My name is rosalie and im here to introduce our guest, clyde ford. He is a former Systems Engineer with ibm. He graduated from the university of western states in portland as a doctor of chiropractic and is a trained psychotherapist area is also the awardwinning author of 12 works of fiction and nonfiction area clyde is the recipient of this or on the other Person Injured right award in africanamerican literature as well as numerous other awards for his books. Hes been a guest on the oprah show and npr and radio and tv programs across the nation. Clyde is here tonight to speak about his latest book, think black. Which was just released shortlisted for the 2019 goddard book prize in social justice. Would you please join me in welcoming to the kendall planetarium at the Oregon Museum of science and industry clyde ford. Thank you leslie and thank you for being here. I cant tell you how special it is to be here at odyssey again. I was talking with president nancy and just reliving my First
Current special exhibit, rightfully hers, american women and the vote. Our partners are here tonight and we thank them for their support. Our special exhibit, rightfully hers, tells the story of the woman struggle for Voting Rights. Women activists had to win allies among men in influential positions. It was men who sat in state legislatures that would ratify or reject the 19 amendment, whose centennial we celebrate. When rightfully hers opened, guests were offered a yellow rose pin when they entered. That was won by members of the mens league for womens suffrage. For many guests, this not to the role that men played came as a surprise. Tonight we will take a look at the suffragents and their contributions to the voting right struggle. Its my pleasure to welcome nancy tate, she has served as the cochair of the womens Vote Centennial Initiative and is also on the board of the turning point suffragists memorial. She served as the executive director of the league of women voters, and prev
Support. Our special exhibit, rightfully hers, tells the story of the woman struggle for Voting Rights. Women activists had to win allies among men in influential positions. It was men who sat in state legislatures that would ratify or reject the 19 amendment, whose centennial we celebrate. When rightfully hers opened, guests were offered a yellow rose pin when they entered. That was won by members of the mens league for womens suffrage. For many guests, this not to the role that men played came as a surprise. Tonight we will take a look at the suffragists and their contributions to the voting right struggle. Its my pleasure to welcome nancy tate, she has served as the cochair of the womens Vote Centennial Initiative and is also on the board of the turning point suffragists memorial. She served as the executive director of the league of women voters, and previously she served as the chief operating officer at the National Academy of Public Administration and with the department of ener
Us online. Tonights discussion of womens suffragists and the men who supported them, the suffrage gents and their role is part of the series related to our special exhibit rightfully hers. Our partners are the 2020 womens Vote Centennial Initiative and the one woman, one vote 2020 festival. We thank them for their support. Our special twibt tells the story of womens Voting Rights. To sure these they had to win allies among men in influential positions. It was men who sat in the state legislatures that would ratify or reject the 19th amendment whos centennial we now celebrate. When it opened in our gallery last may guests at the opening reception were offered a yellow rose pin as they entered. That evoked the badges worn by members of the mens league for womens suffrage. To many guests this nod to the role that men played came as something of a surprise. Tonight were going to take a look at those suffrage gents and their contributions to the Voting Rights struggle. And its my pleasure t
My name is Leslie Leslie kavasch im here to introduce our guest, cyde ford, a former assistant engineer with ibm. He graduated from the university of western states in portland as a doctor of chiropractic and the era pissed. Hes also the awardwinning author of 12 works of fiction and nonfiction. Clyde is the recipient of the richard ray award, in africanamerican literature. He has been a guest on the oprah show, in pr, radio and tv programs across the nation. Clyde is here to speak about his latest book, think black a memoir of sacrifice, which was just released, shortlisted for the book prize in social justice. Please join me in welcoming to the kendall planetarium at the Oregon Museum of science and industry, cyde ford. [applause] thank you all for being here, i cant tell you how special it is to be here. I was just reliving my First Experience over 40 years ago up at Washington Park and i was a volunteer. I was working with a group, i had come from ibm to go to chiropractic college.