Personal friend barack, as he has asked me not to call him, president obama. Well, it turns out the president and i had so much to talk about, we actually couldnt fit it all in one show. I mean, we could have, but that would have meant more time with an american icon, and fewer commercials for nasal decongestant and obviously no one wants that. So in the great tradition of this postthanksgiving season, tonight, im going to serve up some delicious leftovers, in what im calling a late shows chockablockabarack obamarama extravagama as you know, the former president has been making the rounds recently to promote his new book, a Promised Land. Its the story of Barack Obamas first 27 months as president , and, at almost 800 pages, it will take most people 27 months to finish. Its the first memoir meant to be read in realtime. My favorite part about a Promised Land is that, just like most books, on the dust jacket, its got a little author bio barack obama was the 44th president of the United
How have you been. We call ourselves partners in crime. That we are not going to talk about the crime part of it, just to the partner part. What has been interesting since ive been in the position of library of congress is the fact that people ask me what does the National Archives do. What does the archivist do a and then theres a confusion around the history and the role of each of the institutions, and ive learned a lot about that even in coming up to reclaim the declaration of independence, the bill of rights. We call it the constitution. And that was held by the library of congress and the type of thing. It wasnt until the 1930s the United States got serious about its records. Iwas Franklin Roosevelt was passionate about records and that we actually created and he signed the legislation that created the archives. The charters had been in the custody of the state department independent of library of congress when the archives building was built, a beautiful tabernacle was created f
The 14th lip variant of congress on september 14th, 2016. Hayden is the first woman and first African American to the national library. Dr. Louise bernard is a senior president at the Obama Foundation and the founding director of, the obama president ial center museum. She previously served as director of exhibitions at the new york Public Library, as curator of prose and drama for the yale collection of, American Literature at the bennett rare book and Manuscript Library at Yale University and as assistant professor of english at georgetown university. As curator of, prose and drama for the yale collection of American Literature at the beinecke rare book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. And as assistant professor of english at georgetown. Chicago Public Library commissioner chris brown is passionate about redefining what Public Libraries can bring to the communities serve. Brown came to see in 2021 after more than a decade serving in california and districts, he is currently
Good morning. My name is kevin gaines and its a pleasure to welcome you to the Miller Center for a conversation about the postpresidency of barack obama. In his farewell address, president obama spoke of threats to american democracy and called for an actively engaged and vigilant citizenry to preserve democracy. It falls to each of us, he said, to be those anxious, jealous, guardian of democracy, contemplating his future as a private citizen after the honor of serving his fellow americans. Obama pledged, as he put it, that he will be right, right there with you. As a citizen, for all my remaining days, he urged Young Americans to believe in themselves and their ability to effect change. We know what happened next. The Trump Administration sought to undo the policies of his predecessor, and at every turn, trump sought to undermine the democratic norms that obama had extolled and defended. Adhering to political custom. Obama remained largely silent for most of the one term Trump Adminis
The 14th lip variant of congress on september 14th, 2016. Hayden is the first woman and first African American to the national library. Dr. Louise bernard is a senior president at the Obama Foundation and the founding director of, the obama president ial center museum. She previously served as director of exhibitions at the new york Public Library, as curator of prose and drama for the yale collection of, American Literature at the bennett rare book and Manuscript Library at Yale University and as assistant professor of english at georgetown university. As curator of, prose and drama for the yale collection of American Literature at the beinecke rare book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. And as assistant professor of english at georgetown. Chicago Public Library commissioner chris brown is passionate about redefining what Public Libraries can bring to the communities serve. Brown came to see in 2021 after more than a decade serving in california and districts, he is currently