Good evening from the tv this is a series of programs of Pulitzer Prize winner and historian David Marinus Roberto Clemente and Vince Lombardi. And then began their 1977 and received the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting 1983 and has appeared on the tv and has traveled the world we will revisit the trip to kenya also the history in 19 sixties that first in 2002 and then to margin to send night this is a book about the vietnam war and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Here is David Maraniss. A rubber Plantation North of saigon in vietnam. Thirtyfive years ago the 28th infantry regiment were ambushed here 61 were killed many injured. The university of wisconsin madison 35 years ago they tried to keep dow chemical from recruiting on campus. Held a demonstration that turned violent. The new book titled they marched into sunlight the author is David Maraniss. You write in the epilogue is as reflected in the book quick. It means im not trying to make a specific point i believe history i
7488003. Or you can join us on twitter, cspanwj, or facebook. Com cspan. We will get your thoughts here in just a minute, but first joining us on the phone here is lawrence hurley, a Supreme Court correspondent. What was the question put to the courts and what did they decide . Guest thanks. The question is whether sex discrimination within the title vii, which is the federal law that bars employment discrimination, whether sex discrimination applied to Sexual Orientation and gender identity. The court in the ruling ,esterday said that it does which was surprising to some because you had chief Justice Roberts and justice and neil gorsuch joining the four liberals, as you mentioned, in that ruling. The court basically said that any kind of discrimination on the basis of sex is kind of a broad concept and that can include elements of discrimination that concern Sexual Orientation or gender identity. It reads prohibits employment through discrimination based on color, sex, andigion, natio
Butterfield, director of the fred w Swift National library. It is my pleasure to welcome you back here. And the Ford Motor Company each month sponsors a free book talk like this one. An opportunity for the community to come and learn from the greatest historians in the field. Thank you for being here tonight. We are thrilled to have to begin the program, im you. We will hear a brief hesitation from susan swain, copresident and chief executive officer of cspan. She will be joined by brian lam, the founder and executive chairman of cspan and moderating an esteemed group of historians discussing the american presidency. The american presidency is, as you know, a fascinating subject of inquiry in every possible way. [laughter] in the constitution, there is not much said about it. As you might imagine. Article one is quite long. Article two is quite shorter. As you can imagine, the executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States of america. Full stop. That is the first s
That i grew up around and those that are being honored tonight and to concentrate on the substance not a capacious place and then to have a series of conversations and then when we are done we will take questions in chat to wrap up in an hour using the best practice not keeping you in front of your computer screen for too long especially this time of day. New to the awards and the legac legacy, we have a short video. Talk about the process of writing at the keyboard. Its not the most important par part. [inaudible] this work was detailed. And with a set of ideas and what he hoped for is the elevation of nonfiction programs. He cared so much about the craft and then said to do something and carry forward. And David Marinus and robert caro, on and on with this silly group of americans. And none of this would be possible. And talk about narrative nonfiction. And it would allow me to take more time of the debt for the first time author. It gave me confidence. Because this type of work that
Introduce this guy here. Really special guy. Done me a lot of solids over the years and he appreciate it. Chris is a really interesting character. I wouldnt try this life at home but its worth knowing about. In addition to being a very decent guy, he is ode indicated to the hit and more than that, krist takes big bites out of the ass of life, and i think the ass . Yes, out of the ass of life. Heres a sampler. He has racked up college degrees, of course. He is traveled for 20 areas, during which he gutted salmon in alaska, taught english to bangkok 0 prostitutes, adult selfdefense to lan reform activists in mexico. Was involved in the diamond business in new york. I dont know how that fits in and i jut haese lan has been purchase in an undisclosed location where tributes are gathering and thats chris. Give him six months, Something Else will happen. He and his cowriter wrote sex at dawn, a pretty major work on human sexuality that taught us that prehistoric sex was pretty damn good and