Zapruder with us. He has written an extraordinary book. 26 seconds, a personal history of the zapruder film. It is a book you really have to read you to really appreciate it. Even deeper than that it is a memoir of the extraordinary experience burden, destiny of family, a family that has his own extraordinary story and essentially refugees of jewish and he claims that find their way ultimately to dallas texas. And alexanders grandfather was Abraham Zapruder. The dressmaker who had the extraordinary occasion to find himself in that position on that day to capture these 26 seconds of faithful witness of history. And how many of you have seen the zapruder film . How many people have seen gone with the wind . [laughter] it is right up there. With american our relationship, a complex american relationship to media that this document, this artifact of our history is simultaneously an artifact of media and in some respects as one colleague of mine once described, it was the initiation of amer
Again with you today. I am like the skeleton resident here at the National Constitution center. I want to welcome the first back to the National Constitution center in todays program. As usual since i i want to add a few plugs if i may. To begin with next week were going to host new america former counsel to elizabeth warren. Also in middleclass constitution for discussion on economic equality and the constitution. Later in the Spring Summer season we will have the most important constitutional issues which is what we do here. Including judge gorsuchs Supreme Court nomination, the rise of fake news, James Madison vision of freedom and is the nomination fake news . Please visit the constitution center. Org or pick up a copy of the Program Schedule at the registration table. And we will have more information about these events. Loss of a number of exclusive member events scheduled for the spring. If youre not already a member please sign up today for access to the programs, free admissio
Like to ask that you turn off or silence all of your electronic devices. Also, the end of todays program, miss goldsteen will have time for question and answer, and then be available under the skylight to autographt books. We do still have a few available, think, if youre interested in purchasing a book and didnt get a yellow postie with a number, see phil in the back. Also, with the q a i just wan to make sure well all be on our best behavior. Miss goldstein is here to talker about her book. She is not a politician. And you will get to ask questions, like i said. Youll race your hand. Ill bring you the mic, and you dont need to please dont Start Talking until i have the mic in front of your face. As i said there are limited number of books. Of theyre 27. And they will be available to a purchase after the program. R the theyre 27. And that can be cash or check made out to book world. And if we run out of books and not everybody gets one, miss goldstein has book plates she will be happy
Segment for you joining us here on the set is author David Horowitzs newest book is called big agenda doesnt feel like the 60s renown america greg. Much worse. First of all, the movement of the 60s was benign in my view. But even bill left was not as violent i dont recall a speaker inviting the campus to shut down like mario or mcdonald nothing of that ever happened to destroy the 100,000 worth of property and individual sent to the hospital is terrible and it comes to encouragement by the Obama Administration and the Obama Justice department for violent people the Civilrights Movement now celebrates the career criminals. Freddie gray is somebody who parade of black people why would anybody defendant . So i do think there is a more but the new left was committed until the end of the decade to american ideas. Listening to the other side with respect but now they have no respect for those different views. Host what we doing in the 60s . [laughter] i was a radical i got up and and give a
Evening especially would have meant a great deal to him. Unfortunately, hes a bit under the weather, is so he sent me in his stead. Im humbled and honored to make the introduction. Its been said that theres the story and then the real story and then the story of how the story came to be told. The book whose 50th anniversary we celebrate tonight, making it, is an important story any way you look at it. [laughter] and tonight were going to tell the story behind the story. In his book, norman says that all writers who become famous go through ups and downs. These fluctuations, he says, reveal less about the writers actual work than they do about the changing fashions of the times. Heres how he put it in his own words 50 years ago. Every morning a stock Market Report comes out on reputations in new york. It is invisible, but those who have eyes to see can read it. Did so and so have dinner at Jackie Kennedys apartment last night . Up five points. Was so and so not invited to meet the lates