Pluralism. Look for these titles in bookstores this coming we can watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv. Org. You are watching booktv. Next George Morgan tells the story of his mother, Mary Sherman Morgan, the first female Rocket Scientist in the United States and inventor of hydyne, the propellant that boosted americas first satellite into orbit. The program Mary Sherman Morgan worked on was highly secret so her family had little idea of her accomplishments until after her death. This is about 45 minutes. [applause] thank you very much. I would like to thank the bookstore for inviting me this evening. I have a few prepared remarks which will include reading a few passages from the book. These remarks will basically tell you a little bit about my mother and her story and the book came to be. I have a question for you. It is a rhetorical question so you dont have to answer. Question is this. How much do you really know about your parents . When i was growing u
Strategic decisions. We offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. What can we do for you . And now bbc world news america. Is kathy k, reporting from london. America has some soulsearching to do. Obama speaks out on racial tensions and the George Zimmerman verdict. Trayvon martin could have been me 35 years ago. Could there be new life in the middle east peace effort . Secretary of state announces both sides have laid the groundwork for new talks. The space race. We introduce you to one woman who worked a friend the scenes to be a pioneer in the field. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. President obama said the country needs to do some soulsearching in the wake of a verdict that found toward zimmerman not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin, and unarmed African American teenager. In a surprise appearance in the briefing room, mr. Obama said the case might have turned out if whitley if Trayvon Martin had been white. He
Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. President obama said the country needs to do some soulsearching in the wake of a verdict that found toward zimmerman not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin, and unarmed African American teenager. In a surprise appearance in the briefing room, mr. Obama said the case might have turned out if whitley if Trayvon Martin had been white. He also had a personal message to those who were upset i the ruling. When Trayvon Martin was first shot, i said this could have been my son. ,nother way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago. You think about why, in the Africanamerican Community at least, there is a lot of pain around what happened here for more on his comments, steve miller is a reporter for time magazine. I was really surprised, listening to president obama this afternoon. Were you . This is an issue the president rarely talks about. He went into detail about race in 2008, during the cam
Fashion a legacy. It is an attempt to be part of the historical narrative. Supreme court justices. Every single justice of the court has a passion for the constitution and our country, then you know that if you accept that as an operating truth which it is, you understand you can disagree. Nobel prize winners. That for me was interesting was negotiation of the position. Love somebody. And respect yourself. All of this is reduced, simplified notions, the philosophers spend their lives trying to imagine what it is like. We visited affairs and festivals around the country. Booktv is live at the l. A. Times festival of books at ucla. Bears signature programming, in debt each month. Of you say to a child anywhere in this country, schools all over the country, once upon a time. That phrase is still magical. After words. A diplomatic service, in belgrade. My mother wanted me to be born in prague where her mother was and so i was born in prague and went back to belgrade and my father was recal
Che guevara. I knew the image on the tshirts, growing up in new york city in the late 1970s. A lot of people wore che tshirts. Is image was spray painted on walls all over new york city with expression che lives. He was a handsome figure. A scraggly. And piercing eyes and the black beret that was tilted a little bit, and the star on the beret. He looked like a revolutionary, and his message seemed to be to somebody who just looked at the tshirt and look at the same, somebody who was, you know, for power for the people. Everyone read members that expression from the 70s. Fast forward to 2010, kevin and i became friends because we both worked at the associated press, and kevin and i both have a love for military affairs and military stories. We supported reported extensively about the military. One day kevin says, you know, there was a mission back in 1967 in which the green berets when down to bolivia to train bolivians to go hunt che guevara. And i said, yeah, okay, but who is che guev