Thank you, emily, and good evening. It is a great pleasure to introduce William Seale. I have known william for a very long time because he married my good friend and college classmate, lucinda smith. I married a brilliant historian, and so did she. [laughter] William Seale is a charming and witty texas gentleman whose interest in history and buildings has fueled a long career in both. He is a native of beaumont, texas, holds a ba from southwestern university, an ma and a ph. D. From duke. He left texas in 1969 and spent two years in columbia, south carolina, restoring the home of wade hampton. He then came to washington in 1972 to write a history of state capitols with Henry Russell hitchcock. He, lucinda and their two sons settled in lucindas native alexandria. At this point in his career, he focused on two things; Historic Restoration and writing. His twovolume history of the white house was published by the White House Historical society in 1986 with the second edition in 1996. He
Thank you, guys are coming. Sandy will be appear. She is happy to sign copies of her book which are for sale if you dont have one at the Cash Register at the front. Thanks again. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] cspan to providing live coverage of the user Senate Floor Proceedings and key Public Policy events, and every weekend booktv. Now for 15 years the only Television Network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. Cspan2 created by the cable tv industry invented by your local cable or satellite provider. Watch us in hd, lik like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. Historian joshua zeitz examines Abraham Lincoln president ial tenure through the eyes of his secretaries, john a. And john nikolai, next on tv. [applause] thank you all for braving this weather, low as i understand it last week might have been worse. I probably picked the right week to be here. I mightve been delivering this from the airport if we don had e this last week. I want to begin our sto
Written about independent bookstores, and it occurred to me i would have to deliver a brief encomium to bookstores that are sort keeping flame of bookselling alive and i thought i might compare them to the monasteries in medieval england which were these islands of learning and scholarship and a horrible ravaged countryside. Been a member henry viii actually toward the monasteries and seized all their property and through the monks out into the countryside. Im sure we know who henry viii is in this particular comparison, but anyway, i wish politics and prose a long and happy life, much longer impact than the monasteries in medieval england. Theres three parts to what id like to do tonight. Im going to explain how i came to this book, which is a a question some people are asked me about, but its a question that really interests mormons, members of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints, whom ive been speaking to in recent days. Secondly, i want to explain all of mormon history
Every sunday you can learn about president s and first ladies their policies and their legacies here on the presidency. Visit cspan. Org history. You are watching American History tv all weekend every weekend on cspan3. 50 years ago, july 2, 1964, president lyndon b. Johnson signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Next Senate Historian Donald Richie talks with roger mud and former new york harold tribune harold glass. They recall the debate and passage of the most significant civil rights legislation since construction. This event, posted by the Senate Historical office, is about an our. Good afternoon. It is 12 00. We begin with two very distinguished guests, veteran reporters who covered the Civil Rights Act of 1964. By way of introduction, we are in one of the most historic rooms at the capitol complex. Now known as the kennedy caucus room, it was the room where the earings were held, the mccarthy hearings were held, the watergate hearings were held. This is the room where john f. Kennedy
At the capitol complex. Now known as the kennedy caucus room, it was the room where the hearings were held, the watergate hearings were held. This is the room where john f. Kennedy announced his candidacy for president. The room where a lot of nominees have been grilled by committees. There have been a lot of inquisitions here. Today, we are not doing an inquisition. We are doing a conversation. We are very pleased to have andy glass and roger mudd as our guests today. Born in warsaw, poland, and arrived in the United States during world war ii. He became a citizen in 1948. He is a graduate of the Bronx High School of science and yale university. In 1960, after he completed his military service, he became a reporter for the New York Herald tribune. In 1962, he was assigned to the washington bureau. In 1963, he became the chief Congressional Correspondent. Cityg grown up in new york and read the New York Herald tribune, i always lamented when the Herald Tribune bolted as a newspaper, we