Between israel and hamas intact. And, a 50 year old just won a major golf tournament. A 78 year old is president of the United States. Well look at how more and more of us, yes us are simply getting better with Age. Hello, im Katty Kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. It reads like the script from a Jason Bourne movie. So far it is not ending well. The protagonist, roman protesevich, a dissident journalist from belarus, was traveling by commercial airline from athens To Vilnius in lithuania. Hed been traced by Three Belarussian Agents who were travelling on the same flight. As it approached vilnius the ryanair pilots were told there was a bomb On Board, and that a belarussian Fighter Jet would escort them to minsk. When it landed Mr Protesevich and his girlfriend were arrested and Ta Ken away. Eu leaders said today it was a shocking act, that endangered the lives of passengers, a case of state sponsored piracy. Tonight they are meeting in brussels to decide how best to res
were going to be presenting an imported book to the mark in history which unlike 18th century behind the name or current important books by some of the major in our country. it also be reporting by the historian who works at the institute. it must frequently on health education. and then we will guide a question and answer questions our state and pretty in the program sponsored by them please go to our website. now enjoy. khalil muhammad: hello and welcome everyone today pretty july 19th, 2020 addition of the institutes new digital program a gain in august today is a professor and he be talking about his book the condemnation of blackness. first for those of you are new to the institute pretty we are the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to k-12 history education while also serving the general public. and her mission is to help promote the knowledge and understanding of american history through educational programs and resources such as the hamilton education program o
a longtime friend and contributor two the library hugh hewitt. my wife and i have been friends of the library for a wild. i came of age during the nixon years and have vivid memories of the 1968 republican national convention watched on a black and white tv late into the night breathlessly hoping for his nomination. we have come to learn more about richard nixon and that marquis left on our country and world and as i look at the state of our nation in the world today i reach into the archives of the 72 campaign, nixon now more than ever. we have had the opportunity two meet wonderful people through the library tran and betsy hewitt among them. hugh is a frequent figure at library interviewing authors panel discussions, participating in debates and as we saw today conducting his nationally syndicated radio show. he served in the nixon administration as a speechwriter and was critical in the construction of this facility and for that a debt of gratitude by all who have benefit
the u.s. information agency that was part of our show we say cold war apparatus? [laughter] and surveying post-colonial nations and keeping an eye on things so this is a benign side of the cia published topic magazine and richard tsongas was a photographer here taking a picture of james brown and legos nigeria in 1970. he has an expansive body of work and we have the entire collections of the images here are they meet the description of the show which is lesser-known images across the continent starting from pittsburgh to nigeria. it s a pretty the show. there also images of malcolm x for malcolm x for example or elijah mohammad as a rarely seen in terms of what people would find on a google search for example. let s see that elijah mohammad photo down here. this is elijah mohammad at the end, correct? right here, big as life and there is malcolm x. this is a 1961 shot in washington d.c. with a church of god figure. debating the merits of islam. host: do you think we co
little did we realize that our panelists would be addressing president-elect trump. we are fortunate that we have five historians that who have a sense of public purpose. they would like to reflect on some of the public policy imperatives and context that the new administration that will be faced with. as laid out in the program, we are going to follow the order alphabetical order. first up is nathan citino. of rice university. a scholar of the middle east. saudi written about u.s. and u.s. arab relations. khalil gibran muhammad, of harvard university s kennedy school whose work explores the , intersection between race, ethnicity, and public policy will be next. his research polices criminality in the united states. our third speaker is my colleague margaret o mara. i always want to say like maureen o hara, and she corrects me. she is currently focusing on the relationship between high-tech and american politics. she has recently published a book on pivotal tuesdays, four e