The Political Movement of the 1960s through the College Graduating Class of 1964. Its followed by the twotime pulitzer prizewinning winners examination of the birth of flight in the right brothers. A look at the best non fiction selling books continues with president carters recounting of his life and career in a full life. Erik larson is next. Next on booktv from los angeles social welfare professor reports on the efforts of a group of men in the neighborhood to improve their personal lives and community. Welcome everybody. Im very honored to be at this wonderful bookstore and im thrilled that they are featuring the book here and im going to make some very brief remarks because i think the people that should share their stories are the fathers that are the focus of this book and i became part of this Extraordinary Group five years ago but actually predated my presence. This was an Informal Group that was organized by a group of men including Andre Christian who is going to be speaking
Eso won books from a wonderful bookstore, and im thrilled they are featuring the book here. And im going to make some very brief remarks because i think the real people that should share their stories are the fathers that are the focus of this book. And i became part of this Extraordinary Group five years ago but it actually predated my presence here this was an Informal Group that was organized in the Watts Community by a group of men including Andre Christian to be speaking of the later on, johnny daly several other men in the communities thought it would be a good idea to try to involve some of the fathers in the community in trying to promote peace. They used to meet in picnic tables behind the jordan Downs Committee center and they would have barbecued and they would cut air and they would talk to the man about being fathers. How to be better fathers the have to be part of the family. This group grew into a more formal structure with funding from the Childrens Institute and it was
Decades ago, and thats the prohibition of discrimination in housing based on race, sex, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability and family status. Its the Fair Housing Act. The Fair Housing Act was in many ways the culmination of the legislative fight for civil rights in the 1960s. It was the first effective federal law guarding against discrimination in the sale and the rental of housing in the United States and for nearly 50 years, it has been employed to assure that every american can choose where to live free from discrimination and the immoral and unconstitutional consequences of residential segregation. Weve come a long way since the 1960s, but we are by no means all of the way there. Today discrimination is still a reality in housing markets all across the country. There are cases in every single state of landlords misrepresenting the availability of housing or outright refusing to sell or rent to certain protected individuals or groups of people. There are othe
Mayor of Waterford City & County Cllr Joe Kelly held a reception for Simon who celebrated 50 years in entertainment a few years back, with Dermot Power signing…