Petition to the honorable george c. Wallace issued of god, citizen of the United States and governor of the state of alabama. We, as citizens of alabama citizens of many states in our United States and citizens of several foreign countries, come praying the blessing of god upon you and we, many responsibilities that are yours to discharge. We come petitioning you to join us in spirit and in truth in what is historys and Americas Movement toward the great society. A nation of justice where none shall prey upon the weakness of other, a nation of plenty where greed and poverty shall be done away, a nation of brotherhood where success is founded upon service and honor given for nobleness alone. We have come to represent the negro citizens of alabama and freedom loving people from all over the United States and the world. We have come not only 65 days and 60 miles but we have come from three centuries of suffering and hardship. We have come to you, the governor of alabama, to declare that w
Woodie gutherie is most famous for writing this land is your land. He was born in oklahoma and we are very proud to have his work back in oklahoma where we think it belongs. He was an advocate for people who were disenfranchised. For those people who were Migrant Workers from Oklahoma Kansas and texas during the era who have found them else in california, literally starving. Woodie recorded very few songs of his own. We have a listening station that features 46 of his songs in his own voice. Thats what makes the recordings that he did make so significant and so important to us. Watch all of our events from tulsa saturday, at noon eastern on cspan2s book tv and sunday on American History tv on cspan3. That day, march 7, became known as bloody sunday. 18 days later, with armed protection of the u. S. Army and Alabama National guard provided on the orders of president joan son, the protesters completed the fourday march from selma, the Alabama State capitol. Up next three hours of abc New
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Programs. Today we want to get your comments on those shows. Are they still relevant . Do they still matter . We want to hear from you. 202 7370001 host many of you are already weighing in on our facebook page. From the boston globe, an event getting in that getting lots of attention, two popes canonizing two popes. The scene, with over one Million People on hand, this headline comes from the boston sunday globe. A piece that really got a lot of attention this week, this style section was called meet the pressure. Host we will get your calls and comments in a moment, but for some look at the other sunday shows and what you can hear on cspan radio. Good morning, nancy. Some of the topics include the return of congress this week, the middle east, and of course, politics. You can hear rebroadcasts of the Program Beginning at noon eastern time with meet the press ergo guests include tony blair and bob menendez, the chairman of the foreign set the Senate Foreign relations committee. Then, t
Thousand jobs in august, the smallest gain in years. This could mean the fed waits before tightening policy. Over 700 billion of fixed income from blackrock. He is here to share his views. People saw an immediate reaction. Except for the headline, Everything Else was pretty good. Themployment rate dashboard improved. We saw hours worked unchanged. Longterm unemployment went down and the number of people working parttime. Federal several prominent researchers said that a secular because so many people are retiring from the labor force. That is not the position janet yellen has taken. Within the fed there is a growing recognition that that is the case and we are not going to see a big rise big rise. Are people going to come back into the labor force . What you make of all this . Take a caveat and say there are things that are really good. Every single piece of Economic Data has been positive. Adp was really good. I sm. If there is something worth thinking about. To 17 have disappointed a