Justice thomas has been wonderfully generous and giving of his time to the society when we called upon him. I want to thank him for taking the time away, particularly this first week of october when things are humming here in the court. We are also grateful to the court at large for allowing us to have this series here in the courtroom. It is my particular pleasure to to introduce Justice Thomas this evening because in the 11th circuit, we refer to him as our judge. Our justice. He was born near savanna on june 23, 1948, and graduated from college at holy cross in 1971 and got his law degree from yale college in 1974. He was promptly appointed after finishing law school as an attorney assistant general and was working under thenattorney general john danforth. When danforth was elected senator, our host this evening followed him to washington and worked for senator danforth. He was appointed assistant secretary for civil rights in the u. S. Department of education in 1981. In 1982, pres
I would like to contextually put this all into a nice picture. Share background about the association and do the talking in a proper context. Some of you may know already, but we are a private, nonprofit educational organization. The mission of the place is to enhance the understanding of the appreciation of the executive mansion. A long time means 56 years at this point, since 1961. This was during the kennedy administration, the first lady, Jackie Kennedy founded the administration to help the white house collect and exhibit the absolute best of American History and culture. But underscoring all of that, to inform and incite the public about the history of the mansion. Fast forwarding all these years we are still doing this or it, preservation, research, education efforts continue through the sale of our books, our products. The official white house ornament, which some of you may know as well. In recent years, from private and corporate donations. To strengthen our goal, the over ar
Jacksons clashes with whig h Party Members such as henry clay and Daniel Webster. Good morning everybody and welcome to American History. My name is jonathan barth. You all know me as professor barth and i am a history professor at Arizona State university in conjunction with two very stellar world class programs. There they are on the screen. The school of historical philosophical and religious studies, quite a mouth full. So we call this shippers, great program. And then the center for political thought and leadership. If this lecture intrigues you, you should check out our center. Were doing some big things. Finally if you are interested in learning more about yours tru trutruly professorbarth. Com. You can read about me on that website. Well, a generation of politicians has passed. Alexander hamilton dies in a duel in 1804. James madison retires from politics and dies in 1836. John adams and Thomas Jefferson die on the same day, july 4th, 1826, 50 years to the day of the signing of
Already were a private nonprofit educational organization. The mission of the place and it has been for a long time is to enhance the understanding and appreciative of the executive mansion. A long, long time means 56 years at this point. Its 1961. This is during the kennedy administration, and first Lady Jacqueline kennedy founded the association and its purpose was to help the white house to collect and exhibit the very best of American History and culture, but underscoring all of that, to inform and excite the public about the history of the executive mansion. So today, fast forwarding all these years, were still doing this. Acquisiti acquisition, preservation, research, education efforts that continue through the sale of our books, our products. Ill tell you more about that in a sec. The official white house ornament and then also in recent years from private and corporate donations. To strengthen our goal, the overarching goal to widely share white house history with the public, l
Welcome to everybody. Were delighted to have you here. Im dr. Curtis sandberg, the director of the National Center for white house history and i have this long title. Im concurrently the associations Senior Vice President for educational resources. I would like sort of con textually put this all into a nice picture. Shear background about the association and then that places tonights talk into a proper context. We are, and some of you may know already were a private nonprofit educational organization. The mission of the place and it has been for a long time is to enhance the understanding and appreciative of the executive mansion. A long, long time means 56 years at this point. Its 1961. This is during the kennedy administration, and first Lady Jacqueline kennedy founded the association and its purpose was to help the white house to collect and exhibit the very best of American History and culture, but underscoring all of that, to inform and excite the public about the history of the e