Course who sponsor so much of what we do there are nonprofit partner, and were indebted to them for for all these great things that were able to do for bringing this statue of alice down again to the Truman Library and and for helping us to have this program here tonight. Were gathered here tonight to celebrate the life of a pioneering reporter who was the first africanamerican female journalist with white Press Core credentials. So thats a very significant that happened during the truman administration. So to tell her story, id like to introduce tonights panelists. We will have three different speakers. Who will who will share a particular perspective on im donegan and then they will take questions from you at an appropriate point first. We have dr. Nancy dawson and she will provide us with the historical context of alices landmark achievement. Shes worked for more than 20 years in higher education as both a Professor And Director of an africanamerican Studies Program her career inclu
cultural center, nobody who is running government or entertainment or whatever it is they don t know me understand matches want to say yeah not only do we know who you are where of you and by the way you are not alone. there are millions of you and you matter and your views and your values aren t crazy. and you are not. one of the statements i make in the book, if you read this book you will discover those good old boys are not so after all. host: republicans as you know have taken the senate and taking control of the house and we have had eight years of president obama. if they can t seal the deal in 2016 is there something wrong with the party? guest: may be something wrong with the people who carry the message for us if that is the case. 16 not to be a great year for republicans. as is often the case that democrats won back in 2008. i remember the obituary for the republican party was written. in 2010 the republicans came soaring back into congress in 2012 everybody ta
because of press secretary can do everything him or herself. the best press operation i think again that has been pretty even, but even but when barack obama became president they kind of reorganized it i ll walk in from the press. into the lower press office. almost twice as many people with a single best. people who specializes in each issue. instantaneous and getting answers back. c-span: which was the hardest to get information from? guest: each administration had times. toward the end of the carter administration we did not have email, we did not have everything is handed out in paper or announced over the loudspeaker, but the administration was so on the ropes and offensive that it got harder and harder to get through the top officials, harder and harder to get routine things from the. i think the best time for any of the administration was certainly true of george w. bush when they 1st walk in the door then not only had an agenda but presidential transitions ar