Good afternoon. I am Christopher Nixon cox, grandson of president Richard Nixon. And on the half of my family and the board of directors of the Nixon Foundation i want to welcome you to another important event here at the Richard Nixon library, birthplace and use them, the of which is right behind me here. Today we are honored to have secretary of state mike pompeo to have chosen the Nixon Library to make a major speech about u. S. China relations. Like we do so often at the liberia, we are going to begia program with a prayer here would you please remain standing and welcome greg laurie, the Senior Pastor at Harvest Christian Fellowship for an invocation. [applause] lets all pray together. Father, were so thankful to live in this country, the United States of america. And one thing we treasure so greatly is the freedom we have from you to pursue life, liberty and happiness. We have the freedom to speak our minds, the freedom to worship and the freedom to proclaim the message that jesu
She talked about the Culture Shock she experienced as a californian attending school in virginia. Civil rightsof a history project initiated by congress in 2009, conducted by this missoni and museum of africanamerican history and culture, the american full life , andr Folk Life Center the university of North Carolina chapel hill. i will go back to my grandparents, if i may, because in a way, it was a civil rightstype activity. My grandfather these are stories that were told to me, and i asked my cousin about it because he is older than i, and he says it is true. My grandfather had 500 invested in the stock market, and of course, he lost it. This is when people were jumping out the window and so forth. My grandparents were teachers. I think he taught languages and music, and i dont know what my grandmother taught, but they moved from virginia to philadelphia. That started the family split the family because my grandparents couldnt get a job. They said they did not hire black teachers in
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