Jackson as a frontiersman is too simplistic. He believes that jacksons upgrading upbringing in the south is more in line with an elite southern gentleman. This 50 Minute Program was hosted by the library of congress. Professor cheathem thank you. My name is jeff flanery, i would like to welcome you to the library of congress. The menu for the the Manuscript Library is related to American History and culture. Among our collection of personal papers of 23 u. S. President s and numerous other wellknown americans including such notables as Walt Whitman Orville and wilbur wright, carl sagan, and civil rights icon rosa parks. 170 years after his death Andrew Jackson still dominates the. Between the onslaught of the slavery crisis that overran midcentury america. One could mark the expansion of democracy, trace the development of modern political parties, and witness a wave of political partisanship that would not look unfamiliar to modern already and says. Modern audiences. The librarys manu
Been overwhelmingly peaceful. It is very difficult for people to complain about them. Difficult, not impossible. We have the right to protest, they go on the sidewalk and make noise and hold signs an let people know you disagree. But when you block traffic, thats a form of violence. Jon yes thank you, blocking traffic is a form of violence. How dare these marchers put our streets in some kind of lets call it a chokehold of traffic. How dare they wouldnt have anything to do with the streets being black, now, does it . You know, if you are that convinced that impeding manhattan drivers is a form of violence, i think its time to indict the new york marathon. Macys thanksgiving day parade, the puerto rican day parade, gay pride pa rate, st. Patricks day parade, halloween parade, the german american parade or any random popup street fair selling misery meats and tube socks, and i havent even gotten to the most violent of offenders. That tree is like a glittering berlin wall preventing any m
Protestors preventing people from shopping at macys. I hope these shoppers shall overcome. Now thats yes, i cant buy yes, yes, black friday matters. It does. The protest have even spilled over into professional sports. Athletes donning tshirts expressing a desire for justice. Last time i checked, tshirts dont block traffic. They dont prevent from you shopping at macys. They should be a perfectly acceptable way to express ones feelings about political issues. I wondered to myself, what if lebron james instead had a shirt be a better father to your dad. I mean be a better father to your son. Raise your children. Those difficult issues are not being dealt with by the black community. Jon well, be a better father. Lebron actually liveds that message. And if he wants advice on shirts im sure will ask someone who wears one. But point taken. Point taken no, now we have to respect the point. I mean obviously one of these two men has five kids in various locations by multiple baby mommas. And t
Of lets call it a chokehold of traffic. How dare they wouldnt have anything to do with the streets being black, now, does it . You know, if you are that convinced that impeding manhattan drivers is a form of violence, i think its time to indict the new york marathon. Macys thanksgiving day parade, the puerto rican day parade, gay pride pa rate, st. Patricks day parade, halloween parade, the german american parade or any random popup street fair selling misery meats and tube socks, and i havent even gotten to the most violent of offenders. That tree is like a glittering berlin wall preventing any movement from east to west. Mr. Claus, tear down that tree. applause but its one thing for protestor, its one thing for protestors to do violence to our city streets and traffic. It is quite another for them to use Excessive Force against christmas. It is creating havoc. Weve got two weeks before christmas. Do you think this is going to have some impact i mean who wants to go shopping at macys
Daughter. [applause] his daughter, and his son are in the audience and my mother and my uncle. We have these fine books that are comprised of 1500 pages and there is no overlap between the two because of the conceptual differences. The book by john dean, legendary watergate figure accountable to president nixon, the nixon defense, New York Times bestseller is an authoritative examination of the 1,000 or so conversations that were taped in the Nixon White House. The nixon tapes by douglas brinkley, they did not these books offer a you remarkable searing view of Richard Nixon and all of his ruthless pragmatism and pettiness and offered glimpses of the possibility of what could have been a great presidency had not been undone by his almost shakespearean problems. I turned this over to the authors and say a few words about the books and i will start with doug and luke. Thank you for being here. I am a professor at rice university. Luke teaches texas a m in history and there you go. This ca