Now on booktv with the help of our local cable partner Cox Communications we take a literary tour of omaha nebraska where we spoke with matt holland author of ahead of their time, a history of the omaha club which advocated for social justice and racial integration in the early 1950s. The omaha the poorest club was this phenomenal story of an Unlikely Group of people in an unlikely place at an improbable time in history that faced and challenged Racial Discrimination and segregation in omaha nebraska and it took place in the late 40s and early 50s predating the other Civil Rights Act to these if not by decades of leased by years and it was a group that defy the stereotype when you think about the civil rights group. It was men and women young people and old people, black and white but by two black men so its this wonderful story that has all these amazing connections and like you said an unlikely place. That quote the birmingham of the north was a quote i found bite the author of black
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Charles (Charlie) Thomas Munger, an American businessman, a legend of the investing world, philanthropist, and vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, died on 28th November at the age of 99. Warren Buffet, who controlled the Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate, described Mr Munger as his closest partner and right-hand man.
Charles (Charlie) Thomas Munger, an American businessman, a legend of the investing world, philanthropist, and vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, died on 28th November at the age of 99. Warren Buffet, who controlled the Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate, described Mr Munger as his closest partner and right-hand man.
The union of Munger with Buffett is among the most successful in the history of business; they transformed Omaha, Nebraska-based Berkshire into a multi-billion dollar conglomerate with dozens of business units.