Before i ask a question, i want to show you a video. I mustve had six or seven biographies written about me. Exciting upnot that until i was president. Have these amazing experiences. I did not really accomplish all that much when i was in high school or in college. Folks think around and they are looking for stuff. Then they try to dramatize things that are kind of routine. There is a part of you that says why would you care about this, it is not that interesting. How right is he. Once you choose to run for president of the United States and succeed, your biography is a major part of american history. Had a mucha actually more interesting, much more richly varied earlier life then we have really to a large extent known up until now. People are aware he grew up in hawaii. But the really transformative period of baracks life in his mid20s came when he was living in chicago for the first time, 1985 to 1988, working as a Community Organizer on the far south side, his first immersion in an
Tv,ext on American History former law clerks to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood marshall examine his legacy. He served from 1967 to 1991. Panelists, including Supreme Court Justice Elena kagan, remember that time working for the first African American member of the court and discuss his opinions on landmark cases. We recorded this at the u. S. Second Circuit Court of appeals in new york city. It is about two hours. Today is a special day. In theus are here Thurgood Marshall u. S. Courthouse to celebrate an american hero, Thurgood Marshall, whose memory this magnificent courthouse is dedicated, in this courthouse where he served on the Second Circuit. We welcome our cspan audience to our proceedings as well. Our gathering is at the intersection of two initiatives which have engaged the court of the Second Circuit the last two years. Initiatives which i had the privilege of proposing and which have taken life because of the creative and dedicated work of remarkable colleagues of the bench
Second court of appeals in new york city. It is about two hours. Im Robert Katzman and i am chief judge of the United States courts of appeal of the Second Circuit. Today is a very special day. Here in thiss are unprecedented gathering in four courtrooms of the Thurgood Marshall courthouse to celebrate an american hero. Thurgood marshall, whose memory dedicated,ouse is the courthouse where he served in the Second Circuit. Our gathering is at the intersection of two initiatives, which have engaged the courts of the Second Circuit the last two years. Which i had the privilege of proposing, which have taken life because of the creative and dedicated work of remarkable colleagues, of the bench, bar and our court staff. The first demo the 125th Anniversary Commemoration of the second court of appeals, wonderfully chaired by richard c wesley, has several components, including scholarly volume and public events. As we take stock of our past, to better understand how our work has evolved, so t
What the reality on the ground regarding rights and responsibilities in the United States is and our findings have been rather sobering. To put it mildly and with this book we are handing over to you and we are handing this handing over this book to the public. The intention of of of generating discussion about what the realities are around rights and responsibilities. And allow me by of doing some stage setting here just to for a moment about the title, why we have chosen the title and but also historical reference here is are the underlying historical reality to which this title is a reference. So the title again is Holding Together the main is Holding Together the what is supposed to be Holding Together about. We are talking about the United States. One truly remarkable thing, the United States, is that it has been together one way or another, obviously with a lot of challenges, but it has been Holding Together as the republic, as democracy for about 250 years. And that an amazing w
For a number years under the leadership of john shadegg and also from the center. And the point, point and purpose of the project under the name reimagining rights and responsibilities in the United States was to take a bit of a selfie. What the reality on the ground regarding rights and responsibilities in the United States is and our findings have been rather sobering. To put it mildly and with this book we are handing over to you and we are handing this handing over this book to the public. The intention of of of generating discussion about what the realities are around rights and responsibilities. And allow me by of doing some stage setting here just to for a moment about the title, why we have chosen the title and but also historical reference here is are the underlying historical reality to which this title is a reference. So the title again is Holding Together the main is Holding Together the what is supposed to be Holding Together about. We are talking about the United States.