part of that was motivated by the war on poverty. part of it was the means to help lemonade african-american poverty. another impulse was the urban rebellions of the mid- late 1960s. the likelihood of people destroying property in those neighborhoods would decrease. all that being said, in doing some preliminary reading, i came across a fleeting reference of a 1949 book on black business to a division of negro affairs. the vision, in fact, was in the coolidge administration. this grew out of the commerce department when uber herbert hoover. there was a entrepreneur who had a meeting with huger. they had a meeting together. motivation was during the 1920s. we had a historian referred to it as a golden age of african-american business activity in the united states. barnett made the point that the congress could help stimulate this by performing a special agency to deal with issues, and promote african-american entrepreneurship. when we talk about interests and support of ne
evening. i want to start by talking about why bother with lillian hellman and then read something of the book so that you can get a sense of who she was. and there have been several biographies of lillian hellman. she was the most famous the 20th century female fly right for many years. and the 1970s when playwrights began would work. and as such, it was the figure to be reckoned with. in addition to being a playwright, she was responsible for films like dead end kids of the 1930s. and most famous for those plays of little littlefoxes and the children s hour which are repeatedly played as films, and late night television. and another of them. so the question is why do another one? this wasn t really a biography at all and i approach lillian hellman not as a biographer or someone interested in exploring the inferiority of her life but somebody interested in thinking about what she tells us about 20th century america. how can you look through lillian hellman and lear
drugstore. once a month, c-span s vehicle explore cities across america. this weekend from wichita, kansas, on c-span 2 and 3. obama campaign senior strategist david axelrod held a press conference to discuss mitt romney s economic record as governor of massachusetts. mitt romney supporters attempted to shout down the speakers during the event, which took place in front of the massachusetts state house. this is just over 30 minutes. good morning. thank you for being here. my name is pat hazarddad. i m the speaker pro tem of the house of representatives. it s so interesting to see people here who don t agree with us. and to see the props that they are using. bubbles, bubbles that were just like the promises that mitt romney made to us. filled with nothing and immediately broken. i m here as a former middle school teacher and the former chair of the committee on education. mitt romney either didn t care what it takes or he just didn t want to do it. because his record as go
they re finding these great kingdoms and enormous civilizations rich beyond measure. who wants to go up here? what s the attraction up here? at this point not a lot. not a lot. you don t really want to go to maine, do you? not in the wintertime. down here. so it will take a white, but yes, it comes later. this is first. this is first. and here we see an example of the spanish and portuguese explorations between 1400 and 1600. look at this. it s an incredible accomplishment. it is these navigators, the spanish and portuguese navigators. before the french, before the english. french and english come into this business late, late. whether it comes to europeans and european expansion, you can see magellan in 1520, cortez or columbus obviously, ka bra, magellan mastering it is capacity to sail to distant lands. this tremendous technological, emotional, physical triumph of being able to sail to distant lands. this is the beginning of the establishment of this european expansion int