In order to not have heat dry out tobacco leaves so they were not rolling around the cigar the air had to be kept very humid in these factories so the windows were nailed shut in summertime so the breeze wouldnt blow the humidity out. Very fine tobacco dust filled the air and filled the lungs of people working in these places. Cigar workers had the second highest rate of tuberculosis of any occupation in the United States. Only stonecutters had it worse. Rose would have lung problems for the rest of her life. When she was 21 years old something happened that changed the course of her life. She saw a copy of the you dish newspaper published in new york, the jewish daily news. The paper ran one page in english and invited contributions from readers around the country. It was a new york paper that was trying to go national and said wherever you are send us your stories, write us letters, tell us what is going on in your life and rose began writing, they gave her an advice column just betw
Ask them at the end. At the end of the conversation the authors will sign books at the book tent which is right there. The books are on sale by book people, your independent bookstore, the largest bookstore in texas. A portion of every book supports the texas book Festival Mission to help Fund Programs that bring students to lowincome schools in texas to find grants for laborers in texas. Thank you. In this panel we will be going beyond the headlines to discuss the real experience of immigrants having an america. We have two authors suketu mehta and Aarti Shahani that will share about their journeys and thoughts. She is an associate professor at nyu and most recently this land is our land and Aarti Shahani is a correspondent based in Silicon Valley and the author of the men more here we are, American Dreams, american nightmares. All that you all retaile read ts on the website. Welcome to both of you. [applause] can we start off by you telling us a little bit more about yourselfor. I wa
Gonna jump into the conversation. The one thing i have to say is i think you can tell its urgently important to bring as many schoolkids as possible to come see the incredible exhibit. [ applause ] that is why am thrilled that last week the superintendent of the School District of philadelphia sat with me and announced that the School District and the Constitution Center are launching up program to bring tens of thousands of School Districts to the Constitution Center every year. Wow. [ applause ] they are calling it the Constitutional Ambassadors Program and they go seek support and the great kids are going to start to come see the civil war exhibit and see the Constitution Center and connect classrooms around the country using the virtual constitutional exchanges for our long conversations moderated by a judge or a master teacher. Wow, that is great. Its an amazing project that im so excited to share with you. It needs no introduction. He is author of the best selling book stony the
Its all expected to start no sooner than x thursday, after the first president ial debate in milwaukee, wisconsin. On that note, nbc news is also reporting that after quite a bit of back and forth, donald trump has officially decided not to attend that first debate, which is being hosted by fox news. Instead, trump is seeking a sitdown interview with the former fox news host Tucker Carlson as a means of counter programming the republican debate. This is not something that fox and the rnc can be happy about at all, and it is shaping up to be another chapter and the long running saga between donald trump and fox news, the network that helped make donald trump president in the first place. Let me step back a little bit here, do you remember the first time trump ever participated in a republican primary debate . It was august of 2015, and that the bay, much like the coming on, was hosted by the Republican National committee at fox news. Meghan kelly was one of the moderators. When she aske
Us this evening. Law enforcement officials expect donald trump to turn himself in a Fulton County jail in atlanta, georgia late next week, where he will be booked and processed on criminal charges brought by the d. A. Down there, fani willis. This is all expected to happen sooner than next thursday, which is one day after the first republican president ial debate in milwaukee, wisconsin. And on that note, nbc news is also reporting that after quite a bit of back and forth, donald trump has officially decided not to attend that first debate which is being hosted by fox news. Instead, trump is seeking a sitdown interview with the former fox news host, Tucker Carlson, as a means of counter programming the republican debate. This is not something that fox and the rnc can be happy about at all. And it is shaping up to be yet another chapter in the long running saga between donald trump and fox news. The network that helped make donald trump president in the first place. Let me step back a b