Protections. That is at 3 30 p. M. Eastern on cspan two. Announcer announcer now, a preview of the Second Season of landmark cases, Historic Supreme Court decisions. Cspan2 explores the human stories behind the Supreme Courts first historic rulings. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Constitution Center. I am jeffrey rosen, the president of this wonderful institution, the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis and in this educational mission, we are so excited to be partners with cspan. We have a wonderful collaboration we had a wonderful collaboration, a few years ago, landmark cases, which described the human stories behind some of the most important Supreme Court cases of all time. That series was inspired by a comment that Justice Ginsburg made at a National Constitution center event a few years ago, where she said how inspiring it would be to hear those human stories so people ca
Next, a preview of cspans landmark cases from the National Constitution center in philadelphia. Welcome to the Constitution Center. I am the president of this wonderful institution which is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. Beautiful. That is so inspiring. Wonderful live cspan audience. You can see the great members of the National Constitution center, like people around the country, are inspired by this nonpartisan mission of constitutional education and believe it is crucially important for citizens to educate themselves about the constitution so american democracy can thrive and survive. And in this educational mission, we are so excited to be partners with cspan. We had a wonderful collaboration a few years ago. Landmark cases. Which described the human stories behind some of the most Important Supreme Court cases of all times. That series was inspired by a comment that Justice Bader
Stories behind the Supreme Court most historic ruling. Welcome to the Constitution Center. And the president of this wonderful institution which is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. Tearful. That is so inspiring. Wonderful live cspan audience. You can see the great members of Constitution Center by people around the country are inspired by this mission of constitutional education and believe it is important for citizens to educate themselves so american democracy can thrive and survive. In this mission we are so excited to be partners with cspan. We have a wonderful collaboration a few years ago, landmark cases which described the human stories behind some of the most important Supreme Court cases of all time. That was inspired by a comment that Justice Ginsburg made at the Constitution Center event a few years ago where she said how inspiring it would be to hear those human stories so p
A longtime friend and contributor two the library hugh hewitt. My wife and i have been friends of the library for a wild. I came of age during the nixon years and have vivid memories of the 1968 Republican National convention watched on a black and white tv late into the night breathlessly hoping for his nomination. We have come to learn more about Richard Nixon and that marquis left on our country and world and as i look at the state of our nation in the world today i reach into the archives of the 72 campaign, nixon now more than ever. We have had the opportunity two meet wonderful people through the library tran and betsy hewitt among them. Hugh is a frequent figure at library interviewing Authors Panel discussions, participating in debates and as we saw today conducting his nationally syndicated radio show. He served in the Nixon Administration as a speechwriter and was critical in the construction of this facility and for that a debt of gratitude by all who have benefited from it.
We want to be part of the cultural life there. Were really happy to have those materials and those essences come back to harlan. The focus is africanamerican, or prolife from history to art, everything. We have worldwide black culture related events. We started in 1925 in the Library Fiscal standing on we got named a National Historic landmark in january. We are really coming full circle with these recent acquisitions that point the long history starting in the harlem renaissance of documenting black life in our culture. Both. [inaudible] to see that arc and have them come home has been really great. Prior to schaumburg, what were you doing. I was a professor for 20 years. 20 at emory university. I got into the archive business but im also a poet and a writer. I had one previous Nonfiction Book called the great album. From that i started getting interested in the subject of bunks and hoaxes and liars. Where does the word punk come from. Its a great word. It comes from politics, arguing