we have the honor of having with us to start this whole celebration off is dr. jeanne theoharis who asked that question of rosa parks, what was behind that no, that no heard around the world? those little two letters that opened the flood gates of all those divergent streams into that one vast ocean. at the time that no carried with it great risk. risk in terms of gender, trials and race. the question is what is behind that kind of courage? what makes one take those kind of stands? and more importantly, what is the price paid for having done so? the doctor answers some of those questions, and she writes it in her new book, the rebellious life of rosa parks. jeanne theoharis was born in staten island and spent about six weeks there and her family moved to milwaukee, wisconsin, where she was raised. and as professor of political science at brooklyn college and also co-founder for educators for civil liberties. she s author of numerous books on the civil rights movement and cont
... she was so scared she forgot to offer any refreshment. in 1943, she saw a picture of johnny car, a classmate from ms. white s in a photo of the local naacp realizing the organization was open to women, she decided to attend her first meeting. the only woman there that day, the branch was having elections and she was elected secretary. she wanted to register to vote. edie nixon, active in the union for sleeping carporters was heading up this effort. there were only 31 black people in montgomery registered to vote. nixon came by her apartment to bring her some materials and so began a partnership that would change the course of american history. she tried three times to vote. part of the process was a test, but that test was administered differently for black people than for white people. on the third time she took it, sure that she many passed and decided that she would consider bringing suit if she didn t pass, she copied down all the questions and the answers. th
Its the latest runup or the least runup is as a result of strong growth strong profit and until last night it looked like a sure fire yes on tax cuts. Theres new momentum begun this morning, however, on the tax plan. And ron johnson and both smart and both republicans they are now a yes. Add that to the news from kevin earlier and we could see history unfold again on this program this morning. Now this it was not murder. It was not manslaughter. The jury has decide that when jose shot and killed kate steinly it an accident now wera Financial Program but we deal in politics and we will be covering extensively sanctuary cities in my opinion allow this outrage to happen. Varney company is about to begin. Im going to start with the markets because thats the all important factor on todays program and looks at them down 2 points for the dow industrial. Clearly off their lows down over 100 much earlier on this morning but remember were following a huge record close yesterday. Way over 24,000.
Said i think hes telling me to trust myself. Um, and, you know, follow the gleam of light in your own mind from within, etc. , etc. , etc. It seems to me that cuts through a lot of this stuff weve been talking about and hearing about this weekend in the sense that, you know, when all else fails, we can take these writers straight. Its an extreme remedy, but it is possible, yeah. [laughter] they do talk to you. Thank you. One more . [applause] one more. This is the most moving lecture ive heard. For some reason it just pushed the right button. Im one and ive read all the books that you suggested, but i read them as a teenager as you did, certainly am going to go read them again. Do you have any other wonderful suggestions of books we should read . [laughter] well, if you havent read them all again, read my wifes books again, annie dillard. American childhood [applause] [inaudible] nice. Thank you. [applause] visit booktv. Org to watch any of the programs you see here online. Type the au
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