Good evening. Welcome to mt. Vernon. My name is kevin butterfield. And it is my pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the Mount Vernons lady associations and Ford Motor Company which sponsors a free monthly book talk to learn from the greatest historians. Thank you for being here tonight. Were thrilled to have you. To begin the Program Shortly well hear a brief presentation from susan swain, copresident and executive officer of cspan and coauthors of the president s. Shell be joined by brian lamb, the founder and executive chairman of cspan and moderating and esteemed group of historians in discussing the american presidency. The american presidency is as you know a fascinating subject of inquiry in every possible way. In the constitution, theres not as much said about it as you might imagine. Article i is quite long, ii much shorter and the key phrase is about as short as you can imagine. The executive power should be vested in a president of the United States of america.
Scott, how are you doing today . Guest im doing great. Host im not a big reader, but i was enthralled by your book. I found it to be inspiring, and exciting. I was wondering if you can tell me the way it was touched by your book if there is something that is similar for you that got you on the track from your wayward life. Guest i guess i will start to answer a question of it further back and that is when i was a kid growing up i was kind of the opposite case you would expect to become an astronaut because i was not a good student. I couldnt Pay Attention in class. Impossible for me to do that appear cry was the kid in the back of the room looking out the window or looking at the clock willing it to run faster. I did that more than anything else. I went to college because it was expected of me to go to college and i still struggled their. One day im walking across the school campus, but College Campus and i happen to go in the book store to buy film or something, not a book. I saw this
In cages. And to and frisk us, treat us as citizens whos righ whose rights are not respected. Is say that their lives are not afforded the same dignity and respect as white lives. Why is that . X people are afraid of africanamerican men. There are studies that show that many people have reactions of anxiety. There is research that shows that people do not think of africanamericans as human beings. There are all these stereotypes about criminality associated peered some of that is based on statistics with a breakdown in the book. I understand why people have these concerns, because if you look at street crime, africanamerican men represent a large number. I do talk about some men who have experienced people who do not want to sit next to them on the subway. On the amtrak, you can sit wherever you want, and he says it is always the last seat next to him to be filled. On southwest airline, you can choose your seat, so sports journalists will joke that if a black man is sitting in the seat
In cages. And to and frisk us, treat us as citizens whos righ whose rights are not respected. Is say that their lives are not afforded the same dignity and respect as white lives. Why is that . X people are afraid of africanamerican men. There are studies that show that many people have reactions of anxiety. There is research that shows that people do not think of africanamericans as human beings. There are all these stereotypes about criminality associated peered some of that is based on statistics with a breakdown in the book. I understand why people have these concerns, because if you look at street crime, africanamerican men represent a large number. I do talk about some men who have experienced people who do not want to sit next to them on the subway. On the amtrak, you can sit wherever you want, and he says it is always the last seat next to him to be filled. On southwest airline, you can choose your seat, so sports journalists will joke that if a black man is sitting in the seat
In cages. And to and frisk us, treat us as citizens whos righ whose rights are not respected. Is say that their lives are not afforded the same dignity and respect as white lives. Why is that . X people are afraid of africanamerican men. There are studies that show that many people have reactions of anxiety. There is research that shows that people do not think of africanamericans as human beings. There are all these stereotypes about criminality associated peered some of that is based on statistics with a breakdown in the book. I understand why people have these concerns, because if you look at street crime, africanamerican men represent a large number. I do talk about some men who have experienced people who do not want to sit next to them on the subway. On the amtrak, you can sit wherever you want, and he says it is always the last seat next to him to be filled. On southwest airline, you can choose your seat, so sports journalists will joke that if a black man is sitting in the seat