[applause] please take your seats. The morning and welcome to 400th anniversary commemorative ceremony. It is my honor to welcome the lady, thend the First Lieutenant governor justin fairfax, the attorney general, senator mark warner, and senator tim kaine. Scottepresentative bobby and a representative from virginia. Bass andative karen from missouri. Speaker of the house of for thes, first counsel embassy of wanda. ,he former Virginia Governor the former Virginia Governor robert mcdonald, the former missouri governor greitens, former representatives james payne, members of the governors cabinet, members of the virginia General Assembly, including senate ,ajority leader Thomas Norment portsmouth mayor john wrote, the members of the 400 years African American history federal museum, Deputy Assistant secretary of fish and wildlife parks, National Parks service officials, including daniel lla,h and david ve members of the Hampton City Council and other special guests. On behalf of the mem
Absolutely. Anything else . Where are we a time . Well, i think its probably time to move on to the the book signing. If people interested in having me sign the book, i would love to do that. And of course, we have another wonderful talk coming up, too. So thank you. Today id like to welcome a good friend jill watts. And she is. Shes conducted Much Research here at the library, and shes a Professor Emeritus of history at california state university, san marcos, where she teaches courses on black history and social and political history. United states. Shes written extensively, including hattie mcdaniel, black ambition, white hollywood, mae west, an icon in black and white and god. Harlem, usa, the Father Divine story, which has its own sort of local connections, in a way, jills book, the black homeowner, about which shell be speaking today, is the black cabinet the untold story of africanamericans in politics during the age of roosevelt. And shes recently served on the external Advisor
So thank you. Today id like to welcome a good friend jill watts. And she is. Shes conducted Much Research here at the library, and shes a Professor Emeritus of history at california state university, san marcos, where she teaches courses on black history and social and political history. United states. Shes written extensively, including hattie mcdaniel, black ambition, white hollywood, mae west, an icon in black and white and god. Harlem, usa, the Father Divine story, which has its own sort of local connections, in a way, jills book, the black homeowner, about which shell be speaking today, is the black cabinet the untold story of africanamericans in politics during the age of roosevelt. And shes recently served on the external Advisory Committee for our special exhibition, black americans civil rights and the roosevelts 1932 to 1962, which i encourage you all to go see jill speak 30 minutes or so and then shell take questions from the audience and. We sure are happy to have you here
Serve in the white house when the time comes, one way is to serve as a u. S. Senator. Of course, several have gone that route. President coolidges predecessor, Warren Harding, of course, being one of those. This service certainly has its advantages as a senator. One has to develop relationships with. Congress know how to effectively advance legislation, learn how to comport oneself on the National Stage and certainly have an awareness of foreign policy. A second preparation for the presidency to serve as a chief executive. Whether that be as a mayor or as a governor. From jimmy carter to ronald reagan, two very different president s and many. Weve certainly had plenty of governor president s as well. Calvin coolidge, as weve heard throughout our sessions, was perhaps the most prepared president in u. S. History. Indeed, he was elected to more offices than any other president. He once was asked if he had any hobbies. He said, well sure. Running for office. Grace must have been thrilled.
Serve in the white house when the time comes, one way is to serve as a u. S. Senator. Of course, several have gone that route. President coolidges predecessor, Warren Harding, of course, being one of those. This service certainly has its advantages as a senator. One has to develop relationships with. Congress know how to effectively advance legislation, learn how to comport oneself on the National Stage and certainly have an awareness of foreign policy. A second preparation for the presidency to serve as a chief executive. Whether that be as a mayor or as a governor. From jimmy carter to ronald reagan, two very different president s and many. Weve certainly had plenty of governor president s as well. Calvin coolidge, as weve heard throughout our sessions, was perhaps the most prepared president in u. S. History. Indeed, he was elected to more offices than any other president. He once was asked if he had any hobbies. He said, well sure. Running for office. Grace must have been thrilled.