Im Chilton Varner and serve as president of the Supreme Court Historical Society. I am pleased to welcome you to the third of four lectures that comprise ourselves or men lecture series. This years series focuses on new perspectives in dissent and the Supreme Court. Begin the evenings program, i am commanded, not asked, im commanded to ask you to turn off your cell phones, tablets, apple watches. Even in silent mode, they can interfere with the sound system here in the courtroom. So thank you for doing that. I would like to express the societys gratitude to our host this evening, justice sonya sotomayor. She has been and norma slid generous in giving up her time to the society when we call upon her to help us, and i want to thank her for taking time off during a very busy time in the life of the court. Sonya sotomayor was born in the bronx, new york, june 25, 1954. She earned a ba in 1976 from princeton. She earned a jd from yale law school, where she served as an editor of the yale la
I am pleased to welcome you to the third of four lectures that comprise ourselves or men lecture series. This years series focuses on new perspectives in dissent and the Supreme Court. Before we begin the evenings program, i am commanded, not asked, im commanded to ask you to turn off your electronics. Cell phones, tablets, apple watches. Even in silent mode, they can interfere with the sound system here in the courtroom. So thank you for doing that. I would like to express the societys gratitude to our host this evening, justice sonya sotomayor. She has been enormously generous in giving up her time to the society when we call upon her to help us, and i want to thank her for taking time off during a very busy time in the life of the court. Sonya sotomayor was born in the bronx, new york, june 25, 1954. She earned a ba in 1976 from princeton. She earned a jd from yale law school, where she served as an editor of the yale law journal. She then was an assistant District Attorney in the N
I imagine for me this will be an emotional panel. We are taught in this country to honor our soldiers. Country toht in this protect our soldiers. I want to remind the audience that these are our soldiers. [applause] while i grew up reading about each and every one of these movements, be it the black Panther Party, the black arts movement, i would never have imagined that i would be pointed on a movement such as mine that would call us terrorists. That would make us enemies of the state. Nobody, unless you have had that experience, understands what that does to your spirit, to your body, to the people around you. I have taken the last six years of this iteration of our black Liberation Movement to go back and either read, listen to yalls talks, it is more than an honor. It is a historical moment to be on stage with you. Im going to start with you. Mr. Sanchez. [applause] oftentimes, people try to put us in a box. You are only black, you are only woman, you are only artist, you are only
How Lessons Learned in the 1960s might be applied today. The discussion was part of association of africanamerican museums annual conference. [applause] it is a rare occasion where you get to be in the presence of the people who have sat you on the shoulders of. Yous a rare occasion when get to praise and give honor to the people that have literally created a path so you can be on that path. Me, this will be an emotional panel. I will try to get through these questions without bawling my eyes out. Toare taught in this country honor our soldiers. Taught to protect our soldiers. I want to remind the audience that these are our soldiers. [applause] while i grew up reading about each and every one of these panthers, the lack party, the black arts movement, thatld never have imagined i would be pointed on a movement such as mine that would call us terrorists. That would make us enemies of the state. Nobody, unless you have had that experience, understands what that does to your spirit, to y
Good morning amd welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and victoria fritz. Our headlines today as ten people remain in custody over the death of pc Andrew Harper, the home secretary says more needs to be done to support families of Police Officers injured or killed on duty. A suicide bomber targets a wedding reception in kabul more than 60 are dead and around 200 injured. Official warnings of food and fuel shortages after a no deal brexit have been leaked as borisjohnson prepares to visit paris and berlin for talks. Its the final day of the second ashes test, and any result is still possible after a day of wickets and huge scare at lords for steve smith, the australian batsmen hit on the neck byjofra archer. The day is not looking too different to what we had yesterday. Sunshine and showers, and guess what . The same for the start of the week. Hello, good morning. Its sunday, 18th august. Our top story. The home secretary, priti patel, says more needs to be done to support the familie