92000 hours of programming on the latest discussions on history, politics and biography. You can watch book tv every sunday on cspan2. Or online at booktv. Org. Book tv 25 years of television for serious readers. In Elementary School teacher. Lets try that again. Good afternoon. Okay now we have to saying. This is how it goes. Good afternoon, good afternoon. Then im going to say how are you and then you have a simple response. I am fine, im fine, i hope that you are to. I want you to sound like a choir. Good afternoon i am mc how are you . Im fine im fine i hope that you are too. Good afternoon and welcome to the report lunch. We are so excited to be here. I am doctor brown and i have the privilege of serving as the executive director Grant Research scientist of the doctor and joyce payne center for social justice, housed in the Thurgood Marshall college fund. After nearly two years of research and collaboration with the center for black voices headed by doctor Camille Lloyd we have so
In 1997, i had an opportunity to work on an educational project with a gentleman named doctor samuel proctor. A number of you know him as a form present of North Carolina a t, hbcu, former president of Virginia Union university, private hbcu. He spent time in washington, d. C. , as a kennedy appointee to the peace corps but a number of you know him to his work as a pastor of the baptist church. In 1997 when opportunity to sit at a very lovely room similar to this with a donor and a donor who owns a very large and Famous Family foundation. The head of the walked into the room and made exchange niceties she said and ask you one question . He said yes. Is there a need for black colleges today . And doctor proctor leaned back in his seat having her discretion of most of life and he said maam, if you make him can restructure the question . The question is not whether there is a need for hbcus today. The question is, what would america be today without the hbcus . And so she nodded to dr. Pr
The president and others by thanking the family members here with us as well as the faculty and the staff and the mentors that invested so much over the years. I know your support made it possible for each of the graduates out here today to have accomplished all that they have accomplished and i know you are very proud, as mi. Several people mentioned mothers day to avoid getting in trouble at home i want to join those that have recognized mothers day. What i think i will do is just ask all the mothers here to please stand up and be recognized. [applause] i know that some of us have lost our moms along the way and they are in our thoughts and prayers today. I want to take a moment to offer personal condolences for those that have being remembered today. As i have prepared my remarks this past week, i reflected on my own graduation from st. Michaels 40 years ago and i know that probably sounds like engine history to the class of 2017, but i remember quite a bit of detail for my graduati
And training feature leaders of the army. As a proud army brat, it is my honor to introduce fourstar army general David Perkins. As the commanding general of the u. S. Army training and doctrine command, general David Perkins is it possible for selecting and recruiting every u. S. Army soldier, training and educating professionals, and designing the future u. S. Army to support National Security. A graduate of the u. S. Military academy at west point in 1980, general perkins has had numerous Senior Leadership positions over his career. These include special assistant to the speaker of the house, 104th u. S. Congress, Battalion Commander beating over 1000 personnel during operation able sentry, reggae commander leading over 3000 personnel during the invasion of iraq in 2003, executive assistant to the vicechairman of the joint chiefs of staff and Division Commander leading over 10,000 personnel during the transition of u. S. Forces from iraq in 2010 32011. Through 2011. On november 2011
Good afternoon. Its quiet in here. I felt like ways in a funeral. We have to do something about. This the body is not here. You know, it was really somber and everything. I know the weather is impacting us. Id like to welcome you. My name is johnny taylor. Im the president and ceo of the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Welcome to our headquarters. This is home for us. We share this building with gallup, our partner in the work that were going to be embarking upon over the next several years. But we just want to welcome you to our home. Im going to tell why you were here and turn it over to the panelists. Were here toinlt deu introduce of special people in the room. A very special person here is the founder of the Thurgood Marshall college fund dr. Join payne. None of this would happen, we would not be here fit wasnt for her vision to create an organization that would really focus on the historically black college and university community. Our members are the state supported institution