Good afternoon. Its quiet in here. I felt like ways in a funeral. We have to do something about. This the body is not here. You know, it was really somber and everything. I know the weather is impacting us. Id like to welcome you. My name is johnny taylor. Im the president and ceo of the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Welcome to our headquarters. This is home for us. We share this building with gallup, our partner in the work that were going to be embarking upon over the next several years. But we just want to welcome you to our home. Im going to tell why you were here and turn it over to the panelists. Were here toinlt deu introduce of special people in the room. A very special person here is the founder of the Thurgood Marshall college fund dr. Join payne. None of this would happen, we would not be here fit wasnt for her vision to create an organization that would really focus on the historically black college and university community. Our members are the state supported institution
Jackson as a frontiersman is too simplistic. He believes that jacksons upgrading upbringing in the south is more in line with an elite southern gentleman. This 50 Minute Program was hosted by the library of congress. Professor cheathem thank you. My name is jeff flanery, i would like to welcome you to the library of congress. The menu for the the Manuscript Library is related to American History and culture. Among our collection of personal papers of 23 u. S. President s and numerous other wellknown americans including such notables as Walt Whitman Orville and wilbur wright, carl sagan, and civil rights icon rosa parks. 170 years after his death Andrew Jackson still dominates the. Between the onslaught of the slavery crisis that overran midcentury america. One could mark the expansion of democracy, trace the development of modern political parties, and witness a wave of political partisanship that would not look unfamiliar to modern already and says. Modern audiences. The librarys manu
Jeff flannery thank you. I am the head of the reader and Services Section and i would like to welcome you to the library of congress. The Manuscript Division is custodian to approximately 63 million primary source documents. Among our other personal papers of 23 u. S. President and numerous other wellknown americans, including the poet walt whitman, aeronautic pioneers orval and Wilbur Wright , and a civil rights icon rosa parks. 170 years after his death Andrew Jackson still dominates the period between the founders generation and the onslaught of the slavery crisis. During the age of jackson, one could mark the expansion of democracy, trace the development of modern political parties, and witness a wave of political partisanship that would not look unfamiliar to modern art and since modern audiences. One of it is here that the collections and personal papers of the nations leading figures shed light on their hopes and ambitions. The division not only holds the most significant collec
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Happening. Ha weve been getting light snowg h showers and its been enougheenu to accumulate on the ground inn a few spots. In ill have all thea fe details oa rather wintry friday forecast and some travel difficultiesiicl ervin going to let you know about. Erin. Light snow but black ice snow g big problems. Clarksburg road skyfox at thisrd location it remains shut down sn serious crash involvingnvolng several cars between and 270ena7 and 355. Problems along germantown roadnr as well. Well have the latest on what o areas you need to avoid andan use caution this morning. Morni. Your next look at traffic. Raffi. Allison and steve. Lets get right to your News Headlines this morning. Gen we showed you at the top ofes tf the newscast we have to go to new jersey for this one butne t were showing it to youit you because there are many m buildings involve in this firenh along the jersey shore. Sre several homes condo buildingsldn already destroyed in oceanoc grove thats just south ofats asbury p