Mr. Chairman. You can hear the gavel. I can remember sam irvin sitting up there. It brings back memories. It certainly is filled with the echoes of history. Coming up next on American History tv, a Panel Discusses minority activism leading up to the 1968 election. It is part of dr. Martin luther king jr. s Poor Peoples Campaign, africanamerican into condo activist came to washington, d. C. They explained how people of different races came together but it is largely remembered as an africanamerican movement. This event is part of the American Folklife Center at the library of congress to Mark National hispanic heritage month. This is about 80 minutes. Thank you so much, everybody. We are going to move on to our first panel discussion. I should say that my name is steve winick, a writer at the American Folklife Center. We are presenting this symposium entitled organizing across the boundaries, strategies and coalitions in the struggle for civil rights and. Social justice. This first pres
Carvings and the fixtures and the great chandeliers. And the history. There is even a plaque on the wall that lists the famous events that took place in this room. I was once asked by a radio correspondent to describe this room to a Radio Audience that could not see it. I said this room reminds me of grand opera because it is a magnificent setting. When theres an investigation, it usually has a large cast of characters and a convoluted plot, and everyone sits around waiting for the witness to sing. Television came along in 1947. The first televised hearing was general George Marshall testifying before the Foreign Relations committee to do with american foreignpolicy. He was secretary of state. The Marshall Plan was one of the big issues of the day. Europe is still emerging from the devastation of the most destructive war in history. Within its own resources, europe cannot achieve within a reasonable time economic stability. The solution would be much easier, of course, if all the natio
This first presentation is called when poor people marched on washington, the 1968 campaign in black and brown. I will introduce the speakers, and then they can come up and begin the discussion. So, the first person i will introduce is gordon who is an Gordon Mantler who is an assistant professor at George Washington university specializing in the history and the rhetoric of 20th century social Justice Movements and the africanamerican and latino experience in the united states, as well as oral history and history of film. His first book and focus of his Library Presentation is power to the poor, blackbrown coalition, and the fight for Economic Justice 1960 to 1974. It was published in 2013. And so, we are really happy to have him here. He is the recipient of many awards, including the first annual ronald t. Ferrar civil rights history award. So we are very happy to have him here. And how is this going to work . Come on up and have a seat. Yeah. Our second speaker is going to be our se
Part of the American Folklife Center at the library of congress. The idea behind doing that is collect primarily oral histories of veterans, sitting down with them, having the talk about their experiences particularly during the time they served in the military and particularly during the time of war. We taken these histories be a audio or video but also original materials like photographs letters, things families find themselves with that they do not know what to do with. They also tell a very compelling story. As i said, we do this with the american Folk Art Center at the library of congress and try to make it accessible to as many people around the country as possible. All this has been done primarily through public participation, volunteers organizations institutions individuals people sitting down with the veteran in their life capturing the story. Patrick president president clinton signed the legislation, is that correct . Patrick he did. Unanimous legislation, and it has taken
Anyway, its interesting, im going out on the book tour and speaking to a lot of audiences about both of my books. Its always interesting to see the kind of reaction youll get to the books. Most of it positive. Most of the interesting comments from a friend of mine in williamsburg that came up and said, tony, i have to admit, i really didnt like history very much in school. Because it was kind of boring. But you make it come alive. I love your book. I feel like im there. This was the hurricane of independence. I feel like im in newfoundland fishing and hurricane is coming. I feel like i am on the battlefield in the american revolution. Im so engrossed in the book. I feel like im there. Of course, i was appreciative and said thank you. Her husband elbowed me in the ribs and said, she likes it so much he reads four pages a day. It is right next to the Readers Digest in the bathroom in that little basket i was chuckling. He elbowed me again and said some day she likes me likes it so much,