Workrelated trip. However, the good news is that youre going to see a sneak preview of these new documentaries which will be aired on pbs later this year in which is based on ten years of research. A curator with more than 30 years experience, doctor gretchen has consulted for more than 250 institutions including the smithsonian, jewish and new York State Historical association. Shes the director of the Cooperstown Graduate Program of the State University of new york and the author of in the spirit of margin. Living legacy doctor Martin Luther king jr. Through the eyes of others, africanamerican and identity in american art. In her new book, driving while black, just out today, professor tells the story of the indispensable book which both reshaped the africanamerican traveling experience throughout our segregated land and help drive the Civil Rights Movement. Please welcome gretchen to the freak library. [applause] good evening. Its wonderful to be here in philadelphia. I apologize th
Years of Government Support and encouragement of the tech industry. I want to show you a clip of where we are today. This is from last year on capitol hill with mark zuckerberg. In front of the senate panel. Lets watch. Car Companies Face a lot of competition. If they make a defective car, it can get into the world and people will buy another one. Is there an alternative to facebook in the private sector . Yes, senator. The average american uses eight different apps to connect with each other. Is twitter the same as what you do . It overlaps but i dont think it is the same. Do you think that you have a monopoly . It does not feel that way to me. Mr. Zuckerberg, would you share the name of the hotel you stayed in last night . Mark uh, no. [laughter] have you messaged anybody this week . Would you share the names of the people you messaged . I would not choose to do that here. This is about the rights to privacy, the limits of your rights to privacy and how much you give away in modern a
Author of the book the case for nationalism. You write that almost everyone has an opinion of nationalism without knowing what it is. A lot of people think patriotism is the appropriate word for everything good about National Feeling or National Loyalty and nationalism is the word for everything bad about it. That is not the correct way to look at it or the correct definition if you want to get technical. Comes from a latin word, same as patriarchy. Loyalty to your own. Nationally is a more specific doctrine that the same People United by common history and a ammon language should govern distinct territory. In a nutshell, that is nationalism. That we should be independent and selfgoverning. Of the that the root American Revolution, the insight that we have our own rights and claims and should be a part of our own british empire. Runs throughout exam al is in a hamilton, fdr, and reagan as well. A couple key projects. One is that we should have a strong capable National Government. Hami
At 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan 2. Susan margaret omara, what will readers get in your new book, the code . Professor omara what they will get, is a biography of Silicon Valley itself, and the modern American Technology industry tself. The modern American Technology industry itself. There are many people and i have been studying this region for so long and this industry for so long and people always ask, what is the Silicon Valley secret . How do you build another one . I set out to answer those questions for them. Susan yours is the story of 75 years of Government Support and encouragement of the Tech Industry. I want to show you a clip of where we are today. This is from last year on capitol hill with mark zuckerberg. In front of the senate panel. Lets watch. Car Companies Face a lot of competition. If they make a defective car, it can get into the world and people will buy another one. Is there an alternative to facebook in the private sector . Yes, senator. The average american uses
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