Religion and daily activities are intertwined but in this country it is take it or leave it. Every churchgoing person will leave the church and go back next sunday and go to church again. It happens in every religion. I do not think it will be overlooked by the pope. Guest there is so much attention and even people who may be of no faith at all can help desk can help the he inspired by this man who walks the walk. He does not just talk the talk. This person who can see the individual and who is not afraid to call out people in power who are overlooking or harming the vulnerable. I think this pope has something wesay to all of us whether are faithful churchgoers are not and we have that freedom to hear what he says and disregard it, but that is human freedom. On the line for independents. A wonderful conversation this morning. I had some specific points and they get so convoluted by all the other things you want to address. I went to catholic school, altered by altar boy, all that and n
That is what we have been told up till now. But do we really know rosa parks . The answer according to our guest this evening is very definitely, no. We welcome to the center for the book tonight, dr. Danielle mcguire, assistant professor of history at Wayne State University in detroit. Her new book is at the dark end of the street black women, rape, and resistance. A new history of the Civil Rights Movement from rosa parks through the rise of black power. As her subtitle suggests, the book does not not merely shed new light on rosa parks and the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement, it offers us nothing less than a new way of approaching an understanding both the womens history and the underpinnings of the Civil Rights Movement. It is a scholarly yet riveting narrative that traces a sordid history of Sexual Violence directed against black women in the jim crow era and illuminates how the littleknown actions of rosa parks long before that bus boycott helped create the impetus for Ci
Politicians who served as governors and the senate. Senator mcconnell argues that the competition between Happy Chandler and Earle Clements led to the election of Thruston Morton. Well, thank you very much, robert. Its a real pleasure to be here today at transylvania. Want to thank president kerry and transylvania for hosting me here today. Happy to be veterans day here as well. I also want to acknowledge my good friend ben chandler. He and his family of course are descendants of one of the people im going to be talking about today. Kentucky has been extremely well served with ben as the executive director of the Kentucky Humanities Council and i want to thank him for sharing some of the anecdotes im going to use today. Finally, i want to thank chris mosher, all of whom have contributed in one way or another not only to the remarks today, but speeches ive been giving to prominent kentucky senators over the past few years. Two of these three men helped define kentucky politics for much
Later, congress and the 1965 heart seller immigration and nationality act. Next on American History tv, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell gives a lecture on the rivalry between two kentucky politicians who served as governors and the senate. Senator mcconnell argues that the competition between Happy Chandler and Earle Clements led to the election of Thruston Morton. Well, thank you very much, robert. Its a real pleasure to be here today at transylvania. Want to thank president kerry and transylvania for hosting me here today. Happy to be veterans day here as well. I also want to acknowledge my good friend ben chandler. He and his family of course are descendants of one of the people im going to be talking about today. Kentucky has been extremely well served with ben as the executive director of the Kentucky Humanities Council and i want to thank him for sharing some of the anecdotes im going to use today. Finally, i want to thank chris mosher, all of whom have contributed in one
Foundation. My name is matt denhart. You will hear more about politics the entire evening when we start our second debate, but first, i want to tell you a little bit about the Coolidge Foundation. The Coolidge Foundation is dedicated to promoting the legacy and values of americas 30th president , Calvin Coolidge, who served as president from 1923 until 1929. We are based in plymouth, vermont, the president s place, and resting preserved by the state of vermont, where we hope many of you will come and visit. Our charge at the foundation is thereatly increase understanding and awareness of president coolidge and his values and his legacy and times. We do that through a number of different programs. This week, in particular, we are especially proud to announce our scholarship, a full ride to any undergraduate university that a student desires to attend. The application opens this fall, and we will award our first scholars in the early spring of next year. Check itll of you will out, and m