along with them are the spirit of franklin and eleanor roosevelt. onor their memory and legacy today. we have with us a number of roosevelt family memories. i would like to ask that you all stand so i can acknowledge your presence. roosevelt family members, please stand. [applause] mr. sparrow: we're also honored to have a number of other presidential family members here. linda, please -- [applause] mr. sparrow: margaret hoover hoped to be here but she was not able to make it. today we are celebrating not just the 75th anniversary of the fdr library, but the birth of the national archives presidential library system. we have a number of national archive staff here today in addition to our chief operating officer, a number of other library directors are here, some staff members from washington, and of course this incredibly talented and dedicated staff that i inherited, without whom none of this would be possible. would you all stand up and be recognized? [applause] mr. sparrow: i would particularly like to thank the former director who hired all thes

both franklin and eleanor roosevelt had strong ties to dutchess county. anklin loved the hudson valley, and his family continues to be involved in our community in many ways. mid-1800s, to the franklin roosevelt helped to design and build local schools, , and inices, libraries his spare time helped to build a new home for the poughkeepsie journal, a local newspaper. he was always interested in helping the local people achieve self-sufficiency and prosper. presidenterved as the of the new york chapter of the boy scouts for more than 20 years. mrs. roosevelt worked tirelessly in support of civil rights and the advancement of young people all across the country, but especially here in our community. if franklin and eleanor were still around today, i am sure that they would be involved with the catherine street community center in poughkeepsie. in fact, we have a much loved photograph of mrs. roosevelt on the steps of catherine street center, the old catherine street center, with some young people dating back to 1934. catherine street had its beginning around

women, she called them the mink brigade, but they were people who were in solidarity, that's how eleanor roosevelt became politicized by the battle over the triangle fire. there were people fighting robber barons, these muck raking reporters and there was the

the world remembered frankland eleanor roosevelt, warander-in-chief, american travel to. you're so brave responsibility took their tolls. a grateful world honors him today. douglas macarthur, leader of specific -- pacific r mize -- armies, now leader. commander of the mighty specific -- pacific fleet. truman, four months after taking office as president, which is country to victory and peace. mr. truman and his cabinet have an emergency session. the former secretaries on hand as they break the momentous news of japan's surrender. >> i have received this afternoon a message from the and reply tornment the message forward to that government by the secretary of state. i deemed this reply a full acceptance of the potsdam declaration which specifies the unconditional surrender of japan . in the reply, there is no altercation. arrangements are now being made for the formal signing of the surrender terms at the earliest possible moment. general douglas macarthur has been appointed to supreme allied commander to receive the japanese surrender. great britain, russia, and china wil

we then saw eleanor roosevelt actually in uniform right? do you want to talk about that. >> only that she became very involved with military during the war and how uniform she word she made and less trips to everywhere, horrible, all-night trips were on the old airplanes on the military planes, wherever she went there is cheering. when they first went to the white house their protesting soldiers were still out in the park together camping in the parkway. she went up to see them in the whole thing broke up. she sang, she had lunch with them, they were seated and taking care of the vets and she went out, talk to them and saying and the whole thing broke up. so she started early on that. during the war she was heroic. she was attracted news coverage wherever she was. it seems so strange at the time for her to do it but she did. >> i think people don't realize how charming she was. >> they think for as being very stern. >> she is very old-fashioned. i'm in the teacup was not unfamiliar to her. [laughter] she knew how to do everything of that ki

i connect with eleanor roosevelt, the only school that was founded by eleanor roosevelt, public service and all that, in chicago. to read doris kearns goodwin's history means it is like reading fiction. that is the best type of history writing sometimes. i heard her speak at the library, got the book, read it that night and i could hear her speaking. c-span: about fdr and the white house. >> guest: knowing what was there. c-span: when did you first meet michelle and barack obama? >> guest: in chicago i left the university of the pittsburgh, i was teaching and there were points in my life, decisions whether to continue in academics or public service and this is one of those times. i arrived back in chicago from the pittsburgh to be deputy commissioner and chicago public library, the first lady was michelle robinson, working with the city administration, that is when i met her and her fiancÉ. and years later, to meet in a professional setting in different roles. c-span: how important that connection in chicago led to your choices as a librarian? >> guest: not sure if it led to choice. it

firebrand and the first lady", patricia bell scott recalls the friendship between polly murray and eleanor roosevelt. we provide a history of racism in america in "stamp, from the beginning" and adam : look that the movement from the early 20th century in "imbeciles". others include her report on the alienation felt by many on the protocol right in "and strangers in their own land". in the we weigh in on the vietnam war and the weapons of mass description argues that big data and computer models can be used to discriminate against people. a look at this years nonfiction finalist for the national book award continues with andre and a look at the enslavement of native americans and "the other slavery" american history professor, documents the haitian revolution on abolition in "the slaves cause".

thursday, susan quinn will examine the 30 year relationship between first lady eleanor roosevelt and llerena. saturday in philadelphia, bradley bursar will receive this year's book award which recognizes the best book that advances conservative principles for his recent biography of russell kirk. next sunday we were live with author on in-depth ande

and eleanor roosevelt, of course, but i don't talk about her that much. >> how about the ones that you've met that you talked to for this book. >> oh, i think rosalynn carter is the most honest and blunt of the first ladies, and she talks about still being upset that her husband lost in 1980, and it's the biggest regret of her life. i think that's incredible, that this many many years later she's so passionate about it. and i like the honesty of rosalynn carter. >> i was surprised to learn that barbara bush and marilyn quayle didn't get along. >> oh, yeah. i mean, they really didn't get along at all. i think that some of marilyn's friend told me that it was sort of barbara bush had been, you know, her model of first lady was nancy reagan who didn't treat her terribly well, and so she kind of repeated that and doesn't treat marilyn quayle that well. apparently, she was very cold, and it was very hard for the quayles to get invitations to state dinners and very hard for them to get into the residence and things like that. and so, and you'll notice the quayles really don't do interviews. the

i really connect with eleanor roosevelt. i went to roosevelt university, the only school that was founded by eleanor roosevelt, public service, all of that -- c-span: in chicago. >> guest: -- in chicago. and so to read doris kearns with history, it's like reading 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 about fdr in the white house. >> guest: fdr in the white house, it made you want to know which room was where 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 at, 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 the academic and then go back to public service and that, so this was one of those times. and i had arrived back in chicago from pittsburgh to be the deputy commissioner, chief

roosevelt with a new york city address. in the letter eleanor says it was a milestone for tv and a good way to campaign, but she sounds like a next viewer e mail. >>> the social media campaign lectioncollection, is where libraries are sharing all of this cool campaign history stuff until election day. the hoover presidential library reminded us campaigning in motion pictures preceded the nixon/kennedy debate. campaign on wheels giving a solid idea for our next roadtrip series on next. >>> clownvise been in the news a enough as it. but that is nothing compared to the hoax that is around in greeley last night and led to a big investigation, a hoax that the disricate attorney there is not joking about-- district attorney there is not joking about. >> an irrational fear of clowns, i learned the word and i struggled with it much of my childhood, maybe i still do a bit today. lot have it, an irrational fear is a lot different than a rational fear, which surfaced in northern colorado monday because like wildfire. the post threatened a shooting on hallo

and eleanor roosevelt, of course, but i don't talk about her that much. >> how about the ones you have met? >> i think roslyn cart are is the most blunt of the first ladies and talks about still being upset her husband love in 1980 and it's the big e regret of her life. i like the honesty of roslyn carter. >> i was surprised to learn that barbara bush and marilyn quayle didn't get along. >> they didn't get along at all. some of marilyn's friends told me barbara bush had been her -- her model of fit lady was nancy reagan who didn't treat her will and she repeated that and didn't treat marilyn quayle very well. apparently she was very cold and it was hard for the quayles to get invitations to state dinners and hard to get into the residence and things like that you notice the quayles don't do interviews. they've been really very quiet and she wouldn't talk to me for this book. there's a lot of just bad feelings there. also different generations. marilyn quayle was a lot younger and had a young family, too. but thank you. >> i think something of great interest to me and michelle obama's p

the candles to honor the life of this leader of lgbtq movement it reminds me our first lady eleanor roosevelt it is better to utility one candle than occurs the darkness harvey starred a movement it changed a nation his legacy lives on in the great work by the harvey milk foundation and his nephew stuart milk and ann and others that accepted stuart accepted at the same time apparently metal of freedom he on harvey's on behalf of in 2009 the same year i humbly received the work building ed anyone kohlman i made a promise to my sister suzy in 1998 the year harvey died i'll i rad breast cancer not only in the u.s. but gloefshl while pave a way for a cure meeting stuart that day was a natural phenomena that changed any life gave me another cause to pursue achieving equal rights to the lgbtq community in our nation and across the world and an honor stuart to serve in an advisory roll in the incredible harvey milk foundation that is supported all corners of the globe doing so with grace and advocacy and i do so not as a former u.s. ambassador but as a proud american as a proud mother of my son eric

firebrand and the first lady, patricia bell scott calls of friendship between polly murray and eleanor roosevelt. african-american history professor provides a history of racism in america called stamped from the beginning. adam : looks at the eugenics movement of the early of 20th century in and basalts. other finalists for the national book award in nonfiction include the report on the alienation felt by many on the political right in strangers in their own land. in nothing dies, they weigh in on the vietnam war and kathy o'neill's weapons of mass destruction's argues that big data and computer models can be used to discriminate against people. our look at this year's nonfiction finalist for the national book award continues with andre and a look at the enslavement of native americans in the other slavery. american history professor documents the influence of the haitian revolution on abolition in the slaves cause. finally, heather and thompson reports on the 1971 uprising at new york's attica correctional facility in blood in the water. watch the announcement of the national book awards live

[laughter] >> we then saw eleanor roosevelt in uniform. right?t she became very involved with the military and was a w.a.c. k. -- uniform that she worry, and she made endless trips to all, everywhere, military. horrible all night trips, where, on the old airplanes and, wherever she went it was cheery. >> the protesting soldiers were still out in the park together, camping, in a park. and she went out to see them and the whole thing broke up. she sang. she had lunch with them. the army was feeding them and she talked to them and sang, and the whole thing broke up. she got started, early on that. and she was heroic. she was a presence. and attracted news coverage. and it seems so strange, for her to do it. >> well i think people don't realize how charming she was. they think of her as being very stern. >> she was very old-fashioned. the teacup was not unfamiliar to her. in a way it created a nice transition between her and everybody. because, of -- you can respect her for that. that's who she was. and then her interest in other things, made her an

i really connect with eleanor roosevelt. i went to her school in chicago. and to read doris kern it is the best type of history. i heard her speak at the library, got the book, read it that night and i could hear her speaking. >> c-span: how about fdr in the white house? >> guest: yes. you would want to know which room was where. >> c-span: when did you first meet michelle obama and barack obama? >> guest: in chicago. i had arrived back in chicago from pittsburgh to be the deputy commissioner, chief librarian of the chicago public library i started. the first lady was michele robinson and working with the city administration that was -- that is when we met her and later her fiance. that was something years later to meet in a professional setting and different roles. >> c-span: how important do you think that connection way back then in chicago led to your choice as librarian? >> guest: i am not sure if it led to the choice. i think it was probably one of the most ironic things to have a name put forward from a search that you say carla hayden? she is still

theodore roosevelt had a niece named eleanor roosevelt and fdr married her. you cannot deal with all of the revolution of the new deal years in conservation and civilian conservation corps in a minute without thinking -- but theodore roosevelt created two mechanisms as president that all national parks we are celebrating, the system was born under the organic act in 1916 by woodrow wilson. that organic act for a national park it has to go through congress. so theodore roosevelt as president would do that from 1901 until 1909 he pushed through crater lake and oregon, and mesa verde in college track colorado, and others. dinner roosevelt as president created two mechanisms which all presidents follow have used in one is called national monuments and the idea is built on the antiquities act of 1906 that was an elastic piece of legislation set for scientific reasons, mainly meant for archaeological digs of prehistoric dinosaur bones and for native american relics that a president could declare, ward off an area, think about a murder a murder site with a yellow pie

[inaudible] eleanor roosevelt. this is what you want your kid asking. martin luther king junior from little league. i love that. >> george washington. >> this is that i want kids in america today. .com if you love me, you will go register for a lego amelia ehrhardt. if you don't register and vote, you don't does me, dad. say those words and watch what you get. >> the inner circle you have a scavenger hunt that you planted in above. your future plans for something like that. >> i love hiding things in all my books. i can't do a tv show called decoded. one of the things we should talk about this kind of conspiracies. first a few things. i'm about the inner circle, i put a secret code that was hidden in there. if you crack the secret code hidden in the pages of the inner circle ,-com,-com ma there was a record that was there. if you got through it and you found it, is one wishing. i'm not telling you where it was hidden, but you got it. it took four years before someone finally crack it and jim davis sitting here. the first person in four years and jim cra

thursday, susan quinn will examine the 30 year relationship between first lady eleanor roosevelt and llerena. saturday in philadelphia, bradley bursar will receive this year's book award which recognizes the best book that advances conservative principles for his recent biography of russell kirk. next sunday we were live with author on in-depth and we will take your questions and comments including his life on paul robertson. that's a look at some of the author programs book tv is covering this week. many of these events are open to the public. look at them to air in the near future on book tv on c-span2. [inaudible conversation] >> good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. i am heidi young and i am the director of corporate partnership here at world affair. it is my pleasure to welcome you here today. this program is part of the global business form, an initiative of world affairs that focuses on topics of commerce, technology, and society. we will be exploring topics along the line of financial inclusion, future of medicine, and the future of transportation. i hope you will join us for

. >> it echoes the period that franklin roosz velt and particularly eleanor roosevelt were so frustrated, clearly anti-semitic state department. laws passed by congress that were excluding quotas, the number of people that could be let in. so we're facing the same kinds of things today and we're watching ourselves go through that again. >> what do you say to someone who says, look, i'm not a bigot. i don't care -- >> but. >> well, no, but someone who says, look, i'm scared. it looks like this guy just tried to set off a bunch of bombs. there but for dumb luck we would be looking at dozens of people dead. >> right. >> and you know, sure, okay, most of them are fine, but i don't know. it makes me uneasy to think that one of them might not be. >> right. but you don't want to invent an entire superstructure of attitudes towards whole groups of people based on that one action. it's like saying all black people are. it just doesn't happen. you would turn around and, let's just take dillon ruff, the man accused of killing people in charleston a year plus ago. does he stand in for all white peop

and then all of a sudden eleanor roosevelt's the one who delivers the message to harry truman, they summonreupon truman turns to eleanor and say, is there anything i can do for you, and eleanor looks him in the eye and goes, no. is there anything i can do for you? you're the one in trouble now. harris: wow. >> so chaotic. harris: so general david petraeus with his message on the back of the book, i'm curious to the know how people in the military field have responded to this book and what kind of feedback you've been getting. >> we don't know yet about the military because the book's out for two days, but i only sent it to one person, and and that was petraeus. i know he's a military historian. this is when it was just finished, and if he likes it, i know i'm good. sandra: your fact or tip of the day the other day, start your christmas shopping early. buy bill o'reilly's book, "killing the rising sun." bill o'reilly, thank you so much. >> always a pleasure to be here. sandra: we are back on tv tomorrow at noon eastern. we're going toes it over to "happening now." it starts right now. >>> a

took it to a minute that you have an addiction problem to help other people in is powerful and eleanor rooseveltdidn't talk about it that much. >> but rosalynn carter is the most honest influence of the first lady's being so upset that her has been lost in 1980 it is the biggest regret of perlite that this many years later she is so passionate. i like the honesty of rosalind carter. >> was surprised to learn that barbara bush and marilyn quayle did not get along. >> not at all i think some of friends told me that if barbara bush was her bottle of first lady was nancy reagan to did not treat her well say she repeated that. apparently she was very cold and it was hard to get invitations for state dinners or to get into the residence. soap the quails don't really do interviews they have been very quiet and she did not talk to me one for the book there is some bad feelings she was younger and also had a young family. >> something of great interest to me was michelle obama prime example the first lady usually has a national initiative with obama getting the vegetable garden ashley got to do that with

process. [ laughter and applause ] >> seth: for those of you too young to remember that was eleanor roosevelt. [ laughter ] the new york post published photos yesterday showing patriot's quarterback tom brady spending some of his deflategate suspension tanning naked in italy with his super model wife gisele. well, i hope he's learned his lesson. a spokesperson for the taliban issued a statement saying the terrorist group was very eager to watch last night's debate between hillary clinton and donald trump except for achmed who had $20 on the falcons to beat new orleans. "could we at least switch over and check the score, man? come on, i got no service here." [ laughter ] "like everybody from my fantasy team is in that game." a new study suggests that suffering from morning sickness may indicate expectant mothers are having a healthy precy just be careful as to when you deliver that fact. "honey are you in there? you sound awful anyway, i got some great news. you're healthy." [ laughter ] now some of you may have seen this, hillary clinton released a new campaign ad this weekend called "mirrors

. >> it echoes the period that franklin roosz velt and particularly eleanor roosevelt were so frustrated, clearly anti-semitic state department. laws passed by congress that were excluding quotas, the number of people that could be let in. so we're facing the same kinds of things today and we're watching ourselves go through that again. >> what do you say to someone who says, look, i'm not a bigot. i don't care -- >> but. >> well, no, but someone who says, look, i'm scared. it looks like this guy just tried to set off a bunch of bombs. there but for dumb luck we would be looking at dozens of people dead. >> right. >> and you know, sure, okay, most of them are fine, but i don't know. it makes me uneasy to think that one of them might not be. >> right. but you don't want to invent an entire superstructure of attitudes towards whole groups of people based on that one action. it's like saying all black people are. it just doesn't happen. you would turn around and, let's just take dillon ruff, the man accused of killing people in charleston a year plus ago. does he stand in for all white peop

patricia bell scott recalled the friendship between activists pauline murray and first lady eleanor roosevelt. african-american history professor in candy provides a history of racist in america in stand from the beginning and "time magazine" senior writer adam: looks at the eugenics movement of the early 20th century in in the cells. other finalists for this year's national book award in nonfiction include arley russell hartfield for a report on the alienation felt by many on the political right in strangers in their own ran. nothing ever dies, being on when lays on on the can the vietnam war and kathy o'neill's weapons of mass destruction argues that big data and computer models can be used to discriminate against people. i look at these visitors finalists for the national book award continues with andres resendez and a look at the enslavement of native americans in the other slavery. american history professor diminishes sent documents the influence of the haitian revolution on abolition in the slaves cost. finally heather and thompson reports on 19th-century uprising at new york's correct

. >> i know the book shelves have met eleanor roosevelt and heard in a post-script, i heard dr. king speak at madison square garden. >> alexander hamilton wrote a letter to his wife. >> that was something. so the next letter that -- this one, she really -- the lady who brought it up barely could sleep, she had, knowing that was there. this was the letter he wrote to his wife a feud before what he called the "interview." that duel. he didn't want to but he said he had to go. >> isn't this so weird? weren't most of the letters to aliza burned them. >> these were better. >> were they better? >> these were better. these are the types of things that they could expect and what i'm concerned about is putting a lot of these things online so a >> can access the entire library of congress? >> wouldn't that be something? i have a few years to work with a crackerjack staff. >> you seem to be a different kind of librarians. no disrespect, most people think librarians are uptight and stuffy and wear uncomfortable shoes. >> i do have uncomfortable shoes. >> but you want to change the whole fac

the first lady, patricia bell scott recalls the friendship between pauli murray and first lady eleanor roosevelt. a history of racism in america in "stamped from the beginning." and time magazine's senior writer, adam cohen, looks at the i eugenics movement of the early 20th century in imbeciles. other finalists for this year's national book award in nonfiction include the report on the alienation felt by many on political right in "strangers in their own land." in "nothing ever dies," the vietnam war. and cathy o'neill's weapons of math destruction argues big data and computer models can be used to discriminate against people. .. >> at new york's attica correctional society and blood in the water. watch the announcement of the national book awards five months c-span2 on november 16. many of these authors have appeared or will be appearing on book tv. you can watch them on her website, booktv.org. >> a morning everyone. i'm chris with the mississippi archives.r please silence your cell phone. >> this is the mississippi history panel we thank ourec sponsors and we think our legislature for lettin

offr sudden fdr dies in a rm with his mistress in georgia, truman summoned to white house and eleanor rooseveltthis was your problem now. and it was a problem. they defeated hitler and japanese were not going to surrender. truman had to make very, very vital decisions about japan, stalin, russia with very little experience. he rose. we tell you pressure on him and what he had to do. eisenhower didn't want to drop atom bomb, commander in europe didn't want to drop it. i didn't even know that before i started researching this book. it is a stunning thing. it does apply today. but you never know, when people get into the oval office what, how they're going to perform. martha: yeah. and truman was a businessman too, smaller business. >> he was a hat maker. martha: he was also a businessman and that is donald trump's background for sure. i also was struck yesterday looking at an article about how the united states is ramping up intelligence capabilities with regard to russia. we spent so much of the past several years working on terrorism but now indeed everybody is sort of recognizing that we need

the 89-year-old belafonte says he first realized the power of activism from changemakers like eleanor roosevelt and dr. martin luther king jr. with whom he marched alongside during the civil rights movement. was he one of the most influential people as far as your life? >> i think anybody who met dr. king had their life changed. he was compelling. i just always felt that one of the great blessings of might have life is the fact that i think of where we are now as a country? >> i think if dr. king lived, the mission would have taken another tra jjectorytrajectory. he would have led us down another path. he had such faith in the american dream. he really did. he believed very strongly in this country. nothing else needs changing. we are the we are the flaw. >> but we are also the solution. >> we're the only force that i know of that carries the solution. >> what would you like the last page to be of your book? >> he gave us his best. or he gave us the best he had. that's all i keep doing. >> it is awe-inspiring to watch his story. >> it is incredible to see all that footage. key moments in histor

that's how eleanor roosevelt first became politicized by the battle over the triangle fire. there will people faking robber bare rones, muckraking recorders and writers, who took on standard oil, there was women's rights movement. this is 2016. exactly 100 years ago next month, two important things happened. one is that margaret sanger opened the first birth control clinic in america in brooklyn for which she was arrested because it was against the law, and jeanette racken was the first woman ethrowing congress in 1916. things thing wes now take fog granted birth control and women in congress were revolutionary a 100 years ago, workers rights. workers soot in the woolworth in new york and in the detroit and flint pham factories to get the right to unionize. the sit-in movement which took its idea from the workers movement brought a civil rights, the right to vote, the right to accommodation, the environmental justice movement, challenge and changed the law and introduced the clean air act, the clean water act, the environmental protection act of 1970. these are all radical i

women, she called them the mink brigade, but they were people who were in solidarity, that's how eleanor roosevelt became politicized by the battle over the triangle fire. there were people fighting robber barons, these muck raking reporters and there was the women's rights movement. this is 2016 exactly 100 years ago next month two important things happened, one is that margaret sanger opened up the first first control clinic in america, jeannette ranken was the first woman elected to congress in 1916. these are things that we now take for granted. birth control and women in congress but they were really revolutionary 100 years ago. workers rights, workers sat in in the wool worths in new york in the detroit and flint factories to get the right to unionize. the sit in movement which took its idea from the working classworkers movement brought us civil rights, the right to vote, the right to accommodations, the environmental justice movement challenged and changed the law and introduced the clean air act, the clean water act, the environmental protection act in 1970. these are all radical ideas at