Mr. Chairman. You can hear the gavel. I can remember sam irvin sitting up there. It brings back memories. It certainly is filled with the echoes of history. Coming up next on American History tv, a Panel Discusses minority activism leading up to the 1968 election. It is part of dr. Martin luther king jr. s Poor Peoples Campaign, africanamerican into condo activist came to washington, d. C. They explained how people of different races came together but it is largely remembered as an africanamerican movement. This event is part of the American Folklife Center at the library of congress to Mark National hispanic heritage month. This is about 80 minutes. Thank you so much, everybody. We are going to move on to our first panel discussion. I should say that my name is steve winick, a writer at the American Folklife Center. We are presenting this symposium entitled organizing across the boundaries, strategies and coalitions in the struggle for civil rights and. Social justice. This first pres
Justice. When poor people marched on washington, the 68 campaign in black and brown. I will introduce the speakers briefly and then they can come up and begin the discussion. So the first person ill introduce is Gordon Mantler, whos an assistant professor at George Washington university specializing in the history and rhetoric of 20th century social Justice Movements and the africanamerican and Latino History of the United States as well as an oral history and history of film. His first book and focus of his Library Presentation is power to the poor and the fight for Economic Justice 1960 to 1974 and it was published in 2013 in the inaugural volume in the politics and power series of the North Carolina press. Were happy to have him here and hes the recipient of many awards. So were very happy to have Gordon Mantler here, how is this going to work . Come on up and have a seat . Yeah. And our second panelist resides andworks in boil heights in eechlt lavm. It was while attempting east l.
This first presentation is called when poor people marched on washington, the 1968 campaign in black and brown. I will introduce the speakers, and then they can come up and begin the discussion. So, the first person i will introduce is gordon who is an Gordon Mantler who is an assistant professor at George Washington university specializing in the history and the rhetoric of 20th century social Justice Movements and the africanamerican and latino experience in the united states, as well as oral history and history of film. His first book and focus of his Library Presentation is power to the poor, blackbrown coalition, and the fight for Economic Justice 1960 to 1974. It was published in 2013. And so, we are really happy to have him here. He is the recipient of many awards, including the first annual ronald t. Ferrar civil rights history award. So we are very happy to have him here. And how is this going to work . Come on up and have a seat. Yeah. Our second speaker is going to be our se
Just got it from charles croppedhammer, the things that matter, his new collection of essays some of which are biographical. That makes my day. Died like radio. Three hours is an abundance of time and i can do so many things. More with radio talkshow host hugh hewitt on cspans q a. You are watching cspan2 with politics and Public Affairs weekdays featuring live coverage of the u. S. Senate, weeknights watch the Public Policy events and every weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. You can see past programs and get schedules that our web site and join in the conversation on social media sites. Up next on booktv, afterwards with guest host, political activist and radio host joe madison talking with Craig Steven Wilder on his book ebony and ivy race, slavery, and the troubled history of americas universities. In the book, the mit history shared discusses how the campuses of many of the universities were not only built by slave labor but funded by profits earned from the
Car down a ravine near seminary and outlook. This is near Mills College. Five people are in critcal condition. Allie rasmus is at the scene and we will have a live report coming up. Good morning, welcome to mornings on 2. Happy mothers day to everyone. I am claudine wong. I am mike mibach. And happy mothers day to all the moms out there. Happy mothers day to you, rosemary. And happy mothers day to all of you celebrating out there. Gorgeous shot over the bay. The sun is shining and it as notable jump in our temperatures coming our way for the afternoon. Some areas like napa, waking up. 10 to 12 degrees above this time. Winds became a big issue. Not going to be as windy today. The wind will pick up as we get into the afternoon once again. Still gusting to 17 miles an hour. Half moon bay reporting a gusts at 22 miles an hour. The wind will be shifting over the next couple of days. They will be offshore and the warm up will continue as we get into the work week. For today, five degrees in