,. To mark the centennial of his birth the Smithsonian American Art Museum collected dozens of images that chronicle the life of the 35th president. The Smithsonian American Art Museum allows me to be a guest curator of this exhibit on jfk. I photographed a lot of politicians. I started with Richard Nixon, Governor Brown in california and john f. Kennedy and many of the events he was present at. ,. Why this exhibit here in the American Art Museum at this time . It is the centennial of his birth 100 years ago on may 29, he was born. How do you put an exhibit like this together . First you start with a few researchers. We collected 34,000 photographs of jfk and his family. It took about six months and became the basis of a very important book that we published. From those 34,000 odd pictures in the book we were able to select 77 photographs that we felt told the story of jf k and his life and times. John f. Kennedy was a modern president who saw americas place in the world. He was a man
I photographed a lot of politicians. I started with Richard Nixon, Governor Brown in california and john f. Kennedy and many of the events he was present at. Tragically, i was in dallas when he was assassinated. Why this exhibit here in the American Art Museum at this time . Well, its the centennial of his birth. In hundred years ago on may 29 he was born. How do you put an exhibit like this together . Where do you start . First you start with a few researchers. We collected 34,000 photographs of jfk and his family. It took about six months and it became the basis of a very important book that we published with harper collins. From those 34,000 pictures in the 400 and some odd pictures in the book we were able to select 77 photographs that we felt told the story of jfk and his life and times. Jfk was a modern resident. John f. Kennedy was a president who saw americas place in the world. He was a man who understood history, who served in world war ii. He understood the issues of civil r
She was close to being broken by the time she went to the white house. Female this is the earliest existing house. They lived here through the 1830s and 1840s. Male she was educated and she had taught school. Female eliza would read to him in this shop while he worked making suits for the men of town. Female the north and the south fought over the occupation of greeneville all through the civil war. It changed hands over 26 times. Female andrew and eliza did purchase slaves. So they did have domestic help. Female it was used as a hospital. It was used as a place to stay, and it was basically destroyed. Female eliza being ill with tuberculosis wasnt able to get out much. Female eliza received many gifts that she brought home with her. Female this is the room she returned to after their years in the white house. Male shes just obscure, as she probably wouldve wanted it. But shes who he needed. end video clip Abraham Lincolns assassination, just weeks after his second inaugural shocked a
Anger on Small Businesses. Members of the chapter of the naacp organize a rally in front of city hall. At least 100 people carried signs and listen to speeches. In particular, a call for the creation of the civilian independent Police Oversight committee there. And now two of alejo. Hundreds protesting the killing of george floyd this afternoon. Organizers emphasized that this will be a peaceful protest and encourage those taking part to wear masks and practice social distancing. They marched in the name of all of the innocent black lives lost due to police brutality. They finally ended up along the waterfront. Police opened fire on a suspect last night after responding to looting at a drugstore. Henry lee tells us this is the Second Police shooting in the bay area under similar circumstances in the last two days. Reporter our dispatchers who were constantly calling out officers to move from one situation to another. Reporter alejo officers got people breaking into the drugstore. Sourc
In the studio to welcome from the Aspen Institute and. Baka welcome tyson now as we heard the pentagon say theres still assessing the scale of damage and casualties but let me go to the original tweet sent by donald trump when he cut off the attack and he said all is well assessment of casualties this taking place so far so good what do you make of that i think that was a narrow communication to basically communicate to the American Public and to the world that that didnt lead to perhaps significant casualties now we dont have any word from the Defense Department itself but we do have word from the iranians which is probably not credible saying that there have been a number of casualties which would be a dramatic escalation of the tensions between iran and the United States we should recall that this is in some ways a reaction to cumulative aggression on the iranian part of the part of the iranians in saudi arabia in the straits of hormuz and the attack on december 27th that killed one