Welcome him here [applause]. All night. All day. Were going to be fighting for freddie gray. All night, all day, we are going to be fighting for freddie gray. The first of all let me say that it is an honor and pleasure to be back here at red emmas, i was here some months ago to introduce to other new books that i have written and i consider it to be quite an honor that they have a invited me back again. Those who may may not be familiar, freddie gray was a young, black man who had a fatal encounter with the police in baltimore. He is in the long list of such young black people have had fatal encounters with the authority, i think of samuel reising kleven, and Staten Island new york, Michael Brown in ferguson, sandra bland in texas, hopefully what im going to be talking about this evening that is to say, these events that stand the period of the onset of the haitian revolution in 1791 until the death of Paul Robinson in 1976 will shed light, i would hope on why, in north america we hav
On how folks, other than the pundits on cable tv, our thinking. [laughter] and i know it is a Representative Group because sometimes people say, mr. President , we love you and we especially love michelle. [laughter] and you are doing such a great job, and thank you. And then there are others who write and say, mr. President , you are an idiot, and you really this country. So i know i am getting a real sampling of American Public opinion. Last night as i was reading through my letters, i say about half of them, said, mr. President , why are you always against police . Doing enought you to deal with these rioters and the violence . Said, mrs. Er half with a black folks saying, mr. President , why you do something about the police . [laughter] and when are we going to get justice . That understand the nature argument the nature of that argument because this is a dialogue we have been having for 400 years. The fact of the matter is, is that one of the challenges we have in generating a ab
This program runs about an hour. Well, good afternoon and welcome to the herself bert hoover president ial library museum. My name is tom schwartz. Im the director. Im pleased youve joined us for another program celebrating americas first ladies. In the lobby at the ticket desk, youll find a card which talk about some of our other upcome events also dealing with our first lady exhibition. Were honored today to have annette did you knowlap as our speaker. Annette was awarded an m. B. A. From Washington University at sthrunsde has more than 30 Years Experience as a writer, speaker, an entrepreneural consultant. In her spare time when shes not raising cattle on a 29acre farm in north carolina, annette writes books. Her first biology was frank the story of france it cleveland, americas youngest first lady. In her second book involved a bit about a biography in discovering her fathers gambling addiction. Her Current Research brings her to lou henry hufere. She has twice been a recipient of
Night at 8 00 eastern, other night at 8 00 eastern, and that. Is exploring cities across the country our recent visit paul, minnesota. We are standing at the historic Fort Snelling. The fort really is the first foothold in the region for United States expansion. During the early 1800s, you began to have this idea of spreading across the country, of the manifest destiny of the United States to spread from sea to shining sea. It is the godgiven right of america to extend across north america. Of course, that is problematic because there are other people who lived here first. The American Indian nation. Nations. And in this region, it was primarily the dakota and the ojibway. And is firmly establishes the u. S. Presence in this region. It is a foothold for future expansion. After the fort was established here, nothing was the same. Relations between American Indians and this region and the United States government began to change. About 1650, the first europeans are arriving in what would
It is good to see so many real people sitting in seats and not on a flat screen. My name is thomas f. Schwartz, director of the Herbert Hoover president ial library and museum. Before i introduce todays author, a few housekeeping matters. If you have not seen a new temporary exhibit, deliverance america and the famine in soviet russia from 19 21 to 23, please take time after the top to do so. It tells the story of how Herbert Hoover, and the American Relief administration, fed more than 10 Million People on a daily basis during russias worst famines. We also welcome cspan who are recording todays event for later broadcast. These programs would not be possible without the support of the hoover president ial foundation who are in the midst of raising 20 million for a complete renovation of our permanent galleries. To learn more about the project, and how to become a member, visit their membership table in the lobby. Who we are also grateful for the support of diamond v. In nearby cedar r