Probably the most personal and intimate thing a woman can deal with, but you wont go to dinner where a woman, fully clothed, is at the same table . Sunday night, 8 00 eastern, on cspans q a. In march for civility was held on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and washington, d. C. Speakers with different backgrounds shared their personal stories, concerning xunit t, respect, friendship, and love. It was event it was organized by the restore civility campaign. This portion is an hour in 25 minutes. Saving the leak of justice the people no one can win the war individually it takes the young people [applause] place welcome to the stage this get the free hugs guy. Wow, cool. Thank you for braving the heat. I see people hiding in the corners and around the trees. Please gather in, we are going to get the program started today. Thank you for being here and supporting this message of peace and civility and love. Sightust a really amazing to be here. Behind me, dr. Martin luther kings famous, i
In the main reading room. It lends a certain something to the seriousness of what they are doing. That is the way it should be, but scholars are really know the score walk right past the Jefferson Building and go into you may not like the way it looks, but the Madison Building is where it is at. That is where the manuscripts collection is, and there are 60 million items. This is from the website. 60 million items over 11,000 separate collections, truly the greatest manuscript treasure of American History and culture. To talk to us about that collection is Jeff Flannery, an old friend of the society in particular friend of scholars who work in American History, like my former colleagues and i. For 40 years, put together a document history project, and it brought us to jeff virtually every week. He and his staff helped us produce those volumes. Jeff is the head of the reference and services section. He has been in the management for 31 years, and that is all i will say. I know you are mu
The governor prevented the students from attending class until eisenhower sent army troops and federalized the Arkansas National guard to restore order and enforce school desegregation. In the film, mr. Thomas and several others of the little rock nine reflect on their experience, life beyond high school, and hopes for the future. The film won an Academy Award in for documentary short 1955 subject. Where do you begin . Where do you look . Like an ancient battlefield, the ground is silence, though people still move in familiar places. Now on this field, negro and white run together, remembering how it was in little rock, arkansas in 1957. Perhaps it is best for those today to look where they are going and not where they have in. But when you are a dark man in a country where the negro is demanding more and more an equal chance, you have the right to look back to discover if you are really moving forward, or if the world is just moving beneath your feet. I have a special reason for looki
An effect on the president and the senators who support this bill. This was never about health care for them. If this was about lowering costs , we would be having a different conversation right now. The republicans in congress are so desperate to take action on health care, democrats would be more than happy to work with them with one single condition. It has to make things better for the american people, not worse. Grahamcassidy does not come close to meeting the condition. Instead, they are raising family costs and diminished coverage. That, to quote president trump, is mean. Let me repeat that all we are interested in is improving the lives of american people. Would questionably unquestionably cause untold suffering to families across america. Take us backjust to a years ago, but making things worse. It will strip away Mental Health care and the critical protections that make insurance meaningful. If you are one of the 134 million americans under the age of six of five living with
The administration of george w. Bush. This Hoover Institution event is about an hour and 20 minutes. Good morning, i am paul peterson, director of the education, policy and governance at Harvard University , and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. I would like to welcome you all today to an event that celebrates the publication of the new book called scalias constitution, essays on law and education. It is published by paul Gray Mcmillan and the editors are myself and Michael Mcconnell , who is a professor at Stanford Universitys school of law and was a judge of the Circuit Court of appeals. Of appeals. We held a conference about year ago in which all of the papers that were gathered together for this short publication were discussed and analyzed and we have with us today, to the participants in the conference and opposite to the essays included in this collection. Antonin scalia was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court who wrote and signed opinions directly o