Host theyve introduced us and told them who we are so we can just Start Talking about your book. The best way to do that is to talk about its author because its a book that makes an argument that depends on the life of the author so we need to know about who you are. But lets talk about that. Anyways, he might want to talk about how you think about your own life. Lets start with, you grew up in new jersey and you grew up and how did your parents get to new jersey and who were they . Guest im the son of a black man, segregated south and my father is 82 years old, born in 1937 in longview, texas and raised in galveston. This was under jim crow and segregation. He moved to the west as soon as he could and was running war on Poverty Programs under Lyndon Johnson Great Society initiative and met my mother who is nine years his junior and san diego where he headed up a Poverty Program and she was fresh out of College Grade she is the daughter of evangelical christians but her father is a min
And vicki kennedy, the widow of Edward Kennedy discussed their husbands careers and legacies conversation about Public Service at the Kennedy School of government and Harvard University. Next, a house panel looking at the Trump Administrations changes to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program. We hear from the Senior Vice President of the no kid Hungry Campaign and antipoverty advocates. Come to order, weve got objection and the chair is authorized for a recess at any time. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an Opening Statement. Every child deserves the chance to grow up healthy. Children shouldnt have to worry about where their next meal will come from. Thats an unimaginable burden for a young person that can deprive them oftheir childhood. Food insecurity hurts childrens academic outcomes, their ability to Pay Attention and their behavior. It has longterm impacts on physical and Mental Health and even depresses lifetime earnings. As doctor Martin Luther king sa
Reaching a point 5 degrees celsius and high winds that could push the inferno in closer to the populated area. Im headed to humphrey glad you could join me the american air strike that killed the wrong top military commander and an Iraqi Militia leader has sparked a storm of rage in baghdad thousands of people have been chanting slogans including death to america as they marched in a funeral procession to show their grief their region is now wanted general and says that it will retaliate. Of mourners filled the streets in baghdad iraq is the 1st to hold funeral processions for the iraqis and iranians killed by a u. S. Airstrike on friday. Many are drug. Black waving iraqi flags and militia members are out in force showing their loyalty to the 2 key figures killed in fridays attack iraqs. Deputy commander of an iran backed coalition of militias and general Kasim Soleimani the head of irans elite military unit and the countrys most important military commander. And president Hassan Rouha
Little bit about who you are just in case. You grow up how do your parents get to new jersey . Just for my father is 82yearsold, born in 1937 in longview texas and raised in galveston under segregation under jim crow. War on poverty i and the initiative and he met my mother where he was heading up the program and she was fresh out of college and she is the daughter of evangelical christians and certainly opposed to interracial marriage in the 1960s and 70s. He was really unhappy and moved to oregon and Washington State and vendor. By the time i was born, my father was running sat preparation. He was tutoring students who come to the house with subjects in math and science thats how s in the family so we became kind of captive livein students. We studied with him on the weekends and evenings and during summer break and that is basically what made up the schools my father believed that it would be better there but it wasnt. He wanted to get us out of our neighborhood. We were in an infor
Up in new jersey. Im from the segregated south born in 1837 under segregation and jim crow. He moved to the west as soon as he could under the Great Society initiative and met my mother in san diego she was fresh out of college she is the daughter of evangelical christians and he was very much a part of the Mainstream American Society that opposed interracial marriage in the sixties and seventies. My mother is white. [laughter] and he was really unhappy when my parents got together so eventually they moved up to oregon and Washington State and denver and through 1981 when i was born. And the job in new jersey . By the time i was born my father was tutoring students who would come to the house in private for the sat or lsat or math and science and he was supporting his family so my brother and i became captive students very small and modest but it was packed from wall to wall so we studied with him on the weekends and over summer break so that was the mediocre parochial Catholic School.