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Shirley Chisholm
categories: Interview, Speeches
Excerpts from the National Visionary Leadership Project - May 7, 2002
May 7, 2002
These excerpts are from an interview with Shirley Chisholm conducted by Dr. Camille O. Cosby as part of the National Visionary Leadership Project. More information can be found at http://www.visionaryproject.org/chisholmshirley/. Outlook on the Future CHISHOLM: If our very basic Constitution had phrases in it had to do with slavery and if we go back to the birth of the country and the growth of this country and if we go back to laws rules and regulations of the states, I can't be optimistic. I try to be, but I can't. […]
Diane Watson
categories: Interview, Speeches
Explorations in Black Leadership Series - Dec. 15, 2005
December 15, 2005
Julian Bond interviews U.S. Representative Diane Watson in this installment of "Explorations in Black Leadership." The series is presented by the Institute for Public History at the University of Virginia, and was recorded at the Congressional Recording Studio. BOND: Congresswoman Watson, welcome to Explorations in Black Leadership. WATSON: It is so good to be here with you, Julian. BOND: It's our pleasure to have you. I want to begin with some questions about the Brown decision. What did it mean to you when you heard about it? WATSON: As you […]
Barbara Lee
categories: Interview, Speeches
Explorations in Black Leadership Series - Dec. 15, 2005
December 15, 2005
Julian Bond interviews U.S. Senator Barbara Lee in this installment of "Explorations in Black Leadership." The series is presented by the Institute for Public History at the University of Virginia amd was recorded at the Congressional Recording Studio. BOND: Congresswoman Lee, welcome to Explorations in Black Leadership. LEE: Good to be with you. BOND: We want to begin with some questions about Brown v. Board of Education. I know you were eight in 1954 when the decision came down, but do you remember any discussion about it then and any […]
Gwen Moore
categories: Interview, Speeches
Explorations in Black Leadership Series - May 29, 2014
May 29, 2014
Julian Bond interviews U.S. Representative Gwen Moore in this installment of "Explorations in Black Leadership." The series is presented by the Institute for Public History at the University of Virginia, and recorded at the Congressional Recording Studio. BOND: Congresswoman Gwen Moore, welcome to Explorations in Black Leadership. Thank you for being with us. MOORE: Oh, it is absolutely my pleasure, Chairman Bond. BOND: No, it is our pleasure. I want to begin with some questions about the 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education. I know you were a […]
Eleanor Holmes Norton
categories: Interview, Speeches
Explorations in Black Leadership Series - Oct. 17, 2005
October 17, 2005
Julian Bond interviews U.S. Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton in this installment of "Explorations in Black Leadership." The series is presented by the Institute for Public History at the University of Virginia, and was recorded at the Congressional Recording Studio. BOND: Eleanor Holmes Norton, welcome to Explorations in Black Leadership. Let me start with some questions about Brown v. Board. When you heard about the decision, what did it mean to you? NORTON: Well, as it turns out, it had great meaning to me. I was sitting in Dunbar High School […]
Gwen Ifill
categories: Interview, Speeches
Explorations in Black Leadership Series - Sept. 1, 2009
September 1, 2009
Julian Bond interviews journalist Gwen Ifill in this installment of "Explorations in Black Leadership." The series is presented by the Institute for Public History at the University of Virginia. BOND: Thank you for being on Explorations in Black Leadership. We very much appreciate your being with us. IFILL: I’m thrilled to be here, Julian. BOND: Let me begin — you were born after the Brown case, but do you have any notions of what it meant in your family, in your circle, when it was decided in ’54 and ’55? […]
Carol Moseley Braun
categories: Interview, Speeches
Explorations in Black Leadership Series - March 16, 2005
March 16, 2005
Julian Bond interviews former U.S. senator Carol Moseley Braun in this installment of "Explorations in Black Leadership." The series is presented by the Institute for Public History at the University of Virginia. BOND: Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun, welcome to Explorations in Black Leadership. BRAUN: Thank you very much. I'm delighted to be here. BOND: It's our pleasure. I want to begin with a couple of questions about the Brown decision. I know you were just seven years old in 1954 when the Court ruled, but do you have any recollections […]
Hillary Rodham Clinton
categories: Interview, Speeches
Joint Interview with President Obama - Jan. 27, 2013
January 27, 2013
This transcript is from the first part of a joint interview with President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on CBS News' 60 Minutes. STEVE KROFT: There are few people we think we know more about then President Barack Obama and outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and everyone has an opinion—about their politics, their marriages and a rivalry that is one of the richest in American history. On Friday we had the opportunity to sit down with the two of them, side by side. The White House […]
Pat Schroeder
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MAKERS profile: Former Congresswoman - March 4, 2013
March 4, 2013
PAT SCHROEDER: The question was asked, “How can you be a mother and a congresswoman?” I said, I have a brain, I have a uterus, and they both work. The ideal for women in my generation was very conflicted. When I was at the University of Minnesota, there were an awful lot who thought you should get your MRS degree, and then you were going to be taken care of. You were just going to be carried away on this wonderful barge, and life was good from then on. I […]
Phyllis Schlafly
categories: Interview, Radio address, Speeches
Interview with Michel Martin on NPR - March 30, 2011
March 30, 2011
As part of Tell Me More's focus on Women's History Month, host NPR Michel Martin interviewed Phyllis Schlafly. I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Now we go to our Wisdom Watch conversation. That's the part of the program where we talk to those who've made a difference in their work. In honor of Women's History Month, we've been putting a special emphasis on women who've made a difference. And my guest today is conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly. She is a mother of six, a […]