That was a man who was employed by the tulsa tribune and he in turn employed me, didnt employ any young black newsboys. I was employed by mister ripitso, it always and always clear what that was. In the afternoon, he was throwing newspapers and i helped him, wrapped them and prepared for the delivery and then went around with him to deliver the newspapers and i didnt collect, he collected the money and he had all the contact with the newspaper. I had no contacts with the newspaper though they knew that i was in front, they employed no black people. Host your father was a lawyer . Guest my father was a lawyer, yes. I contacted people through him, but it was not a serious thing. Host where were you born . Guest in oklahoma south of tulsa, the name of the village was rentersville, oklahoma. My father and mother moved there in 191112 because he had experiences in shreveport, louisiana, these were not pleasant and he moved to an allblack town because of the way they treated him injuries rep
Warner is, i dont know, approaching old age. I will not say he is there. Is approaching old age but you would never know it. We have been sitting in the back and talking about this race and that race and all kinds of things and i was thinking about his career and it is absolutely incredible. You can go back as far as world war ii and korea. He was in both of those and you didnt have to. He was always willing to jump in and participate. He did lots of things in between. Lets start with secretary of the navy in the early 1970s, head of the bicentennial commission. Those of you old enough to remember the wonderful celebration of the bicentennial of the us which helped bring the country together. And he went to a place many of you never heard of, the United States senate. He was elected in 1978, elected very narrowly, 5000 votes, very narrowly. That was the end of his time test. Occasionally he would have one within a few Percentage Points but mainly was unopposed. In the u. S. Senate from
Ainsfieldwolf who had this prize way back in 1985in she understood that literature could serve as the potent elixir in this fight. In the 84 years since the prize was established, our country has made Great Strides forward with regard to respecting and embracing our diversity. But recently we have taken disheartening steps backward. Reported hate crimes have risen sharply in the past several years, including, of course, the mass murders at the Mother Emanuel Ame Church in South Carolina and the tree of pennsylvania. This is a national trend, but it also hits close to home. According to the southern poverty law center, there are more organized hate groups in the state of ohio than in kentucky and West Virginia combined. A great source of re was one, ba clarion call for action. We must rewrite our Current National narrative to vigorously oppose bigotry in all of its forms. [applaus [applause] and tonights ceremony provides an opportunity to energize that sense of purpose. This is the 16t
Troy hutchinson. Former United States senator and governor of the commonwealth of virginia george allen. The former governor of South Carolina jim hodges. Former majority leader of the us house of representatives, eric cantor and formally finally form your Senior Advisor and chief of staff under george w. Bush, the amazing karl rove. Doesnt it seem that the moment we are living in is the most chaotic and dysfunctional that we have ever seen in american politics . We know looking back through history its really not. We want to talk today and have you explore what it is at the federal level and the state level that has made government so dysfunctional and problematic and what are the was looking for that all of you and all of you can help get past that. I covered the Virginia State legislature and talk about the first recover meant republican governor elected since reconstruction with democratic lieut. Gov. And atty. Gen. Who wanted to be the democratic governor, and the phone ring when
Considered. First the president , mdm. Pres. Of the National Conference of state legislatures representing illinois 40th senate district, sen. Troy hutchinson. Former United States senator and governor of the commonwealth of virginia george allen. The former governor of South Carolina jim hodges. Former majority leader of the us house of representatives, eric cantor and formally finally form your Senior Advisor and chief of staff under george w. Bush, the amazing karl rove. Doesnt it seem that the moment we are living in is the most chaotic and dysfunctional that we have ever seen in american politics . We know looking back through history its really not. We want to talk today and have you explore what it is at the federal level and the state level that has made government so dysfunctional and problematic and what are the was looking for that all of you and all of you can help get past that. I covered the Virginia State legislature and talk about the first recover meant republican gove