America but the book he has come to discuss today and why i am sure you are all here is stokely a life which was described in the New York Times review as an insightful, highly engaging affluent biography of Stokely Carmichael, the man widely seen as heir apparent in the black leadership hierarchy to Martin Luther king jr. And malcolm x following their assassination. At the reporting committee, stokely started as a believer in nonviolence, led him to concentrate his thinking on the notion of black selfdefense. Carmichael was a complex figure and that complexity was captured wonderfully in this definitive biography, stokely a life. You can never be disappointed with a book when you have chapter titles like the chocolate and fred astaire. Arestoring, activist, popular Peniel Joseph is historian activist, popular , radio commentator on subjects like Race Relations and civil rights, politics, democracy, a nice shoe collection. Give a warm welcome to Peniel Joseph. [applause] thank you for
Muslims and how american muslims can join the national conversations. And at 9 00, young people from ayos the United Kingdom gather in the house of commons to discuss issues important to them. This issue is so much more than buses, trains and expense. It leaves your people feeling disdained, deprived and disillusioned. As a child, i couldnt wait to experience a bus ride. When we grew up. Blue steam trains lose their smiley faces. For our complete schedule go to cspan. Org. Up next, on American History tv, the life and legacy of Stokely Carmichael. Field secretary charles cobb joins the discussion. And as an organizer for the allafrican peoples party. Its a little under two hours. Good afternoon. Im with the university of memphis, and welcome to the round table discussion, stokely car mike a his life and legacy. We thought this would be an appropriate moment to consider Stokely Carmichael. Were here in atlanta for the conference. Its an important locus. And carmichaels journey takes him
Friends and intimates and developed a level of selfreliance that increased over the course of a life time and career. Elenor said he had no real confidants. Not me either. A speech writer for fdr was a very asstute observer of rogues roosevelt and wrote the classic bioography of roosevelt and hopkins. That is a bible in fdr history. He got to know roosevelt well. He said he has a thickly forestly interior. He didnt want anyone to penetrate that force to see what was going on inside. We was probably the most solitary president we have ever had. This is the contradiction that is fdr and wife Frances Perkins was such a complicated man and theres no episode in his presidency or his life which underscore is this duality more than this type does. Four days before the Chicago Convention opened on july 11th, 1940, Franklin Roosevelt called Felix Frankfurter down from the Supreme Court. They had a two hour session in the oval study adjacent to the president s bedroom on the second floor of the
Rises in the back of the pavilion. We are here to listen to peniel joseph. I have the pleasure of interviewing and the 11 on the occasion of the 2010 book dark days, bright nights, from black power to barack obama. It was one of those wonderful, and hurried cspan book conversations. I never met him before and i was so impressed not only by intellect but by his ease, he melody and introspection. I left thinking i am going to read all of that dudes books from now on until the end of time. He is the author of the Award Winning waiting until the midnight hour, a narrative history of black power in america but the book he has come to discuss today and why i am sure you are all here is stokely a life which was described in the New York Times review as an insightful, highly engaging affluent biography, of Stokely Carmichael, the man widely seen as heir apparent in the black leadership hierarchy to Martin Luther king jr. And malcolm x following their assassination. And the reporting committee,
Started by washington and continued by jefferson became pa paramount to law. It was a deeply respected practice and very few considered challenging and no one had succeeded. He was going to retire because he said that he was tired and he was broke. And he was both. He had already designed and was then building the first president ial library in america in hyde park new york which has been restored. I urge you to go see that. It is a fabulous experience. He built a retreat called top cottage at hyde park where he could get away from visitors he knew would come. He signed a contract to write regular articles and was going to write his memoirs and two of the top aids were going to come do this. He was thinking about retirement and he was enjoying. There were third term rumbles about whether or not he might run. But nothing to it. He didnt give it any serious attention. Then as kevin mentioned at the beginning of the book he was woken in the middle of the night, september 1st, 1939 to be t