mark updegrove who is going to be the moderator. he's the director of the lyndon baines johnson presidential library and museum, and he himself is a journalist and an acclaimed author, and i hope he asks these guys the toughest questions, so without any further adieu, please welcome mr. mark updegrove, miss susan sterner, miss carol powers and mr. david hume kennerly. [ applause ] >> well, thank you. it's a great honor to be here. the great ancel adams photographer once said a photograph is usually looked at but rarely looked into. today we have the opportunity to look into the photographs of three great photographers and what they say about three extraordinary first ladies, two of whom are in the first row. betty ford, barbara bush and laura bush, and i have the easiest job of anybody today because i get to run this panel like tom sawyer painted his fence. i get my friends to do it, and they are going to share some of their work with you and talk about the extraordinary images that they have taken, and the first one up at this podi

mark updegrove, miss susan sterner, miss carol powers and mr. david hume kennerly. >> well, thank you. it's a great honor to be here. the great ancel adams nce sa photographer once said a photograph is usually looked at but rarely looked into. today we have the opportunity to look into the photographs of th three great photographers and what they say about three extraordinary first ladies, two of whom are in the first row. betty ford, barbara bush and laura bush, and i have the , an easiest job of anybody today because i get to run this panel like tom sawyer painted his fence. i get my friends to do it, and they are going to share some of their work with you and talk f about the extraordinary images t that they have taken, and the na first one up at this podium will be david kennerly, and i'll tell you a quick story about david kennerly which happens to be tr true. it involves henry kissinger with whom david worked at the ford white house, and i was hosting a lunch for dr. kissinger some time back, and i mentioned in david's name. and dr. kissin

so masterfully on the ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming to the kennedy library mark updegrove. [applause] >> i guess the competition never really ends. but mark, this is an extraordinary book you have done, "indomitable will." it is a portrait but it doesn't fall into the trap that so many oral history because its dramatic. you get a sense of what johnson's leadership style was. and it is such a contrasting leadership style with many other presidents. and because we're here at the jfk library, the book begins with that awful moment of his ascension to the presidency where lady bird johnson said people looked at the living and wished for the dead. that burden upon which, and the contrast between the two styles, talk a little bit about that relationship. >> thanks, john. i do want to respond to my dear friend and my colleague, tom putnam by saying a, the story is true, and the, i think would more visitors last year than the jfk library. [laughter] the two were completely different. john f. kennedy and lyndon baines johnson were fundamentally different human beings. and i think t

i'll be the funny guy. [ laughter ] and mark updegrove of the lyndon baines johnson's library right downhe road. first i want to say something about doris kerns good win. we're fortunate to have her here. she is an awesome historian, she really is. i read a lot of history when i was president. i can hear people saying, we paid you all that money and all you did was read? sit around reading? it was fascinating. i didn't watch much tv. it was fascinating to read history while i had the honor of making history. and no better historian to help a president understand the past and future by the way, than for doris kearns goodwin. so we're honored you're here. [ applause ] and so the other thing that impressed me about doris kearns goodwin, she raised a son who became a united states marine. volunteered to be a united states marine after september the 11th. [ applause ] i have the honor of introducing the best first lady ever. [ laughter ] mom, would you take a tie? obviously, i don't mind being surrounded by strong women. i was raised by one, i married one, and i believe we're raising two. wel

[applause] [applause] >> mark updegrove is the director of the lbj library in texas. for more information visit lbj library.org. >> now zora neale hurston and the book "their eyes were watching god." the panel talks about the book and how it has had an impact on their lives. the panel is moderated by zora neale hurston's niece, lucy anne hurston. this is about an hour and a half. >> good evening, everyone. thank you so much for being here with us in the jerome l. greene performance space. i am director of the performance space. we have been on an extraordinary journey over the last month. the space has honored zora neale hurston's "their eyes were watching god." one week from today is the three year anniversary of the grenne space. our mission is to learners on a journey to inspire and transform. this has embodied our hopes and aspirations. i want to announce two visionaries that are here with us that have been fiercely supportive of the grenne space. laura walker, president and ceo of new york public radio. [applause] thank you, laura, and marino walked in. vice pres