A longtime friend and contributor two the library hugh hewitt. My wife and i have been friends of the library for a wild. I came of age during the nixon years and have vivid memories of the 1968 Republican National convention watched on a black and white tv late into the night breathlessly hoping for his nomination. We have come to learn more about Richard Nixon and that marquis left on our country and world and as i look at the state of our nation in the world today i reach into the archives of the 72 campaign, nixon now more than ever. We have had the opportunity two meet wonderful people through the library tran and betsy hewitt among them. Hugh is a frequent figure at library interviewing Authors Panel discussions, participating in debates and as we saw today conducting his nationally syndicated radio show. He served in the Nixon Administration as a speechwriter and was critical in the construction of this facility and for that a debt of gratitude by all who have benefited from it.
Good morning everyone. Good morning. Were going to go ahead and get started here. I want to welcome you all to Young Americas Foundations headquarters in virginia. I am the director of Alumni Relations here at Young Americas Foundation, and my first entree into the foundation was as an intern at the reagan ranch. So im happy to be here today for this event featuring martin greenfield. For those of you who are new to our policemans and for programs Young Americas Foundation is the premiere Outreach Organization for the conservative movement. We introduce thousands of young people to the ideas of limited government individual freedom Strong National defense and traditional values through our conferences, internships campus lectures, Young Americans for freedom chapters, also through our center for entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise and the National Journalism center. Many of our interns are here with us today. In 1998 Young Americas Foundation stepped forward to save the western white
Present. Host and what is your answer to the question on the seminar you teach is america postracial and first of all what is happening, postracial . What does that mean . Guest the course interrogates this idea that began to circulate after the election of barack obama to the presidency that a black man was in the white house that perhaps United States had over toms long history of racism and segregation and White Supremacy and so there was a lot of attention to that question after he was first elected. Tragically and very sadly in our recent time we have seen very unfortunate and dramatic illustrations that thats absolutely not the case. The courts really explored the whole range of issues from affirmative action in Higher Education to police violence, police brutality, boater laws to take up this question of what is the extent of Racial Disparities in American Life . Host Martha Biondi some people might be watching this per gram of tissue supervisor of africanamerican studies. Guest
Triggered by China Economic fears and also some Computer Trading and theres fear as well. But investment analysts are saying this is no time to panic or jump out of the market or anything like that. In fact, some, wendy, are saying this is the time to double down and find some investment opportunity. One analyst today was saying they only know two speeds on wall street, fear and greed. So i think we saw that in action today. Yeah. Great. Thanks, brian. This afternoon, we are also tracking a highflying plot that police uncovered using drones in an apparent tip attempt to smuggle drugs, porn and more into a prison in maryland. Reporter im derrick ward. Prison officials here in maryland are concerned about a plot they say they have uncovered not to get someone out of a facility like this, but to get something in, over the fence. Synthetic drugs, porn on dvds a cell phone and even more troubling, say police, a weapon. How were they to be delivered . By drone. This past saturday, Correction
That collection arrived at the 135th Street Public Library 90 years ago. He was a bibliophile who migrated from puerto rico in 1891 found a job on wall street work in the mailroom saves his pennies and worked really hard and bought anywhere are unique but he could find that was by or about black people. He eventually became famous for this collection. People would go to his home in brooklyn to see the library to borrow from the Library People like Langston Hughes and eventually people like and when the librarian at the library and library decided she had a lot of lack patrons coming to the library and a large immigrant community at the time she said ive got to find material for my patrons and ultimately schombergs collection of 5000 items was purchased by Carnegie Corporation and a variety of 90 years ago and made up the core of what now today is a 10 million item collection at the Schomberg Center. Host how did the Schomberg Center end up at 135th . Guest this was the settlement zone