes previously written two books. His first book was black power radical politics and African American identity, and he wrote hip hop revolution. The culture and politics of rap. So this is his third book. And having read his first book, it was a great book. But this book broke new ground. And without further ado, i want to welcome to the stage dr. Jeffrey oji obaa. Good everyone to say its a pleasure to be here