“Too often inaudible above the thunder
of ceremonial applause for Dr.
King’s
ennobling dream is his remonstration
that black Americans were dealt a
check after the Civil War that came
back marked ‘insufficient funds.
’ ”
—NYU HISTORIAN DAVID...
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“Too often inaudible above the thunder
of ceremonial applause for Dr.
King’s
ennobling dream is his remonstration
that black Americans were dealt a
check after the Civil War that came
back marked ‘insufficient funds.
’ ”
—NYU HISTORIAN DAVID LEVERING LEWIS AT A DISCUSSION ON
THE LEGACY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
HOSTED BY THE
JOHN BRADEMAS CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF CONGRESS
“On TV shows that
they have today,
they make it look like
you’re gonna become
famous overnight—and
it doesn’t work that
way.
It just doesn’t.
And the kids, they’re
not singing now,
they’re screaming.
”
—A SPECIAL CONVERSATION WITH CROONER TONY
BENNETT HOSTED BY THE HUDSON UNION SOCIETY
AT THE NYU SKIRBALL CENTER FOR THE
PERFORMING ARTS
HEARD
ON CAMPUS
“I don’t think a president who takes over the
command of the armed forces in war can
come out of that untouched.
It’s one thing
to have a great worldview and talk about
American leadership, it’s another thing to be
at the airbase
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