promoted black artists, including lena horne, duke ellington. this was recorded at the franklin d. roosevelt library and museum in hyde park new york in 2010. it is about 40 minutes. [applause] >> thank you so much for coming to this talk. for supporting the book, and thank you so much to the roosevelt library for offering this invitation. the new deal is often characterized as progressive, even revolutionary. nuanced economic policies coupled with a sense of executive emergencies led many americans to celebrate the roosevelt administration as a symbol of change and progress. in the minds of new deal administrators, these programs would alleviate suffering for american families, but they also have the potential to create an inclusive, participatory democracy. as cultural visionary louis mumford reflected on this impulse in the 1930's, he pronounced, "more public good has come out of the bankruptcy of the economic quarter than ever came out of its flatulent prosperity." did mumford statement, however, applto all americans? more specifically, did the new deals inclusionary mission af

is that he said, look, i've got someepl they listen to, harry belafonte, lena horne, lorraine hansberryy happen to be available. he got them together. he said i will meet you tomorrow. they went to the penthouse. bobby kennedy, expected to be treated with great deference and ceainly greeted with gratitude for the enormous contribution that he made -- especially his brother -- to civil rights, but it was a checkered record. on the one hand, they were committed in word to the civil rights movement and some things that bobby kennedy dead as attorney general trying to force j edgar hoover to get a few more like people in the b building, talking about voting as a linchpin to arguing for justice but at the same time, they put on to the federal bench curl cox who called black people the "n" word from the bench. promised -- may the will time called to marley the kings jailers, he placed the call to the governor because king was in jail in georgia and said, let him out. it is something that is harsh and unnecessary. he was let out in a few days before he was let out -- he was let out a few days

lena horne, ruby dee, josephine baker, pearl bailey, rosshyn so many that had to go through so much to become the wonderful personas they were and never gave up when times were thhard. asked me to tell my story and what was it like for me to urke that y, follow maybe not in their footsteps but eate my own. i'm very happy to be able to join them. >> people get a chance to see you -- >> tomorrow night, june 16 at the studio theater. they get to see me and songsnd from the original dream girl. >> i remember that version. >> because we love film and the way the arts can t transform way people see, feel and learn, i'll be showing through picture and films parts of my work over the decades. wow, decades. well, that's only good because i've been doing this since i was 19. so yes, decades! myself through the decades and the songs and stoes aboutme. >> and you're working on some special projects of yourown. tell us what you're doing in your spare time. i know you see me. it's my "avatar" body. i'm actually in new orleans shooting"claus" with niecy nash. and i play a mysterious htian dy. it star

most challenging side of the black voice and he invited a group of black people to come visit him, lena horneu. >> me. clarence jones w w dr. king's attorney to come and just have what he thought was a social chat. at the time a at the had a time tet-a-tet, and in the midst ofexchange, smith said i'm out of here and bobby was kind of why? what do you mean? and jerome smith said, you're asking us to give you some information that could be used against the best interests of our cause. i'm here to tell you that we cannot be won over that easily. what do you want of us we're not able to do, and what he meant by that was he thought bobby was looking for a way to get black voices to be more favorable to the kennedy point of on our issues than dr. king had implied. because jerome smith and what jerome felt, trk imploded. >> yeah. bobby was quite angry and he thought thatthers of us in the room in the mr. jerome smith's attack would be defensive of him, would come to his defense and we didn't. and he thought that that was a breach of iendship. d he threw usut -- he didn't throw us out. we left his ho

lorraine hansberry and lena horne and harry belafonte, was meant to be a showcase with the administration and auger well with them and get their kind of gratitude for what had been done. they lit him up in that meeting. he got angry, but then he calmed down. he did sic the fbi on them. he got the dossiers of several members in the room and the fbi began to surveil him, but then he calmed down and he pressed his brother to give a speech that june about the moral meaning of civil rights. the people in that room said to him it's not just enough to talk about the political consequences of race, use your bully pulpit to galvanize america for its better angels. and from there he went on to really commit himself to the most poor people in this country. to the most vulnerable people. and to those who were african-american. >> mike, michael beschloss, there was so much in robert kennedy's life post november 22nd, 1963, that formed the man who was killed in california in june 6, 1968. and its origin, after the initial wave of grief had subsided, when robert kennedy was in the senate. he undertook a

horn. emmanuel stuart. lena van huron and sam bass and our first inaugural para educator award was given to mary lavallÉe. so we want to congratulate all the educators 0 the year. i want to thank sales force.org and mark and lynn, they did the opening of the tower this morning. and he gave a very impassioned speech about civic responsibility and what it means to him and what they've done. in that speech, he really highlighted the importance of public education and the investment that he's made and they've given sfusd over $33 million over the last six years. it's a true champions effort to really invest in our public schools. and they're also in oakland. and in addition to that, what they've been doing for children's hospital, and for our homeless program, heading home campaign, has raised $30 million which will be going specifically to homeless students in sfusd, starting in elementary school. i think it was just a wonderful testament to the investment made by a san franciscan and somebody who has worked really

horn. emmanuel stuart. lena van huron and sam bass and our first inaugural para educator award was given to mary lavallÉe. so we want to congratulate all the educators 0 the year. i want to thank sales force.org and mark and lynn, they did the opening of the tower this morning. an

her book that examines new deal federal arts projects that promoted black artists, including lena horneduke ellington. this was recorded at the franklin d. roosevelt library and museum in hyde park new york in 2010. it is about 40 minutes. [applause] >> thank you so much for coming to this talk. for supporting the book, and thank you so much to the roosevelt library for offering this invitation. the new deal is often characterized as progressive, even revolutionary. nuanced economic policies coupled with a sense of executive emergencies led many americans to celebrate the roosevelt administration as a symbol of change and progress. in the minds of new deal administrators, these programs would alleviate suffering for american families, but they also have the potential to create an inclusive, participatory democracy. as cultural visionary louis mumford reflected on this