buddhism. in the 1980s she visited a group of tibetan monks that was destroyed by the chinese government. working with nothing but hand tools and wheelbarrows, they had just begun rebuilding their 1200-year-old monastery. their reconstruction was so limited for sources was overwhelming, and what if the chinese should simply return again with their bulldozers, she asked the monks? they shrugged. such calculations were conjecture to the monks. since you cannot see into the future, you simply proceed to put one stone on top of the other. and another on top of that. if the stones get knocked down, you begin again. because if you don't, nothing will ever get built. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you. good evening. i happen to be here on this panel to discuss the 50th anniversary of events in birmingham as they relate to governor wallace. i would like to thank jim baggett, the department of manuscripts and archives for making this possible. the story of birmingham's spring 1963 civil rights demonstrations is well-known, but often overlooked as the role played by governor george c. w