For a few minutes tonight, i want to talk about that tragedy and i want to talk about the deeper questions that it raises for us all. I am tonight appointing a special Advisory Commission on civil disorders. The governor of illinois has agreed to serve as chairman. Mayor john lindsey of new york will serve as the vice chairman. Its other members will include fred harris, the senator from oklahoma, edward brook, United States editor from massachusetts, james from california, the 22nd district, los angeles. William mccaul of, the u. S. Representative from the state of ohio, the fourth district. Able, the president of the night steel workers, charles b thornton, the president director and chairman of the board of lippman embassies incorporated. Roy will, cans the executive director of the naacp. Catherine graham, the commissioner of commerce in the state of kentucky. Herbert jenkins, the chief of police in atlanta, georgia. The commission will investigate the origins of the recent disorde
Grandfather. [applause] he founded the store known as book row just around the corner from here a he defied the odds by surviving were all other 48 bookstores were shuttered it was then passed on to my late father to go to the store or to scale and popularity he never that was possible. Now im the owner they said its hard to run the store in this digital age. I want to thank youou to the book Loving Community and this audience for helping us not only survive but thrive through the ages. [applause] it is impossible to read tonights book watergate girl without drawing a parallelel to todays headlines at the cross roads of the watergatecandal there was a young lawyer barely 30 years old and the only woman on the team to prosecute the highest ranking white house official. A failing marriage losing her house and privacy invaded she fought against the sexist preconceptions to receive the respect afforded to the fale counterparts tonighthts author is msnbc legal and is beginning her career as
To us about his influence and legacy and showed us many of his exhibits in the herblock gallery. Herb block was a midwestern born cartoonist. He began his career in 1929, six months before the Great Depression. He was a moderate conservative in his start. And he was radicalized, not leftleft, put pushed him further towards the center but a Great Depression and then the injustice of world war ii. In 1933, he joined the Scripps Howard company, the Newspaper Enterprise Association which was situated in cleveland, ohio. And then 1946, right after the second world war, he joining the Washington Post where he spent the rest of his career, and he died about six weeks after his last cartoon appeared in the Washington Post. His last cartoon appeared on august 26th, 2001. And he died just a week shy of his 92nd birthday in october. The library of congress has the herbblock collection. We had about 16,000 of his editorial cartoons, but we have nearly all of the work he produced for the Washington
8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan 3. Each week, american artifacts taking viewers into archives, museums and historic sights around the country. The library of congress the largest collection of political cartoons of herbert block known as herblock. Herblocks career spanned 20 years. 72 yores. Years. The librarys sarah duke talked to us about his influence and legacy and showed us many of his exhibits in the herblock gallery. Herb block was a midwestern born cartoonist. He began his career in 1929, six months before the Great Depression. He was a moderate conservative in his start. And he was radicalized, not leftleft, put pushed him further towards the center but a Great Depression and then the injustice of world war ii. In 1933, he joined the Scripps Howard company, the Newspaper Enterprise Association which was situated in cleveland, ohio. And then 1946, right after the second world war, he joining the Washington Post where he spent the rest of his career, and he died about six weeks afte
Good evening, everyone. Im just so so glad here tonight. Im going good evening everyone i am glad you are here tonight i will say a few words about the strand before he welcome tonights guest. For a moment of history the strand was founded 93 years ago by my grandfather. [applause] thank you. He founded the store in the area known as book row on fourth row one Fourth Avenue just around the corner from here he decided on dash he decided while all the other 40 bookstores shuttered the store was passed on to my late father who grew the store to scale and popularity she never thought was possible so now i am the owner and im told i will get wiped out in this digital age so in the book Loving Community and in this audience thank you for not only surviving the thriving through the ages. [applause] so tonights book watergate girl without comparing it to todaysss headlines with the Womens Movement stood a young lawyer barely 30 yearse old and the only woman on the team that prosecuted the high