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Antennas are you a loaded two the wave of racial violence of the 1980s and the rise in the 90s i last job was called the north rises again where i tell a story of devil patrick being elected and re elected in massachusetts and that tells a story of northerners as barack obama support where if you look at the voting stats how they voted for and against barack obama and mike northerners voted against barack obama i think you can find some hope for the north for there you can find hope for the nation. Host on that hopeful note, to be continued. That was after words, booktv Signature Program in wh...

Has been called the most famous photograph in america. Its sort of the Michael Jordan of photographs. Its used in every textbook. When i ask my students what is the visual image you have of the Great Depression of the 1930s, they describe this photograph. Host where was that photograph taken . Guest it was actually taken in california, and its interesting because she was really the main california in the western u. S. During the 1930s depression. And it was taken among people working in a peapicking field. These were migrant farm workers who moved along from field to field, from one agricultur...

If you want want to do with the frustration many to have an environment where we are not exploiting those people. Host gary segura is the coauthor of this book Latino America how americas most dynamic population is poised to transform the politics of the nation. He also teaches at stanford. Professor segura thank you for your time on and booktv. Guest all right. Thomas read former Campaign Manager for Ronald Reagan in 1960s talks about president reagans Political Development and argues that reagan was a political grandmaster. This is about 40 minutes. Ronald reagan experienced several beginnin...

He was a believing catholic. Arranged for reagan to meet with the pope to discuss putting peace the pieces, components for destabilizing poland and the disintegration of communist control. Reagan was an avid reader of the bible, and his fear of armageddon was a prime force reagan was devoid of political ambition, but on the other hand wants into a contest reagan was an absolutely uncompromising competitor. The toughest competitor ive ever known, and that is how the cold war phased out and played itself out, not accepting second prizes. It came to me in january of 1982. Helping National Securit...

Well, thank you very much indeed. Now, normally when i give a talk of any description, and ive given quite a number in the last week while ive been in america, i usually have a little repertory of anecdotes with which i commence, and i had one prepared this evening. But strangely enough, something happened to me on the way here which meant that i decided to scrap it and talk about Something Else entirely. I took the subway to congress circle, and i walked up Central Park West towards the historical society, and as i was walking up the street, out of the corner of my eye i saw a bronze plaque o...