Those freedom writers were being funneled into parchment prisons as a way to hush them up. To hush them up quietly without the cameras rolling. The visual image was essential for Movement Area to be able to see the violence of jim crow. Movement, to be able to see the violence of jim crow. But it wasnt over. Bobby kennedy and jack kennedy knew it. Kennedy is giving his state of the union jack kennedy is giving his state of the Union Address and president kennedy is all, we are fighting for democracy and freedom and there is an opportunity for what is happening here on the globe thesee we have all of people. It was the middle of decolonization. Those nations, are getting free. Imperial bonds are loosening and he sees this as an incredible moment for freedom in the global south. Mention thet american south. In this freedom struggle. Silence there. But he needed that silence, because what he was dealing with, he had just come back from the vienna summit. Remember the one, his brother was
Working . It ise is sherry mueller, my privilege to serve as director of the Public Diplomacy council and to welcome each of you in this room to the First Monday Forum, a monthly event the Public Diplomacy council cohosts with a Public Diplomacy Alumni Association and the university of southern Annenberg Center for leadership communication and policy. Also, just to correct, i saw the president here. It is the Public Diplomacy association of america. We got it. I promise. All three organizations are really pleased to cohost our special guest, dr. Vivian walker, will be introduced by one of our Board Members in a few minutes. I just wanted to let you all know we are grateful to George Washington university. They are renovating the normal room we work with. I appreciate the patients of all of you the patience of all of you. We are grateful for all of the hospitality you provide to us for these First Monday Forum in the First Monday Forum first monday forms. The First Monday Forum will fea
Seconds. That is an auspicious way to begin this discussion. Earlier this year on one of the hottest nights of the summer, senator cruz good afternoon. This hearing is called to order. Im very pleased to see a hearing on stem and math and science and precision starting at precisely 2 30 and zero seconds. That is an auspicious way to that giant leap for mankind. As everyone in d. C. Knows, if there is half a Million People on the lawn and it is not a protest, Something Big is going on. And landing the first humans on the moon and returning them safely to earth marks as one of the epical moments in the history of mankind. Spacelook over out on our landscape of today, what we see now is very different than the landscape of 1969. Indeed, not only did we succeed going to moon and back again but we have gone on to put robotic rovers on distant planets, celestial observatories and orbits that can literally peer into the beginnings of the universe and we have established a human presence in lo
Washington journal, live at 7 00 eastern tuesday morning. Join the discussion. Joining us to take to talk about her book one person, no. Ote is the author why did you write this book . The book emerged out of two one was the 2016 election and there i saw the pundits keep talking about people just didnt show up. Up andople didnt show hillary lost because black people werent feeling hillary. That and it did not make sense because this was the first election in 50 years without the protection of the Voting Rights act. We had a series of laws coming through, targeting africanamericans, so i wanted to lay out how Voter Suppression s. Rks because host what protections were under the Voting Rights act. Passedin 1965, congress the Voting Rights act. It began to deal with the massive disenfranchisement happening particularly in the south. Where you had counties that had a majority black population, but zero africanamericans were registered to vote. What the Voting Rights and did was have a prov
A. M. Eastern, senator elizabeth boston. N watch live on cspan, or listen free cspan radio app. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] we feature authors from all side of the political spectrum. Sues. Andersons is carol with her book one person, no vote. Why did you write this book . Guest the book emerged out of two things, one was a 2016 election, and there is when i about,he pundits talking black people did not show up. Blacky lost because people were not feeling hillary. I looked at that and it did not make sense because this was the first election in 50 years without the protection of the Voting Rights act. We had a series of laws coming through, targeting africanamericans, so i wanted to lay out how Voter Suppression s. Rks because host what protections were under the Voting Rights act. Passedin 1965, congress the Voting Right