Line. But therell be plenty of books and plenty of opportunity for tim to meet everyone and permize your books personalize your books. We at the ive i have book shop are really delighted ivy book shop are really delighted to and thank the church of the redeemer for being the host tonight. This is first of, hopefully many events that we hope to collaborate with the church, and we thank them for opening their doors to the public. Also want to thank the Special Olympics of maryland, the wonderful work you do and for all the great work you did to let the rest of maryland know about this event. And so we thank you for tweeting and facebooking and letting your friends know about it. Let me talk a little bit about tim. Of hes graduate of st. Alban school. He earned a ba from yale a masters degree from Catholic University a ph. D. In education from the university of connecticut. He spent 15 years in Public Education as a teacher, an activist and a Creative Force behind a number of important pr
Microphone down their people can come up as questions and after which there will be a book signing in the rectory right next door. You are all welcome to produce they cannot. For those of you who did not a chance to have your book signed at the reception iq will be right first in line, but there will be plenty of books and opportunity for tim to meet everyone and personalize your books. So we at the iv bookshop are really delighted and think the church for being the host site. This is the first of hopefully many events we hope to collaborate with with the church and we thank them for opening their doors to the public and also want to thank the Special Olympics of maryland, the wonderful work you do and for all the great work you did for us and let them rest of maryland now about this event and so we thank you for tweeting and face looking and letting your friends know about it. Let me talk a little bit about tim. Hes a graduate of Saint Albans School and he earned eight ba from yellow
Good evening. I am not here because i am a north carolyn ann or an expert on the specific subject at hand and i am here because the heritage that the folks represent and the tradition that their hard work and guts will come in the wake of. I am here because the staples that i am ready to say were basic to this state and that heritage is basic to this wonderful work. And truly wonderful work that jay smith and mary had been doing on behalf of the institution that so many of us know and love. And so many of us have been fearful going through down without a peep. And names of course are frank porter graham. And terry sanford. And bill bradley. And all of whom believe a major point of an institution was not to serve itself but to serve the ideas within it. That it to say that there was not enough to go by the building that have you to salute what it meant. I got here because bill friday. We had worked together on the night Intercollegiate Athletics that was ran and financed. And i said. I
Months later theyre expected to take a test, reading in english. Full paragraphs, comprehension you know to me that is just not unfair. Thats downright abusive. What are you saying to kids who cant actually comprehend what is printed . Imagine if you had to go and take a test in vietnamese. Im sure that all of us would maybe except me would fail. Really exposing how the testmakers and the whole culture around testing has been able to steal the language of our Civil Rights Movement and say this is going to help end racism. No its the opposite. Its going to help entrench it. Thats why we really have to take a stand against and it expose it for what it is. [applause] final question. One theme in the book is the transformative nature of the experience of going through a boycott, that at garfield castlebridge issue around the country peopled find themselves and their communities and schools transformed by the process of this and dianne, know you speak everywhere and have a feel for the move
Programs for this weekend on the cspan networks. On cspan2s booktv saturday 10 00 p. M. Even would of afterwards, Grover Nordquist says americans are tired of ther is and is our tax system, and then susan butler on Franklin Roosevelt and joe stalin and their Unexpected Partnership behind in the war, and then on cspan3, on lectures in history university of virginias college of wise professor Jennifer Murray on how civil war veteranes reunions changed from the reconstruction era to the present and sunday afternoon at 1 00 American History tv is live from the appomattox courthouse come enemiating the confederate surrender and the end of the civil war. Up next a report on two decade of academic fraud at the university of North Carolina where studentathletes were given fake or paper classes to artificially boost their gpas. Good evening. I am not here because im a longtime North Carolinaan, im not here because im an expert on the specific subject at hand. Im here because of the heritage tha