Family institutions have a special affection for david nasaw. s biography of Andrew Carnegie was a lifechanging event for us. Through davids work, we came to know Andrew Carnegie, one lesson from the book stayed with me and animated my work, and that is the cockeyed optimism was not entirely misplaced. For all the madness you see in the world progress based on reason and can do spirit is indeed possible. The idea keeps me going and this occasion gives me the opportunity to say thank you. In addition to the carnegie biography davids previous books include biographies of Joseph Kennedy and William Randolph hearst. Today we turn to david nasaws supportive not one person but 1 million persons who emerged brutalized yet alive on the day, april 1945. The last million europes displaced persons from world war to cold war is an epic story the texas to the heart of europe during and after world war ii. It describes the movement of millions of people amid shifting borders and general chaos. About
The university of notre dame about how al smith and john kennedy dealt with the issue in their president ial campaigns. John mcgreevy from the university of notre dame, your book which came out a few years ago, whats the premise behind it . What did you learn . I wanted to look at how american ideas of freedom intersected with the catholic global tradition and what i learned is there were moments of conflict and moments of overlap. In the 19th century there was conflict over slavery. But lots of overlap in efforts to reform the economy. There was overlap in the 50s on ideas about americanization and mention over issues around sexuality, divorce, a lot of the kind of cultural issues of the last 30 years. More than 90 years ago, al smith ran for president. First catholic on the ticket. Why was that significant and who was al smith . Al smith was an immigrant kid from new york city. Irish and german. Never got beyond the eighth grade. By the 1920s, catholics are a significant percentage o
Kennedy president ial library about political relationships between numbers of the roosevelt and kennedy families in particular the alliance between roseville and jfk. The Franklin D Roosevelt president ial library provided this video. Paul hello and welcome to another edition of at home with the roosevelts. I am paul sparrow, the director of the museum in hyde park, new york. Today we will talk about the relationship between two of the most important political families in American History during the 20th century, the roosevelts and kennedys. To assist me in this conversation i am joined by the , director of the jfk library. Thank you for joining me. This is one of the most interesting and complicated relationships, multigenerational relationships. Two families that are really dynasties in the way they impacted american political life. There is a component of this that a lot of people do not really understand. Not only was there a relationship between Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Kenn
Now, on American History tv, look at challenges faced by catholic politicians. We will hear from a professor of notre dame about how our smith and john kennedy dealt with the issue in their president ial campaigns. Your book came out what is the premise behind . What did you learn . I wanted to look at how american ideas of freedom intersected with the catholic global tradition what i learned is there were moments of conflict and overlap. In the 19th century there was conflict over slavery. There is lots of overlap in the economy. There was overlap in the 50s on ideas about americanization. There were issues around sexuality, divorce, a lot of the cultural issues of the last 30 years. More than 90 years ago, al smith ran for president. First catholic on the ticket. Why was that significant . Al smith was an immigrant kid from new york city. He was irish. He never got beyond eighth grade. By the 1920s, he runs in 1928, catholics are pretty significant percent of the population. They fac
Conversation by adam gopnik. My name is bo mendez, manager of program progressive communications. Brooklyn Historical Society. While we walk in the tort physical location i am still honored and have opposed to welcome you all to our virtual programs. We look forward to hopefully having you join us for more in the coming weeks. Before we get to the subject of two Nights Program i want to share a little bit about some things we have coming up, things to look forward to more virtual programs. We will be hosting next week will be hosting former new York State Attorney general kenneth philby shared her new book in the conversation with they will explore the connection between big money and impact on our democracy. That would be on august 11. Following week will be hosting Rick Perlstein in a conversation with Jeffrey Toobin discussing his new book which continues in the expiration we been doing with the recent history of the Republican Party in modern american conservatism. That will be aug