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jackie kennedy hated politics. she hated the what she called the back rooms and the cigar. and so let mrs. johnson do a bunch of campaigning for her in the 1960 campaign. plus, she was pregnant and couldn't actually do a lot of campaigning. but so there was a similarity there terms of. style. i i've already mentioned that and there is i'm sure, programs, of course first ladies always follow the passion of their heart. so they were different. their programs check the kennedy white house restoration. lady bird johnson, the civil rights early childhood education and of course the environment and pat nixon violent terrorism and person -- but very interesting white. all three were very similar in they championed white house restoration of three made very important contributions and white house restoration and i'm sure he spoke further illuminate the very significant contribution since pat nixon may to make to caring about the white house to her being available to disable people and bringing in a lot of tradition not antique furniture. mrs. johnson brought in americana so all thr
jackie kennedy hated politics. she hated the what she called the back rooms and the cigar. and so let mrs. johnson do a bunch of campaigning for her in the 1960 campaign. plus, she was pregnant and couldn't actually do a lot of campaigning. but so there was a similarity there terms of. style. i i've already mentioned that and there is i'm sure, programs, of course first ladies always follow the passion of their heart. so they were different. their programs check the kennedy white house...
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the white house belongs to the people, as jackie kennedy always. and so you need to bring as many people, as many abilities, languages through the door as you can. and on that same level of another thing that i want to add in terms of mrs. nixon's longevity and legacy that we still see at the white house today and tis season for white house garden which we will see very soon. and i think this is a really great legacy of mrs. nixon, the white house tours as we know them today begin with her. in 1973. and this is a chance for members of the public to come learn about the history of the grounds they had been able to come before for something an egg roll and see the white house gardens and grounds, but maybe not learn so much about why these things matter, why it matters to preserve this history. and at the very first white house spring garden that mrs. nixon hosts, she's got white house gardeners on hand where you can ask questions about what their daily work is like or what that flower or plant, as well as historical resources to learn more and to th
the white house belongs to the people, as jackie kennedy always. and so you need to bring as many people, as many abilities, languages through the door as you can. and on that same level of another thing that i want to add in terms of mrs. nixon's longevity and legacy that we still see at the white house today and tis season for white house garden which we will see very soon. and i think this is a really great legacy of mrs. nixon, the white house tours as we know them today begin with her. in...
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jackie kennedy also made some statements with some of her activities. she supported a memorial to the black activist mary mcleod. the soon she made several visits and to poverty stricken areas in washington, d.c. and she also requested that a black opera singer sing at the white house. so following some of the leads of some of her predecessors in terms of using entertainment, lady bird johnson took the next major step, and that was in 1964, after the passage of the civil rights bill. she went on a whistle stop tour, campaigns to her tour. it was difficult for lyndon johnson to go into the south after the passage of the civil rights bill. but lady bird, who had southern roots and who had family from alabama and used to spend much of her childhood there, summers said she would take it on, and she gave some pretty dramatic speeches that made it very clear what her position was. she said in one speech, i know that many of you do not agree with the civil rights bill or the president's support of it. it would be a bottomless tragedy for our country to be raci
jackie kennedy also made some statements with some of her activities. she supported a memorial to the black activist mary mcleod. the soon she made several visits and to poverty stricken areas in washington, d.c. and she also requested that a black opera singer sing at the white house. so following some of the leads of some of her predecessors in terms of using entertainment, lady bird johnson took the next major step, and that was in 1964, after the passage of the civil rights bill. she went...
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again, a legacy of jackie kennedy. this was this was her establishing this because she knew there were never be enough government money to protect the white house in the way that it should be museum standard. so all first ladies really have felt this obligation to be a good steward of. the white house, mrs. clinton, you know, came in this is a new era. this is a baby boomer generation really looking at what impact, what they can bring to the white house. that's new and modern. and she had an affinity for class american art. and so she brought some new ideas to, the white house, to show that it's a living, breathing museum. it doesn't to say static in past exhibits of modern sculpture, pottery, modern art, glassware. these were temporary exhibits that in the white house and very, very interesting. but since also was it was a for the historic rooms a beautiful restoration and renovation of the blue room happened under the clinton administration. then of course they are there on the eve of the millennium. and so the and s
again, a legacy of jackie kennedy. this was this was her establishing this because she knew there were never be enough government money to protect the white house in the way that it should be museum standard. so all first ladies really have felt this obligation to be a good steward of. the white house, mrs. clinton, you know, came in this is a new era. this is a baby boomer generation really looking at what impact, what they can bring to the white house. that's new and modern. and she had an...
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again, a legacy of jackie kennedy. this was this was her establishing this because she knew there were never be enough government money to protect the white house in the way that it should be museum standard. so all first ladies really have felt this obligation to be a good steward of. the white house, mrs. clinton, you know, came in this is a new era. this is a baby boomer generation really looking at what impact, what they can bring to the white house. that's new and modern. and she had an affinity for class american art. and so she brought some new ideas to, the white house, to show that it's a living, breathing museum. it doesn't to say static in past exhibits of modern sculpture, pottery, modern art, glassware. these were temporary exhibits that in the white house and very, very interesting. but since also was it was a for the historic rooms a beautiful restoration and renovation of the blue room happened under the clinton administration. then of course they are there on the eve of the millennium. and so the and s
again, a legacy of jackie kennedy. this was this was her establishing this because she knew there were never be enough government money to protect the white house in the way that it should be museum standard. so all first ladies really have felt this obligation to be a good steward of. the white house, mrs. clinton, you know, came in this is a new era. this is a baby boomer generation really looking at what impact, what they can bring to the white house. that's new and modern. and she had an...
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again, a legacy of jackie kennedy. this was this was her establishing this because she knew there were never be enough government money to protect the white house in the way that it should be museum standard. so all first ladies really have felt this obligation to be a good steward of. the white house, mrs. clinton, you know, came in this is a new era. this is a baby boomer generation really looking at what impact, what they can bring to the white house. that's new and modern. and she had an affinity for class american art. and so she brought some new ideas to, the white house, to show that it's a living, breathing museum. it doesn't to say static in past exhibits of modern sculpture, pottery, modern art, glassware. these were temporary exhibits that in the white house and very, very interesting. but since also was it was a for the historic rooms a beautiful restoration and renovation of the blue room happened under the clinton administration. then of course they are there on the eve of the millennium. and so the and s
again, a legacy of jackie kennedy. this was this was her establishing this because she knew there were never be enough government money to protect the white house in the way that it should be museum standard. so all first ladies really have felt this obligation to be a good steward of. the white house, mrs. clinton, you know, came in this is a new era. this is a baby boomer generation really looking at what impact, what they can bring to the white house. that's new and modern. and she had an...
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from that moment, she knew jackie kennedy was a man of his word. oh, so i love that, too. kind of personalized in the story any way he could. that was a real trait of his. so we've covered a lot of ground here tonight. and i really want to make sure i can leave room for your questions and your stories as well. but i also want to leave you with something. there's know if you've heard this, there's a there's a big election coming up the fall. there's an election happening. and so i'm hoping that people can read this book and maybe take some lesson, whatever lesson you want from that. and apply it to today. for me, i think there's a really powerful lesson in learning about this team of wisconsinites. and for me, the lesson is simply this you needn't be the richest, the most. well or the most connected to enact real fundamental and lasting change. as cultural anthropologist margaret mead said, never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. it's the only thing that ever has so often politicians today feel like caricatures. i think people
from that moment, she knew jackie kennedy was a man of his word. oh, so i love that, too. kind of personalized in the story any way he could. that was a real trait of his. so we've covered a lot of ground here tonight. and i really want to make sure i can leave room for your questions and your stories as well. but i also want to leave you with something. there's know if you've heard this, there's a there's a big election coming up the fall. there's an election happening. and so i'm hoping that...
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now anybody can find clint on the limousine and the image of jackie kennedy with a pink suit on and actuallyohn f. kennedy. we've seen that over and over and over again. your question reminds you of andy warhol, the famous pop artist. he did an entire series and the '60s called death and disaster. whenever there was a iconic image, he would blow it up and put it in the on colors. documents in car crashes and assassinations and suicide. sent campbell's soup or john wayne portraits and culture. we are a culture of gun violence and pretended to all turn forward when tragedy happens, both in a mournful way but also the sense of human entry. art photography, film, any of these things becoming part of the story like trump's felony photograph, or getting arrested. his mug shot becomes kind of an iconic visual document of our time also. >> it is impossible obviously to know what this moment in history will mean pure crystal have the rnc, the dnc and the election. because of the things we know about right now. when you look at this moment in history, what went through your mind as you are hearing wha
now anybody can find clint on the limousine and the image of jackie kennedy with a pink suit on and actuallyohn f. kennedy. we've seen that over and over and over again. your question reminds you of andy warhol, the famous pop artist. he did an entire series and the '60s called death and disaster. whenever there was a iconic image, he would blow it up and put it in the on colors. documents in car crashes and assassinations and suicide. sent campbell's soup or john wayne portraits and culture....
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but i do not think there was any real animosity between the first couple and the queen, because jackiedy was invited back to a private lunch a year later when she happened to be privately passing through london, for example. but i do say in the book, and i think that this is right, that kennedy really preferred the society of man to talk politics. he did not have any women in his cabinet. and perhaps conversation did not flow as easily as it did with most other presidents. peter: in november of 1963 though, the queen did something special that had never been done before after the death of jfk. mr. charter: yes. this is captured towards the end of an episode in "the crown" act ually, where news breaks, the queen shares global horror and dismay of course. she asks that the bell at westminster abbey be rung the next day consistently for a whole hour. and that is only something that would ever be done for the death of a senior member of the royal family. and that was seen in its day as a remarkable gesture. later after 9/11, when she asked during the changing of the guard to play the star-
but i do not think there was any real animosity between the first couple and the queen, because jackiedy was invited back to a private lunch a year later when she happened to be privately passing through london, for example. but i do say in the book, and i think that this is right, that kennedy really preferred the society of man to talk politics. he did not have any women in his cabinet. and perhaps conversation did not flow as easily as it did with most other presidents. peter: in november of...
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but i helped her put together a moment in the jackie kennedy garden with breast cancer survivors to really highlight, to make sure that, you know, she could be a unique messenger to women in what the importance was of the affordable care act to women's health and what that would do. so there were very, very moments where we knew we could be a unique messenger, you know, to speak to kids or to families or, you know, to shape that. and so i think that's that's probably how we approached that. what were the necessary struggles? thank you. great. thank you. my question has to do with education. and we know that mrs. obama was such a strong advocate for post-secondary education as evidenced by her reach hire initiative, promoting opportunities for higher education, and with a goal to have the united states have one of the highest proportions of college graduates in the world. could you please share with the roles that you think colleges and universities today can play to make that goal a reality? well, while we are look, mrs. obama and the president both felt strongly that education really obvi
but i helped her put together a moment in the jackie kennedy garden with breast cancer survivors to really highlight, to make sure that, you know, she could be a unique messenger to women in what the importance was of the affordable care act to women's health and what that would do. so there were very, very moments where we knew we could be a unique messenger, you know, to speak to kids or to families or, you know, to shape that. and so i think that's that's probably how we approached that....
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similar to jackie kennedy and you know and she had a stepdaughter alice so so you know her focus during those years was really the primary caretaker and and then all the energy was was put into theodore roosevelt's career. he was a wonderful loving, demanding and taxing, but it was edith who held that family together. and just one last point to your question. she edith, i would say, is the first modern first lady. you know, she does some interesting physical things with the white how she she starts the white house china collection. she starts the portrait collection that sits in the white house to this day. she begins the colonial garden that became the rose garden. she hosted 40,000 guests in the first year in the white house. she begins the salons that are it bring artists and musicians and poets into the white house. in addition to reading four or five newspapers a day being the better judge of character, being the first one to talk to her husband in the morning. the last one at night. but she makes physical changes to the white house, too. two she hires mckim mead and white because
similar to jackie kennedy and you know and she had a stepdaughter alice so so you know her focus during those years was really the primary caretaker and and then all the energy was was put into theodore roosevelt's career. he was a wonderful loving, demanding and taxing, but it was edith who held that family together. and just one last point to your question. she edith, i would say, is the first modern first lady. you know, she does some interesting physical things with the white how she she...
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, and first lady jackie kennedy landon dallas excited crowds line the streets as the motorcade winds its way through the city when suddenly shots ring out the first unconfirmed reports say the president was hit in the head administered, the last rites of the catholic church and president kennedy. >> president kennedy but, as i said, they did john, f kennedy's assassination came as a shock to all americans and to the world. the kennedy assassination of one of the first real televised acts of political violence that is captured in real-time. >> one president kennedy was killed. it felt like the entire nation was in great morning martin luther king, the third was just 6-years-old at the time i remember thinking what is going to happen now and our nation, because the kennedy administration represented progress for communities of color there have been moments in american history that tend to be very violent the 1960s and the civil rights era is one. in the 1960s entrenched white power holders who were not really excited about more marginalized people getting more civil rights you have peo
, and first lady jackie kennedy landon dallas excited crowds line the streets as the motorcade winds its way through the city when suddenly shots ring out the first unconfirmed reports say the president was hit in the head administered, the last rites of the catholic church and president kennedy. >> president kennedy but, as i said, they did john, f kennedy's assassination came as a shock to all americans and to the world. the kennedy assassination of one of the first real televised acts...
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the site that jackie kennedy would be on just a few minutes later. we drove by all the faces that she would see and we were taken behind the capital where all the dark cars were parked. my dad drove a blue and white chrysler with big fins on the tail end our car was parked right in there and appeared in all the pictures we were taken up the steps into the capital and put right behind where the casket was. this is kennedy. i think only carolyn came up to the casket. it was that far away from me. it was the first time i had ever had experienced death. i finally, i was trying to hold back tears. i did not want to cry in front of my father but i started to cry. right as i was wiping a tear away, a reporter snapped my picture. i had but my parents never told me that it appeared in different places around the country. it has become a big treasure of mine. then my father told me however many days later that they put in the bus all the senators and drove them out to arlington. and he was there. when he turned around and have never seen this report. was stand
the site that jackie kennedy would be on just a few minutes later. we drove by all the faces that she would see and we were taken behind the capital where all the dark cars were parked. my dad drove a blue and white chrysler with big fins on the tail end our car was parked right in there and appeared in all the pictures we were taken up the steps into the capital and put right behind where the casket was. this is kennedy. i think only carolyn came up to the casket. it was that far away from me....
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neil: you know, i always remember clint hill, who jumped on the car, jackie kennedy after her husbandas first shot and he lived and lives to this day with regret he should have done more and then we had procedures put in place about sharp shooters or potential assassins from high points and yet this happened again, but we never repeat the exact same attack, but it always gets back to i think one analyst was saying if someone is really intent on taking someone out, they'll succeed, so now, the issue with the secret service is whether its become too lost in the administrative sauce. i believe it's part of homeland security right now. there was no homeland security in your day. it's spread too thin. others blamed the fact it spread between protecting the president and the guy that was the former president, and other candidates even though robert f. kennedy jr. wasn't covered a lot of excuses going back and forth. i figured you were the expert, tim. what do you think of that? is the secret service up to the job? >> they're absolutely up to the job, neil, but as you pointed out, i think yo
neil: you know, i always remember clint hill, who jumped on the car, jackie kennedy after her husbandas first shot and he lived and lives to this day with regret he should have done more and then we had procedures put in place about sharp shooters or potential assassins from high points and yet this happened again, but we never repeat the exact same attack, but it always gets back to i think one analyst was saying if someone is really intent on taking someone out, they'll succeed, so now, the...
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the site that jackie kennedy would be on just a few minutes later. so we drove by all the faces. that she would see. and we were taken up. behind the capitol where all the dark cars were parked? my dad drove a blue and white chrysler with big fins on the tail and our car was parked right in there and appeared in all the pictures as this one light car, but we were taken up the steps. into the capital put right behind a rope line where the casket was. and that's right where mrs. kennedy and i think only caroline came up to the casket. and it was just that far away from me. and it was the first time i had ever had i'd ever experienced death. and i finally couldn't i was trying to hold back tears. i didn't want to cry in front of my father. but i started to cry. and right as i was wiping a tear away. a reporter snapped my picture i had a copy of the picture. but my parents never told me that it appeared. different places around the country so it's become a big treasure of mine. and then my father told me that. however, many days later the the senate and a bus all the senators and dro
the site that jackie kennedy would be on just a few minutes later. so we drove by all the faces. that she would see. and we were taken up. behind the capitol where all the dark cars were parked? my dad drove a blue and white chrysler with big fins on the tail and our car was parked right in there and appeared in all the pictures as this one light car, but we were taken up the steps. into the capital put right behind a rope line where the casket was. and that's right where mrs. kennedy and i...
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kennedy nixon to name just a few we've done whole bunch more many of which have been picked up by c-span. we do social hours and are important because people who care about first lady's flair? members get together or sometimes we do a program, we just let and sit them talk and you find really interesting things coming soon will be the first addition ever. the journal of first ladies study are each journal which is further promoting research and education about first ladies and again it is the first of its kind and another benefit of flair is the opportunity to name someone for the prestigious louis alcalde award research circles. and let's have expert speakers bureau just a few of the flair. so please please do think about joining flair have a whole level of different memberships. flair has enhanced by our partnership with our institutional lifetime members and therefore where board members are there and now we have a wonderful list of institutional members. and the first one again was the american university school of public affairs, the first presidential foundation was the gerald r fo
kennedy nixon to name just a few we've done whole bunch more many of which have been picked up by c-span. we do social hours and are important because people who care about first lady's flair? members get together or sometimes we do a program, we just let and sit them talk and you find really interesting things coming soon will be the first addition ever. the journal of first ladies study are each journal which is further promoting research and education about first ladies and again it is the...