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To stand up and accept the title of heirs of freedom, or were going to hand freedom away, and thats what this book is all about. God bless you for writing in this, and thank you for being here with us. Well, i appreciate that so much. Thank you. You are awesome. [applause] thank you. Bless you. So nice. [applause] thanks, guys. Thank you. The standing ovation is more than appropriate, but im going to ask you to the take your seats again [laughter] for just a moment longer. Did our friends in the overflow room enjoy the programsome program . Its always, i thought so, i thought so. I do want to ...

Of gwen ifill across the ballroom. I would answer questions, so i hope you have a bunch. Afterwards, mr. Morris will sign copies of his book at the table. By the way, marion was the recipient of the state award in 1998 and her picture from that night is just outside the room on the law. Please get a National Press club welcome to dan and john morris. [applause] thank you all for coming. We are here to celebrate the life and times of a Great Washington institution, a former colleague of mine and many others, some of whom are in the room. John has written a wonderful and engaging book. We will g...

Awarding the congressional gold medal to dr. Martin luther king, jr. And his wife core letta scott king. This is a little less than an hour. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our honored guest, members of the United States house of representatives, members of the United States senate and the speaker of the United States house of representatives. Ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the United States house of representatives the honorable john boehner. Good afternoon and welcome to the United States capitol. [ applause ] as you can see the dome is under construction. Getting some repairs and...

The individual, checks and balances, freedom, liberty and so forth. As i said, trying to channel arab nationalism into the western camp into the cold war. Ive in looking at how the United States thought about this and the strategy they developed, ive come to the conclusion that there was a kind of map that the americans had that was above all of their all of their policy discussions. A kind of paradigm. I actually started thinking this way. I worked, if i could give you a personal anecdote, i worked in the white house in the george w. Bush administration. And i had a had come from academia, wh...

President johnson and his interaction with dr. Martin luther king, jr. , Hubert Humphrey and robert kennedy. In a half hour congressional members mark the anniversary with a ceremony. It awards the congressional gold medal to his wife and Coretta Scott king. After that don richy discusses the congressional debate and passage of the Civil Rights Act with former cbs correspondent roger mudd and former reporter andy glass. Later from the National Constitution center, author tom perdom talks about his book, two parties, two president s and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. American history all weekend...