Reagan socoming into office represented what i think Time Magazine is say iing here. A fresh start for so many people. Reagans hero was franklin roosevelt. Reagan was of a different party, but his hero was roosevelt because he grew up listening to him on the radio and saw in him a figure that would help restore hope to americans, the faith that better days ahead. Someone who retore stored a sense of can do spirit in americans and thats what reagan was all about. He came of age, not just in the shadow of the Great Depression and cold war, but in the shadow of the vietnam war, the disruptions of the 1970s and 1960s and for reagan, there had to be a better way. A more positive perspective. It was not enough to accept things as they were. There had to be a better way. He brought a muhao infusion of idealism that Many Americans were looking for after a decade, decade and a half following the vietnam war, the 1960s, when people were escaping rather than really seeking major fundamental chang
First slide if we could. We have Ronald Reagan, and we talked about the disruptions of the 1960s, the social changes in the towards 1970s suburbanization. We talked about nixon and carter and the desire so Many Americans silence, tot, for escape the disruption, to escape the conflicts. Ronald reagan coming into office in the early 1980s, elected in november 1980, represented what Time Magazine is saying here, a fresh start. A positive disposition. His hero was Franklin Roosevelt. Ronald reagan was of a different party, but his hero was roosevelt because he grew up listening to him on the radio. I will talk about that more and a couple of minutes. He saw and roosevelt a figure who helped to restore hope to americans and the sense of better days ahead, someone who restored a sense of can do spirit in america. That is what reagan was all about. He came of age not just in the shadow of the Great Depression and the cold war but also the vietnam war, the disruptions of the 1970s and 1960s, a
Good morning. Next week, americans will honor our nations veterans who have paid the price for our freedom in times of conflict and served as our shield in times of peace. Today, nearly 20 million americans have earned the title of veteran. Im proud to say that maine is home to more than 114,000 veterans. The second highest percentage in our entire country. We owe them such a great debt. The gratitude we express in words on veterans day can repay this debt only in small measure. A truly grateful nation must match its words with actions. As we will learn today, one issue that calls for our immediate action is to fight a newer enemy facing our veterans and that is those relentless con artists who seek to rob them of their life savings and defraud them of the benefits they have earned in service to our country. Often, veterans fall victim to the same scams that this committee has highlighted in recent years such as the irs imposter scam, the grandparent scam, the romance scam, the jamaica
Washington journal. We are joined by joyann reid. She is the author of medgar and myrlie medgar evers and the love story that awakened america. She is also a political analyst for msnbc. Thank you. Guest host remind us about medgar evers. Guest medgar evers was the rst field secretary for the naacp in mississippi. Jordan was doing the same job in georgia. He was doing the same job in mississippi investigating the deaths and lynchings of black people and registering people to vote. Host you said you feel that medgar evers has been given a short shift in americas history. Why do you think that happened . Guest if you think about the job he was doing, he was doing the kind of activism that dr. King was doing in alabama and that johnis was doing in georgia and he is doing it in mississippi which was the most dangerous place tothe highest n, the most violent version of the clan. Agency called the Sovereignty Commission that went into action after brown v. They were under tremendous pressure
Thank you. Guest great to be here. Host remind us about medgar evers. Guest medgar evers was the first field secretary for the naacp in mississippi. ■w■ijordan was doing the same jn georgia. He was doing the same job in mississippi investigating the deaths and lynchings of black eople to vote. Host you said you feel that medgar evers has been given a short shift in americas history. Why do you think that happened . Guest if you think about the job he was doing, he was doing the kind of activism that dr. Dd that john lewis was doing in georgiamississippi which was tht dangerous place to be black in america. The highest number of lynchings, the most violent version of the clan. And the statewide agency called the sont into action after brow. They were under tremendous pressure even from the naacp which did not agree with activism in the streets. They wanted to fight in the courts. The amount of violence that you would face in that state was unprecedented for any civil rights activist