I wanted to ask you to join in here. I think were also talking about the Asian Community and were talking about whether people feel that they are being hurt and theyre included. You think about the minorities in the country and often times people, you know, start with the Africanamerican Community but largest is now hispanic community. And then you have the Asian Community growing in rapid numbers, especially the Fastest Growing group of immigrants is asian. Whoo about political participation an inclusion . Do people feel like they have a right to participate in this structure . Well, yes. Thats the message we have to carry to the community, to let them know that if they dont participate, their concerns are never going to be heard. Theyre concerned about immigration. Theyre concerned about health care and access to health care. Theyre concerned about housing, you know, putting food on the table. You know, asians are not the model minority inclusively. There is diversity within that div
Don in the 19 century, the demands of the government were smaller than today. As demands grew, as Government Services group, more letters started coming in. More staff had to be hired. Eventually, three Office Buildings were constructed. The Richard Russell building, the Everett Dirksen building, and the philip Hart Building. We are in the dirksen building, the multipurpose hearing room. It has various layers of history to it. The first Senate Office building opened in 1909, now known as the Richard Russell building. This was in the progressive era. There were more services coming in. As those senators and staff were all in one building, the Small Community of senators and staff that existed in that building until 1958, steadily, the demands of the government increased. Social security became an issue. So many federal issues directly affected citizens. They wrote to their senators. The senators hired more staff. At one point, the russell building was absolutely crammed. They had people
Cspan, created by americas Cable Television companies and brought you as a Public Service by your cable or satellite provider. In depth is in next on book tv. Our our guest is the author of several books including his most recent, showdown on Thurgood Marshall. Author will haygood, this is a quote from you, i write about black men who heroically manifest themselves into mainstream america. Lentless purt i think my reading writing has been a relentless pursuit to explain all of america. What is that mean . Well, i think that it is just been exciting to find these figures like adam junior, sammy davis junior, super weight ray robinson Thurgood Marshall, who were not born into mainstream society, who by their enormous talent and gifts they put themselves into the fabric of this country, by entertainment,s politics, sports, and in Thurgood Marshalls case, the law and in the case of the white house, butler, extra nor layered Patriotic Service to his country so these figures when i look back
I had a record player, is very into electronics, is a ham Radio Operator when i was 13. I built a little Radio Station and i did that at home when i was a kid. When i i got a job at msu and brody will. The dorms had a Radio Station so i was on wrp. I did it for six weeks, did a tape and got a job at w. Itl. W. Itl lansing michigan which was the country western station, the number one station in lansing. I was a weekend dj and i hated Country Music and i discovered that i love Country Music to assist the teenager in the 60s and rock n roll. I worked there for a year or so and then went into an allnight show top 40 and then went back to woodland and did two years. Then i got out of that and in 2002 november 2002 thanksgiving we were living in turmont and the reason i drove back to michigan to visit family for thanksgiving and all the way there all i could get was actually it was odd was like Sean Hannitys show repeated itself three or four times on that 14 hour drive and he was doing a l
I built a little 100milliwatt transmitter which will reach like three houses around your house. I had a record player, is very into electronics, is a ham Radio Operator when i was 13. I built a little Radio Station and i did that at home when i was a kid. When i was 16, i got a job at msu and brody hall and the Radio Station. This is a a major dorm that had a Radio Station. I did that for about six weeks, made a tape and got a job at w itl, w itl lansing michigan, which was a country western station. Number one station in lansing. I was a weekend dj and i thought, i hated Country Music and i discovered that i absolutely love Country Music. I was a teenager in the 60s and was like rock n roll or nothing. I worked there for a year and then did an online show, did top 40, then went back and did news for seven years. And then i got out of that and in 2002, november 2002 in thanksgiving were living in for mark, i joe back to michigan with to visit with my wifes family and all of the way the