Collection. This video is courtesy of the kennedy library. He audience watched mrs. Kennedys full tour, but a brief view is shown in the first few minutes of this program. We considered having this Forum Last Night on the actual 50th anniversary of mrs. Kennedys tour but did not want to make any of you have to choose between sharing valentines day with loved once or with your friends here at the kennedy library. We are so pleased to have so many of you with us here this evening. 50 years ago Jacqueline Kennedy introduced herself to the nation. Ways she the introduced herself to many of us. On february 14th, 1962, it was a more substantive Jacqueline Kennedy who guided viewers on a televised tour of the white house, and the nation was transfixed. 46 million americans watched that night and an additional 10 million tuned in days larle. The reviews were laud tore, describing mrs. Kennedy as a virtuoso performer and an art critic of subtlety and standard. After dinner she and president ken
Years experience doctor Gretchen Sorin has consulted for more than two and 50 institutions include the smithsonian, the jewish museum, and the new York State Historical association. She is the director of the Cooperstown Graduate Program of the State University of new york, and the author of in the spirit of margins. The living legacy of doctor Martin Luther king junior. And through the eyes of others, African Americans identity in american art. In her new book, driving while black, just out today, professor Gretchen Sorin talks about the indispensable which reshape the africanamerican traveling experience throughout our segregated land and helped drive the nation Civil Rights Movement. Please welcome Gretchen Sorin to the free library of philadelphia. [applause] guest good evenings wonderful to be in this great city of philadelphia i apologize that rick was not able to join us this evening he had a little bit of an emergency and he is in italy. I hope that you will enjoy preview of ou
Television company as a Public Service and brought to you today by a television provider. Welcome to the library here. I am the director of this author event. If you have one unfortunate update to our program. We will have one person not discussion, due to a workrelated trip but the good news is that you going to be at sea review of his new documentary which will be aired on cbs leader this year in which is based upon ten years of research by our guest. A curator with more than 30 Years Experience rated doctor gretchen has consulted for more than 250 institutions. Including the smithsonian, the Jewish Museum in new York State Historical association. She is the director of the graduate program in the State University of new york and the author of in the spirit of martin. Living legacy of doctor Martin Luther king junior. And through the eyes of others. Africanamericans and identity in american art. In her new book, driving while black, today it just cannot today. She tells about the ind
Director. S is the executive but first, from april of these words bye president bill clinton. His first comments about the bombing. The bombing in Oklahoma Cityr was an attack onen innocent children and defenseless citizens. As ait was an act of cowardice d it was evil. The United States will not tolerate it. I will not allow the people of this country to be intimidated by evil cowards. Which met with our team,m, we assembled to deal with this bombing, and i have determined to take the following steps to ensure theis s strongest respone to this cri situation. First, i have deployed a Crisis Management team under the leadership of the fbi working with the department of justice, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, andary firearms, military and local authorities. We are sending the finest to solve these murders. Laresecond, i have declared an emergency in Oklahoma City and at my direction, the director of the federal emergency is now on agency,y, his way there to make sure we do everything we
Available as a podcast. Find it where you listen to podcasts. Next on American History tv, art historian Judy Scott Feldman analyzes artistic portrayals of the American Revolution and civil war. She talks about the influence of painting, sculptors, and memorials on how history is remembered. The Smithsonian Associates posted this event. Posted this event. We are going to look at the American Revolution and civil that. Ut a little beyond controversies about the stories we tell. I am going to focus, because it is impossible to cover such an amount of material in one talk, i will focus on the capital and the public buildings on the mall , which is the centerpiece of American Political Culture and our public culture where people come from all around the world in country to participate government, to learn about government, understand our heritage, so i thought, what is it we say to those people when they come to washington . What have been some of the controversies . What are some of the i