Kent garrett and Jeanne Ellsworth are here with us today courtesy of tom and margaret mr. Garrett graduated from harvard in 1963. He has had a 30 year emmy and peabody awardwinning career in Television News and documentaries. Jeanne ellsworth has a nephd in social foundations of education from the university of buffalo and has devoted her life to teaching from Elementary School to prisms, to universities. The authors live in roxbury new york. Please give a warm savannah welcome avto kent garrett and Jeanne Ellsworth. [applause] thank you for inviting us. The book is called the last negroes at harvard, 61 years ago harvard admitted 18 negroes, thats what we were called then, we were the largest number at that time ever admitted to harvard. We were from all different parts of the country, north, south, east, west, we came e fr different economic and socioeconomic grounds and they had been admitting blacks to harvard but only two or three at a time, most guys would go do their four years
Theauthors live in roxbury new york. Please give a warm savanna welcome to and jean ellsworth. [applause] thank you for inviting us and the focus for the last negroes at harvard and 61 years ago , harvard admitted 18 negroes and thats what we were called then and we were the largest number at that time ever admitted harvard. We were from all different parts of the country. North, south, east and west and we came from economic and socioeconomic backgrounds. And we heretofore they had been letting, admitting blacks to harvard but only two or three at a time most guys would just go and do their four years and get out of town. We leave cameras but was different in the sense that we had numbers. 18 and we could form an individual racial identity as well as a group identity. We were able to become actually a force for change at harvard and harvard, we changed harvard and harvard changed us and that essentially what the book is about, its about our four years here and what happened before and
News writer thomas frank discusses how clean and the army corps of engineers are responding. At 9 50, representative danny davis of illinois on the pandemic in the state. Host good morning, this is washington journal for april 3. We are showing you footage from d. C. Terryton , Cherry Blossom festival last year. We want to know how you are responding to the covid19 outbreak, particularly in positive ways. Maybe there is a search of volunteerism in your community, or assisting others who are desperate and needy during this time. Tell us your story on two lines this morning. 202 7488000 for the eastern and central time zones, and 202 7488001 for the mountain and pacific time zones. If you want to tweet us, it is 202 7488003. Make sure you put your name, city, and state if you text on that line. You can tweet us at cspanwj and post on our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. Even in these dire times, there are several positive stories in the papers across the United States. Just a couple
When he was chair. Told them hem and that fisa was not used of thely, that the power government overstretched their the other ven when elements of government says, no, even when others told us everything was fine with fisa, it was not until the Inspector General got his report and the truth was known. And i want to thank congressman nunes for being the truth and telling it to the American Public and staying with it when others wanted to lie. Thats why we are here today. Thats why this will never continue or happen again. You know, madam speaker, at the heart of our constitution is a simple idea, the idea of checks and balances. These principles protect americans freedoms by providing safeguards by governments overreach of power. Unfortunately in 2016, those checks and balances were not in place to stop individuals at the highest level of the f. B. I. And Justice Department from spying on carter page, an american citizen, who could have been one of us, but used the secrettive fisa court
Democrat cory booker, plus our round table. Well break down the politics, smoke out the spin. The facts that matter this week. Good morning, and welcome to this week. The impeachment trial of President Trump started this week with a striking portrait of solidarity in the senate. Do you solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of donald john trump, president of the United States, now pending, you will do impartial justice according to the constitution and laws so help you god . All i do. It is almost certainly the last moment in this trial where republicans and democrats will speak as one, and in the first briefs filed overnight, the battle lines are stark. President trumps lawyers calling the impeachment a, quote, brazen and unlawful attempt to overturn the 2016 election adding several times, the president did nothing wrong. The house brief concludes, President Trumps conduct is the framers worst nightmare. All ahead of the first full trial day on