Series continues to bear fruit long after their passing. It is also important to remember the contributions of many who support the work we do in the center. That includes student research, fellowships, travel, public programming, and Public Education, so i would like to thank all of our friends at the center who are here today. And this being an event on the topic of civic religion, i salute you as well. For those of you just learning about the centers work or maybe this is the first time attending our talks and you enjoyed the lecture and valued the work we are doing to understand the past and make sense of the current moment and help collectively shape our shared future, i would encourage you to become a friend of the center. There are envelopes scattered around the room, maybe stuck to the bottom of your shoes. Feel free to grab one of those. As well, there is also a signup sheet in the back that you can get on for our mailing list. Finally, while i am dispensing thank yous i , wou
It tells us a lot about who we are, and what we can and will be. The details of innocence lost to greed, corruption, and lust to power. The author shows the ability of to beack community capable of destruction. Barnes tells the story i am really sorry, i had not planned on that. Before we begin, i would like to say a few personal things about harper. 1977, when we moved to this location from the loop, harper wrote an article in the post about us for the sunday paper. At midnight saturday night, we waited anxiously for the paper to be delivered. What a thrill. Harper was the first journalist to recognize us and it was the most welcome and truly appreciated article that has ever been written about us. Novel, he gavet us a galley. Which i still have. Harper blue monday, Harper Barnes publication, 1991. And then he did a book siding a book signing when the book finally came out on monday and he inscribed it to us. I just want to read it. ,t says to Left Bank Books my old friends. I cannot
Released emails documenting tha3 he and other Campaign Officials last summer, with the promise of receivrjnegative material about hillary clinton. n r2 transparent about it. Im more than happy to cooperate. As far as you know, this is everything . This is everything. This is everything . Dickerson well, not quite everything. As we later learned, a former member of who worked with caeq thau meeting. The president defended his sons most people would have taken that meeting. Its called opposition research. Dickerson democrats said it provet the campaign had colluded with the russians, and the republican chairman of the House Oversight p committee had advice. You should get everyone in a room, and from the moment you watch either dr. Zhivago to the point you had a shot of liquor, with a guy in a furry hat, you need to disclose every tk investigators on both sides have questions for donald trump jr. And Jared Kushner. Well talk to the top democrat1 mark warner, and hear from jay sekulow. An
We still question the power of our democracy. Tonight is your answer. [cheers and applause] its the answer told by lines that stretch run schools and churches, in numbers this nation has never seen. People who waited three hours, four hours. Many for the first time in their lives. Because they believe that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference. Its spoken by young and old, rich and poor, democrat and republican, black, white, hispanic, asian, native american, gay, straight, disabled, disabled and not disabled. [applause] america to set a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individual or a collection of red states and blue states. We are and always will be the United States of america. [cheers and applause] this scene ager features a to month ago, november fourth, 2008 at Center Barack Obama declared his victory and makes history as americas first africanamerican president. An estimated 250,000 people gathering estimated 25
Barack obamas presidency. All things are possible. If the dream of our founders questioned the power of ourof democracy, tonight is your answer. [cheering] if the answer told by the lines that stretch around schools ande churches. Suppose that are rich and poor, democrat and republican, black, white, hispanic, asian, native american, street, disabled, not pp disabled, americans send a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals with a collection of red states and blue states we always have beene and will be the United States of america. [applause] [cheering] an estimated 250,000 gathering at chicagos grant park on the unusual mild tonight marking what could be the start of eight years in the white house for the 44th president prepares to leave historians begin to assess theo obama legacy. The three leading authors adding their perspective to the newanad terms in the white house. We are joined at the table with april ryan, my upclose view of the preside