One is the public purpose of business but i also want to shift the mindset of the Business Executives what they believe to be true and designed the businesses to achieve both of these are in pursuit of Better Business outcomes and rogers brandnew just released today book, thank you for being part of this. His new release is in this domain called when more is not better overcoming americas obsession with economic efficiency. Both alan and roger are known to many of you. Martin is professor and dean of the school of management at the university of toronto where he started the force behind the prosperity institute. The author of any number of books we will put in the chat a biography you can learn more about and finally alan thank you for joining us. The chief content officer at fortune. His ceo column how i start my day every day. We posted the biography is in the chat and alan is going to engage the audience in question and you can pose in the qanda box after we have the opportunity to
State, tax politics, and the limits of american liberalism. Professor michael more looks at tax policy and American Attitudes towards taxes from the end of the new deal, to the 1986 tax reform act. This top is warning the series with scholars who used records in the National Archives center for legislative archives for the research. The center senate hosted this amendment right of the video. Thank you for attending todays researcher top historian at the center for a legislative archive sponsor of the series. Weve had a very full program this year, showcasing some of the Significant Research that is still being, done in the house records. Todays top is the eighth of this calendar, near and we have one more november, then we will hear from Charles Stewart Political Science professor at mit, longtime friend and supporter. Of the center. Who is talk about his coauthor book electing the senate, in direct democracy before the 17th amendment. By the prince in your city press, it will be a pre
19th amendment, the [inaudible] serves as a destination for discovery and inquiry and to introduce our audience to new narratives and themes in american history. We cant wait to see you again when the library opens to engage in new conversations about womens history, equality, democracy and the right to vote. [background sounds] good afternoon. My names nathan, and on behalf of humanities tennessee, i want to welcome you to the 32nd annual southern festival of books. Humanities tennessee would also like to say a special thank you to their key sponsors, the Metro National arts commission, the ingram group, tennessee arts commission, Vanderbilt University and parnas us books. Before we get started, i want to share a bit about our session. Theres these are unique times, and the book festivals also unique this year. So we we really appreciate everyone being here, and humanities tennessee carrying on with the event. If youd like to purchase a book, please use the parnas saws book link, and
Africanamerican representation in the 20th century and have a lot of artifacts from the house collection that have to do with that and a lot of history to cover. And the last africanamerican sort of to be eleshgted in the 19th century leaves in 1901, george white of north carkarcar and a long time before another africanamerican comes into the house. Oscar depriest from illinois. We have a couple of really rare artifacts from Oscar Depriest from the 1920s and 30s. But before i launch into them, because i love them so much, matt, tell us a little bit about Oscar Depriest and how he got into congress. So theres a long period. Almost three decades after George Henry White leaves congress where theres no africanamericans who serve in either the house or the senate. And that has everything to do with the jim crow laws that go on the books in the south, and the way that that changes over time during those decades, theres a critical thing going on in the south where africanamericans begin to l
But the library believes it was in new york in 1966. [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I havent even announced yet. You make me think ive been elected. Ladies and gentlemen, you have given me a welcome that is so heartwarming. Its something i will remember always. If i had no such reasons at all to be happy about the form of the greeting and the introductions and all here tonight, i could be grateful, because every once in a while, being introduced, i get selfconscious when they begin to introduce me and start mentioning the pictures that ive been in. Now, i dont mean that im ashamed of them. But everyone whos been around hollywood has been in some movies that the studio didnt want them good, they wanted them on thursday. And ive had my share. In the old times you could count on the passing years making you forget those pictures. Now you stay up late enough at night in front of the tv set, and they all come back to hau