and was later a curator at southern methodist university and downtown at the theological st. mark's library. and got a doctorate in renaissance history at columbia and all that led to my being here. >> host: how long have you been up with the public library? >> guest: is a curator of september 2000. >> host: you brought some things out to show us that you have in the collection. >> guest: it's an enormous collection about 2000 linear feet of archives and tens of thousands of printed items, 400 authors but this is what i like to call tip of the bird so to speak. here we have the only surviving manuscript of john dunn's satires and paradoxes that was done in his own lifetime. it's not in his hands but it's in the hands of his secretary and personal assistant. this has the highest authority directly from dunn's on manuscripts. you can see changes or differences between the text that is represented here and the transcriptions that were made in the first edition perpetuated throughout the centuries. for instance in the sonnet all who were tierney's, all those who have been destroy

her side line nap was interrupt bid a hard shot during a southern methodist football player this weekend what happened if not for the person who made the block of the day the wide receiver would have run right into the colley. coming up here, words and music to honor sandy hook's youngest victims. >nw;gz >> glor: finally tonight, since the 2012 shooting at sandy hook elementary, playgrounds and parks and memorials have been built to honor the young victims. onone man is building something else, a piece of music from especially poignant sources. here is don dahler. >> music can entertain, inspire, memorialize, composure stephen sametz is hoping this piece of music, a child's recommend yes, ma'am does even more. ♪ >> we first met sametz last year an wanted to write from a child's perspective so he reached out to elementary school kids, kids, many with firsthand knowledge of gun violence. >> my dad was about to go outside with me and someone had a gun and shot my dad. >> he received almost 500 stories, some so powerful he wanted to hear them in person. >> and -- >> in june, he visited this

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the form was held at southern methodist university in dallas last fall. it is a little three hours.

hosted by the southern methodist university center of presidential history, this event is about 50 minutes. >> the first thing the speaker wants to know when he is invited to speak at a different institution like smu, who will be in the audience? will it be 20-year-olds? or will it be people with a memory of that election? the answer was, it'll be a mix of people which were no use at all. that is to make some general remarks about the election and specific remarks and give you this handout which is a kind of the menu, if i do not talk about them in my prepared remarks and you have an interest about pursuing, you will have the opportunity to do that and the question and answer. i would not try to give you a comprehensive summary of my book which is not only about the 1968 election but the years leading up and following the election. rather, i will try to give you a high point and rely on you to decide what you want to hear. america coming apart, america coming apart has been the theme of most commentary of america in 1968 and the nearly half-century since that year. the titles of the leadin

i was in the rare books division, later a curator at southern methodist university and downtown at a general theological seminary, st. mark's library. and got a doctorate and renaissance history at columbia and all that led to my being here. >> how long have you been with the new public library? >> as a curator since september 2000. >> you brought some things out to show us that you have in the collection. >> i have. this is an enormous collection of about 2000 linear feet and tens of thousands of printed items, 400,000 office but this is what i like to call the tip of the berg, thursday. do we have the only manuscript of john times sonnets and paradoxes of done in his own lifetime. it's not in his hand but it's in hand of these secretary and personal assistant. and this has the highest authority deriving directly from his own manuscripts. you can see changes, or differences between the text as represented here and mistakes in transcriptions that were made in the first edition, and they were perpetuated throughout the centuries. for instance, in this sonnet all through, war, dearth,

i worked in their book division and was later a curator at southern methodist university and downtown at the theological st. mark's library. and got a doctorate in renaissance history at columbia and all that led to my being here. >> host: how long have you been up with the public library? >> guest: is a curator of september 2000. >> host: you brought some things out to show us that you have in the collection. >> guest: it's an enormous collection about 2000 linear feet of archives and tens of thousands of printed items, 400 authors but this is what i like to call tip of the bird so to speak. here we have the only surviving manuscript of john dunn's satires and paradoxes that was done in his own lifetime. it's not in his hands but it's in the hands of his secretary and personal assistant.

the form was held at southern methodist university in dallas last fall. it is a little three hours. >> good afternoon, everybody. listen, i am privileged to be here as a moderator, but from what these gentlemen have to say, i am going to step back. it is the easiest moderating job i have ever had because there are some fascinating stories and conversations they will have with you. one thing i did not know -- other than that i was a sixth grader at the time the president was killed, i did not know -- i did not study, at that time, about the warren commission, but i have come to know quite a bit of it. i actually, in a retaliation -- creation of a- a mock trial of lee harvey oswald i prosecuted mr. oswald. former first assistant with the dallas da office was the defense attorney. so, i got to learn a lot with the assistance of my super paralegal who is here, lisa and anderson -- anderson. let me tell you about the panelists. wow is what you are going to say when this is all over. judge burt griffin is a graduate of amherst college and yeah law school. yale

. >> david teaches religious studies at southern methodist universities in dallas.he was contracted by the liberal watchdog group texas freedom network to review the textbooks. >> the danger is that students will--texas students will not be able to get a clear picture of what the world is really like and what humanity is really like. >> the books are based on curriculum standards adopted by the texas board of education. these 15 board members are the high effort authority on what children learn in class, including the former president of an anti abortion pregnancy counseling center, a republican lobbyist and a sunday schoolteacher. the board has long been accused of elevating politics and religion over academics. some of that criticism coming from fellow conservatives, the group calls texas history standards a politicized extortion of history filled with misrepresentations at every turn. other than activists are complaining about what they see as liberal bias in the same books. >> our concern is most of what we're hearing is people from texas freedom network and oth

jeff is founding director of the center for presidential history at southern methodist university. prior to accepting that appointment, he held a post-doctoral fellowship and taught at the university of wisconsin, yale, the university of pennsylvania, haverford and texas a&m. at texas a&m, he was the 52 professor at the bush school and the director of programming for the scowcroft institute for teaching and mentorship. while at texas a&m he received a silver star award for teaching and mentorship, distinguished teaching award from a&m's association of former students and a university system chancellor's teaching excellence award. among the numerous articles and books he has written or edited. his "cold war at 30,000 feet" won the birds ell prize. he was shafr's 2012 lecturer and recipient of the norwegian nobel institute senior fellowship. jeff is currently writing, "when the world seemed new, george h.l.w. busch and the surprisingly peaceful end to the cold war." mary? >> thank you very much richard. thank to you the society for inviting me to speak. and also it's great that c-spa