[applause] new start. . [inaudible] so much of this book is actually based on the interview, interviewing people. and so i am going to be upfront. i am really intimidated by this guy. . as the white guys that passed the asian litmus test. the next time i think i ran into him i was working with wayne at monaco and john was there and wayne congratulated him and winning the macarthur fellowship. and then i was actually i started working on the film. because what we did was we gave donna camera to just film has everyday life for a whole year the style was making the producers quite nervous. i liked the final cut but people weren t sure how it was going to fly and i can t remember who it was but john s name came up as something to look at the film and give his feedback or stamp of approval so we sent it to john i think i got a call from you. i was very short. i think the first was it was great. the second one was i m never going to ride on a city bus anymore and look at a kid
host: beginning on book tv documentary filmmaker recalls impact of his television series on the civil rights movement eyes on the prize is the name of the book and the television series. this program contains language that some may find offensive. host: [applause] i m going to be up front. i am really intimidated. i thought i was intimidated by you. i want to give a little bit of background. the filmmaker was a legendary filmmaker and here she was a crew member on that and they would talk about john as the sort of wifi that passed the asian litmus test. so i never met him but the next time i ran into him, i was at monaco and john was there and she congratulated him at the macarthur fellowship. i was actually working on the film within and it was a because what he did is we gave him a camera to film his everyday life for a year of his senior year in high school, the style and everything were making the producers quite nervous and so, i liked the final cut but people were
find offensive. [applause] thanks. go ahead. you start. figure out what to do. so much of this book is based on the interview, interviewing people. i am going to be up front. i am really intimidated by this guy. i thought i was intimidated by you. i want to give a little bit of background. i never really met john. i heard of jon else. he is this ghost. my first job was with chinese american filmmaker, legendary filmmaker and i came on the tail end of a series called bean sprouts. the crew a crewmember they would talk about jon else as the white guy that passed the asian litmus test and so i never met him but heard of him. i was working with wayne weighing in monaco and john was her, wayne congratulated him, winning the macarthur fellowship. i had no idea what it was at the time. wayne said it is called a genius grant. and then i was actually in started working on a film that was actually because what we did is we gave don a camera to just film his everyday life
america but the book he has come to discuss today and why i am sure you are all here is stokely: a life which was described in the new york times review as an insightful, highly engaging affluent biography of stokely carmichael, the man widely seen as heir apparent in the black leadership hierarchy to martin luther king jr. and malcolm x following their assassination. at the reporting committee, stokely started as a believer in nonviolence, led him to concentrate his thinking on the notion of black self-defense. carmichael was a complex figure and that complexity was captured wonderfully in this definitive biography, stokely: a life . you can never be disappointed with a book when you have chapter titles like the chocolate and fred astaire. arestoring, activist, popular peniel joseph is historian activist, popular , radio commentator on subjects like race relations and civil rights, politics, democracy, a nice shoe collection. give a warm welcome to peniel joseph. [appla
friends and intimates and developed a level of self-reliance that increased over the course of a life time and career. elenor said he had no real confidants. not me either. a speech writer for fdr was a very asstute observer of rogues roosevelt and wrote the classic bioography of roosevelt and hopkins. that is a bible in fdr history. he got to know roosevelt well. he said he has a thickly forestly interior. he didn t want anyone to penetrate that force to see what was going on inside. we was probably the most solitary president we have ever had. . this is the contradiction that is fdr and wife frances perkins was such a complicated man and there s no episode in his presidency or his life which underscore is this duality more than this type does. four days before the chicago convention opened on july 11th, 1940, franklin roosevelt called felix frankfurter down from the supreme court. they had a two hour session in the oval study adjacent to the president s bedroom on the secon
started by washington and continued by jefferson became pa paramount to law. it was a deeply respected practice and very few considered challenging and no one had succeeded. he was going to retire because he said that he was tired and he was broke. and he was both. he had already designed and was then building the first presidential library in america in hyde park new york which has been restored. i urge you to go see that. it is a fabulous experience. he built a retreat called top cottage at hyde park where he could get away from visitors he knew would come. he signed a contract to write regular articles and was going to write his memoirs and two of the top aids were going to come do this. he was thinking about retirement and he was enjoying. there were third term rumbles about whether or not he might run. but nothing to it. he didn t give it any serious attention. then as kevin mentioned at the beginning of the book he was woken in the middle of the night, september 1st, 19
rises in the back of the pavilion. we are here to listen to peniel joseph. i have the pleasure of interviewing and the 11 on the occasion of the 2010 book dark days, bright nights, from black power to barack obama. it was one of those wonderful, and hurried c-span book conversations. i never met him before and i was so impressed not only by intellect but by his ease, he melody and introspection. i left thinking i am going to read all of that dude s books from now on until the end of time. he is the author of the award winning waiting until the midnight hour, a narrative history of black power in america but the book he has come to discuss today and why i am sure you are all here is stokely: a life which was described in the new york times review as an insightful, highly engaging affluent biography, of stokely carmichael, the man widely seen as heir apparent in the black leadership hierarchy to martin luther king jr. and malcolm x following their assassination. and the repo
sebelius met with insurance executives. tonight the white house is strongly denying any changes being made to the deadline. they re clarifying the law s intention not to penalize anyone who buys insurance before that labor day of march 31st. while confusion reigns in washington, d.c., there s none in the states where republicans continue to wage their war against obama care, a war that began over five years ago. now is the time to finally keep the promise of affordable, accessible health care for every single american. before it even existed, republicans have been singularly obsessed with making sure obama care never came to fruition. americans need to realize when someone says government option, what could really occur is a government takeover. and yet the democrats come forward with a bill that really is a government takeover of our health care system. fought it before passed? this bill is not being debated openly and fairly. and created an entire movement. an
while confusion reigns in washington, d.c., there s none in the states where republicans continue to wage their war against obama care, a war that began over five years ago. now is the time to finally keep the promise of affordable, accessible health care for every single american. before it even existed, republicans have been singularly obsessed with making sure obama care never came to fruition. americans need to realize when someone says government option, what could really occur is a government takeover. and yet the democrats come forward with a bill that really is a government takeover of our health care system. fought it before passed? this bill is not being debated openly and fairly. and created an entire movement. and tried the to kill it in the supreme court. kill the bill! kill the bill! in 2012 they held their nose for this guy because he said he would kill it. if i m president i will appeal obama care. when he lost they kept voting to repeal
sebelius met with insurance executives. tonight the white house is strongly denying any changes being made to the deadline. they re clarifying the law s sfwengs not to penalize anyone who buys insurance before that labor day of march 31st. while confusion reigns in washington, d.c., there s none in the states where republicans continue to wage their war against obama care, a war that began over five years ago. now is the time to finally keep the promise of affordable, accessible health care for every single american. before it even existed, republicans have been singularly obsessed with making sure obama care never came to fruition. americans need to realize when someone says government option, what could really occur is a government takeover. and yet the democrats come forward with a bill that really is a government takeover of our health care system. fought it before passed? this bill is not being debated openly and fairly. and created an entire movement. and