In this world that was created where children are being heightened with their sensibilities within the family context. That helps to think about how we can appreciate africanamerican families right along side schools and churches. We have portraits of people having a mass meeting in a church. Right . That is easy to see. Were increasingly learning about groups and the work of student activists. Were getting more of a appreciation for why it might be that elders who we see in these portraits act up. Why might that be the case . Why . [indiscernible] change this culture, change this world. Most of them did not grow up in this world, so they have no sense of what it is like to be beaten or anything like that. It is about the United States. This cohort of young oh, and this generation and about five years around emmett tills birth, they are these collegeage people. In their 60s. Yes, they get inspiration and they have the fire of youth. They certainly do in the movement. These this leaves
Annette dunlap she changed it in terms of putting education in the forefront and getting involved with education and taking care of children. She was really concerned about how children were cared for, and that was something she definitely emphasized. Susan swain and, taylor where would you put her in the pantheon of first ladies weve been learning about this year . Taylor stoermer shes the first celebrity first lady, the First National celebrity first lady. And i think when were talking about the development of our understanding of the institution of the first lady, then she is the first one in which we get to start thinking about what really are the uses of that celebrity in good ways and bad ways, because there are concerns that have developed about the first family being owned by the American Public, but also how that can actually be a positive tool of the broader presidency if only Grover Cleveland would have been able to see that. Susan swain and the story in that regard will con
From. Tonight youll hear the author of Hidden Figures. The American Dream in the untold story of those who helped to win the space race share the journey that combines laugh rich intersection of the civilrights era and the space race the cold war and the movement for gender equality. I am curious what the date september 81967 and 1983 defcon seven lunch. Said to rate 2000 when 06 launched and todays a template, 2016 publicly on schists her book hit in figures to the literary world. [applause] i know many of you know, margaux many said they run the tennis team with her and could not wait to see her again she was raised here credited from university of frigid new with a degree in finance the journalists and independent researcher. Creator of an englishlanguage monthly magazine the daughter of one of the first nasa blackmail engineer so she grew up with the abandon of Hidden Figures. She is a Slum Foundation fellow and recipient of the and Virginia Foundation for humanities grant and live
The another addition to help but share the dirty of uprooted this story of the intersection of the Civil Rights Era this space race to the cold war and genders equality. What have been done this date . And the september 8. Far the founder of the few men computer project in the recipient of the Virginia Foundation and the humanities grant for the history of women in the end computing. Virginia woolf would said ahoy from a novice n history was usually a will then. I will say that again. But tonight brilliant women are ominous no more. Made that names of the l. Levin who contributed to this space race finally recede their dues. Now i want to remind everyone that to be here at the book signing the will be here after words and the great hall. And cspan would ask me to say they ask for no flash photography. Did we will cleo to the bcf did invite you to make history with us. It is with great pleasure and honor that i introduce my friend. [applause] thanks for that nbc introduction. Banks to t
Untold story of the black women mathematicians who helped win the space race. Hear her journey about writing this remarkable story that combines the rich intersection of the civil rights era, the space race, the cold war and the movement for gender equality. As an anthropologist with an admiration for history, i was curious about this date, september 8th. What happened with nasa on this date. So september 8th, 1967, the surveyor v launched. 1983, sat com vii launched. And today, september 8th, 2016, Margot Lee Shetterly publicly launches her book [laughter] Hidden Figures into the literary world. [applause] so a little bit on margot. I know many of you you know her, or went to school with her. Margot was raised right here in hampton, virginia. She graduated from the university of virginia with a degree in finance. A journalist, independent researcher, entrepreneur and cocreator of an englishlanguage monthly magazine with her husband, aaron, margot is the daughter of one of the first na