Welcome back everybody, as you know weve been in the golden age for sometime now. We have already seen the Technological Innovations that have made some of this economic expansion possible. We saw about the economic transformations and the effects of those changes in the economy as far as lifestyles both of the very rich, these opulent robert baron lifestyles on the one hand and on the other hand on the very poor but it was the People Living shacks of the new england newtowns or whether it was when we explored the gilded age city, the increasing problems of housing that came with this rapid and in many ways, chaotic birth of the cities in the 19th century in all of it accompanied by problems going along with immigration. And then last time, we saw in particular there was some frustration with this new gilded age regime as we talk about the farmers in this period. That lecture really couldve been called the discontent in the gilded age part one. Today, we turn our attention mostly back
Impressive as that is my favorite fact today the founding director of the National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture, that jewel on the National Mall created in 2005 and opened in 2016. He wrote about it, about the whole experience in his book a fools ear ran, creating the National Museum of africanAmerican History in the age of bush, obama and trump today is juneteenth and on union troops arrived in tax to announce the slaves were free. Meaning of the day and significance in American History is front of mind this year and theres no one better to discuss this than secretary bunch. Secretary bunch, welcome. My pressure to see you as always. Host we have a couple of things in come. You and my mom share a birthday and also were both both born in newark so it is great to see you again of a long while. Lets talk about juneteenth. Everybody is talking about juneteenth this year. The president told the wall street journal that he, quote, made juneteenth very famous. Nobody had eve
Along with these Television Companies support cspan2 as a public service. It is my pleasure to welcome you to tonights program entitled historically speaking i am deborah lee. Attorney lee the former chairman and chief executive officer of bet has set on numerous boards and been on boards of directors for Numerous Companies and organizations include the National Cable and Telecommunications Association the ad council the National Cable television association. Shes also been named one of the most hundred most powerful women and entertainment. Thats just the publication of this book her memoir i would say sheed is also a very accomplishd writer. When you read about this book here over and over how riveting it is. On examination i would say after so many book discussions we have here at this museum it really is riveting. Its so exciting to read about someone who is so candid about her life and work and passion it takes to succeed. And also the innovation and improvisation and that willing
Now please welcome to the stage. Sheila, with Donna Brazile brazile. Oh, hello, everyone. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, we have such a big audience and i would like come up close please. This is filling up and well before i sit down, i to just say how pleased or honored i am to introduce a phenomenal woman Sheila Johnson and is a woman who have blazed so many trails. Shes an entrepreneur. Shes a philanthropist. Shes in the hospitality business. In fact all of my decorating ideas have come from. Oh, right. Because she understands people humanity when. You think of the arts, you should think of Sheila Johnson of course television entertainment. Shes been a producer of documentaries films and now you know she, hosts an amazing film fest in middleburg, virginia. So i am deeply honored that i get a chance to spend some time with sheila. The name of this, i guess in the program books, women of wisdom, that shes wise woman here. And the first African American female billionaire and god knows kno
Now please welcome to the stage. Sheila, with Donna Brazile brazile. Oh, hello, everyone. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, we have such a big audience and i would like come up close please. This is filling up and well before i sit down, i to just say how pleased or honored i am to introduce a phenomenal woman Sheila Johnson and is a woman who have blazed so many trails. Shes an entrepreneur. Shes a philanthropist. Shes in the hospitality business. In fact all of my decorating ideas have come from. Oh, right. Because she understands people humanity when. You think of the arts, you should think of Sheila Johnson of course television entertainment. Shes been a producer of documentaries films and now you know she, hosts an amazing film fest in middleburg, virginia. So i am deeply honored that i get a chance to spend some time with sheila. The name of this, i guess in the program books, women of wisdom, that shes wise woman here. And the first African American female billionaire and god knows kno