Airline travel amid the pandemic and the pandemics impact on the aviation industry. Sharp talksn about issues affecting native americans and the role they played in the election. Good morning. It is wednesday, november 25, the day before thanksgiving, traditionally one of the busiest travel days in the year. This is a Union Station in washington, d. C. , popular hub. Health and state Public Officials have urged people not to travel or spend the holiday outside their household, yet millions of americans packed airports this week in more are expected to hit the road today and tomorrow. We want to hear about your travel plans or lack thereof. If you are traveling this thanksgiving, what precautions are you taking . Give us a call if youre traveling. The number, [video clip] 202 7488000. If you are not traveling, 202 7488001. You can send us a text this morning. That number 202 7488003. If you do, include your name and where you are from. Catch up with us on social media. On twitter, cspan
Started. Welcome to politics and pros. I am justin, the programs manager at the store, i receive classrooms, books, and clients and i can try to speak closer. So thank you all for coming out tonight. Were honored to have Linda Hirshman speaking about sisterinlaws. Now would be the time to turn off any Electronic Devices that may be tempted to beep or buzz throughout the proceedings. Next, linda will be taking questions during the second half of the event. For that we ask that you use one of two microphones. Looks like theres just one tonight on my left. That way everyone here can hear it and it will be on recordings. At the end if you could help us out by folding up your chairs, that will help the cleanup process greatly. Linda hirshman, former professor and law degree from the university of degree and ph. D. In philosophy and practiced law for 15 years, during which she appeared before the u. S. Supreme court for three different cases. Since she has published several nonfiction works,
Cofounder of the robert h. Jackson center we are thrilled to have this opportunity to commemorate one of Justice Jacksons foremost opinions, if not his number one, West Virginia v. Barnett. We have history with individuals we will be interviewing. To kind of recap back in 2002, i believe, i tracked down marie and Lillian Barnett and had a chance down in the charleston area. I didnt know you knew what was happening but all of a sudden this guy with a camcorder tracked you down, went to a kingdom hall and had a chance to chat. You were gracious enough to put up with me. Some of the interviews you just saw in 2006, we had a chance to bring the barnett sisters here and together with our friends at cspan filmed a presentation with professor barrett that Robert Jackson biographer and bennett bossski, the law clerk for justice stone during the barnett case. That was really cool. And a few years ago i had the privilege, together with phil donahue you saw clips on, to meet judith and to intervi
Carolina. My mom and dad met while they were students at Friendship Junior College in iraq hill, South Carolina. After they both graduated from friendship, they moved permanently to great falls. Initially, they were both school teachers. You could be a schoolteacher at that time with just a Junior College education. My dad did not stay in teaching, because he discovered that what was listed on his contract as his per month payment was not the same as he was receiving. This was at a time when the boards of education for all composed of waste men, and so at the end of the year my father approached a person who was a scientist voucher for a payment. He said i noticed that there is a discrepancy here. It was a five dollar difference between what he was supposed to be paid and what he was receiving. For questioning the five dollar differential, which the School Board Member was pocketing, my father was terminated as a teacher. My mother continued to be a teacher. In fact, my first seven yea
2009. Conducted by Smithsonian National museum of africanAmerican History and culture. The American Folk Life Center at the library of congress and the Southern Oral History Program at the university of North Carolina chapel hill. My parents were walter b. Ghaiaither and fannie b. Little gaither. Gray fall was my fathers home. My mother, fannie mae, was originally from anderson, South Carolina. And my mom and dad met while they were students at Friendship Junior College in rock hill, South Carolina. After they both graduated from friendship, they of course moved permanent ly to great falls. And initially, they were both school teachers. You could be a schoolteacher at that time with just a Junior College education. My dad did not stay in teaching. Because he discovered that what was listen on his contract as his per month payment for teaching was not the same as he was receiving. And this was at a time when the board of education were all composed of white men. So at the end of the yea