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Here before, welcome back. I would like to say hello to those who are watching this through live stream and through cspan2. This is a great day to have a great conversation about Higher Education, particularly the role of historically lack colleges and universities. In 1997 i have the opportunity to work on a project with a gentleman named Samuel Dewitt proctor. Many of you know him as a former president , some of you know him from virginia university. He actually spent time here in washington d. C. As a kennedy appointee to the peace corps, but a number of you know him through his work as the pastor at the baptist church. In 1997 we had opportunity to sit in a very lovely room with a donor who owns a very large and Famous Family foundation. The head of that walked into the room and we exchanged niceties and she said can ....
Working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide; the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build measurably better lives; the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. The tabloid media and the political media converge for the first time, and you suddenly have the camera scrums of people shoving each other aside, elbowing. The tabloid reporters are jumping over bushes. Could we not push the crowd . This is not just big political news, it was gossip. I officially announce my candidacy for the office of president of the United States of america. Bold leadership. All four Television Networks covered jackson. It was called the body watch. They were assuming that he was going to get shot. [dramatic hiphop music] the 1980s was a time of big ideas and even bigger personali ....
Working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide; the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build measurably better lives; the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. The tabloid media and the political media converge for the first time, and you suddenly have the camera scrums of people shoving each other aside, elbowing. The tabloid reporters are jumping over bushes. Could we not push the crowd . This is not just big political news, it was gossip. I officially announce my candidacy for the office of president of the United States of america. Bold leadership. All four Television Networks covered jackson. It was called the body watch. They were assuming that he was going to get shot. [dramatic hiphop music] the 1980s was a time of big ideas and even bigger personali ....
Eager to join in dialogue about where we as a nation find ourselves in this drive towards freedom and it seems particularly fitting that we would have this conversation today, the day after the nation paused its daily business to pay tribute to reverend Martin Luther king, jr. s life and legacy. And it seems fitting that we would have this conversation the day after the nations first black president was sworn in for his second term. I know much of the nation has already moved on, and president obamas rhetoric about the promise of america, life, liberty, justice, equality for all has already been forgotten by many, and i know that many people in america will not think of dr. King again until his holiday rolls around again next year. But i would like to us to pause to night and think more deeply about the meaning of dr. Kings life and his legacy and what it has to teach the nations present. It seems important to do that given that th ....
Paused its daily business to pay tribute to reverend Martin Luther king jr. s life and legacy. And it seems fitting that we should have the conversation the day after the nations first black president was sworn in for his second term. I know much of the nation has already moved on, and president obamas soaring rhetoric about the promise of america, life, liberty, justice, equality for all he has already been forgotten by many, and i know that many people in america will not think of dr. King again until his holiday rolls around again next year. But i would like for us to pause tonight and think more deeply about the meaning of dr. Kings life and his legacy and what it has to teach us about our nations president. It seems particularly important for us to do that given that this year marks the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. 50 years have passed since his voice soared over the washington monument, declaring his dream i h ....