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The 1976 Democratic Convention keynote speaker. The 30 minute film was originally created for overseas audiences and was recently restored by the national archives. Political participation is a new cutting edge of the Civil Rights Movement and what black leadership is trying to do today is to get black americans who are 10 of the total electorate in this country as zealous and as fired up and as committed in as active and as aggressive and as sophisticated in politics as they were during the protest movement of the 1960s. We also serve notice here and now that if we have anything to do with it...

Andrew card, former white house chief of staff chief of staff for president bush. He talked about white house and west wing Inauguration Day activities, both practical and ceremonial. He shared his observations of past president ial transitions. This is about 20 minutes. Having served three republican president s, walk through the final 24 hours of the outgoing president. What is going through his mind . What is happening inside the white house . Differencere is a between a president who leaves because he lost his bid for reelection and he leaves because the constitution prevents his reelectio...

The 1976 Democratic Convention keynote speaker. The 30 minute film was originally created for overseas audiences and was recently restored by the national archives. Political participation is a new cutting edge of the Civil Rights Movement and what black leadership is trying to do today is to get black americans who are 10 of the total electorate in this country as zealous and as fired up and as committed in as active and as aggressive and as sophisticated in politics as they were during the protest movement of the 1960s. We also serve notice here and now that if we have anything to do with it...

Announcer each week, american brings you archival films that provide context for todays of Public Affairs issues. Next, the time has come, a 1977 u. S. Information agency film documenting the progress of africanamericans by profiling several newlyelected black public officials. Narrated by james earl jones, the film includes interviews and scenes with u. S. Senator Edward Brooke of massachusetts, Atlanta Mayor maynard jackson, pennsylvania secretary of state delores tucker, future congressman john lewis, and representative Barbara Jordan, the 1976 Democratic Convention keynote speaker. The 30 ...

By now weve seen the reports in the resulting collapse of section i85 northeast of atlanta. This is a critically important piece of our system which carries over 400,000 cars a day. With that volume of traffic, its amazing there wasnt any loss of life in this incident. I commend the state and local officials for responding so quickly to the crisis. I want to commend the u. S. Department of transportation for acting quickly to release funds, emergency funds and provide assistance. Were here to examine the implementation of the fast act of state and local partners. Its the first long term surfac...