[applause] felicia thank you so much. It is finally warm and sunny. I appreciate you all being here. I think i am so excited to hear about the conversation. I was just talking to marcelo about some of the research theyve been doing at ucla. I see other people here, roberto, whos done some research on dhaka students their outcomes barriers for , those who havent accessed the daca program to come forward, so i know you all will have a really wonderful discussion. Im here to talk about what the administration is up to and, you know, hopefully we can all Work Together to continue to help individuals get that access to temporary relief and work authorization. So for those of you who dont know what daca is, its the deferred action for childhood arrivals process program. It was implemented in it was announced in june of 2012 and then implemented in august of 2012. We had 60 days to work with dhs to get the program up online so that young people who know this country, know this is their only c
Mistake. What she did that sent a contestant home with a brandnew car. And good morning, america. How is that for a moment . I know. I love the reaction. Manuela was mortified. So great they did the right thing. The game was ruined. She could have guessed it right so she gets the car. Brandnew car. How awful if they took it back. Manuela is doing just fine. A lot to get to starting with the flooding in kentucky. Just moments ago, you are looking at pictures of of course the rain pouring down hard in louisville flash flooding. Rescues under way as we speak. Were going to get right to ginger for the latest on the dangerous situation unfolding for a lot of americans. Its more than 40 high water rescues near louisville. Dozens of streets are closed. You can see why. Those are cars in a parking lot. The people no time to get out. Lies still on. Heres what i wanted to show you, training thunderstorms that keep going over the same place dropping 4 to 7 inches in Northern Kentucky. Kansas up t
Internal tough and tumble journalistic warfare. Garvey announced his intention of invading chicago. He rented the eighth regiment armory in a building that still exists. Garvey got on the platform and denounced abbott more vigorously than before. At the close of the meeting he was arrested for selling stock in the black star steamship line in violation of the illinois. Sky law, stock certificates and shares and later claimed the arrest had been engineered by abbott who he said had arranged to have a detective in the guise of a prospect of investor and insist on purchasing stock from the leader of the un i a to intimidate him. Gobby departed from the city never to return. His one and only trip to chicago. Lastly, therefore, final cultural chapters to the book. Is okay to read ahead. These the best chapters in the book. Chapters on literature, theater, music and one called rhythm, the black jazz and blues. This one, who wrote two of the four cultural chapters outlined the old days of the
Carter g. Woodson library in chicago. We thank you for being here today. Its such a joy to have this project between book covers now. You know, its been so long. And, you know, weve been talking with michael, you know, and eventually going get this project done. Each step of the way he keeps saying, you know, one day were going have that big event at the library. Here we are. Its finally here. So im happy to have all of you here with me today. And thank you for coming out on a saturday afternoon. Today i want to begin by talking about how i found this project. Sort of how it found me. Tell some of the background how the negro in illinois was conceived. The individuals who carried it out, then read some passages from the book. My wife and i moved to town to 2004 to urbana champagne, it didnt take me too long to find the Harsh Research Collection. It was straight up the interstate. I came here pretty promptly. I was interested in a fascinating figure. He had been a harlem renaissance poe
When we are done. Host the book is hand to mouth suborder. I thought it was a really great read. I read it for a few hours. Your writing is great. You are able to capture complicated things and beautiful ways but also there are tons of funny parts. Maybe you dont read it out loud to your children at bedtime. Guest exactly. Theres a whole chapter on that. Host its great talking to you. Guest you too, thank you so much. He writes that martin was the drug user. Bakes for coming out tonight the fact that maybe there is no baseball game tonight [laughter] there is several major positions that believe the Second Coming will be Jackson County misery. [laughter] they may be right than sooner than rethink. Five years into the Obama Presidency here is well wants callers said of the president matt brock a bomb is really the president Richard Nixon always wanted to be. And to endear times oped was harsher still saying president obama weld dash nixon as a rat the worst president ever on National Se