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And he stayed after me and one of the last things he said before he was arrested last time was if somebody came through the store right now and offered me a billion dollars i wouldnt take it. I thought you know you would. [laughter] but i was joking with him because i wouldnt have taken a billion dollars either. So in my grief i stayed in bed about six months which caused people to be concerned about me that i had disappeared and i wasnt coming out but then that promise struck me and i kept hear...

Why football matters. He talks about the contributions that go has made and continues to make to the American Culture and argues for many boys playing football is how theyve learned about courage, faith, patriotism and teamwork. He spoke at the university of virginia bookstore in charlottesville virginia. Thank you very much for being here and to the gentleman from cspan who driven all the way down to record this event and your adulation worded versions or whatever it is you have which shouldnt ...

Stevenson. I want to learn a little bit about you. A private nonprofit Human Rights Organization that provides Legal Services mostly to incarcerated people in the deep south. We represent children prosecuted as adults and are trying to change the way we talk about race and poverty. We focus mostly on criminal justice reform. Headquartered in montgomery, alabama. How many people on death row . Actually the largest death row per capita in the country. Country. It is unique in that it is the only s...

Right now we want to meet and talk with author host we want to meet and talk with author mr. Stevenson. We want to learn a little bit about you the equal Justice Initiative a private nonprofit Human Rights Organization that provides Legal Services mostly to incarcerated people in the deep south. We represent children prosecuted as adults and are trying to change the way we talk about race and poverty. We focus mostly on criminal justice reform. Headquartered in montgomery, alabama. How many peop...

A great deal of pressure. They were talking about impeaching the sheriff, sheriff, and we think they decided to arrest someone, and Walter Mcmillan became that man. He was having an interracial affair with a young white woman which brought him to the attention of law enforcement, so he was arrested and put on death row before the trial. The only case where ive had a a client put on death row. I was shocked by that fact. I was shocked by the fact that at the time of the crime he was 11 miles away...

You can read faster than i can talk so i wont read the slides. I want you to see beautiful places i love. They are history and parks and recreation and National Resources and frankly the lungs of the city are largely these forts and the parks. So there we start. As frank said the city was unprotected down below. This is Fort Washington. If you havent been there, you should go. Its quite different from the forts that were built during the civil war. After bull run, lincoln knew the city was vulne...

The teacher wars what are they . Guest im always asked to boil it down and i think weve had the conception in american politics that our educational problems are teachers problems, so we need to start with a new group and turn the page. As i explain in as i explained in the book, the our 3. 4 million american teachers. We hire 100,000 teachers in the school you. There are so many of them. We are so make it to the school. We cannot fire our way to success because theres no method to make sure the...

Weekend, on cspan 3. To join the conversation, like us on facebook at cspan history. Next on the president s how do make decisions, whether it is firing cabinet officials or going to war . We will hear from advisers to president s Ronald Reagan, bill clinton, george w. Bush, and barack obama. Former secretary of defense leon panetta moderated the discussion. Thank you. [applause] thank you very much, and i welcome all of you to the final forum of our lecture series this year. I think, as you all...

Generals men. The president of the railroad is telling him its a real threat and grant is going to move rather slowly. As the confederates will now move toward isolating the union troops, which evacuated Harpers Ferry on Maryland Heights and close in on frederick, maryland. On frederick, maryland, they have occupied it on the 8th day of july. A union army has been assembled there on the banks of the river and on the 9th day of july at the battle, who would write the most popular novel written in...

Place. We gather at that breakfast for prayer, and to share some time with each other every wednesday morning. Just as were doing this morning. With people from so many different states, different countries, background faiths and beliefs. Wee remind this morning of journey, the journey of faith were all on. We believe that faith is a exist, a gift that were blessed by today and expressed gratitude. Senator wicker. [applause] thank you, bob. The Senate Prayer breakfast dates back to world war ii ...