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[inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen please give a warm welcome to the stage john meacham. [applause] i hope youre having as much fun as i am. And the best thing to do is a teacher and not the course in here to take these incredible authors to be in a room with them but the only problem with this is that there is somebody in every room. But today there are wonderful people weve all heard from at one point or another written by then most of us have ever heard of but this book is on the space program. American moonshot so be watching for that. And then to have some basement studio and vl john meacham. [laughter] and trying to make the same deal of course the great historian 1919 and john meacham was written so many wonderful biographies and no us from his basement. [laughter] good morning joe but with your favorite historical figure so one or two and why and then other elements. John, start us off with your favorite. The way the question is often phrased is that i used to say j
Of his own. What is your job . He redefines an old role for a new generation. Theres this toxicity, this masculine idea of what a man is. A father. I really wanted a reminder of whats important to me. Who with the Vice President is marking many firsts. This is very emotional to be able to do this. While still trying to make time for each other. Were not each others chief of staff. Were husband and wife. Its the opportunity of a lifetime for the former Entertainment Lawyer who gave up his job to support his wife. Men need to support women. In this series we talked to people in politics and pop culture and find out what its like to be them. Now being the second gentleman. Whats it like to be the First Second Gentleman . Im only the First Second Gentleman because the country elected the first woman Vice President. So i look at it really mostly in that lens. Im here because im her husband. Im here to support her. So help me god. But hes also rewriting unspoken rules and roadmaps largely de
Led a march for justice. Commemorating 54th anniversary of Martin Luther king jr. s march on washington. Speakers talked about race issues and the recent violence in charlottesville. This is two hours. Praises the lord. No justice, no peace. What do we want . Justice when do we want it . Now without further adieu, let us hear from our first speaker for the rally in front ofhe juicde is here now from Jay David Cox senior, the National President of afge. Brothers and sisters i come to you today from the American Federation of government employees. The people that said, government is good and government should stand for all of its citizens in an equal mannerism. Brother and sisters, i come to you today with love. Its time to that we bring back love to this country. Lets stop and think. Hatred of the stranger, people who are different. People who come from somewhere else. Speak another language. Have different couples eat different food. Who are we to turn away and ignore injustice in a na
About Martin Luther king jr. s upbringing. This took place in atlanta where Martin Luther king jr. And his father were both pastors. This class is an hour. Who is Martin Luther king . When we look at Martin Luther king, there is one side of him that is a famous individual. He is the 1964 winner of the nobel peace prize. Hes the person really was the most influential leader of a great social movement. He is the only american who was honored with a National Holiday in his name. So there is that uniqueness that practically everybody in the world knows the name Martin Luther king. But the question is that id like to address, right in this setting, is who really was Martin Luther king . Because one of the advantages of using a setting like this is that we can really practice history the way it should be. It shouldnt be about names and dates that you remember, it should be about the study of the things that survive from the past. Thats why a site, a historical site is so important. That is w