I remember a senator to rows behind me miss lynch, i dont want to get in the way of your confirmation. Ill talk to dr. Holder. The senator about three rows behind me said, reverend al also moment. I said, yes, it is. He said, for he is present to put his hand on lincolns bible and dr. Kings bible, he said its an aweinspiring moment. I said, yes, it is. I said, dont be confused. He said, what do you mean . I said, they are two identical bibles. Same amount of books, same amount of verses, same amount of chapters. There wasnt no difference in the bibles. The difference was lincolns bible had been on the mental place in the white house. Heads of states and captains of industry and men of military used to look at that bible, but dr. Kings bible didnt come that way. Dr. Kings bible came through the backwoods of georgia through the buying you bayous of mississippi. If you open up the inside, when he went to jail, they would check his bible and then send it through the necessary institutional
Contemporary policymakers including Neville Chamberlains appeasement policies and the vietnam war. Southern Methodist University hosted this event. It is about 80 minutes. Professor log host my main purpose is to introduce you to professor Fred Logevall a professor of history at cornell university. And the vice provost for International Affairs. He is those things but much more. Those further attributes are the reasons why youre here tonight, here to listen to one of the truly great minds working the field of history today. Let me be more specific when i call fred one of the truly great historians of our day. He is in my opinion and i am biased but i have the microphone nothing less than a foremost historian of vietnam working in the country today. The anon, of course, th vietn am that word which has come to mean so much in american society. It means a war, an era, a period when the United States was perhaps ripped apart at the seams internally more than any other time in recent memory
Here to listen to one of the truly great minds working the field of history today. Let me be more specific when i call fred one of the truly great historians of our day. He is in my opinion and i am biased but i have the microphone nothing less than a foremost historian of vietnam working in the country today. Vietnam, of course, vietnam that word which has come to mean so much in american society. It means a war, an era, a period when the United States was perhaps ripped apart at the seams internally more than any other time in recent memory. It is a moment and bloodshed seemed endemic. Vietnam looms large over the field of american contemporary history. There are three basic types of american historians. Those who study the civil war. Those who study the vietnam war. And then there is everybody else. To be at the peak of one of these Three Pinnacles i think is no mean thing and no small feat. Let me tell you why i think fred is there. Because he asks and answers not only the question
Affairs. He is those things but much more. Those further attributes are the reasons why youre here tonight, here to listen to one of the truly great minds working the field of history today. Let me be more specific when i call fred one of the truly great historians of our day. He is in my opinion and i am biased but i have the microphone nothing less than a foremost historian of vietnam working in the country today. Vietnam, of course, vietnam that word which has come to mean so much in american society. It means a war, an era, a period when the United States was perhaps ripped apart at the seams internally more than any other time in recent memory. It is a moment and bloodshed seemed endemic. Vietnam looms large over the field of american contemporary history. There are three basic types of american historians. Those who study the civil war. Those who study the vietnam war. And then there is everybody else. To be at the peak of one of these Three Pinnacles i think is no mean thing and
Introduce you to professor Fred Logevall, a professor of history at Cornell University and the vice provost for International Affairs. He is those things but much more. Those further attributes are the reasons why youre here tonight, here to listen to one of the truly great minds working the field of history today. Let me be more specific when i call fred one of the truly great historians of our day. He is in my opinion and i am biased but i have the microphone nothing less than the foremost historian of vietnam working in the country today. Vietnam, of course, vietnam that word which has come to mean so much in american society. It means a war, an era, a period when the United States was perhaps ripped apart at the seams internally more than any other time in recent memory. It is a moment in global history when violence and bloodshed seemed endemic. Vietnam looms large over the field of american contemporary history. There are three basic types of american historians. Those who study