You are r would you would not be surprised to know that believed that those same qualities were also the experience that shaped president kennedy. Truthfully i believe rosemari rejection had far more to go with the brillance of his presidency than anyone can understand. Yes, he was our countrys greater champion of what we all call mental retardation. To this day his legacy of innovation creating ichd, university affiliated centers, president s council remains today one of the great histories of our country. But beyond the work he did for people with intellectual disabilities, i believe it was rosemarys influence that centralized him and all of us to be aware of vulnerable people. I think i can say, that not one among the thousands who have written about him has understood what really like to be a brother of a person who has mental retardation and tonight i want to say that i have never said before, more than any single individual, rosemary had the greatest influence. [applause] the new
Showers on cape cod, but metro boston, dry day. Much cooler than yesterday. Upper 30s this morning. Mid40s this afternoon with a chilly northeasterly wind making it feel like the upper 30s. 30s. Jadiann thank you so much, j. R. Lets get over the Danielle Gersh with your morning traffic. Jeremy good morning, jadiann. Danielle looking good out there so far. Zakim bridge, leverett connector, wide open. No delays yet. Go to the maps. Route 93 looking good. So is route 1. Go to the maps. The pike also looking good. No delays to tell you about. Expressway, wide open. All green there. Just about a tenminute drive from the expressway into boston. We do have a little bit of a delay maybe on the pike. Looking pretty good, though. Minutes. Christa danielle, thank you. The norfolk District Attorney investigating a burned body found in milton. On blue hill avenue near the mattapan line. We also know the state fire marshal is investigating. The d. A. Says its really too early to know anything about
Shes whispering so men inside could not hear her. Police say it was her quick action that led to them coming here and arresting one of the two suspects. They are on their way. Shes hiding in her room display plea for help by 16yearold who locked herself in second floor bedroom and called 9 one. Alan got a panicked can call from his daughter telling him two men had kicked in a back door of their quincy home taped his wife who 6 months pregnant to chair and put a gun to her head demanding to know where the money was. Shes very scary. She crying a lot. Man ransacked home downstairs the teenager upstairs didnt hedges state and police were quickly on scene. She heard door smash she immediately called 911. They saw one suspect fleeing scene they gave chase. They were here pretty quickly within three blocks they caught up with him. Police arrest kevin murphy and dropped in brush. And while detectives continue to search for the other suspect, alan says hes glad his wife is going to be okay and
Service. Good morning, reporter with National Public radio, it is such an honor to be here at the National Folk festival to be here with you and two distinguished authors, were going to spend next hour almost which is just not enough time, learning about two of the most unsung female heroines in the Civil Rights Movement and two oh and women whotw in many many was would not of been more different. One was establishment and one was grassroots one was upwardly mobile and incredibly welleducated and the other one was or came from a background filledom with such approbation describing it as the report seems almost to granted obviously persons are teasing together one was unlikely and made in life luminary and both of them change the course of history anyone o of them havent engiven their due and hopefully these two biographies that we are going to be discussing will change that to a dean of the Harvard Institute law professor and history professor at harvard university, an earlier h book i
Two women who in many ways could not have been more different. One was establishment, one was grassroots. One was upwardly mobile, incredibly well educated, and the other one came from a background filled with such deprivation that to describe it as poor seems too grand. One was an obvious leader, the other was an unlikely and late in life luminary. Both of them changed the course of history, and neither one has been given their due. Hopefully these two biographies will help change that. Tamiko brown megan is 18 at the Harvard Institute and a history professor at Harvard University during her earlier book is courage to dissent the book we are going to be talking about today is civil rights queen. Kate Clifford Larson is a distinguished scholar whose earlier books include a biography of Harriet Tubman and the assassins accomplice. Today we will be talking about walk with me, a biography of Fannie Lou Hamer. Im going to assume many of you are like me. Maybe you have heard a little bit ab