Welcome, welcome were very excited to have you at the barnes noble event series. Featuring john bryant and latest best seller the memo five rules for your economic liberation were very excited to have you with us today and we also want thank barnes and mobile for , you know, allowing us to be here with all of you. John hope bryant is founder chairman and ceo of operation hope. Largest Nonprofit Organization and United States focusing on Financial Inclusion and financial serving over 3. 6 million youths and adults since 1992. Chairman bryant is also the chairman and ceo of the Group Venture and promise home company the largest for profit minority controlled owners for Single Family Residential Rental homes in the United States. In addition to that, chairman bryant was recently named by American Bank and magazine for the 2016 innovator of the year. And hes also served last five United States president s as a counseling as a counselor and advisor for all of them. Were very excited to have
Archived. Thats cspan. Org history. During world war ii the United States Army Air Forces formed a group of africanamerican military pilots, they were known as the Tuskegee Airmen. Next, Jeremy Paul Amick, author of together as one legacy of James Shipley joined by the now 94yearold mr. Shipley to talk about his wartime experiences. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this event. Its just over 50 minutes. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Kansas City Public Library. Im Deputy Director carrie kucagn, were so happy youre here tonight. I want to let you know tonight is our final program for 2017. Can you believe it . Its kind of bittersweet. Anyway, if youre new here, if youve never been before, please pick up our program. And you can sign up and you can be on our list for all of the programs we have coming up in 2018. And we have programs both here and at Central Library two or three times a week and wed love to have you come and wed love to have you sign up. And wed l
Pick up our program. And you can sign up and you can be on our list for all of the programs we have coming up in 2018. And we have programs both here and at Central Library two or three times a week and wed love to have you come and wed love to have you sign up. And wed love to have you bring your friends. So please sign up. Tonight were so honored to have James Shipley with us. Mr. Shipley enlisted at just 19 years old and would become a member of the 332nd Fighter Group in one of the original Tuskegee Airmen. [ applause ] i want to especially thank the heart of america chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen for making this program possible tonight. And thank you for all of your service all of these years. We really appreciate you as well. Thank you. [ applause ] tonight with mr. Shipley is author Jeremy Paul Amick and they will be discussing a new biography about shipley and the book is available here tonight right outside and both gentlemen will be signing after the program right up here on
2017. Can you believe it . Its kind of bitter sweet. Anyway, if youre new here and youve never been before, please pick up our program. Can you sign up and be on our list for all of the programs we have coming up in 2018. We have programs both here and at central library, two or three times a week and we would love to have you come and sign up and we would love to have you bring your friends. Please sign up. Tonight were so honored to have James Shipley with us. Mr. Shipley enlisted at just 19 years old. We are so honored to have one of the original Tuskegee Airmen. [ cheers and applause ] i want to especially thank the heart of the america chapter of tuskegee airman for making this possible tonight and all of your service all of these years. We appreciate you as well. Thank you. [ applause ] tonight with mr. Shipley is jeremy amick. The book is available outside the library and both of the gentlemen will sign the book right up here on stage. Now to introduce our guest is someone you p
And wed love to have you bring your friends. So, please sign up. Tonight, were so honored to have James Shipley with us. Mr. Shipley enlisted at just 19yearsold and would become a member of the 332nd Fighter Group and one of the original Tuskegee Airmen. [applause] i want to especially thank the heart of america chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen for making this program possible tonight. Thank you for all of your service all of these years. We really appreciate you as well. Thank you. [applause] tonight, with mr. Shipley is author jeremy paul amick, and they will be discussing a new biography about shipley. And the book is available here tonight right outside, and both gentlemen will be signing after the program right up here on stage. Now, to introduce our guest, someone you probably already know, kansas city councilman quinton lucas. He serves on committees overseeing the citys planning and Economic Development priorities and transportation, as well as infrastructure and investment prior