Compassionate empathy and perhaps protect roe versus wade a little longer. The book is actually a shooting at a reproductive rights in mississippi, one of the eight states that only have one clinic left in america because of over 280 laws at the state level has shifted away a reproductive rate since for 2012. In my book a gun comes in with a grudge and start shooting, he kills some patients and hostages and he patients employees any take the rest hostage. One of the people he takes hostage is the 15 euro daughter of the Hostage Negotiator on the outside and the people in the clinic are a wide range of people who have all been brought here at this moment they believe Different Things about reproductive rights, use the individuals were prochoice and prolife and all of their points of view are very evenly and accurately represented. How do you storyboard a complex story like that with all sorts of connections and things going on. That is a particular question, there is another twist in th
We are honored today to have a group of engineers, heroes, i tried to get her to follow in your footsteps as quickly as i could since 1959. We will have a panel talking about lunar module lending operations today and if you want to know what that is they will tell you about it. As we go around we have the panel here jack knight to the immediate left, bob nance, bill reeves and hal loden, i will have them identify themselves briefly and say a little about what they did and then open it a little for questions and since i didnt introduce myself, my name is john charles and im a scientist here is the center, houston. I would like to turn the microphone over to mr. Knight to talk about what you did to apollo 11 and what brought you here in the first place in your recognition of that important day. Okay. I was the son of an air force family and we were in various places around the world and i went to Georgia Institute of technology and came directly here to the Space Flight Center and was hi
Understanding in the modern period in reconstruction, and we have two speakers this morning. We have Vernon Burton whos from clemson university, and we have Brooke Thomas who is from the university of california at irvine. Both of them are stunningly important scholars in this world. Vernon burton is the judge matthew j. Perry distinguished chair of history and a professor of pan african studying, sociology and anthology and Computer Science at clemson university, which is to say hes mostly the entire university at this point. His i could read all of his distinguished awards and honors, and then he wouldnt have time to talk. I can only say that he has written a number of very important books. He has given major lectures at many institutions, most recently the annual lecture in southern history at the university of arkansas, and he his books have been in the book of the month club, the history book club, and other clubs. I have always hoped that i could be in a club that vernon was a me
Impeachment story told by john f. Kennedy in his 1957 book profiles in courage. This event was part of a symposium on reconstruction hosted by the u. S. Capitol historical vosociety. Brook thomas is a professor in the English Department at the university of california at irvine. I think you just took emeritus status, which means he has more time to write and more time to talk and more time to educate all of us. Im honored that he has come here again. He was here a couple years ago. Im honored that he is back today. Thank you. I have about 25 minutes so i hope we have time for question and answer. But were moving towards the end. Reconstruction stayed alive in the popular memory largely through its portrayal in popular media. I want to look at the politics of the portrayals of Andrew Johnsons impeachment. My primary works are the clansman, the film tennessee johns johnson. My thesis is that these works portrayal radical reconstruction as misrule reenforced highly held belief that althou
Have two speakers this morning. We have Vernon Burton whos from clemson university, and we have Brooke Thomas who is from the university of california at irving. Both of them are stunningly important scholars in this world. Vernon burton is the judge matthew j. Perry distinguished chair of history and a professor of panafrican studies, sociology and anthropology and Computer Science at clemson university, which is to say hes mostly the entire university at this point. His i could read all of his distinguished awards and honors, and then he wouldnt have time to talk. I can only say that he has written a number of very important books. He has given major lectures at many institutions, most recently the annual lecture in southern history at the university of arkansas, and he his books have been in the book of the month club, the history book club, and other clubs. I have always hoped that i could be in a club that vernon was a member of, and im delighted to introduce him to start this mor