Have them here virtually from his home and we are going to talk about his new book about the 1948 election. Were going back 72 years another Election Year. You will be amazed at how it sounds the same in some ways but in some ways very different. The difference is the politicians were all younger than they are today so thats one big difference but a. J. Take it away and tell us about the overview of the book and which is a very good. By the way. Thank you. I like to say couple things first rate thank you so much for having me pay the Commonwealth Club is a wonderful place to be at here we are with a lot of people going through a lot of pain and suffering. Im just reminded why he fell in love with reading when i was six years old. Books can really transport you to another time and place and during all of this is really been a blessing. Regarding my last time with you id started this book back in 2017 when i talked about the accidental president and the book came out during the 2020 elec
A boarding house near the legislature building. And putnam came to him. Putnam was old enough to have been his father, came up to his room and said youve got to get up out of bed because were going to cast the vote today. And he said i cant. He said youve got to. So he did. Some people say he was carried in on a stretcher. I found no proof of that. In any event, he got to the legislature. He gave a powerful speech, and he voted. And the measure to introduce slavery into ohio and thus the whole Northwest Territory was defeated by one vote. [applause] and yet nobody has ever heard of his name. [applause] people have said to me, if you had put this in a novel, your editor would say no, this would never happen in real life. It did happen in real life. And we should know about that and know about him and hes the one who did more than anybody else to get education passed by the Legislature Later on providing School Public schooling public learning all the way through the university of ohio.
Good evening. As the member of congress representing independence missouri, harry truman told, ive spent a lot of time over. The years just thinking about president trumans legacy. When people think about harry, some remember his defense of democracy. Some remember fair deal in the face of economic. Tonight, well all remember humanity in the face of discrimination. When i think of harry truman, im also reminded of joe biden, who us here tonight. Well, when i think harry truman, im reminded that there are a lot of similarities. Both men from working class background and they used grit and determination to ascend to presidency. They were drawn to Public Service not by ego, but the need to go. They swore their oaths as americans and they lived as americans during. Their time mothers, fathers, sons, daughters found themselves a global war. Now generations may divide, but decency unites. Truman and biden. President bidens commitment to the working class, affordable education and social equa
It is my deep conviction that we have reached a turning point in the long history of our countrys efforts to guarantee freedom and equality to all our citizens. Our immediate task is to move the last remnants of the barrier, which stand between millions of our citizens and their birthright. We must make the federal government a friendly, vigilant defender of the rights and equality of all americans. When i say all americans, i mean all americans. We can no longer afford luxury of a leisurely attack upon prejudice and discriminate never before has the need been so urgent for skillful and vigorous action to bring us closer to. Our ideal. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Clifton Truman. Daniel. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening. I am Clifton Truman daniel and it is my great pleasure to welcome you to the Opening Event of the truman civil rights symposium 75 years ago today. My grandfather our president , harry truman, changed the course of American History when he signed executive or
know that despite these unusual circumstances. we can still generate an audience to learn about a really incredible relatively or almost completely unknown story emanating from truman s administration and that the audience currently is around 700 and 50 registrants and we look forward to knowing how many of you are actually out there with this. i want to say hello to my parents who are joining us from taos, new mexico and and there are people from all over the country most states in the nation. truman is on the rise. so thank you for joining us. tonight s program is the third installment of our civil rights series to secure these rights, which is part of the 75th anniversary program. we are offering to honor and celebrate truman civil rights legacy. and his achievements. i d like to thank the boeing company for generously sponsoring tonight s book event. the series itself as well as other civil rights activities. and i hope i m not stepping on aj s lines here, but i have a fe