35 years later during the impeachment trials of president trump, adam schiff asked, where is howard baker? where the people willing to go beyond their party to look to their duty? senator baker spoke to delegates. ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much. does anyone here think ronald reagan ought to be reelected as president of the united states? [applause] i have come to the right place. the democrats have come to a different conclusion. voting for walter mondale. booing] tremblingmerica is and despairing. while, i thought they were talking about themselves. [laughter] [applause] that is why america will reelect ronald reagan and a lot more wills why americans 1984!ct ronald reagan in [applause] america s choice this year is not just between ronald reagan and walter mondale. between a team that has proven it can succeed. and a team that has proven it can. the walter mondale team gave us inflation. a punching bag for a foreign policy. the misery. friends, misery h
sure to join the conversation with your calls, texts, and tweets. announcer: as the republican national convention gets underway tonight, we will hear from prominent speakers from past conventions. senator howard baker from 1984. then pat buchanan in 1992. , retired general colin powell in 1996. and former secretary of state condoleezza rice in 2012. howard baker had already been senate majority leader for three years when he addressed the 1984 republican convention. he became 18 years, known as the great negotiator, including passage of the clean air act and the clean water act. senator baker was vice chair of the committee that investigated whitewater, president nixon, and members of his administration. 35 years later during the impeachment trials of president trump, intelligence chair adam schiff asked, where is howard baker? where the people willing to go beyond their party to look to their duty? senator baker spoke to delegates in dallas. sen. baker: thank you very m
plannerry. i think when we were planning the conference, we always like to bring our heavy hitters out. and i think today is one of those occasions in which we have a collection of fine scholars and activists here to address our theme. so what we decided to do is run the plannerry more as a roundtable, as a moderated conversation about issue with the great migration. and i wanted to introduce our panelists and give them an opportunity to speak for a few minutes as far as their own work and their perceptions and ideas about the great migration and then move on into a question and answer followed by a discussion with us and followed by a question answer session with the audience. so i want to introduce our panelists. our first pannestist is joe trotter who is a giant eagle professor of history in social justice and past history department chair at cornegy university in pittsburgh. he is also the director and founder of the cornegy center for african-american urban studies in ec
good evening, everyone. all right. i think our technical difficulties are finished and i d like to welcome you all to the opening women. i do want to report welcome you all to the 104th meeting of the association. my name is lionel campbell. it is my honor to bring together on a, well it is my honor to convene hillary this plenary a. when i think when we were planning the conference, we always liked to bring our heavy hitters out, and i think today is one of those occasions in which we have a collection of fine scholars and activists here to address our theme, so what we decided to do is to run the plenary more as a roundtable, as a moderate did conversation about issues with the great migration, and i want to introduce our panelists and give them an opportunity to speak for a few minutes as far as their own work, and their perceptions and ideas about the great migration and then move on into our question and answer, followed by a discussion, followed by a question and answer
southern festival of books. before we begin and introduce our author, there are some housekeeping things they asked me to share with you. after the session is over, we will be meeting in the colomnade for signs if you would like to talk to bob, find out more about his book or get one signed, you can meet us there. also, if you want to support the organization that puts on this event, you can go to humanitiestennessee.org and learn more about what their activities are and how to support that. bob spitz was born, lives and went to high school and college on the same street in reading, pennsylvania. once he strayed off the block, however, his life veered into diverse and fascinating realms. a long-time musician, he moved to new york in 1971, where he met a promising young songwriter named bruce springsteen, whom he managed and occasionally played with for the next six years. in 1978, spitz moved on to manage elton john, eventually retiring from the music industry in 1980 to purs