In this room in one sense by the presence of pat oliphant. So please greet pat. But even more by the work of pat which yowull see on the screen. The culture he reptde esreprese highly specific. Daily perspective over the course of more than 60 years as a cartoonist, producing more than 10,000 individual cartoons, five days a week for the denver post, for several years, for the washington star for several years, and then along the way, pat oliphant became the first 20th century cartoonist to work independently of any newspaper. Thats how popular his work was, and it was syndicated through newspapers all across the country, out of his studio. So a specific daily comments on events as they were occurring, far from being balanced, they were opinion atded. That was part of their virtue. And obviously, not so much in words, although there are words, but especially in pictures and the work of the art of pat oliphant not just confined to cartoons but also to paintings and sculpture. Before i i
Notion that it couldnt happen, that they could not elect a catholic president of the United States. If you know our political history for the decades preceding that with al smith and others there was evidence that , you cannot elect a catholic, and that was all transcended and exploded one night in november 1960. And so the world we were looking at in 1968 when i could really finally Pay Attention was a world coming apart in the United States. The vietnam war is raging, we had an incumbent president Lyndon Johnson who had been elected four years ago in a landslide who was on the way to an easy reelection again. He was very likely to be facing some of very good at losing president ial elections. Richard nixon, who had the distinction in history at the beginning of 1968, of being the very first Vice President in history to lose a president ial campaign. He then made Hubert Humphrey the second 1968. As the year began, it was back in that ancient america where if someone said, i democrat o
Happened. Gerrymandering on this issue in particular given the nra a Playing Field in their favor. But it is starting to change. Change, anding to it is going to change because of people stepping forward sharing their stories, having the courage to do it. The story you told moves minds and hearts more than anything an elected official can tell us. More than anything any elected official can tell you. Today on cspan, we honor the life and legacy of dr. Martin luther king jr. Back top, we take you detroit, june 20 3, 1963, where the civil rights leader spoke after the walk to freedom. Then the annual wreathlaying ceremony honoring dr. King, and then civil rights leaders gather to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Martin Luther king jr. Day. We take you to the walk to freedom, the largest civil rights gathering of the time. It became a precursor to his i have a dream speech. I have a dream this afternoon that one day right here in detroit. Here in63, it would be detroit where Martin L
75 minutes, a kind of meeting of two cultures. One culture is represented by the people on this stage, who are scholars associate the with the Miller Center here at the university of virginia and whose studie of the presidency is broad, longterm in perspective, balanced, and of course expressed in words in the written word. The other culture is represented in this room in one sense by the presence of pat oliphant, so please, greet pat oliphant with a [ applause ] but even nmore so by the work o pat oliphant which youll see displayed on this screen. The culture that he represents is not sort of broad gauged and long range by highly specific, daily perspective over the course of more than 60 years as a cartoonist, producing more than 10,000 individual cartoons five days a week for the denver post for several years, the washington star for several years. And along the way pat ol fant became the first to work independently of any newspaper. Thats how popular his work was, and it was syndic
Christian science monitor. Our guest today is ronald mcdaniel, chair of the National Committee. This is her first appearance in a moderate breakfast and we are especially pleased to have her as she represents the thirdgeneration of the Romney Family to appear at her breakfast. Re ms. Mcdaniels late grandfather michigan governor George Romney was our guest several times back t was that guest in the third monitor breakfast. We are now over 3900. 1956. And of course your uncle mitt romney now senator from utah has also chaired with us several times. This is the special welcome to you. Now with his background as she grew up in michigan and go start in the Family Business early by helping her mother campaign. 1994 senate campaign. After graduating she moved to dc and work for your a Consulting Firm and eventually return to michigan and got involved in in 2012 her uncle mitt romney president ial campaign, and then the public and National Committee woman from michigan and 2014. In 2015, she w