His return to his hometown of terre haute, indiana following his release from prison by president harding after a federal conviction stemming from the war protests. And tonight were in terre haute in the debs home and museum. Let me introduce you to our guests. Earnest freebuerg. Why do we care about him . Debs was one of the most important labor leaders at a crucial time of conflict between labor and capital. But more importantly, he was the central figure in the socialist movement at a time when it was a viable growing and important part of the american political call chu v culture. Does he have a Lasting Legacy . Like many third party candidates, they managed to move the conversation in very important directions that have affected the development of american democracy. So in that car, he is of his time but also at a long impact on us as well. And well have time to delve into some of the elections more deeply later on, but of the fire bids he made for the white house, any particularl
Because the entire book and the life of Francis Perkins were in the streets around this building and ill explain to you how that happened, and much of the research was done at the library of congress which is sponsoring todays, vents. Its a wonderful institution. The beautiful buildings. Theres such Important Research materials there and it is all available free and these Public Access libraries are really one of the things that make our nation great, and im very grateful to the library of congress for being here and for continuing to give us such wonderful material. Now, this is a selfselecting crowd. I know some of you already know who Francis Perkins is, but a lot of people dont, so lets start by asking this question. How many of you know who Francis Perkins is . Oh, yes. This is great. Good, good, good. How about this . How many of you know someone on Social Security . Please raise your hand. How many of you know someone who is receiving Unemployment Insurance or who has ever recei
President trump signed an order establishing a commission to promote patriotic education. That same day a Panel Discussed History Education in the United States. The white house hosted and provided this video. This is a panel on the recovery of the history of our country which is being distorted and we have several experts who know about the distortion and history. We will talk about them and people correcting history. Stake andself its at freedom is at stake, but also humanity is at stake in this argument. I am teaching a course on totalitarian novels. 1984 Winston Smiths job is to rewrite history. Changes,e the party contemporary or old, every written reference in every book and article and every encyclopedia and every publication is corrected and the old version is burned. The whole thing is reprinted a new. It must be an enormous effort, the main work of the regime of 1984. He does not fully understand why they do that, but he learned in the end, and what the most remarkable themes
. Residency julie i think he has. Think he has changed american perceptions of who can be president. I think he has changed about ns perceptions what the president should say, how the president should act, acceptable in that role. I do think there is a question, whether any future president acts in the same way trump does. Actually is a model president or of whether we see an effort to revert back. There is certainly now a much ifferent idea about the qualifications that it takes to become president and who could themselves r prepared and able to receive the votes of the american public. That i think really in an extraordinary way. Steve jon jon, your thoughts o Jonathan Karl, your thoughts to that question . Jonathan we havent had a president like donald trump before now. Actually dont think well ever again have another president like donald trump. Figure. Hes a singular but that said, julie is exactly right. Boundaries. The i think some of it will come back to normal. This k, you kno
Christmas million optional museum, here in washington d. C. Its just over an hour. So its absolutely a thrill to see so many people here for this kind of a program, my name is johnny gray, and i have the wonderful privilege of being the director of your National Museum of American History. Particularly on nights like tonight, and which we really can look at American History in unique and unusual ways. We are really honored to be joined by tonight panel Supreme Court justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg applause Supreme Court Justice Sonia sotomayor, applause catherine fit, applause and Supreme Court Society Publications director claire kushner, applause it is now my privilege to introduce the 13th secretary of the smithsonian institution, doctor david horton. Hes on Board Certified cardiologist a jazz musician, and doctor scorching with most recently the president of cornell university, and previously served as president of the university of iowa. Doctor gordon has interest in learning as wide