Look at the social reformer and photographer and this program is just under an hour. I am cheryl regan, im an exhibitor at the library of congress. On the curator of this exhibit, and im a historian at the library of congress. This exhibition jacob wreaths it is the first time that the collection jacob riis and the jacob jacob riis papers is a stellar collection at the city of new york. We pick the word go presentation very good now and very carefully because the exhibition here actually follows an exhibit that was at the museum in the city of new york and really that exhibit had revealed new yorks other half, and its slightly different it looks in a slightly different way and concentrating more on his biography more on his photography and here we are looking at jacob riis as a journalist because that is the strength of our collection the papers here which number 3000, and the Manuscript Division features well and come to the forefront. We also really wanted to emphasize the combinatio
Get started let me center best wishes for a speedy recovery to President Trump, the first lady, as well as all the officials who work closely with the president. One month out from november 3 americans across the country have already started voting in the most important president ial election in a generation. President elect joe biden for reelected President Donald Trump will face a double digit unemployment situation and a global pandemic, a reckoning on racial inequality and a divided nation. The one institution that could help address these problems is the federal government. The federal government needs to be effective if it will deliver for the American People. That is why preparation and planning today is critical for effectiveness on january 20. Regardless of your wins a smooth transition this year is not enough in this year we need the best transition ever in american history. Should Vice President biden win the challenges are truly daunting. In normal times a new president fac
abwe want to thank you for being here and also thank you for being a sponsor without individual donations and the support from our community and around the nation southern festival of books would not be t possible it would not be able to continue to be free for you so we want to urge you to visit the website and give as you can and thank you for being here. You are really in for a treat this afternoon. The book that we have here and will be talking to the author david katie who am getting ready to introduce religion of fear the true story of the church of the god of the Union Assembly. What a story it links into tennessee in 19 other congregations across the nation. Cady ably juxtaposes the bizarre tale of the church of god of the Union Assembly with contemporaneous history illustrating how this power mad yet charismatic leader came to rise without anyone noticing anything out of the ordinary. In a part of the world where pentecostal churches are common. The kind of sum it up, heres a
Congressman holds a town hall meeting with constituents in the 10th district in the modesto area. It is about 45 minutes. This is exciting. Onther or not this is egged by extra credit, i do not judge. It is so fantastic to see all of you together exercising what ken was right to call your constitutional rights. One of the first goals of my office has been to set a new standard for accountability and openness in our community. That is why we have done 17, yes, 17 town halls in person across our community this year. Three of them have been in manteca. I think at least three of them. And we have been trying to make sure that we are listening to every single voice in our community. Whether you voted for me, you didnt or you did not vote at all, i am your representative and it is my job to make sure i am going out and listening to your suggestions and comments about how i can do my job and i am making sure my First Priority is to be grounded in the needs of our community. A little bit about
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