Interview with Joan Trumpauer mulholland. She recalls taking part in the 1961 freedom rides, attending tougaloo college, and serving at the Mississippi State penitentiary with other activists. This interview is part of a project on the Civil Rights Movement initiated by congress in 2009, conducted by the Smithsonian National museum of africanAmerican History and culture, the american full like american folklife center. Joan i was born in washington, d. C. And raised in arlington, virginia, basically a mile down the road in apartments, which at that point was the only place in Northern Virginia that would rent to jews. This was the early 1940s, folks had come from new york, looking for government jobs. They wanted out of the boarding houses and they can move to buckingham and that was about it. What did your dad do . Joan they had those government jobs. My father came from southwest iowa, during the depression. My folks met at the midnight shift at the post Office Building in the elevat
She told reporters the discussion would be an open dialogue about race relations. Faith, finding peace, and moving her family forward from the tragedy. Girls, you are going back to p f. Mom, youre going back to work. She says part of her work now is supporting president obamas executive action on guns. Pushing for 40 will health care and education. She says the hardest part is nothing her husband on sundays in the pulpit. She says that she and her daughters went on their face most of those times. I believe that one day im going to [indiscernible] i know that he is looking down on me and the girls and i know that he is smiling down. She says she will carry on her husbands legacy through their foundation. Her goal is to purchase a fullservice, mobile health unit joel the father of 13yearold nicole is now speaking out for the First Time Since his daughters death. David says they tried to stop her from going down the wrong of him. Joel both suspects, David Eisenhower and natalie, are still
And i want to thank Howard University for having me here today and thank cspan whos recording this today. Hear in the back . Okay, great. Its really great to be at howard of all places because my book is called black man in a white coat, and its about race and medicine and how its a really great place to be howard is a really great place to be to talk about these issues. If you go back to the late 1960s, depending on the statistics that you see, howard and ma harry trained 7590 of all american doctors, so this is an appropriate place to have this conversation today. Here is the book, black man in a white coat. So the first question you always want to ask yourself, you know, why should i buy this book, why should i read this book . What is it about . Race is a topic thats on everyones mind these days, right . Its all over the news. You hear about it in terms of criminal justice, law enforcement. Thats what were hearing about it all the time right now. But race is also an important issue
In ancient times, we wouldve called it beast, the mountain lion. It is really a garden boulder, colorado. It is a beautiful place but in many ways, it has been altered by humankind. When you get this wild animal coming into this artificial landscape, you can cause changes in the behavior of that animal. A mountain lions favorite food is venison. Living on the outskirts of this beautiful city where we have irrigated gardens and lawns the city attracted the deer so we have a deer herd living in downtown boulder. The lions moved back into the area. They discovered there were deer in town so the deer were the lions lured the lions. They discovered they can eat dogs and cats. That is food for them so the lions were learning and they have learned that this is where they will find food. There is food up there too but lots to eat in town. In a is a retreat beautiful place for enrichment and enlightenment, entertainment and coming together. The people who were intended to be the audience were r
Was going to do. Me, itd portly than makes the country a better place with a brighter future. That is what public servants, elected officials, want to do. This job there is a challenge. It has been great to me candidates across the country. There has been some great rewards. There is nothing that comes in this job for me when its done. I hope we have made a difference. I hope the country is better off. The chair of the National Republican senator a committee. Thank you for being with us. Sean sullivan of the washington post. Thank you for joining us. On the next washington journal, daniel price with the league of conservation voters will discuss that control. Inook at the nras agenda 2014. He chairs the associations political victory fund. Then, we will talk more about the supreme courts new term. We will take your phone calls and look for your comments on facebook and twitter. That all begins live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. Monday night on the communicators, jeremy grant whose ag