Let me put it thats right. I will give you little commercial here all week finish up the last details and production here. Were glad youre here today. The Detroit Historical society is pleased to host this very special event. After todays presentation, if, you are welcome i to stay as log as my credit there a lot of new things and will find very interesting. In fact on first floor, i think you will see some of the stories and some of the recollections were here today. Come to life through some videos and some artwork and photographs prince of the motown music venture we will be reference is also featured upstairs. So please dont miss that before you leave. The format today, we will have a discussion and our guest today were very pleased to have an david, of prizewinning off author of a new book called once a great city. [laughter]. Question on that. And it is a great book. But of course, it is for sale in a bookstore. So after the presentation if youre interested in purchasing the book
Through people, our president s. Brian dr. Holzer, im often i want to call you you even though youre not a doctor. Harold thank you for that mixed introduction. And thank you for having me on the show and welcome to Franklin Roosevelts home from which we are broadcasting tonight. Why . I think amity has it right. I also think that we were blessed to have a first president who was a National Hero before he became president , and was a touchstone and an icon and created a presidency that was centered on both personality and ideas, but in large measure, personality. Everyone since has been measured against george washington. And we look for extraordinary guidance, leadership, and inspiration from these, so far, men. Brian talk about this house in a second, but i want to ask amity, is there a house anywhere for Calvin Coolidge . Amity there is a house for Calvin Coolidge in Plymouth Notch, vermont. Thats near killington. Its near woodstock, vermont, if those are important points for you. A
Actors, journalists, people who are admired from would be are and what they do. Here at the museum, our mission is to promote understanding of the importance of the free press and the First Amendment. We hope more people come to visit the exhibit because the events at stonewall and rise up, the stonewall and lgbtq Rights Movement tells the story of how everyday americans, First Amendment right of the press, speech, religion, to rise up, freedom of Assembly Push back , and advocate for change, and that is what we are about here at the newseum. Explaining to people the story of the First Amendment. This movement. The story of the lgbtq Rights Movement, really about the first embodies everything amendment. We hope people will come to experience it as well as the movies and other interactions that we tell here at the exhibit. You can watch this and other american artifacts programs any time visiting our website cspan. Org history. , announcer we head back downtown to cobo center, located o
Our city store visits detroit, michigan to learn more about its unique history and literary life. For eight years now, we have traveled to u. S. Cities, ringing the literary scene and Historic Sites to our viewers. You can watch more of our visits at the span. Org beauty store tour. Org cities air at the Detroit Museum and we are about to walk into an exhibit called americas motor city. Detroit has been. The motor city capital of the world since at least 1915 when there were over 42 Companies Making cars and another 75 Companies Making parts. While other towns build cars, we built lots of cars. The detroit area enjoyed a wealth of strong manufacturing, a lot of it based in the building of carriage bodies but also in building iron stoves, building Railroad Cars, realworld wheels and the rails that go with them. Understood the manufacturing process but also how to deal with steel, iron, rubber. They had all the engineers, designers and toolmakers and the tools they needed to make an auto
The giant step toward full participation in affairs. Taken by the American Negro in the capital of the United States on the day of august 28, 1963. We are not afraid we are not afraid the step was taken solemnly. And in union with many of their white countrymen. Heartdeep in my i do believe overcome someday we shall overcome someday overcome deep in my heart i do believe someday all overcome the footsteps of the march in washington were firm. Dissenters aen in larger awareness of the rights of negroes as americans, who shared equally not only in the sun and air so clear and free on the day of their march, but their rights as americans share opportunity and privilege as well. America has known this intellectually for a long time. Years, my historys calendar. Learned it8, america is. Every kind and class, every generation in america participated. If not in the city of washington, across the land by Television America felt the feeling of the march and learned the allencompassing cry for f