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Said that it was called true crime but we wanted it to be a social issue and explain a creature like whitey could only exist in a certain time and place and pecuer pucular to boston because the irish were in control of politics, Law Enforcement and business. The influence of the Italian Mafia the fbi could create a National Policy to go after the mafia and use whitey to say they were being used to help get the mafia. This is a story with great sweep. And there was a guy named John Mccormick who was the representative from boston. Dot. He did because if youre an fbi agent your prestige, status ...

Audience members please turn off your cell phones now. Everybody take a second to make sure your cell phone is off. So we have two wonderful boston globe columnist here, kevin cole in in your penitentiary, and we asked him if he would like to attend but when the phone didnt ring we knew it was him. [laughter] shelley and i have covered, first of all, shelley grew up in dorchester very close to the south boston line. She went to south boston high. My entire maternal side is in south boston so we would have grown up knowing, learning about Whitey Bulger by osmosis. Everybody where we grew up whe...

Confederate surrender at appomattox and the assassination of president abraham lincoln. In this period of uncertainty, americans wondered how the new president , Andrew Johnson, would lead the divided nation. Many, especially African Americans, were hopeful that johnson would actively promote the cause of black equality. Black leaders, however, became disillusioned with johnson after a dramatic meeting with the president at the white house. Frederik Johnson Johnsons conflict with congress over reconstruction eventually led to his impeachment. Within the records of the National Archives is the ...

In the big ten conference, including student death, admission policies and campus safety, this interview with Indiana University president Michael Mcrobbie is 45 minutes. This morning, the cspan bus is on the campus of Indiana University in bloomington. On it, we are joined by the president of Indiana University, Michael Mcrobbie. Thank you very joining us. Delighted to be here and welcome to Indiana University. Thank you for the invitation. Can we start, president , with your general thoughts before we talk about the details of your university, but your thoughts on the greatest challenges fac...

Periods of time. We heard about the serious impact, fiscal impact of solitary confinement. It costs almost three times as much to keep a federal prisoner in segregation than in the general population. And we learned about the human impact of holdsing tens of thousands of men, women and children in small, windowless cells 23 hours a day, for days, for months and for years with very little if any contact with the outside world. This extreme isolation can have serious psychological impacts on an inmate. According to several studies, at least half of all prison suicides occur in solitary confineme...