Were assessed . Take the entire exhibit tour of rightfully hers american women and the vote. Sunday at 6 00 and 10 00 p. M. Eastern on american artifacts. You are watching American History tv. The cspan cities tour travels the country exploring the american story. Taking book tv and American History tv on the road every first and third weekend of the month. 20 next two hours, we will look at highlights from some of the stops. We begin in selma, alabama. Many people think that the selma, montgomery marchs bird overnight and was a oneoff idea, but there had been a modern Rights Movement brewing in selma, alabama, since the 1930s. Here in selma, alabama, and any places in the south, africanamericans were denied the right to vote, not because it was not their constitutional there wereecause folks in position of power throughout the south that did not want these folks to have the right to vote so they could be considered secondclass citizens. Toy passed a literacy test deter africanamerican
Press, veteran journalists, political commentator, author. Before hill center, really even opened, bill had an idea that he wanted to sort of and host an indepth conversation that he would moderate with you know distinguished guests and over the years there have been so many very distinguished guests. But i have to say, i think no one more distinguished than our guest this evening. So call my wall street journal editor, Political Editor and reporter neil king. He has just published this extraordinary book, american ramble a walk of memory and renewal. He said he bookshop copies for sale and neil will be signing the book afterwards. Im you will have seen that its just the reviews have been overwhelmingly positive to say the least so without further ado please welcome neil king and bill press. Thank you, marianne. And good evening, everybody. Great to see you all. Thank you for coming this evening. I want to say a big welcome first to our friends here, the hill center. I dont know what n
Opened, bill had an idea that he wanted to sort of and host an indepth conversation that he would moderate with you know distinguished guests and over the years there have been so many very distinguished guests. But i have to say, i think no one more distinguished than our guest this evening. So call my wall street journal editor, Political Editor and reporter neil king. He has just published this extraordinary book, american ramble a walk of memory and renewal. He said he bookshop copies for sale and neil will be signing the book afterwards. Im you will have seen that its just the reviews have been overwhelmingly positive to say the least so without further ado please welcome neil king and bill press. Thank you, marianne. And good evening, everybody. Great to see you all. Thank you for coming this evening. I want to say a big welcome first to our friends here, the hill center. I dont know what number of talk of the hills this is, but there are fun and exciting and none more, marianne
Youll find a kaleidoscope of voices which makes this a very rich tapestry. Each of us experience the same event in a different way, so each of these individuals experienced the Manhattan Project in their own, unique way. Cynthia kelly with the atomic heritage foundation. Thank you for joining us on American History tv. Cindy thank you very much. Something about your background, where youre born, education . Benjamin my parents who were russianjewish immigrants who came to america just before world war i and just after world war i. They met at night school, a very romantic setting. They lived in the lower east side. They were very poor. My father worked as a restaurant worker all of his life. I grew up mainly in the bronx and partly in Brighton Beach in brooklyn. One of the great things about new york is that it had city college. City college was a defining event in my life because he gave me a completely free education, the exact subject that i wanted, which is physics. That is basical
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