Home with the roosevelts. Im paul sparrow and today were going to talk about the relationship between two of the most important families, political families in American History during the 20th century, the roosevelts and the kennedys. And to assist me in this conversation im joined by the director of jfk library. Paul, its good to be with you. Allen price here. Thank you for joining me today, allen. This is really one of the most interesting and complicated relationships, multigenerational relationships, two families that are really dynasties in the way they impacted american political life. And theres a component of this that a lot of people dont really understand. Not only is the relationship between Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Kennedy, but there was an incredible relationship between Eleanor Roosevelt and john f. Kennedy. I think well start at the beginning which is the relationship between Franklin Roosevelt and joe kennedy. Joseph kennedy made most of his money in the 20s in the
A banking crisis theres been a debt crisis lebanese are facing really so many pressures in so many directions so health care is one of those areas where the hospitals are old millions of dollars by the lebanese government Different Levels of pay hospitals for care so everyone is really hang on by a thread in this country and its really hard to predict what more could happen and this is it was a politically charged potentially this week because of the event that was due on friday talk us through the season one why its significant. Well the explosion immediately you know with the flashback of many people who have been through so many bombs and wars and in this country and one of the last violent events im up on was a series of assassination that rocked the country about a decade ago and most important of those with the Prime Minister is how did he was assassinated and his trial was done this murder. Has been resolved on going on for many many years one of those expensive trials mystery a
Of fords theatre we know we have work to do. We commit to using our platform to tell stories that speak to the present moment with courage, inspiration, healing and of course ache ham lincolns legacy. Today were talking with richard, craig and david about a specific play in which they all took part, necessary sacrifices which ford premiered in 2012. This play explores the relationship between president Abraham Lincoln played by david selby and the abolitionist Frederick Douglas played by Craig Wallace. Its important this week to consider the leadership of these two great americans as they helped our country find its way through one of our greatest crises. So i want to start this afternoon by just first of all welcoming you all. Thank you so much for being with us from across the country, california and d. C. We go coast to coast here. Lets start with richard. Bit m play, richard. How and why did you put the play together . Okay, basically, its the story of two meetings that happen at t
Andrew, tell us about your book, which focuses really on two days in the kennedy presidency. June 10th and june 11th, 1963. Why did you decide to write a book focused on only two days of the kennedy presidency and why did you pick those two days to focus on . Well, thank you, colleen, and its a great honor to be here with you and the White House Historical association, particularly meaningful to me because as was just said, it was founded by Jackie Kennedy and in the white house 60 years ago. I had been looking for a way into the Kennedy Administration for some time. Part of this may be hard to believe, but one of the most seminole days in my life was november 22nd, 1963, where as an 8yearold, i learned of the assassination of president kennedy. It isnt unusual for someone like me or anyone of my generation to remember where he or she was, but it did seem to me to change something. It developed for me a fascination. As i grew up, my friends were interested in captain cook and the final
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