Here. I want to talk about the brown decision. It occurred before you were born. What was the discussion, if any, in your family or what was the feeling about what this might mean . My parents had quite a different take on government and the issues of race. My father actually in the discussions actually thought it was ridiculous that the highest court in the land even had to come to the conclusion of discussion that separation separate but equal was immoral. He always saw things in terms of moral and immoral. Had the discussion to make a decision to make the facilities equ equal. His attitude was, son, they can try for the next 20 or 30 years to make the facilities equal, but the only way my children will have a quality education is that i got to ep sunsure that i happens. I have to make sure it happens before they enter kindergarten by reading to them, having them read to us, reading in the newspaper, go together library. I will never trust the government to ever educate my children o
Good morning, thank you for being here. One Public Service announcement. We will be taking questions. When that happens, we ask you to just ask one question, tried to keep it brief, but also tell us your name. We will try to get as many people through the microphones as we can. Two Staff Members will be on hand. We will be going back and forth and picking up people to ask questions. It is an absolute thrill for me to be here, because William Leuchtenburg is a hero of mine. I did my doctorate in u. S. President ial diplomatic history, and his books were a seminal reading when i was coming through the ranks and getting my doctorate. I still now use and teach his books at my class in Rice University on the american presidency. I found that one of his books about fdr, was just an absolute classic. You have not even considered understanding our modern times without reading that book. What a long legacy fdr passed on to our politics after his death. We want to begin today by asking you congr
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She turned 70 in the peace corps. This was before my grandfather was governor. He went on to do the things you know about him and when he was done being in the white house, his mother was standing behind him, reminding him she turned 70 in the peace corps. To the extent he has gone on and done things since and i think a lot of that was due to this extent to which grandmother infected our family with this idea that not only is doing this kind of thing a good thing to do but its fun, its exciting, and its inspiring. The Carter Center has programs and 35 african countries, 18 in venezuela right now. Things andlly cool not only that, but its rewarding and exciting. College, ished looked around for things to do and figured out that if i was really going to walk that walk, having been privileged like all , the peace corps was the best way to do that because you get to go and live with people and experience their everyday lives everyday with them in their communities. You he went they eat. Ev
Its very fancy. The ladies are wearing gowns. Good. How about a third thing . What else do you see . Go ahead, jimmy . It looks like theyre all fairly close together. Like i cant tell, they might be dancing or i dont know. But they are all very close together. Exactly. Very good. Okay. Thats good. Yeah. I should say about Lady Washingtons reception that lady washington herself is standing literally center stage, an elegant gown. What you might not have noticed was that there is someone else who we sometimes think of as important, sort of receding into the background here. Thats good old george. George washington here in the center in black formal republican gown, sort of overshadowed by lady washington. Now, the title was Lady Washingtons reception. The word used at the time was that of a levee which is a formal reception which was held and hosted by the first lady, martha washington. Any of you notice how she was standing on a platform. Thats right. You also noticed the opulent attire