It was at a student political meeting in ohio in 1962, the summer between my sophomore and junior years of a college, and we were writing notes back and forth to each other during some very important session or whatever students do, and he had something sort of typically 19yearold boy pompous, and i wrote back, im the youngest of five. I have an insane family. Host who are they . Guest my family is a wonderful family. My father and mother were some of the most dedicated public servantses in the history of the country, and my father, hail boggs, elected before i was born. 26 years old. My mother was 24. They had a baby girl, the day of his elects, and eight days later a baby boy, and they came here, and i think about it now, you know, in my old age, and think about these kids coming to washington. In this day and age theyd still be on their Parents Health insurance, and there they were, the member of congress and his wife. Of course they werent kids in that era. They were fully grownup
Book i am the youngest child of the family. Guest i said that to him when we were first meeting each other it was that wasnt a student political meeting in ohio in 1962. We were writing notes back and forth to each other and he had something a sort of typical 19yearold boy and i wrote back. My family has a wonderful family. My father and mother are some of the most dedicated Public Servants in the history of the country. My father was elected in congress in 1940 before i was born there yet he was 26yearsold. My mother was 24. They had a baby girl and eight days later a baby boy. They came here and i think about it now in my old age and think about these kids coming to washington in this day and age age they would still be on their Parents Health insurance and there they were the members of congress and his wife so of course they were not scared to leave cocaine. But here it was the world war ii washington. And it was very similar to the period of washington that i write about in my his
In a sense it could become even more damaging. At the same time they were incredibly inspirational and uplifting for those that were being held in the gulag. That when he was in the gulag his captors said look. Here is your reagan. Cowboy comedy and a fall. And as soon as they left he could not contain his glee. He was jumping up and down and tapping in morse code Ronald Reagan called this the evil empire the next guy says start stepping we were called the evil empire than the gulag is coming now with the words evil empire. So the president had finally spoken the truth. With a follow up what it you think the Ronald Reagan approach to syria and iran . Great question. I am always larry to apply reagan also with the iraq war. What he had invaded . Iran as a really good example june 2009 and the iranian streets first erupted and abominate merely week carter like statements even the democrats were astounded. He could have made stronger statements but reagan probably would have treated i rea
Era. He is popularizing that term on june 15, 1966 in greenwood, mississippi. And he becomes this icon of the late 1960s. Carmichael is going to be the most influential since malcolm acts. Is friends with Martin Luther king jr. And he also is a black panther. By 1969 he leaves the United States in west africa. And he has this organizer who changes his name to kwame ture in honor of his political mentors in africa. Kwame ture has taken them and he becomes kwame ture. Host what part of the Civil Rights Movement was he involved in . Guest is involved in all of it. And that is what is so interesting. When you think about Stokely Carmichael, hes involved in every major action between 1960 and 1965 with the whole period of civil rights cut in half. He is a demonstrator and involved in the Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and he is a freedom rider and hes arrested on june 8, 1961, and mississippi. Its been weeks and penitentiaries. He is a Howard University student activists and part of this
Watershed iconic activist of the civil rights and black power era. He is popularizing that term on june 15, 1966 in greenwood, mississippi. And he becomes this icon of the late 1960s. Carmichael is going to be stoically carmichael is going to be the most controversial black activist since malcolm x, he is friends with Martin Luther king jr. Civil rights for the next 30 years he becomes a revolutionary organizer who changes his name in honor of two of his political mentors in africa who were both the first president s of their countrys respectively. He takes the first name and third name. Host what part of the Civil Rights Movement was he involved in . When we think about maclean he is involved in every major action between 1960 and 1965 in the Civil Rights Movement, second half, he is a sit in demonstrator involved in the nonviolent coordinating committee, he is a freedom rider, and arrested for the first time on june 8, 1961, in mississippi, spends weeks in parchment penitentiary, the