Next on the next on the presidency, presidency. Andrew cohen andrew looks at two days in jfks cohen looks at two days in jfks presidency. Presidency. June 10th and june 10th and 11th, 11th, 1963, that defined 1963. It defined his response to the his response Nuclear Arms Race to the nuclear arms and civil rights. Rice and civil rights. Mr. Cohen is mr. Cohen is author of two days authors in june. John author of two days in f. Kennedy and the june, 48 hours that jfk and the made history. 48 hours that made the white house history. The White House Historical association Historical Association provided this video. Provided this video. And you, tell us about andrew, tell us about your book which your book. Focuses it focuses on on two days in the two days in the Kennedy Kennedy presidency. Presidency. June 10th and june 10th and june 11th, june 11th 1963. 1963. Why why did you did you decide to decide to write a book write a book focused focused on only two days of the on only two days of
Good evening. My name is tony green. I am the Vice President for programs and National Outreach at the National Constitution center. I want to welcome you. Today, we are spending a lot of time marking the 40th anniversary of the Voting Rights act. Were looking at it through the lens of one woman, viola liuzzo, who died in the Civil Rights Movement. Upstairs, and im sure all of you have been to the National Constitution Center Exhibit space, we have something called the American National tree, which has the stories of 100 people. And two of the people on there, at least, are heroes of the Civil Rights Movement and the battle to get to the Voting Rights act, and they are viola liuzzo and john lewis, who is supposed to be here tonight, but unfortunately is stuck in washington for votes. Gary may, who has written a very readable, interesting, and compelling book, is with us tonight to talk about the fbis role in Viola Liuzzos murder, the ku klux klan, and the other factors that led to why
Details, but i put it in the book because i felt it had to be understood. Many people reported the abuse being snatched out of the arms of mothers into this inferno wind. O tokyos canal, so people who got out of the asphalt and out of the shelters wind with their families into the canals to escape from the fire. But the canals were broiling in tens of thousands in the canal. The winds were all but flipping them over. Thousands of feet still above, the crews had to put on their oxygen masks to escape the stench of burning flesh. So, as lemay, who was in charge of that, curtis lemay tells it in his book, it was the greatest manmade killing in the history of the world. Book tvs live coverage of the savanna book festival now continues. Youom will hear from author bryn curtis. Hes talking about his vote that looks at the only rose bowl to ever take place outside of pasadena, california. This is live coverage on booktv. Good morning, book lovers. My name is nancy lieb and im delighted to wel
Cspan3s and American History tv. Now, American History tv looks back 50 years at the Voting Rights act of 1965. We will listen in on white house telephone calls between president johnson and his aides civil rights leader Martin Luther king junior, and members of congress, who strategized how to implement the law. It will be 50 years ago that president Lyndon Johnson passed the civil rights bill. We will be talking to experts as well as going behind the scenes with white house telephone recordings. Lets introduce our experts. Joining us in washington, d c cant germany kent germany. Thank you for joining us. Chef but it is my pleasure. Host our next guest was the secretary of health, education and welfare, and he was the author of the triumph and tragedy of Lyndon Johnson. Thank you for joining us. Host mr. Germany the lbj project, what is that . Mr. Germany it is trying to get all of the recordings transcribed, edited, annotated anything you would need to know to understand what is goin
Host it will be 50 years ago this august that president Lyndon Johnson passed the civil rights voting act. We will be talking to experts as well as going behind the scenes with white house telephone recordings. Lets introduce our experts. Joining us in washington, d. C. Kent germany. He is a history professor at the university of South Carolina but also the editor of the lyndon b. Johnson project at the university of virginia. Thanks for joining us. Mr. Germany it is my pleasure. Host our next guest was the secretary of health, education and welfare, and he was the author of the triumph and tragedy of Lyndon Johnson. Thank you for joining us. Mr. Califano nice to be with you. Host before we starts, a little bit about your perspectives. Mr. Germany, the lbj project what is that . Mr. Germany it is a goldmining project. It is trying to get all of the recordings transcribed, edited annotated, anything you would need to know to understand what is going on in a conversation. The editors are