one of the more careful mayors colorful mayors you will find in the country. he was part huey long, part tony soprano. the good and the bad. he reflected providence as one of america s oldest cities. to me really embodies the american political story. welcome to providence on booktv. with help of art cox communications partners, we will export a rich literary culture of this capital city as we travel to these local authors and to learn about the history of this town and the state of rhode island. we begin our program with a visit to providence literally landmark. to climb up those steps and make your way in and then to arrive at the top of the steps and then look in and see the mezzanine filled with books and it s inspiring. i love when we have visitors that come in for the first time. they walk in the front door. and usually if it s someone who s new to the public, the first thing i hear is a giant side, and then the next word out of their mouth is oh, my goodness,
president of the university of pennsylvania talked to book tv about her latest book the spirit of compromise. she also talked about her role as the president of the university. this interview recorded at the university of pennsylvania and philadelphia is part of booktv s college series, and it s about 20 minutes. you are watching book tv on c-span2, and one of the things we like to do one book tv is visit college campuses. we can talk to professors who are also authors showcasing books that you may not know about otherwise. we are pleased to be at the university of pennsylvania in philadelphia this week and we are joined by the president of the university, amy gutmann coming and she is the call author of this book, the spirit of compromise why government demands it and campaigning underlines it. president gutmann come are we a politically compromising nation? we were created in compromise. a lot of people think of the revolutionary war, which separated us from our mot
a decade ago, if you drove down highway 99, that flat zipper of road down the heart of central california, and you look to the side of the road, you would see this shack standing, and i remember the first time i saw it, i thought, jeez, that s been lifted from the mississippi delta, 1930s, you know, who lived there? well, as i was driving, you looked closer, there was puffs of smoke coming from the roof. it was not someone who lived there. someone was still living here in the year 2002, 2003. one day, myself and matt black, a photographer who, you know, is kind of a modern day dorothy lang, evans, we pulledded off the side of the road, came over the railroad tracks across this little dirt road here, across from this vineyard, and we pulled up to the shack. it was in better shape then, but a tarp paper shack, and as we walked up, there were rabbit furs that had been that were hammered on to the wall. i remember knocking once, twice, and this place was on stilts. the door c
a photographer or, who was a modern-day rickey allying walker evans, we pulled off to the side of the road, came up over the road attracts, across this dirt road here, posthumous vineyard with hold up to shack. basically a tar paper shack. as we walked up we could see there were rabbit furs that had been, that were hammered onto the wall. remember knocking once, twice i ve misplaced the sun still in the door creak open and there stood this black man, who looked a cute lifted out of the mrs. a 1930s. he had a stutter. later he told us he can t bless with a stutter one state at a time. his name is james dixon. he was 95 and he was living here, happy to send the 40s. he was part of this migration? who did something no blacks in america, kind of win against the grain of the great migration. the great migration within the south to north industrial cities and came west to oakland san francisco and l.a. there was a tribe of black okies from the south and southwest, who wanted to ret
cowboy church, how the new approach is roping in members. tonight a major meat alert has been issued across parts of the united states. a californian company recalling millions of pounds of beef - more than a year s worth. the usda said they slaughtered diseased and unhealthy animals without inspection. what did the inspectors find? inspectors first took a look here last month. they ordered a smaller recall, and then the usda said upon further investigation, they found that this company, the rancho feeding corporation had been processing meat from animals that were diseased or unfit , and that s when they did one of the largest recalls in years. operations are at a standstill in california. federal regulators recalled 8.7 million pounds of meat sent to retailers in california, florida, illinois and texas. the usda said the company processed diseased and unwell animals. the center was not fully inspected. clearly what happened is they were not inspected and they put