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Thu, 02/04/2021 LAWRENCE – The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas will host a new exhibition, "Voices from the Big First, 1961-1968," which will debut Feb. 11 in the Elizabeth Dole Gallery and Reading Room and remain on display until May 16. In conjunction with the exhibition, a series of afternoon programs on related topics will be livestreamed to the institute’s YouTube channel. Former U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, who worked with Dole in the 1960s, will be a featu...

>> thank you very much. im at the age where my memory is not so good anymore. but i do believe that all nine of my books have been invited by barnes & noble to speak. i am very grateful for that. i hope everyone supports brick and mortar bookstores. they are very important places. okay? better? okay. this one? should i start again? all right. thank you for coming. yes, so thank you everyone for coming on this lovely night. thank you to my publisher, viking books and my friends there he...

>> part of that was motivated by the war on poverty. part of it was the means to help lemonade african-american poverty. another impulse was the urban rebellions of the mid- late 1960s. the likelihood of people destroying property in those neighborhoods would decrease. all that being said, in doing some preliminary reading, i came across a fleeting reference of a 1949 book on black business to a division of negro affairs. the vision, in fact, was in the coolidge administration. this gr...

evening. i want to start by talking about why bother with lillian hellman and then read something of the book so that you can get a sense of who she was. and there have been several biographies of lillian hellman. she was the most famous -- the 20th century female fly right for many years. and the 1970s when playwrights began would work. and as such, it was the figure to be reckoned with. in addition to being a playwright, she was responsible for films like dead end kids of the 1930s. ...

drugstore. once a month, c-spans vehicle explore cities across america. this weekend from wichita, kansas, on c-span 2 and 3. obama campaign senior strategist david axelrod held a press conference to discuss mitt romneys economic record as governor of massachusetts. mitt romney supporters attempted to shout down the speakers during the event, which took place in front of the massachusetts state house. this is just over 30 minutes. >> good morning. thank you for being here. my name is...

theyre finding these great kingdoms and enormous civilizations rich beyond measure. who wants to go up here? whats the attraction up here? at this point not a lot. not a lot. you dont really want to go to maine, do you? not in the wintertime. down here. so it will take a white, but yes, it comes later. this is first. this is first. and here we see an example of the spanish and portuguese explorations between 1400 and 1600. look at this. its an incredible accomplishment. it is these nav...