In one of the closest Election Races in years Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting to hold onto power. With a salsa and a neon green blouse sean spicer makes his debut in dancing with the stars. Yes, this is life in 2019. Hello and welcome, im Christian Fraser in london and Michelle Fleury is in washington. The Uk Supreme Court has today begun hearing a case that has the potential to reshape the british constitution and charge forever the relationship between a parliament and a Prime Minister. Within a few days the highest court in the land will decide whether borisjohnson was acting within the law when he suspended parliament for five weeks longer than usual. At the heart of the case is the question of who has Greater Authority parliament or the Prime Minister. The 11 judges sitting in the case were told that his act was improper and intended to avoid scrutiny of the government over brexit. But a government lawyer said it was within the Prime Ministers rights and not a question for the cour
Next, a National History center briefing with a political scientist and a historian who have spent their careers studying americaniranian relations. In light of current tensions between the two nations, they traced the history of u. S. Policy towards iran and Irans Nuclear program, which began in 1957 with the assistance of the Eisenhower Administration as part of an atoms for peace initiative. Good morning. This is an amazing crowd. We have already turned away a good 50 people or more. Kennedy, director of the National History center. I want to welcome you to this rethink on the history of u. S. Iranian relations. This is part of an ongoing series at the National History center to bring historical perspectives to Current Issues that are confronting congress and the nation. The purpose of the program is not to provide or advocate for any political position. It isnonpartisan, intended to inform policymakers and the public about the issues they are dealing with. Want to give a few thanks
I want to give a few thanks, first to the Mellon Foundation for providing funding that makes these briefings possible. I also want to thank our assistant, jeffrey, for helping o make the arrangements. I want to thank the office of gerry connolly, which booked the room, and i want to remind or explain why there are index cards on your seats and why i passed index cards around. What we will do after presentations by the speakers is we will get questions, and we would like you to write those questions on the index cards, rather than ask them in front of the audience. So, keep your index cards ready, and jot down questions when they come to mind. So, now, i will turn this over to matthew to offer introductions. Matthew thank you, dane, and jeff, and everybody who helped arrange this event. Everyone out there supports the National History center and all the other professional organizations and networks that help historians thrive. And thank you for coming to the event. We will have to get y
I did want to miss that question. Black People Living in stamford connecticut in 1963. It was north stanford so thats it had more land, so there were not, it was just our family. In 63 there may have been more. There may have been two or three. In that section of the town. It was still segregated ourselves in stamford connecticut. What you remember about that segregation being one of the few african americans. I remember in Elementary School children asking me questions. And i remember feeling very insecure. And shy, not being able to speak at all, i wouldnt ask questions. It wouldnt wear o my glasses because i didnt want to be different in any other way. I didnt understand that that was part of my experience there. Being the only black child. Since fifth grade i was the only black child in the school. Why did mom and dad want you to have that. To live there. I dont think they wanted us to have that loophole of isolation or lack of you know they were sending us out there is an experime
Good afternoon everyone and thank you for coming to the session. Civil rights in american issue. I am doctor sidney mcdaniels, im a graduate school. Will have about 45 minutes for this and 15 for q a. Also i lost you at this time to place silencer phones. Our sponsors for this panel are the Mississippi Humanities Council. Do we have any members from the Advisory Board or cancel . Thank you. And also ray harper who recently retired from congress from mississippis third district. Longtime supporter of the festival. Thank you. [applause] our moderator for the session is the ralph. Visiting professor of english and southern studies at the university of mississippi. When he is also the former editor of the virginia orderly review. And the other of two from ours. We introducing our distinguished panelists. [applause] thank you and thank you all for joining us in this panel this afternoon. If i were to wreak title this panel, i would call it family memory history in civil rights because our p