Covid19 pandemic and Vanderbilt Universitys william shatner, professor of Infectious Diseases in Public Health policy. Join the conversation tonight at 8 00 pm eastern on cspan. I am tony clark, you are here, a special night for us, the book itself is perfect, and what we have a carter president ial library, talks about congress and the president and how they Work Together even when they dont necessarily agree on things. What president carter after congressman brooks and one of the things the president said is he was a new president , one congressman who disagreed with me, im the president of the united states, that is no big deal and found out that one congressman was jack brooks. President s Work Together and it is time that we hear that message about how they Work Together. We are especially pleased tonight to have congressman jack brookss son jeb, he has worked in the financial industry and all 5 companies for more than three decades. He started his career, on the International Sec
So integrator our neighborhood and our school. Host i did want to ask that question. How much black people were living in stamford, connecticut, in 1963 . Guest it was north stanford so thats, morland and so it was our family. 63 there may have been more. There may have been two or three who lived up in that section of town. Still very much segregated in stamford, connecticut,. Host what do you remember about that segregation, possibly one of the few africanamericans . Guest i remember in Elementary School children ask d me if i made the and me feeling very insecure, very shy, didnt speak at all. I wouldnt ask questions. I wouldnt wear my glasses because i did want to be different in any other way. I didnt understand that was part of my experience there being the only black child in the fifth grade. So fifth grade is only black child in school. Host why did mom and dad want you to have that, or want you to live there . Guest i dont think the water as to that level of isolation nor lack
Such interesting comments and questions. Booktv continues on cspan2, television for serious readers. The invention of yesterday. The invention of yesterday a 50,000year history of human culture you got me at the title. Even if you are not a history buff, in the scary unprecedented times it is incumbent on all of us to look back to see where we have been and how we have got here and hopefully some perspective of where we are going. This 6year investment produced a global history of the human journey which takes us from the stone age to the virtual age. Tamim ansary poses the history of the world is a story we. Telling one another and since there is no single circle of storytellers there must be many world histories. This dramatic journey asks us in all the narratives form a single big story of our planet and it is what it might be. This explores links and Ripple Effect that stitched the fabric of history. There is a lot of pivotal moment. Is anybody finished reading it . Just came out.
Question. How many black people were living in stanford, connecticut in 1963. It was north stanford, so thats where it had more land. So it was our family. In 63 there may have been more, two or three in that section of town, but pretty much segregated ourselves in stanford, connecticut. What do you remember about that segregation. About being one of the few africanamericans. I remember in elementary school, children asking me if i bathed and you know, and me feeling very insecure, very shy, not didnt speak at all. I wouldnt ask questions, i wouldnt wear my glasses because i didnt want to be different in any other way and i didnt understand that that was part of my experience there, being the only black child in the fifth grade. So, until fifth grade i was the only black child in the school. Why did mom and dad want you to have that, want you to live there . I dont think they wanted us to have that level of isolation nor lack of, you know, overly they werent sitting us out there as an
Appeasement and rick adkinsons took, a trilogy on the american revolution, the british are coming. Covers the first years of the revolutionary war. How do you select the books you read . A variety of things. I tend to read book reviews and that matters, local newspapers, sometimes ill just hear about a book. I remember years ago picking up the book devotion about two carrier pilots one of whom was shot down and died in the korean war in 1950, and i just i heard him talking about the book on npr, i thought, boy, that sounds like a great read and was and listen to other people as well. If theyre reading something interesting, theyll usually talk about it. No systemic way, but i usually end up with a pretty good book. Where do you enjoy reading . Everywhere, probably get more reading done on airplanes, you can read policy papers or have a really good book and youve got a couple of hours there or more, usually more. And so, i do a lot of that, but then i try to read something every day or