>> i've been doing a lot of panels on president's ear, so would be easy for me to say theodore roosevelt is my favorite president franklin roosevelt are my stars and i just adore reading about goats in studying them. george washington is another one of my personal favorites. i want to depict rosa parks. the reason i picked rosa parks as i was born in atlanta, georgia. we lived there when martin luther king was my childhood memory of dr. king in antenna. i was eight or sold when dr. king was killed. it they subsequently bounced around and i taught history in new orleans and eight at being called a magic bus to take college students and i think creative tailored for civil rights tours and went to montgomery, birmingham, studying the civil rights movement. when i go to montgomery and there's no memorials for rosa parks. there was one street named jefferson davis avenue intersected with rosa parks. and so i wanted to see where rosa parks lived on december 1, 1955 and she became the mother of the movement. it was the most decrepit, underfunded housing projects in a room without exaggerating h

it would be easy for me to say theodore roosevelt who i usually say my favorite president, frank beenroosevelt, my stars in presidential history. i adore reading about both, studying them. george washington is one of my personal favorites but i wanted to pick rose a -- rosa parks, i was born in atlanta, georgia. we lived there when martin luther king, jr. was, my childhood memories of dr. king in atlanta. i was 8 years old when dr. king was killed. i sub swently bounced around, got my doctorate. and i taught in new orleans. i had a thing called magic just and take students around the country and take students to historic sites. we went to birmingham, atlanta, studying the civil rights movement. when i go to montgomery in those days there were no memorials for rosa parks, jefferson davis avenue intersected with rosa parks boulevard. i wanted to see where rosa parks lived on december 1, 1955, when the montgomery bus boycot kicked in and she became the mother of the movement. it was the most decrepit underfunded housing project she was living with, in a room, without exaggerating, her ho

his latest, "the true flag: theodore roosevelt, mark twain, and the birth of american empire."ack in a minute. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. is stephen kinzer, former "new york times" foreign correspondent and now writes for "the boston globe." his latest "the true flag: , theodore roosevelt, mark twain, and the birth of american empire." juan: in terms of the spanish-american war and the bitter guerrilla war that ,eveloped in the philippines the birth of the anti-imperialist league in the united states. it was a widespread movement of americans opposed to this overseas empire. could you talk about some of the figures and the impact of the anti-imperialist league? we don't see that kind of organization these days, even of the u.s. empire continues to grow and make itself felt around the world. >> the story of the anti-imperialist league is a central part of my new book "the true flag." to be voyages of discovery. i'm looking for some really big story that shaped the world but we don't

president theodore roosevelt famously sparked an outcry when he invited a black man, booker t. washington, to a white house dinner. lincoln,ion earlier, less famously, created a similar outcry when he received african-americans at the executive mansion. the best-known episode of the caller line enforcement -- color line enforcement at lincoln's white house is the experience that frederick douglass had on march 4, 1865. famouslyuglass recounted how guards denied him the entrance to lincoln's second inauguration, and how the president had once overruled the guards, and how he heartily welcomed the famed black orator. i saw you inass, the audience as i delivered my address. what did you think of it? i have a fantasy that douglas was thinking actually, mr. president, the biblical allusion you misapplied -- you used you misapplied and your syntax was garbled toward the end, but it was actually a sacred effort. he really said mr. president, it was a sacred effort. so douglass did not mention his account of that event the presence of other blacks of the 1865 post-inauguration levy. bu

now, in 1901, president theodore roosevelt famously sparked an outcry when he invited a black man, booker t. washington, to a white house dinner. a generation earlier lincoln, less famously, created a similar outcry when he received african-americans at the executive mansion. the best known episode of the color line enforcement at lincoln's white house is the experience that frederick douglass had on march 4th, 1865, later douglass memorably described how the entrance was guarded, and how the president overruled the guards and how he heartily welcomed the famed black orator. well, douglass, i saw you out there in the audience as i delivered my address. what did you think of it? i have this fantasy, that douglass was thinking, actually, mr. president, the syntax was garbled there toward the end, but otherwise a sacred effort. actually, he said, mr. president, it was a sacred effort. though douglass did not mention in his account of that event the presence of other blacks at the 1865 post inauguration levy was noted in the press, indicating that some other black people were admitted to that

terrified of terror so this is what he has to say from lincoln to william mckinley to theodore roosevelt and from one harding to calvin coolidge the republican party erected the most awesome manufacturing machine the world has ever seen and continuously the us relied on tariffs to convert from an agricultural economy in one thousand nine hundred to the mightiest manufacturing power on earth by one thousand nine hundred. suppose what the president is going to be doing when it comes to global trade let me go to and first reflect upon those words because in the mainstream media it's all gloom and doom i think part of it is because of what it's this president is saying it because we had bush and obama looking at the increasing duties on a number of things and it would focus on quite a bit on china so maybe trump is amplifying it but i think it's still pretty much a political football and in new york go ahead. yes certainly there is some association with trump that's making it unpopular but generally speaking. i think a lot of folks have recognized that a real trade war would really damage u.

war, i don't know as to why the navy becomes sort of a lily white institution by the time of theodore roosevelt. >> yeah. i can address that. there was a quota before the war in relation to the navy and it was 4%. and there were no navy officers of color. and there were some eventually taken into the knavenavy reserv others. in terms of the army itself, it figures 106,000 plus and the merchant marine, which is more than the navy, who was integrated and there were officers of color in terms of relation to that. so there are three separate groups, plus you had a fourth factor, which stanton dealt with that was the malitia act that literally banned before the war people of color being in state militias, which had to be overturned in relation to having african-american improvement, don't like the states. and in terms of somebody asking about numbers in the draft, the draft was done for two reasons. it was done to encourage enlistment, but black troops started to count toward state quotas. so that was another inducement for people of color, particularly from the north, to enlist after 1863. so a lot

terrified of terror so this is what he has to say from lincoln to william mckinley to theodore roosevelt and from one harding to calvin coolidge the republican party erected the most awesome manufacturing machine the world has ever seen he continues to say the u.s. relied on terror of say a convert from an agricultural economy in one thousand nine hundred to the mightiest manufacturing power on earth by one thousand nine hundred. eight of what i suppose what the president is going to be doing when it comes to global trade let me go to and first reflect upon those words because in the mainstream media it's all gloom and doom i think part of it is it's because of what it's this. as it is saying it because we had bush and obama looking at the increasing duties on a number of things and it would focus all quite a bit on china so maybe trump is amplifying it but i think it's still pretty much a political football and in new york go ahead. yes certainly there is some association with trump that's making it unpopular but generally speaking. i think a lot of folks have recognized that a real tra

terrified of terror so this is what he has to say from lincoln to william mckinley to theodore roosevelt and from one harding to calvin coolidge the republican party erected the most awesome manufacturing machine the world has ever seen he continues to say the u.s. relied on terror of say a convert from an agricultural economy in one thousand nine hundred to the mightiest manufacturing power on earth by one thousand nine hundred. eight of what i suppose what the president is going to be doing when it comes to global trade let me go to and first reflect upon those words because in the mainstream media it's all gloom and doom i think part of it is it's because of what it's this. as it is saying it because we had bush and obama looking at the increasing duties on a number of things and it would focus all quite a bit on china so maybe trump is amplifying it but i think it's still pretty much a political football and in new york go ahead. yes certainly there is some association with trump that's making it unpopular but generally speaking. i think a lot of folks have recognized that a real tra

terrified of terror so this is what he has to say from lincoln to william mckinley to theodore roosevelt and from one harding to calvin coolidge the republican party erected the most awesome manufacturing machine the world has ever seen he continues to say the u.s. relied on terror of say a convert from an agricultural economy in one thousand nine hundred to the mightiest manufacturing power on earth by one thousand nine hundred. eight of what i suppose what the president is going to be doing when it comes to global trade let me go to and first reflect upon those words because in the mainstream media it's all gloom and doom i think part of it is it's because of what it's this. as it is saying it because we had bush and obama looking at the increasing duties on a number of things and it would focus all quite a bit on china so maybe trump is amplifying it but i think it's still pretty much a political football and in new york go ahead. yes certainly there is some association with trump that's making it unpopular but generally speaking. i think a lot of folks have recognized that a real tra

, but as to piece of after the war why the navy is a lilly white institution by the time of theodore roosevelt, i don't know. >> well, ki address that. there was a quota the before the war in relation to the navy and it is not 11%, but 4%, and there were no commissioned officers in the navy of color. there were people like robert smalls and others who were eventually taken in the naval reserve or others, but i don't believe that the percentages are right on that, and in terms of the army, itself, you know, the accepted figures of 186,000 plus the commissioned officers and a lot of them stayed in the army rather than stayed in the navy, and also, you had the merchant marine which is more than the navy was integrated. there were officerses of color in terms of relation to that so you had three separate groups. also a fourth factor which stanton dealt with and that is the ma lishb sha act which literally banned before the war people of color being in stat s militias, and that had to be overturned as african-american recruitment was done by the states. and somebody asked about the numbers of the d

but wilson wins in 12 because theodore roosevelt created the bull moose party and cut the republican party in two and destroyed taft's presidency and allowed wilson to come in and wilson wins the election. and if he hadn't, taft could have been continued his presidency and after wilson, republican, republican, republican, and then fdr. in 1932 all the way till 1980, i think america lived in the age of franklin roosevelt and that 1932 election. and i pick '80 because i'll get to why in one second, but if you follow me, not only did fdr win in 32, 36, 40, 44, and then a constitutional amendment, after his death to stop this, but roosevelt convinced the american people that the federal government is your friend, that uncle sam is your friend and he did it through programs like, you know, bridge building, road building, wpa. ccc, all the new deal, but also social security, your government is going to help you in oil age. if you're a farmer-- old age and we'll help farms grow and world war ii ended with the manhatten project, the government project for the atomic bomb. and you say how com

whether it was theodore roosevelt talking about engaging in a new century. whether it was franklin roosevelt talked about conkerring the crises of the '30s, building new world order. ronald reagan genuine architect of culture of optimism. remember the old story he believed, story about the kid who woke up, goes out in the living room there is a big pile of manure and reagan says i know there is a pony in there somewhere. [laughter]. that is the american spirit put in rather crude terms. bill clinton was great at this. he always talked about the culture of tomorrow. how could you make tomorrow better. we have a president now who traffics in a way that is virtually unique in a, in a rhetoric of fear. he points at people, instead of reaching out to people. and i think rhetorically that will be something that history will hold him to account on, no matter what the policies actually are that unfold. it is, but if you don't, we have legislators in the room, i guess the reason gray davis isn't here there was a recall. [laughter] i was misinformed. jamie told me arn

the first of the three nominated schools is theodore roosevelt middle school where the tower is a striking design by a master architect who you may know from the pacific telephone and telegraph building he designed, the castro theater as well as the paramount theater in oakland and alameda theater on alameda island. roosevelt middle school is the only building in the city possibly in the entire country that's designed as this unique architectural style known as dutch or german expressionism. it also contained three well-preserved murals on the interior. next we have the sunshine school located in the mission district. it is a testament to san francisco's commitment to education and well-being of children with disabilities. it was constructed for sfusd by the public works administration and was planned in consultation with public health professionals and teachers. the school was the first purpose built public orthopedic school build west of the rockies. it has a barrier free first floor level and it anticipated by decades passage of the architectural barriers act and americans with disabili

open their eyes to the legacy of their great-great-great-uncle andrew haswell green, a man theodore roosevelticknamed "the father of greater new york." >> nobody told us the story. >> i went through 50-some-odd years of my life and had no clue how important he was. >> john comes to suspect that may be because of the scandal surrounding green's death in 1903. >> a man approached him and accused him of seeing his mistress and shot him in the back. [ woman screams ] >> the stranger -- his name was cornelius williams -- shot andrew green five times, killing the man instantly. he made no attempt to escape, made no attempt to deny what he had done. >> the confessed killer claims green and a brothel owner named bessie davis were part of a conspiracy against him. newspapers across the country relish the salacious story. >> this was a very troubling, mysterious set of circumstances, and andrew green was under this cloud of suspicion of having lived a double life. >> the police determine green was a victim of mistaken identity. or was it payback from the political machine that he had taken down? whatev

now, and a 20th century theodore roosevelt would call thomas payne a filthy little atheist. he was not an atheist. he was a deist. as he put it, i believe in one god and no more. but he said that all religions were created to terrify and enslave mankind. -- he the age of reason -- a few cracks at ms. long at islam, he makes a few more of judaism, but his main target is the religion in which he was raised and that of most of his readers, which was christianity. his father was an anglican. his mother was a quaker. he had some sympathies with quakers all his life, but he thought christianity was one of these systems devised to terrify and enslave mankind. "the age of reason" he goes through the bible and highlights every contradiction that he can find. insightthat he had his into the nature of religion when he was a little boy, seven years and his familye was reading a sermon to the family on substitutionary atonement. that was the christian doctrine that christ died for our sins, and that he took upon himself through his crucifixion the burden of our sins. righ -- payne writes

in 1901, president theodore roosevelt famously sparked an outcry when he invited a black man, booker t. washington to a white house dinner. a generation earlier, lincoln, less famously created a similar outcry when he received african-americans at the executive mansion. the best known episode of the color line enforcement at lincoln's white house was the experience that frederick douglas had on march 4, 1865, and later, douglas memorably described how guards denied him entrance to the reception following lingeron's second inauguration and how the president at once overruled the guards and how he hardly welcomed the famed black orator, and said as you probably know, douglas, i saw you out there in the audience as i delivered my address. what did you think of it? >> and i have this fantasy that douglas was thinking, actually, mr. president, the beb lickal illusion y biblical, and otherwise it was a sacred effort. >> mr. president was a secretary red effort. douglas did not mention in his account of that event, the presence of other breaks at the 1865 post-inauguration levy was noted in

. >> inside the museum on the second floor is this quote from president theodore roosevelt. no other book of any kind ever written in english has ever affected the whole life of the people. how was that reflected in the museum? >> threele different angles of e influence of the bible, first the story it's talking about a. finally what is the influence and the ripple effect as it is translated and goes through different cultures and certainly the western culture, our story of american history is sort of full of how people interact with the bible and the difference it made on the different cultures. so certainly roosevelt is drawing on these experiences looking over all the different societies and dynamics happening but also we try to branch out and look at the influence across the whole world with different cultures beyond america. >> host: one of those is the influence on literature that is what we want to talk to you t about today. how was it used in western literature backs >> it's become so common in the ordinary discourse. we are familiar especially in western culture wit

know the answer as to why the navy becomes sort of a lily white institution by the time of theodore roosevelt. actually i can address that. there was a quote of before the war. it was 4%. no commissioned officers of navy in the color. there were people like robert smalls and others who were taken in. so i don't think the percentage was exactly right on that. fromrms of the army itself they accepted the figures, a lot of them stayed in the army. plus, you have the merchant marine, which even more than the navy was integrated, and there were officers of color in terms threeation to that too, separate groups, plus a fourth factor which stanton dealt with, the militia act, which literally banned before the war people of color being in state militias from a witch that had to be overturned in relation to having african-american recruitment. i think someone asked about numbers in the draft. the draft is done for two reasons. it was done to encourage and this meant, but black troops count toward state quotas, so that was another inducement to enlist after 1863, so a lot of different factors going on

if you look at some of the progressive theorists of that day, people like woodrow wilson, theodore roosevelt, they were much more willing to say, let's get away from the distinction between the public and the private sphere. let's get away from the idea there is a private sphere government is suppose today protect and otherwise leave alone. the progressive era view was that is a very stunted and low understanding of what government should do. so in response to you i would say that there really was a new understanding of the role of government and the expectations of human nature that came to prevail in that period after the civil war in contrast to the earlier. i think you mentioned this earlier, too, randy, that i couldn't find examples of people who were prosecuted for being gay. which i kind of was surprised about. i thought there would be a lot, be something, at least, somewhere. i found one example of a homosexual -- what would have been considered a homosexual rape at the time. under age boy who had been seduced by an older male. that's it. which is striking since all the states had ru

theodore roosevelt once said that nothing short of defending the country in wartime compares in importance with the great central task of leaving this land even a better land for our descendants than it is for us. we must all work together to restore our national treasures so future generations have the same opportunity to enjoy them as we have. in conclusion, mr. president, let me reiterate a, something that, something personal about this. in 1985, the secretary of interior called and asked me when i was governor of tennessee to chair the president's commission on americans outdoors. i did that along with gilbert grovener, chairman of the national geographic and a variety of people. one of our major recommendations was to pick up the recommendation of the rockefeller commission from 1964 which said if there is an environmental burden, there should be an environmental benefit. they are the ones who recommended to begin with that we take land from energy exploration and use it to pay for the land and water conservation fund. we reaffirmed that in 1986. we reaffirmed that principle in 2006 w