Museums that take a behind the scenes look at the couple. The National Archives Foundation Provided the video. Our feature speaker today is paulsboro. Paul wouldnt have a job today and neither would i if it wasnt for Franklin Roosevelt who created the archives by signing legislation in 30, for opening up his library while in office. This is a feat that is not much today by our current president. Paul is a director of the Franklin Roosevelt library and museum. Before the fdr library, he was the Deputy Director and Senior Vice President for broadcasting in new media at the museum. He was a Founding Partner at the university of maryland future of alliance and a pioneer in Interactive Digital media. Prior to his work at the, Museum Sparrow is a Emmy Awardwinning television producer. He started his career at kpax in San Francisco and i saw that we have some folks from california, they know your work from california, in that time, are you with us paul . Im here, thanks for having me today. I
Matched today by our current president s paul is the director of the Franklin Roosevelt library and museum before thetod Senior Vice President for broadcasting and new media at the museum. He was a Founding Partner at the university of marylands future of informational alliance and a pioneer in Interactive Digital media prior to his work at the museum. Sparrow is a Emmy Awardwinning television producer. He started his Television Career at kpix in San Francisco and i saw weve got some folks from california, so well have to let us know if they they know your work paul from california and that are you with this fall . Im here. Yes. Thank you patrick for having me here to them. Im really pleased to be part of this series. I them in their fantastic. Terrific were delighted to have you before we let you jump in. I have to ask. How are you doing . Hows the staff doing with the with the pandemic and everything . Well, as you know, the National Archives has taken a very conservative approach an
Paul wouldnt have a job today and frankly neither would i if it wasnt for Franklin Roosevelt who created the National Archives by signing legislation in 1934. He subsequently opened up his president ial library while he was still in office. This is a feat that is not matched today by our current president s paul is the director of the Franklin Roosevelt library and museum before the fdr library. He was the Deputy Director and Senior Vice President for broadcasting and new media at the museum. He was a Founding Partner at the university of marylands future of informational alliance and a pioneer in Interactive Digital media prior to his work at the museum. Sparrow is a Emmy Awardwinning television producer. He started his Television Career at kpix in San Francisco and i saw weve got some folks from california, so well have to let us know if they they know your work paul from california and that are you with this fall . Im here. Yes. Thank you patrick for having me here to them. Im reall
Next on the next on the presidency, presidency. Andrew cohen andrew looks at two days in jfks cohen looks at two days in jfks presidency. Presidency. June 10th and june 10th and 11th, 11th, 1963, that defined 1963. It defined his response to the his response Nuclear Arms Race to the nuclear arms and civil rights. Rice and civil rights. Mr. Cohen is mr. Cohen is author of two days authors in june. John author of two days in f. Kennedy and the june, 48 hours that jfk and the made history. 48 hours that made the white house history. The White House Historical association Historical Association provided this video. Provided this video. And you, tell us about andrew, tell us about your book which your book. Focuses it focuses on on two days in the two days in the Kennedy Kennedy presidency. Presidency. June 10th and june 10th and june 11th, june 11th 1963. 1963. Why why did you did you decide to decide to write a book write a book focused focused on only two days of the on only two days of
I had been looking for a way into the Kennedy Administration for sometime. Artists maybe to believe, but one of the most seminal days of my life was november 22nd, 1963, one as an eight year old i learned of the assassination of president kennedy. It isnt unusual for someone like me or any of my generation to remember where here she was, but it did seem to me like to change something. It develop for me a fascination. As i grew up, my friends were interested in captain cook and the final frontier. And i was interest in jfk and the new frontier. Through my career as a journalist, as a student before that, i had been looking as a washington correspondent for away as well for way into the kennedy. Story of course colin there, were a monumental biographies. There were heavy memoirs, there were academic studies, there were scarcely a part of jfks legacy that had not been dissected and inspected and examined. But i wanted to see if theres an i wasnt sure if there is nothing new to say. When i