Youre been listening to some of Eleanor Roosevelts address hours after the attack at pearl harbor. She gave that address before her husband even spoke to the nation. For the next two hours, we are going to get to know this transformational first lady. Shes consistently ranked first and first ladys polls. Will look at her life, her relationships and the time in the white house from 1933 to 1945. Welcome to first ladies influence and image series. Joining us tonight is the editor of the Eleanor Roosevelt papers project at George Washington university and an historian. Another historian, Doug Brinkley who is an author from rice university. Thank you for being here with us. 1933, andley, march operated in a entered the white house. What are they walking into . Fdr did not get to walk in. He came in a wheelchair. The fact that somebody was crippled in the lower half said not to fear but fear is sell. Thats perhaps the most famous phrase of the inauguration. What people was fearing was chaos
Youve been listening to some of Eleanor Roosevelts address hours after the attack at pearl harbor. She gave that address before her husband even spoke to the nation. For the next two hours, we are going to get to know this transformational first lady. Shes consistently ranked first in historians polls on first ladies. We will look at her life, her relationships and the time in the white house from 1933 to 1945. Well good evening and welcome to first ladies influence and image series. Joining us this evening to talk about Eleanor Roosevelt is allida black, the editor of the Eleanor Roosevelt papers project at George Washington university and an historian. Another historian, Doug Brinkley who is an author from rice university. Thank you for being here with us. Doug brinkley, its march 1933, inauguration and entered the white house. What are they walking into . Fdr did not get to walk in. He came in a wheelchair. The fact that somebody was crippled in the lower half said theres nothing to
Good evening. The cabinet is convening and the leaders are meeting with the president. The state department and Navy Officials are meeting with the president all afternoon. In fact, the japanese ambassador was talking to the president at the time that japan was bombing our citizens in the philippines and sinking one of our transports. By tomorrow morning, the members of congress will have a report and be ready for action. . Youve been listening to some of Eleanor Roosevelts address hours after the attack at pearl harbor. She gave that address before her husband even spoke to the nation. For the next two hours, we are going to get to know this transformational first lady. Shes consistently ranked first in historians polls on first ladies. We will look at her life, her relationships and the time in the white house from 1933 to 1945. Well good evening and welcome to first ladies influence and image series. Joining us this evening to talk about Eleanor Roosevelt is allida black, the editor
Mack presents his book, representing threpresenting te creation of the civil rights lawyer. Well, thank you. Thank you to the library of congress for inviting me, and thank you to all of you for coming. What i would like to do today is talk little bit about the book, a little bit about how i came to write it, and ill read just a little but also and then we will take questions. So the book. The book is a biographical account of men and women who changed america. Men and women who helped transform america from a country that denied basic Citizenship Rights to a portion of its citizens based on race to the country that we know today that embraces racial equality as one of its core principles. Its a collective biography of a group of africanamerican civil rights lawyers who practice law during the era of jim crow. Lawyers like Thurgood Marshall and a number of lesserknown figures like los angeles lawyer laura miller, polly murray who has spent some of her career here in washington, d. C. ,
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