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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove 20180104

Lyricism, critique and politics, she has illuminated political cultural and literature and cultivated the arts. Getting that medal, getting the National Medal of the arts meant personally for me something. It was quite an achievement and one that i felt almost well, really humbled to receive. But it also meant that arts mattered and to have them recognized at that level of the country of government was a profound act, not just for me but for every young person in this country who ever wanted to express themselves whether with paint or with words or with song or with their bodies and dance. I wrote as a hobby. I didnt know it could be a profession at all because i had had no role models. Id never paet novelist or a poet. All these people were names in a book and the only one i really had a visual of was shakespeare and he was long gone. I really thought that i was going to be either a doctor, a lawyer or a teacher. I didnt feel tha ....

United States , New Jersey , John Brown , Theodore Roosevelt , William Mary , Lyndon Johnson , Paul Lawrence Dunbar , Ronald Reagan , Patrick Henry , Don Rumsfeld , Brent Scowcroft , Thomas Jefferson , Jimmy Carter , George W Bush , Colin Powell , John Kennedy , James Madison , John F Kennedy , Laura Bush , Jeremy Neely , Ted Kennedy , Getting National , National Medal , National Medal Arts , Young Person , Book One ,

Transcripts For CSPAN3 Mayor Sly James 20180104

It is 480,000 people spread across those 318 square miles for a density of about 1,460 per mile, which is pretty sparse when you get right down to it. Were roughly, 29, 30 African American. About 11 latino, 5 various mixes of immigrants and various cultures there. The rest caucasian. Kansas city has variety of neighborhoods. It has an extremely sophisticated purpose and culture. Things that people might not expect. We have tremendous sports teams. We have great art. Its a place of variety and a place of music and barbecue. One thing i can tell you as a mayor is that all cities have similar problems. We have issues that we have to deal with crime. Just like everybody else, too many guns on the street, too much gun violence, too many homicides. We have to deal with that. By educating kids. Because one thing we know is that seldom do you have ph. Ds shooting each other on street corners. You have people who are undereducated and th ....

United States , North Carolina , Kansas City , Martin Luther King Jr , John Brown , Jim Pendergast , Al Ka , John House , Tom Pendergast , Lionel Hampton , Jessie Owens , Lena Horn , Jackie Robinson , Square Miles , City Variety , City Times , High School , Civil Rights , First Group , Negro League , Negro League Players , League Players , Baseball Hall , Star Team , John Buckle , National Baseball ,

Transcripts For CSPAN3 Former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove 20180104

Lyricism, critique and politics, she has illuminated political cultural and literature and cultivated the arts. Getting that medal, getting the National Medal of the arts meant personally for me something. It was quite an achievement and one that i felt almost well, really humbled to receive. But it also meant that arts mattered and to have them recognized at that level of the country of government was a profound act, not just for me but for every young person in this country who ever wanted to express themselves whether with paint or with words or with song or with their bodies and dance. I wrote as a hobby. I didnt know it could be a profession at all because i had had no role models. Id never paet novelist or a poet. All these people were names in a book and the only one i really had a visual of was shakespeare and he was long gone. I really thought that i was going to be either a doctor, a lawyer or a teacher. I didnt feel tha ....

United States , Kansas City , New Jersey , John Brown , Theodore Roosevelt , William Mary , Lyndon Johnson , Paul Lawrence Dunbar , Ronald Reagan , Patrick Henry , Don Rumsfeld , Brent Scowcroft , Thomas Jefferson , Jimmy Carter , George W Bush , Colin Powell , John Kennedy , James Madison , John F Kennedy , Laura Bush , Jeremy Neely , Ted Kennedy , Getting National , National Medal , National Medal Arts , Young Person ,

Transcripts For CSPAN3 Mayor Sly James 20180104

Across those 318 square miles for a density of about 1,460 per mile, which is pretty sparse when you get right down to it. Were roughly, 29, 30 African American. About 11 latino, 5 various mixes of immigrants and various cultures there. The rest caucasian. Kansas city has variety of neighborhoods. It has an extremely sophisticated purpose and culture. Things that people might not expect. We have tremendous sports teams. We have great art. Its a place of variety and a place of music and barbecue. One thing i can tell you as a mayor is that all cities have similar problems. We have issues that we have to deal with crime. Just like everybody else, too many guns on the street, too much gun violence, too many homicides. We have to deal with that. By educating kids. Because one thing we know is that seldom do you have ph. Ds shooting each other on street corners. You have people who are undereducated and therefore have fewer options w ....

New York , United States , North Carolina , Kansas City , Martin Luther King Jr , John Brown , Jim Pendergast , Al Ka , John House , Tom Pendergast , Lionel Hampton , Jessie Owens , Lena Horn , Jackie Robinson , Square Miles , City Variety , City Times , High School , Civil Rights , First Group , Negro League , Negro League Players , League Players , Baseball Hall , Star Team , John Buckle ,

Transcripts For CSPAN3 Former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove 20180104

She has illuminated political cultural and literature and cultivated the arts. Getting that medal, getting the National Medal of the arts meant personally for me something. It was quite an achievement and one that i felt almost well, really humbled to receive. But it also meant that arts mattered and to have them recognized at that level of the country of government was a profound act, not just for me but for every young person in this country who ever wanted to express themselves whether with paint or with words or with song or with their bodies and dance. I wrote as a hobby. I didnt know it could be a profession at all because i had had no role models. Id never paet novelist or a poet. All these people were names in a book and the only one i really had a visual of was shakespeare and he was long gone. I really thought that i was going to be either a doctor, a lawyer or a teacher. I didnt feel that pressure that you will become a ....

United States , Kansas City , New Jersey , John Brown , Theodore Roosevelt , William Mary , Lyndon Johnson , Paul Lawrence Dunbar , Ronald Reagan , Patrick Henry , Don Rumsfeld , Brent Scowcroft , Thomas Jefferson , Jimmy Carter , George W Bush , Colin Powell , John Kennedy , James Madison , John F Kennedy , Laura Bush , Jeremy Neely , Ted Kennedy , Getting National , National Medal , National Medal Arts , Young Person ,