Ear kenearly will change in transform tiff ways. It is a prime example to integrating the arts into all aspects of the University Experience and to making it a true arts destination. Tonight, were in for such a treat as wei hear from john meacham and kenneth hume kenerly as dr. Robbins said, david will collaborate and work closely with faculty in aerz arz arts and the college of soech and behavioral, archive as an Invaluable Research for Student Research and for research. I am deeply proud that the center for creative photography will be home to this archive. The leadership and the staff of the center put in countless hours working with david and his team to make this acquisition possible and im really, really grateful for their efforts and hard work. I want to extend my gratitude to director brokenridge, director of the center for all of her work. [ applause ] and her work not only on this project, but making the center in many ways the jewel in the crown of what we mentioned arizona
And felt most at home in Yosemite National park. His photographs of yosemite are, themselves, iconic. In fact, ansel adams yosemite landscape photographs are some of the most recognizable in the world. But on this adventure, weve come in search of some ansel adams photographs that are not very well known. In fact, they are very obscure. Very few people even know they exist. They have literally fallen through the cracks of time. Now, to see these photographs for ourselves, weve come here to Downtown Los Angeles to the Central Branch of the Los Angeles Public library. Thats where these wonderful photographs are housed, these ansel adams photographs taken almost 70 years ago, photographs that are still very much a part of californias gold. [music] well, the adventure begins. We have finally reached our destination, and here to greet us is my friend, carolyn kozo cole. Carolyn, ive never known exactly what your official title was here at the library. Im senior librarian, in charge of histo
All american sports, and it seems to me, it may not be a good correlation, but a lot of questions they asked about gay athletes were essentially the same questions they used to ask about us. Absolutely. Black athletes. Absolutely. You know . [ applause ] isnt it a simple situation . We have laws in this country and we try to abide by laws. We have different denominations. We have different races. Gender. If youre a law abiding citizen and trying to do the right thing, then how can anyone else judge you . I mean, i think its that simple. You know, i dont cant get into the religious aspect of it to the sexual aspect of it. I look for the as you said earlier, the character of the person, and thats good enough for me, because ive got my own things ive got to deal with. Yeah. I dont have an answer for everything. We are getting pretty close to the end here, and typically at this time, you know, is when the moderator will ask how do you want to be remembered and one thing or another, but i i
Years ago, the average salary in the nba was 5,000. Thats not even meal money now. In the middle 60s, we struck the allstar game, the 20 top players in the league got together and struck an allstar game to form the union. The owners said, no way. We are not going to do that. So we said, okay. There will be no allstar game. Abc television said that if you want us to televise, you get your players on the floor. They said, lets talk to them. So they said, we dont want to lose face. What we will do is if you will play the allstar game, at the end of the year, we will recognize the union. So they vote 119 to play. And we played the allstar game. So at the end of the year we went in to talk to the commissioner. He said, i recognize the players association. But we do not have anything to talk about. Im not going to talk to you about anything. So our lawyer said, i will see you in september. Thats the beginning of the next season. The commissioner said, the playoffs start next week. Oh, no. We
Who, over the years, became a true american icon. He was passionate about his lifes work and felt most at home in Yosemite National park. His photographs of yosemite are, themselves, iconic. In fact, ansel adams yosemite landscape photographs are some of the most recognizable in the world. But on this adventure, weve come in search of some ansel adams photographs that are not very well known. In fact, they are very obscure. Very few people even know they exist. They have literally fallen through the cracks of time. Now, to see these photographs for ourselves, weve come here to Downtown Los Angeles to the Central Branch of the Los Angeles Public library. Thats where these wonderful photographs are housed these ansel adams photographs taken almost 70 years ago, photographs that are still very much a part of californias gold. [music] well, the adventure begins. We have finally reached our destination, and here to greet us is my friend, carolyn kozo cole. Carolyn, ive never known exactly w