Hes the author of the forthcoming book. The New York Historical society hosted this hour long event. Good evening. Im dale gregory. Vice president for Public Programs and im thrilled to welcome you to our spectacular Robert H Smith auditorium. Tonights program, the First Amendment, the constitution on campus is part the bernard and schwartz distinguished Speaker Series which is the heart of the Public Programs. I would like to thank mr. Schwartz for his support to invite so many authors and historians. Lets give him a big hand. [ applause ] id also like to recognize and thank three extraordinary Trustees Board chair, pam shafler and rick reese and susan danalo with us tonight. Give them a big hand as well. [ applause ] and we also want to thank our Chairmans Council and Frederick Douglas Council Members who are with us tonight for all their great work and support. One more hand. Thank you. So the program tonight will last an hour and include a question and answer session and q and a is
Disturbing to some viewers. We, the negro people down here have gotten completely failed. It you know what they are going to do tonight . They are going after the white people. Now they are after the white people. Theyre going to congregate. They are going to do the white man in tonight. They are going to do the white man in tonight. [church congregation singing] narrator anarchy, the breakdown of law and order, a chaotic reign of terror, mob rule and rioting, the collapse of government authority. These phrases ring strange in the ears of americans, and for good reason. Through the years, america has stood as the world symbol for law and order. Our government is responsive to the will of the people. Our courts and legislatures are the mechanics for peaceful address of grievances. And the policeman on the corner has traditionally been looked on as a friend, not as the instrument of a tyrant. Anarchy, well, that was something we read about in our newspapers that was always happening in o
Foundation in washington dc. [applause] i am often asked, what would president nixon do about this issue or that problem, who better to attempt to answer that than Newt Gingrich who served as the speaker of the u. S. House of representatives, he upheld the republican wave in 1994 and as a historian in his own right and the author of a staggering 41 books, he is a master of marrying politics with history, to enable a better understanding of both. He is joined by ambassador callista gingrich, thank you for being with us madame ambassador. Please join me in welcoming speaker, Newt Gingrich. [applause] mr. Gingrich thank you. First of all, thank you all, very, very much. I am delighted to be here, we drove in watching the video that was made for your 50th anniversary which is a remarkable video. And amazingly beautiful. So Richard Nixon had a huge impact on my life. People often forget in retrospect that nixon was the preeminent modern republican, in the 1940s and 1950s and early 1960s. He