I want to say hello to those who are watching this through the lifestream and through cspan2. This is a great day to have a great conversation about Higher Education and particularly the role of historically black universities and colleges. In 1997 i worked with an educational project. A number of you know the dr. Is that public hbc you. Some of you know his private hbc. He spent time in washington, d. C. As a kennedy appointee to the peace corps. Number of you know him through his work as a pastor. In 1997 we had an opportunity to sit in the lovely room. With a donor who owns a very large and very Famous Family foundation. The head of that walked into the room. And she said, can ask a questi question . Is there a need for blackblack colleges today and doctor proctor leaned back in his seat and he said maam, if you make can i restructure the question. The question is not, whether there is a need for hbcus today, the question is, where would america be today without them. And so she nod
I want to say hello to those who are watching this through the lifestream and through cspan2. This is a great day to have a great conversation about Higher Education and particularly the role of historically black universities and colleges. In 1997 i worked with an educational project. A number of you know the dr. Is that public hbc you. Some of you know his private hbc. He spent time in washington, d. C. As a kennedy appointee to the peace corps. Number of you know him through his work as a pastor. In 1997 we had an opportunity to sit in the lovely room. With a donor who owns a very large and very Famous Family foundation. The head of that walked into the room. And she said, can ask a questi question . Is there a need for blackblack colleges today and doctor proctor leaned back in his seat and he said maam, if you make can i restructure the question. The question is not, whether there is a need for hbcus today, the question is, where would america be today without them. And so she nod
Irs, proposals to change that. Is that going to happen . Not anytime soon. They pulled the proposal to revamp it and a new version is not expected until early next year. The irs is pretty gun shy after fromlack eyes they got scrutinizing the Tea Party Groups in ways that did not seem to be equal to groups of other political stripes. That is coming and expected sometime next year. The initial version of the draft changed the rules of these socalled welfare organizations getting pretty heavy criticism by both sides. A reminder to our cspan viewers that all of the hearings recovered are available on cspan. Org. You can read more on politico. Com. Kim, thank you so much. Are issues spotlight series continues next wednesday with an indepth look at campus Sexual Assault. We will show hearing from late june showing senior government officials and Sexual Assault survivors are now work on campus. We will speak to a reporter about the latest efforts to address the issue by the white house and co
Scotland will vote on whether to be independent or stay with the United Kingdom. This is about 50 minutes. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the hilton glasgow. Please help me welcome mr. John howie, the chairman of cbi. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, a very warm welcome to the cbi annual dinner. Im pleased to welcome the right honorable David Cameron. This years dinner is taking place exactly three weeks before scotland goes to the polls to make the biggest constitutional decision in its history. Naturally, this is in the some bearing of the format of tonights dinner. I hope obama the truck from your enjoyment. The Prime Minister has kindly offered to answer some questions from the floor so he is going to sing for his supper. The independence referendum will be a subject of debate at most of the tables this evening and most of our guest speakers. Im a very personal perspective, i remain convinced that a great number of people
Evolution. On book tv, a congressman talks from his youth in the jim crow south to his leadership in the u. S. House of representatives. Then the book the price of fame. About clare booth luce. World ofidden highfrequency stock trading. On cspan3s American History saidmerican artifacts look declassified documents related to the 1964 gulf of tonkin led to theich escalation of the vietnam war. And Warren Hardings newlyreleased love letters. After that, the life of economist milton friedman. Let us think about the programs you are watching. Collis at the number on screen 123. Witter use the facebook or follow us on twitter. Up next on cspan. Dish Prime Minister talks about the upcoming Scottish Independence referendum. Later, the discussion of how voter id laws might affect the right to vote. The British Parliament is in summer recess. Members returned to the house of common on september 1. On thursday, british Prime Minister David Cameron discusses why we should stay in the United Kingdo