There is a big difference between an editorial cartooning and a regular one. It is meant to be visual commentary. So i think people sometimes do not know that. I have a lot of people tell me or ask me, why arent you more fair . That is not what an editorial cartoon is. It is like a column. Columnists have a point of view. We just dont with images. Brian when did you develop your point of view . Ann my early 20s. I was not interested in politics until later on. So, that is pretty much when i started doing cartoons that reflected my point of view on issues. Brian how would you describe your point of view . Ann i am liberal. People confuse us sometimes. People say, oh you are just a democrat. I am not a democrat. I am actually a registered democrat. Im a registered independent. Some are more liberal, some are more conservative. We will attack anyone. I have done plenty of cartoons about democrats behaving badly. Brian what were the circumstances . One of the things that pops out on your b
Lyndon johnson read before the nation upon the signing of the act on july 2, 1964. This is the copy that was put into the teleprompter. My fellow americans, im about to sign into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964. I want to take this occasion to talk to you about what that law means to every american. 188 years ago this week, a small band of valiant men began a long struggle for freedom. He did six drafts of the speech, and then he added extemporaneously the word long, to indicate the many decades, really centuries in the slow progression towards realizing civil rights. This bill began as a culmination of the struggles of decades of struggles of africanamericans, but it encompassed all americans, it encompassed everyone regardless of race, color, sex or National Origin. It was really about the ongoing struggle in this country to achieve that more perfect union. Coming up next on American History tv, Texas Tech University history professor sarah keyes talks about her current book project
Good morning. N my name is adrienne cannon. I am the africanAmerican History specialist for the Manuscript Division of the library of congress and one of the curators for the library s current exhibit commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1954 entitled the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a long struggle for freedom. The exhibit takes its subtitle from the speech that president Lyndon Johnson read before the nation upon the signing of the act on july 2, 1964. There is a copy of the speech borrowed from the johnson president ial library included in the exhibit. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is considered the most significant use of civil rights legislation since reconstruction. It prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, in the areas of voting, employment, public accommodations, public facilities, education. The exhibit has four overall objectives, to present a history of the u. S. Civil rights law chronicling a series of federal laws a
Act of 1954 entitled the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a long struggle for freedom. The exhibit takes its subtitle from the speech that president Lyndon Johnson read before the nation upon the signing of the act on july 2, 1964. The u. S. Constitution did not ask me mention slavery, but there are at least three references to slavery in the document. The history of the u. S. Is a series of federal laws that paves the way for the federal tohts act of mention 64 present a concurrent history of the 20th Century Civil Rights Movement that includes accounts , organizations, and events that shaped the movement, as well as examples of music, literature, and visual arts that were inspired by the mu movement. They tell the story of the epic of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in congress including an expiration of the legislative process and legislative strategy, the tactics that were employed. To employ explore the impact of the Civil Rights Act on American Life and law from 1964 until the present. We
By theent, hosted historical office, is about an hour. Good afternoon. It is 12 00. We begin with two very distinguished guests, veteran reporters who covered the Civil Rights Act of 1964. I way of introduction, we are in one of the most historic rooms at the capitol complex. Now known as the kennedy caucus room, it was the room where the hearings were held, the watergate hearings were held. This is the room where john f. Kennedy announced his candidacy for president. The room where a lot of nominees have been grilled by committees. There have been a lot of inquisitions here. Today, we are not doing an inquisition. We are doing a conversation. We are very pleased to have andy glass and roger mudd as our guests today. Andy glass was born in warsaw, poland, and arrived in the United States during world war ii. He became a citizen in 1948. He is a graduate of the Bronx High School of science and yale university. In 1960, after he completed his military service, he became a reporter for th