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Father was an educator and when i was born, he was president of ford Valley State College in southern georgia. My mother had been a classroom teacher and then went back to that and stopped again over the course of my early life. But they were the prime influences as parents are with all children. They set very high standards for their children but had a soft hand. It wasnt that you must do this but we expect you to do this. And my father, who had spent a great deal of his career researching the development of leadership figures, had always argued that, if you had an advantage over the massive ...

In 10 minutes, we will hear from julian bond as he remembers his career as a civil rights leader. Thealks about growing up in segregated south, his involvement with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and his later political career. First project or rector Phyllis Leffler discusses the origins of this oral History Collection and its historical importance. This program is a little over 90 minutes. Phyllis leffler, what is the explorations in black leadership project . Its a videotaped oral history interview series that was carried out at the university of virginia. It was done with t...

There are three entities you cannot say no to. First is my mom. Two, the gold star mothers. Three, the american legion. We are here. [applause] here, i want to leave you walking away with an appreciation for what baltimore represents. Because this is a really important year. This year is 2015, 200 years ago of really, what a year reflection. 1815, the cornerstone of a very important monument was late, which still stands up the road. If you get some time, i would ask you to visit it. It is called the battle monument. It is also sometimes called the baltimore monument. If you look at the monumen...

And then beyond that, there are themes that emerge about the importance of National Causes that catalyze people to see themselves as leaders. Catalysts like the brown decision itself, which black leaders were so heavily involved. And then of course the Civil Rights Movement that generated grassroots leaders who came about and then became leaders for the rest of their lives. So the book has those major themes and i think thats exactly what emerges from the interviews and thats why i wrote the book, to call attention to these themes. But you can also just go to the website and find what you want...

I went to college that year instead of taking the hard road you chose. After two deployments overseas, he was chosen to join the target surveillance platoon for duty of scout sniper. You may have noticed the ribbon with stars he is wearing today. That represents a few deployments he has made. 16. Wow. I have 10 times with the marine corps unit and five with special forces. Excellent. David that is my mistake. I was never good at math. [laughter] he retired in 2014 as command Sergeant Major for weapons training at quantico and is on the Editorial Board at annapolis. Thank you for joining us. [a...