between members of the roosevelt and kennedy families, and particularly the alliance between eleanor roosevelt and jfk. franklin d roosevelt presidential library provided this video. >> hello and welcome to another addition of at home with the roosevelts. today we will talk about the relationship between two of the most important political families in american history during the 20th century, the roosevelts and kennedys. i am joined by the director of the jfk library. thank you for joining me. this is one of the most interesting and complicated relationships, to families that are really dynasties in the way they impacted american political life. there is a component of this that a lot of people do not stand. not just the relationship between franklin roosevelt and joseph kennedy the relationship between eleanor roosevelt and john f. kennedy. we will start with the relationship between franklin roosevelt and joe kennedy. joe kennedy may most of his money in a night 20's in the market. he was appointed as the head of the security exchange commission. some said that was putting the oxen control o

happy birthday eleanor roosevelt. [applause] it is one of the things we are so lucky to have eleanor's papers here along with franklin roosevelt's. library ares of the the roosevelt wings built in 1972. ,ven after the library opened fdr started sketching what ended up being the structure here to incorporate elinor's papers. when his archivist said, do you think she will give them to you, and fdr said, you can never tell what my missus is going to do. which i think is a true statement about eleanor roosevelt. how many of you are members here today? look at that. thank you so much. your support makes programs like this possible. we appreciate everything you do for us. the library is a federally funded institution, but we rely on private donations to allow us to do many nonfederal programs like exhibits and things like that. today we have with us a very special friend and guest. she spent many days here when she was working on the eleanor roosevelt papers for george washington university. which is a tremendous resource.

franklin roosevelt and joseph kennedy, but there was a very incredible relationship between eleanor roosevelts and john f. kennedy, and so i think we'll start with the beginning, which is the relationship between franklin roosevelt and joe kennedy. joseph kennedy made most of his money in the '20s in the stock market. and when franklin roosevelt became president one of the things he did, appointed joseph kennedy as head of the securities and exchange commission, which was sort of as he said, putting the fox in charge of the henhouse. then this created a relationship between the two of them in which joe kennedy really became a very close confidant of fdr, and he got, ambassador too court of st. james. >> yes. >> want to talk how he managed that posting in london right before the war? >> well it is an interesting time. i almost want to go back just a tiny bit before that. as you can imagine, when young people are in the age where they're graduating from high school, whoever is the president in that moment, i think, has a profound impact on them and shapes their view of the presidency. and fdr is

roosevelt's 74th birthday, we're running a special nine-page story entitled "eleanor roosevelt, her life in pictures." we thought you would enjoy hearing mrs. roosevelt's own comments about some of the photographs we're running in the current mccall's. she's become a pin-up girl at mccall's through this charming photograph that we use in the story. >> i'm pleased that you have taken this picture, which was taken a year or two after i came back from school in england, and had come out in the traditional way in new york. fashions seem so funny today with the high neck and the gold beads around my neck, and above all the hair. the pompadour. i had hair below my waist, so it was hard to get it scrolled up on top of my head, but it makes -- a great pompadour makes you look quite different. all i can say about the fashions today is that at least we've progressed and are more comfortable. >> in the next picture with your father, you seem to have a very nice relationship with him. he meant a great deal to you, didn't he? >> my father meant a tremendous amount. i adored him all the days of my chi

between franklin roosevelt and joseph kennedy, but there was an incredible relationship between eleanor roosevelt and john f. kennedy. i think we'll start at the beginning which is the relationship between franklin roosevelt and joe kennedy. joseph kennedy made most of his money in the '20s in the stock market, and one of the things he did was he appointed joseph kennedy as the head of the securities and exchange commission which would serve as he said putting the fox in charge of the hen house. then this created a relationship between the two of them in which joe kennedy really became a very close confidant of fdr ending up as the ambassador of st. james. you want to talk about how he managed that in london right before the war? >> well, it is an interesting time. i almost want to go back just a tiny bit before that. as you could imagine when young people are in the age where they're graduating from high school whoever is the president in that moment i think has a profound impact on them and shapes their view of the presidency, and fdr is the president when jfk comes of age and through his adult

america's eleanor roosevelt. the u.n. american anniversary is round the world. in paris, the u.n.eady has a record to be proud of. now, the successful defeat of aggression in korea. by things like these. britain's prime minister atlee -- the free world reaffirms its belief in the future of the nited nations. in berlin, a quarter of a million west berliners gather for the dedication of the freedom belt sent from america. stirred by the united nations victory in korea, but still facing the challenge of lasting eace, free men know the surest weapon for peace is freedom. this is the bell sounding behind the iron curtain, as lucius clay lets out the signal to let reedom ring. the battle of korea draws to a close. the red capital lies in united nations hands. that is it below. it's capture is an inspiring and historic birthday president to the united nations, 53 of whose 60 member nations supported the korean military campaign. burning red equipment marks the way as un forces roll forward. it is ever forward despite renewed resistance to the border of manchuria itself. british troops en

i really connect with eleanor roosevelt. i went to roosevelt university, the only school that was founded by eleanor roosevelt. public service -- c-span: in chicago. >> guest: in chicago. and to read doris kearns history, you -- it's like reading function. and that's -- fiction. and that's the best type of history writing sometimes. and so that book, i heard her speak at the library, got the book, read it that night. and i could hear her speaking. c-span: all than fdr in the white house. >> guest: fdr in the white house, it made me want to know which room was there and all this, and it just was, wow. c-span: when did you first meet michelle and barack obama? >> guest: in chicago. i was working and i had left the university of pittsburgh. i was teaching. and there have been certain points in my life where i've had to make decisions about do i continue in academics and go back to public service, and this was one of those times. and i had arrived back in chicago from pittsburgh to be the deputy commissioner, chief librarian of

this is 15 minutes. >> regardless of political sentiment, most people agree that eleanor roosevelt ishe outstanding woman of our time. mccall's magazine is proud to have her as a member of the family, a regular monthly column of questions and answers, if you ask me. in celebration of ms. roosevelt's 74th birthday, we're

roosevelt library. wonderful thing in hyde park, new york, it made you feel like you were back in time. and the place and eleanor's cottage looks exactly like when they were there. and sometimes when you walk around the environs, you feel back like 50 years in time, it was can you feel. and little motels across from the roosevelt library and you feel a scholar should be doing, living where your subject is yourself. >> where is the library. >> in hyde park, new york. for me from concord, a beautiful drive and the hudson river far below. the house where roosevelt was born, a few feet from the library, a great house, with a lawn that goes down to the hudson river down below and surrounded by beauty. >> host: you mentioned val kill, what's that? >> that's the cottage that roosevelt built for eleanor, it was 22 rooms, it wasn't a small cottage. what mapped in the 1920's after his affair with lucy mercer and they decided to stay together, it gave eleanor ability to go out and she was with women and they would come in on with saddle shoes and tweed outfits and weren't the fancy people she was used. she doesn't feel comfo

would be a lot more commonalities, and i always think of a quote that molly deucen wrote to eleanor roosevelt about jim farley, who was head of the men's democratic national convention in the 1930s, and she wrote to eleanor, men are the slipperiest of eels. so some things don't change. >> i think patsy mink would be thrilled. i think she felt a little lonely as an asian american woman, a woman of color, a woman, a progressive woman, a race conscious woman, doing the work she did. and it would be great for her to have more people to work with. but i also think that there's a way in which our politics still haven't fully revisited the politics of the 1990s. so what mink was doing in her second congressional career was trying to articulate a democratic politics that was different from what was becoming at that point coalescing into the mainstream of the democratic party, the new democratic sometimes called neoliberal approach to the democratic party, and i think even in the wake of the bernie sanders campaign and with ocasio-cortez and others articulating a more left democratic politics, i think

and without an eleanor roosevelt or a molly to press women's case too often the jobs defaulted back to white men. but a major reason i think to remember the contributions that the women made to the new deal is to situate the story of women wielding power as part of a much longer continuum that stretches from the women's suffrage movement, actually, from before the women's suffrage movement, through the new deal, all the way to the 2018 elections and beyond. women have always wielded political power but where and how and which women have changed over time. and as we assess where women are today and where they might be heading, we should always remember that they are standing on the shoulders of the political women who came before. thank you. [ applause ] >> i also am happy to be here. david, i didn't know your mother personally. of course i knew her work and the biography of belle moskowitz was an important book for me. i'm going to speak about the representative of hawaii who was the mother of my collaborator on the book i just published. and i draw here on material that appears in our

i would encourage you to do eleanor roosevelt. blanche cook has this amazing three volumes both are still a lot of material in a way to do a very powerful biography of hers. i tend to think of what figures don't have the big biography that need to be done though. with that said a couple right at this compass may be think about a few we still have a big biography of. i've done so much presidential history here. james madison, , that's the big want to do. james monroe, nobody has done the big book on james monroe ousted president. he could've won a third term. he oversaw the era of good feelings with john quincy adams and the monroe doctrine and a lot that could be done with monroe and nobody has done a ag popular biography of him. i am aghast there's not a big part of cesar chavez. there is cesar chavez boulevards, parts, highways, national monument here in california, everything, and yet nobody has invested in the life and times of cesar chavez. those are examples of i think about sometimes -- wow, that's wide-open, or forget it,

between members of the roosevelt and kennedy families, and particularly the alliance between eleanor roosevelt and jfk. franklin d roosevelt presidential library provided this video.

as 1st lady eleanor roosevelt had already in $1039.00 urged jewish refugee children from germany be admitted to the u.s. a few months after the war ended she met with a united nations observer delegation in europe she quickly realized the problems faced in rebuilding the shattered continent all too often former concentration camps only superficially converted served as emergency accommodation for the homeless was that liberation lack of food poor hygiene and inactivity left millions of people demoralized. given the urgency of the situation roosevelt wrote. what is important is rehabilitation the sooner these people can be taken where they can become citizens and feel they are actually building a new life the better it will be for the whole world. but the children of india's don't have abby could count on team 182 whether medical doctor psychologist or teacher their dedication was impressive. there ever since to the still during the year no mother no doctor ever saying good. mainly the emotional part too to help them vista storage if you have a problem you could always go to any one of them a

women who were activists, league of women voters fighting for child labor laws and there was eleanor rooseveltank lip's mother always looked askance, and thaw weren't the fancy people that he was used to, so eleanor didn't feel comfortable bringing her political friends to the big house. c-span: i just want to show the picture of mrs. roosevelt, the mother, in the middle. >> guest: and that's the perfect, symbolic picture. he got a townhouse in boston to be near him. when franklin and eleanor got married, there were two townhouses in -- seeing how uncomfortable eleanor felt about having the big house suggested he would build her her own cottage. it was about a mile and a half or so from the big house, and it allowed eleanor for the first time in her life to have a home of her own, so she loved the place. c-span: now, if you're -- somebody who's never been to that part of the country, how far from new york city? >> guest: probably a couple hours from new york city. i know by train it is. c-span: along the hudson river. >> guest: along the hudson river in duchess county. c-span: and in those yea

one of them went on to our with eleanor roosevelt to raise money for the war bonds effort. that is the female contribution, soviet contribution, to world war ii. >> why do you do this portrayal? >> it isn't really done a lot. it's not a story that has really been told. craig and i typically enjoy doing things that are a little bit different. people seem to respond very well to it. these events are always well attended. to me, it's an interesting story and something that does not get told a lot. >> what are some of the questions you get from the public? >> we get a lot of, oh, i didn't know that. i mean quite honestly. i'll tell you something, conversely, i learn something every time i do this. i learned from the people who come. i learned from my partner here. i learned something every time i come to do one of these events. we get a lot of questions about the span, actually. >> the span, by the way, represents on our table the fact that we, of course, we're an ally of the united states and britain. it represents lend lease. we were provided supplies, both military and non m

one of them went on tour with eleanor roosevelt during the war to raise money.s a war bond tour. that is the female contribution, soviet contribution to world war ii. >> how do you do this portrayal? >> it is something that isn't done a lot. it's a story that hasn't been told. craig and i enjoy doing things that are little bit different. people seem to respond very well to it. these events are always well attended. to me, it's an interesting story, and it's something that doesn't get told a lot. >> what questions do you get from the public? >> a lot of, oh, i didn't know that. quite honestly. i'll tell you something, conversely, i learn something every time i do this. i learned from the people who come. i learn from my partner. we get a lot of questions about the spam, actually. >> the spam represents on our table the fact that we, of course, were an ally, the united states and britain. it represents lend lease. everything from spam to tanks or locomotives. the interesting thing about the spam -- we also like to add a little humor to our presentation. i will tel

one of them actually went on tour with eleanor roosevelt during a war to raise money. it was a war bond tour. so that is the female contribution, the soviet contribution to world war ii. >> how do you do this portrayal? >> it is a story that hasn't been told and we haven't done it a lot. craig and i enjoy doing things that are just a little bit different. and people seem to respond very well to it. these events are always well-attended. to me, it's an interesting story and it's something that doesn't get told a lot. >> what sort of questions, reactions, do you get from the public? >> we get a lot of, oh, i didn't know that. oh. i mean, quite honestly. i learned, i'll tell you something, conversely, i learn something every time i do this. i learn from the people who come, i learn from my partner here. i learn something every time i come and i do one of these events. so we get a lot of questions about the spam, actually. >> well, the spam, by the way, represents on our table and part of our scenario the fact that we, of course, were an ally of the united states and brita

. >> eleanor roosevelt. >> martin luther king junior. >> george washington. say dad if you love me you will register tonight. [laughter] and if you don't then you don't love me. say those words and watch what you get. >> you have the scavenger hunt in the book you have bigger plans for that quick. >> i love hiding things in all my books. i can't do a tv show called decoded without doing some decoded. so in the inner circle he put a secret code hidden and if you crack it hidden in the pages of the inner circle there is a reward that was there. if you found it the reward was hidden. not telling you where in america but you got it. it took four years before someone finally cracked it and jim, sitting here was the first person in four years. he cracked it. [applause] he also loves a good little code so he was kind enough to put it back. it is still there it is hidden for the taking. if you want the treasure is hidden in the pages of the inner circle. he will not tell you. [laughter] but it is still there i will not take anything else they have hidden over the yea

eleanor roosevelt. [cheers and applause] she has reminded us so movingly that this is 1956.2. not even 1952. that our problems alter as well as their solutions, that change is the law of life, and that political parties no less than individuals ignore it at their peril. [applause] distinguishedthat american who has been more than equal to the hardest tests of to thee, more than equal test of disagreements who has now reaffirmed our common cause, president harry truman. [cheers and applause] and i might say that i am glad to have you on my side against him. [laughter] [applause] it is difficult to expect how much you and how much mrs. truman our beloved in this room and in this country. [applause] will say also what every democrat has known for a that this will live among all of the institutions of this land mr. , sam rayburn. [applause] i am sure that the country is as grateful to this convention as i am for its actions this afternoon. it has renewed and reaffirmed our faith in free democratic processes. [applause] the exalted office of the vice presidency, which i am proud

roosevelt, the mother the middle. doris: is a perfect picture . by franklin and eleanor got married, they're about to townhouses in new york, one for her and one for them. and doris went right in between. so anyway what happened was roosevelt seeing how incredible honor felt about having preventative a house that was suggested that he would filter her own cottage. internet beautiful 22 world room house. another mild half or so from the big house . and led eleanor the first of an elective the home of her own. she loved it . cheshire lived in the place after she after he died. host: how far from new york city doris: probably couple of hours prayed by train is 11 hours along with the river. in dutchess county. host: in those years, the warriors to be writing about here where did the roosevelt spend their time besides the white house and the park . doris: the path of the most important place for both of them he would drink the whole presidency 200 times to the parks. that is the most important place pretty he would get the return pretty often get on the train in washington m

relationships between members of the roosevelt and kennedy families and the alliance between eleanor roosevelt and jfk. the roosevelt presidential library provided this video. >> hello and welcome to another addition of at home with the roosevelts. the the director of franklin roosevelt library and museum. today, we will talk about the relationship between two of the most important political families in american history during the 20th century, the roosevelts and kennedys. to assist me i am joined by the , director of the jfk library. >> it is good to be with you. >> thank you for joining me. this is one of the most interesting and complicated relationships, two families that are really dynasties in the way

eleanor roosevelt, a philip randolph, corey wilson and powell. the familiar gang of four knew the hall will, participated in many rallies under its old roof. in the midst of this rally, a philip randolph, adam clayton powell, had yet to arrive. many in the audience came here, randolph, found out powell was across the street waiting in a hotel to make an entrance. randolph realized there was nothing to do except wait and hope. ralph, another speaker, was at the lectern, a garden, lights flicked off. slight tremors and nervousness ran through the crowd. all of a sudden the spotlight came on and zoomed to the back of the garden to land on a tall figure standing alone, adam clayton powell. the garden erupted. his abyssinian church members erupted and he stood still, then he began walking, cutting a swath down the middle of the garden, spotlight trailing every step of the way. chats exploded we want adam, we want adam. adam clayton powell. and wanted others to remember his new york city, madison square garden. there were 16,000 people gathered to hear

eleanor roosevelt. [cheers and applause] she has reminded us so movingly that this is 1956.932. not even 1952. that our problems alter as well as their solutions, that change is the law of life, and that political parties no less than individuals ignore it at their peril. [applause] i salute also that distinguished american who has been more than equal to the hardest test of our time, more than equal to the test of disagreement, who has now reaffirmed our common cause so graciously, president harry truman. [cheers and applause] and i might say that i am glad to have you on my side again, sir. [laughter] [applause] i think your heart can feel what it is difficult to express, how much you and how much mrs. truman are beloved in this room and in this country. [applause] can i just say, too, what every democrat has known for a generation? for a generation, that your chairman will live forever in the memories of democrats and among all who love the political institutions of this land, mr. sam rayburn. [applause] i am sure that the country is as grateful to this convention as i am

well win because we are the party of a great president who knew how to get reelected, franklin eleanor roosevelt. and we are the party of a courageous fighter who knew how to give them hell, harry truman. and as truman said, just told the truth and they thought it was hell. and we are the party of a gallant man, john fitzgerald kennedy. and we are the party of a great leader of compassion, lyndon johnson. and the party of a great man who should have been president, who would've been one of the greatest presidents in history, hubert her racial horn blow or humphrey. i have appreciated what this kitchen convention has set up, a great man who epitomizes the democratic party, and i would like to say that we are also the party of senator edward kennedy. i would like to say a personal word to senator kennedy. ted, you are a tough competitor and a superb campaigner, and i can attest to that. your speech before this convention was a baked efficient statement of what the democratic party is and what it means to the people of this country. and why a democratic victory is so important this year. i reach ou

as 1st lady eleanor roosevelt had already in $1039.00 urged jewish refugee children from germany be admitted to the us a few months after the war ended she met with a united nations observer delegation in europe she quickly realized the problems faced in rebuilding the shattered continent all too often former concentration camps only superficially converted served as emergency accommodation for the homeless was that liberation lack of food poor hygiene and inactivity left millions of people demoralized. given the urgency of the situation roosevelt wrote. what is important is rehabilitation the sooner these people can be taken where they can become citizens and feel they are actually building a new life the better it will be for the whole world. but the children of india's don't have abby could count on team 182 whether medical doctor psychologist or teacher their dedication was impressive. there ever since to the still dernier no mother no doctor ever seeing. mainly the emotional part too to help them vista storage if you had a problem you could always go to any one of them and they would so

frank linda eleanor roosevelt. roosevelt.elano [applause] we are the party that knew how to give them hell -- [indiscernible] [applause] said, they thought it was hell. where the party of john fitzgerald kennedy. [applause] where the party of the great leader, lyndon baines johnson. [applause] is party of a great man who -- would have obeyed in one of the greatest presidents in history -- [applause] i appreciate what this convention has -- a great man who epitomizes the democratic party. i would like to say that we are also the party of governor jerry brown and senator edward kennedy. [applause] -- to theke to say kennedys. senator and a thorough campaigner, i can attest to that. [applause] your speech before this convention was a magnificent sight of what the democratic party is and what it means to the people of this country. victory is soatic important this year, i reach out to you tonight, and i reach out to all of those -- campaigns. i need you. [applause] i need your idealism and your dedication. there is no doubt that

eleanor roosevelt, randolph, wilsons and powell. the familiar gang of four new the hall well. had participated many rallies under its old roof. in the midst of the rally, randolph grew nervous. adam clayton powell had yet to arrive. many in the audience had come to hear him. randolph sent russian the fat of the powell was across the street waiting in the hotel to make his entrance. he nervously told randolph realize there's nothing to do except wait and hope. what yet another speaker was the garden light clicked off. slight tremors and nervousness ran through the ground. all of a sudden, a spotlight came on and zoomed to the back of the garden, land on a tall figure standing alone. adam clayton powell. the garden erupted. and church members erupted and he stood there still. and he began walking, right in the middle of the garden, this spotlight chili leap every part of the way pretty and they exploded, we want to have them. we want to have them. adam clayton powell in the flesh. and he wanted everybody to remember is new york city, is madison square garden. there were 16000 pe

everything because they're busy time after i graduated from public service university started by eleanor roosevelt. she still carries that tradition of public service, so i'm injured in history, political science and i was thinking okay what now but i needed employme employment. a lot of the people who might have thought about employing me means that you don't have any experience. all you've done is go to school. there are some recent graduates i would say that. so because i love books and libraries and everything between job interviews i would go to the central library. so i'm sitting there waiting on the next interview trying to think of a way of not having work experience and a gentle man, panda said carla, are you here for the library jobs, they are hiring anybody. [laughter] anybody with an undergraduate degree. i am here, i like it. just to let you know, he didn't get the job, i did. he made out all right. he's got a company now. he's doing fine. then i was assigned to a small storefront on the south side of chicago with a young lady who was on the floor when i arrived with blue jeans on and

they go around the country on a train, almost like a pro eleanor roosevelt. -- proto-eleanor roosevelt. stuff that was not done then. >> you are on the air, jack. >> my question is about charles evans hughes's perspective on racism at the time. >> he was actually pretty progressive on race. his first term as associate justice, he actually wrote an opinion that suggested it was not valid for railroads to fail to create first-class accommodations for african american passengers coming even if they did not have enough passengers to fill those accommodations. it is actually more egalitarian than a lot of his contemporaries. later on he would be a supporter of the separate, but equal doctrine and pave the way for brown vs. the board of education. >> i have a question that may be a little bit off the beaten path. this is about the institution of the personal income tax. which party was against it, and which party was for it, may i ask? >> income tax comes about as part of the revenue act of 1913, i think, and that is important because that is part of the underwood tariff. the democrats lower

eleanor roosevelt . i love this. this is what you what you want your kids to ask. i'm telling you i love that. george washington right . on this is what i want to do. this one-to-one america to do. trust me, tell your dad, if you love me you will go register tonight. [laughter]. and if you don't register and vote, you don't love me dad. you say those words and watch what you get. other questions. guest: on the inner circle, you had scavenger hunt that you cited in the book. to have future plans for doing something like that. >> i love hiding things in all of my books. i can't do a tv show called decoded without playing that's pretty one of the things we should talk about is kind of conspiracy. suffers a few things. first on this question. so the book the inner circle, open secret code in there. and if you crack the secret code of the tendon in the pages of the inner circle, there is a reward was there. and if you got to it, you found it, the reward was hidden and not telling you where in america it was hidden but you got it. it took four years before someone finall

you've got to -- you know, as el noor roosevelt -- eleanor roosevelt say famously about 100 years agohave to grow skin as thick as the hide of a rhinoceros because that's just what happens in politics. but it is so worth the effort, and if you are lucky enough to get elected, there's a lot of good you can do. i mean one to have the touching things to me about these past four nights has been, you know, the stories of the way that joe biden in quiet, you know, unassuming settings has really inspired people like the young man talking about his stutter and how joe took time with him, and we heard so much of that. you know, when you're in the public life, people will come to you with their problems. they'll ask you questions. and if you're of a mindset where you want to be personally involved and helpful, you can do the little things that maybe people will never know about as well as, you know, what you try to do on the broader scale. >> stephen: yesterday, i believe -- was this yesterday? or recently, james comey tweeted this photo. it says 19th amendment is an important anniversary, but

. >> eleanor roosevelt, this is what you kid -- martin luther king jr. from the kid who speaks little league. >> george washington, right, this is what i want to do, this is what i want to see america do, tell your dad, if you love me you will register tonight, and if you don't register and vote, you don't love me dad, you say those words and watch what you get. >> the inner circle you have the scavenger hunt that you cited in the book, do you have bigger plans for doing something like that. >> as you know, i love hiding things and all my books, i cannot do a tv show called the coded without playing some decoded, one thing we should talk about is kind of conspiracies, first a few things, on this question, on the inner circle i had a secret code that was hidden in there and if you crack the secret code that is hidden in the pages of the inner circle, there is a reward that was there, if you founded the reward was hidden and are not told you where in america it was hidden and he's sitting here and cracked it, he was sitting here for four years. [applause]

the first lady, eleanor roosevelt, wanted to convey to the american people that there can exist racialmony on u.s. army bases. and so, she came up with the plan. her and the secretary of the army to have two high profile blacks go around to u.s. army bases and engage in physical training for the soldiers. the first place she picked was a heavyweight champion of the world, joe lewis. joe lewis had eight young cats, that was a friend of his , who he had known, who had actually rode in a vote. joe lewis and his girlfriend, lena horne and the person that was rowing the vote was young sugar ray robinson. anyway the work comes, there are riots in southern cities. blacks who say they are being asked to go to war and die but they can't get equal treatment in the u.s. >> that is for democracy abroad of being treated terribly in the very bases were they are being trained. right. right so joe lewis and sugar ray robinson lead this physical training troop from army base and army base. up north of the army bases they are fine. everything goes okay. then they get below the mason-dixon line. alabama

first lady eleanor roosevelt wanted to convey to the american people that they can exist racial harmonys. army basis. and so -- army bases. she came up with a plan, her and the secretary of the army to have two high-profile blacks who were around u.s. army bases and engage in physical training for the soldiers. the first person she picked was the heavyweight champion of the world joe lewis. joe lewis had a young cat who is a friend of his who he had known, who is actually road in a vote, joe lewis and his girlfriend, lena horne, and the person who was rowing the vote was young sugar ray robinson. and so anyway the war comes. there are riots in southern cities of blacks who say that they are being asked to go to war and die, but they can't get equal treatment in the u.s. >> host: fighting for democracy abroad but being treated terribly and in the vey army bases where they are being trained to fight. >> guest: right, right. so joe lewis and sugar ray robinson lead this physical training troop from army base to army base. up north on the army bases that are fine. everything goes okay. and

but the first first lady to speak at the convention -- eleanor roosevelt.er 32 years later when pat nixon spoke in 1972 on behalf of her husband and since then, nancy reagan in 1984, barbara bush in 1992, hillary clinton 1996 and michelle obama, both when running for president in 2000 eight and she also spoke in 2012 and 2016 print what tonight will we hear from mrs. trump? beso, the first lady will giving opening marks in the rose garden. from the white house grounds. newly renovated. her remarks i will say, her office is much more tightlipped than other white house officials. it is supposed to be a speech much more personal in nature. and very forward-looking. that is what her team has said. i know they are also, hoping she has a come back tonight. she does not do a lot of long speeches. one of the longest speeches she would has given as first lady. remember and 2016 during the republican national convention she had a speech with parts of it that were criticized as being plagiarized from other speeches, one of michelle obama's. they are trying to make sur

eleanor roosevelt echoed some famous words first uttered by her husband. >> i remember very well therisis that we met in '32. and i remember that we won out because the people were ready to carry their share of the burden and follow and carry through the word. all you have to fear, the only thing you have to fear is fear itself. thing you have to fear is fear itself >>> welcome back. some breaking news. according to the democratic chair of the house oversight committee, the post master general, louis dejoy, has agreed to voluntarily testify before the committee at a hearing scheduled for just one week from today, which coincides with the first day of the republican convention. so at 10:00 a.m., monday morning, one week from today, we expect to see dejoy in an oversight committee hearing with house democrats, and again, coinciding with day one of the republican convention. turning to the aftermath of that devastating storm in iowa, president trump told reporters he has approved a disaster declaration for the state. this is what parts of iowa now look like after a violent wind storm wi

first ladies have spoken at political conventions since 1940 when eleanor roosevelt was the first andnixon in 1972 and every first lady since as you well know helping laura bush prepare her speeches. but melania's was really different because of the rose garden. what did you think about that law or regulation or practice? >> well, practice more than law or regulation because let's remember, too, not that it was convention, but we did have two presidents in the past that used the white house to announce their decision to run for re-election -- ronald reagan announced from the oval office in 1984 and jimmy carter announced from the east room. so there is a bit of precedence. this is a little different because conventions are inherently a political event despite being part of the democratic process for nomination. so it is out of character but, andrea, what has not been out of character with this administration since the campaign and since they got there? >> let's talk also about her role. she has been less high profile than a lot of her predecessors. i'm thinking of lausha bush going to

eleanor roosevelt was founded for stifling the consideration of the petition to the united nations. but it is a powerful document your diet encourage you to take a look at it if you're interested in studying this issue of racial violence and our failure as a country to address it. the saga of white supremacist policing continues today, if you have not noticed come in the news, i will share a few headlines with you. this is from a story in oregon, where police officers works with this alt-right militia to suppress activists on the left. a former mayor wearing his trunk hat, pardoned in 2017 by president trump after his conviction, federal conviction for civil rights violations. then, as an example of protection byal our legal authorities. discoveredalifornia, by neo-nazis to pursue antiracist activists. and this is interesting, i am happy to talk about if you would like -- failure to see the threat of white nationalism. given the history we have already reviewed here, it is hard to imagine how any intelligent person in this field could fail to see this threat. alabama cop fired for p

eleanor roosevelt played for fdr. she was as he said, a welcome thorn in his side. always willing to argue with you. you need not just a sounding board. not somebody you can trust. but somebody who will have their own opinions bring that generational opinion along. and give you the broader perspective. times of crisis, that team is absolutely essential. nobody can do it alone. >> doris kearns goodwin, i'm glad even on a busy night, we had time to get you in. thank you. >> you are welcome. >> thanks. do you remember when president obama was reminiscing for the very first time? he heard the opening of the hit show hamilton. take look at this from a white house event. >> they were going to perform a song from a hip hop album about the life of somebody who embodies hip >>> we will explain there's a very good answer, that's next. p very good answer, that's next. i have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. now, there's skyrizi. 3 out of 4 people achieved... ...90% clearer skin at 4 months... ...after just 2 doses. skyrizi may increase your risk of infections... ...and low