>> well, i mean, he certainly has the charisma of a hollywood actor. if you see him in films, my students all think robin williams is theodore roosevelt from the movie "a night in the museum." but there's so many films about theodore roosevelt that include that rough rider image, the cowboy on horseback. so, yeah, absolutely. and the charisma, he knew -- roosevelt -- the power of motion pictures. and he tried to capture that essence in many ways. >> and he was a man of the tomb. it was such a period of change. >> the introduction of airplanes, submarines, motion pictures come in during his time at the white house. this is a remarkable period of change. and he seems to be the first modern president because he understands capturing the imagination of the american people is really a pr exercise and he needs to reach out to them in order to get congress to do something or in order to extend american power throughout the world. roosevelt is a revolutionary figure for the white house because he reshapes the office itself. >> we're going to take questions fro

they plotted to connect 25 prominent hollywood jews and hang them. and he hoped it would spark a program against the jews. they plan to shoot poison gas into the homes and synagogues in the jewish neighborhoods and they were quite well defined in los angeles printed a plan to firebomb jewish houses in the conspirators only got cold feet because an this was a jewish organizational response to the leaders of the anti- defamation league in los angeles and actually hired spies to infiltrate these networks and when the conspirators realize the networks had been infiltrated, they got cold feet and the never went through with the plots but they were there in part because bo said. salome concluded then we will take final questions. in 2020, the peer research center reported the astonishing figure of 84 percent of american adults, able to identify the holocaust, and knowing referring to the persecution of jews by the but were not focusing on this class and the holocaust yes, when americans talk about anti-semitism they talk about it that led to the holocaust

every single one is -- >> i thought if hollywood movies had really been invented a few years earlier, a thing in 1900, teddy roosevelt would have been the perfect action hero. he would have eclipsed john wayne and all those marvel heroes. >> he certainly has the charisma of a hollywood actor. my students all think robin williams is theodore roosevelt from "night at the museum." and there he is a man of action. many images include the rough rider image storming up a san juan hill or something like that. absolutely and the charisma, he knew, roosevelt knew the power of motion pictures and he tried to capture that essence in many ways. >> he was a man of the time. it was such a period of change. >> absolutely. the introduction of airplanes, submarines, motion pictures, in fact, and this is a remarkable period. he seems to be the first modern president, because he understands capturing the imagination is a pr exercise and he needs to reach out to get congress to do something or to extend american power throughout the world. roosevelt is a revolutionary figure for the white house because h

well, i mean he certainly has the charisma of a hollywood actor and you know if you see him in films you'll you know, my students all think robin williams is theodore roosevelt from the movie a night at the museum and there of course, he is a man of action, but there's so many films about theodore roosevelt many of which include that rough rider image the cowboy on horseback storming up a san juan hill or something like that. so, yeah, absolutely and the charisma he knew roosevelt in his own lifetime the power of motion pictures and he tried to capture that essence in in many ways. and he was a man of the time it was such a period of change. absolutely. i mean the introduction of airplanes submarines motion pictures. in fact come in during his is time at the white house. so this is a remarkable period of changing he seems to be really the first modern president because he understands that capturing the imagination of the american people is really a pr exercise and he needs to reach out to them in order to get congress to do something or in order to you know, extend american power thr

she at 17 hot floods to hollywood to visit her mother and her mother lets her do anything to stay at my mom starts dating errol flynn and abunch of married movie stars . howard hughes at the time wanted to marry her. she ends up just out of poor decision-making marrying like a son who worked for howard hughes and at the age of 17 stays married for 12 to 21 and gets divorce and three weeks later meets this great director, conductor and marries him within two or three weeks. >> that's interesting even given how much time she spent with gertrude whitney . >> that's what's so sad about how much of this. mina mom never connected with whitney with whom she would have had so much in common. gertrude whitney is a legitimate sculptor, very talented who love art, had such a great american art collection that she founded the whitney museum of the met wouldn't take it when she offered it to them and had a very bohemian life a few blocks from where i live in greenwich village. she was very close to reggie, her brother. she could have told my mom a lot about him but they never had real conversatio

he was in a couple of hollywood movies, but he also wrote plays when he was in the prison, so i know how those systems work. it is just interesting that you ended with rockefeller because rockefeller was the one who stopped the whole system from doing any kind of education. >> that's right. >> so you're doing some hard work. i appreciate what you're doing, and keep it up. >> have you read heather ann thompson's book "blood in the water". >> that's the one they did on rockefeller. >> on attica. it is brilliant. the way she ends the book is the response by the ruling white oligarchy because of attic shgs a -- attica. it is fascinating to read the internal documents of the nixon white house. they believe it is the beginning of a malice revolution. she argues the demonizing of especially black men, but also the foundation of this draconian carcel state as a response. one of the characters in the book based on a real figure, who i interviewed for about six hours because i wanted exactly what you said this old consciousness from the 60s and early 70s by black radicals so he was a member of

carter, reagan, george hw bush, clinton, or w bush, obama, and trust as well as the cia, joint chief, hollywood and the supreme court. his most recent book is carol, which he co-authored with robert costin the moderator for our opening discussion is douglas brinkley, in humanities and professor of history and bronx university and professor douglas brinkley is a best-selling author the grammy award-winning producer had he served as presidential historian for both new york post new york historical and sandinista a contributor to the new york times, the washington post, the boston globe and the author of numerous books in his most recent new york times bestseller, is american moonshine, john f. kennedy in the great space race. just before we begin i ask you please turn off your cell phones and other electronic devices and remember to keep your mask on. please note with the exception of her house photographer, we are not permitting photography this morning afraid and please join me in welcoming our guests. thank you. [applause] >> good morning, welcome bob fast, robert caro and as the added attract

historians who had some different glasses on the narratives than what we are typically hearing in the hollywood versions >>? as i think he'll call it the heroic anglo narrative. i have to ask if this is something you all thought about. you all are three angle anglo men. it is something that costs remain as rioters? people tell the stories they feel they are compelled to tell. i'm just kirsten know what you're thoughts are as three anglo writers writing about that particular topic from this vantage? >> our first thought was, and this really addresses what you asked earlier about why now -- a majority in the state, and we argue in the book that there is never been a better time really for there to be a conversation about the historical alamo. the real alamo. as opposed to the alamo of our dreams. and also at a time where the country is undergoing this sweeping reassessment of its racial past, in large part because of george floyd. texas history has largely gotten a pass. and that certainly surprises. i would say going in that i had absolutely no understanding of the latino experience with the ala

several of the westerns became major hollywood movies including the fighting shepherdess based on the life of lucy morrison more, the so-called sheep queen of wyoming. readers and moviegoers loved the mastery of western speech. since we are talking playing, i don't like you know how. i don't like the way you act. i don't like the way you talk. i don't like the way your face grows on you. and if i never see you again, it will be soon enough. the hard drinking hard parting cowgirl never married but enjoyed many unofficial liaisons. at the age of 54 she became a cattle queen in her own right on her 6000-acre ranch and lived to the age of 91. just as the westgate ambitious women unique opportunities to own land and attend college, it gave them special advantages in the pursuit of more rights. indeed in 1854 just six years after seneca falls conference and one year after the washington territory was founded, a suffrage bill failed to pass in the washington territories legislature via a single vote. the national movement made them based in east but when the cause reemerged after hiatus impo

squabble with bob and he is a very bright guy that was involved financial interest with a fight between hollywood and new york and the networks were in a position to call the shot. so with abc, cbs, nbc, i have a great show and they say maybe, that we will see and by the way you are asking way too much and then you don't ask during get the same thing. and then the guys who would put the show on the air but they thought that was unfair so i set about changing it with a bill that would cause that to end. so i lobbied the hell. and then the bill came on the floor it was appropriation i said i don't care dammit i will do this anyway. mr. president, i offer and appropriation and atwood said mr. president the senator from california is attempting to amend for the appropriation which we cannot do. the senator from oregon and is correct in the amendment is rejected. i said item in the rollcall that. and the ruling of the chair which i challenged and ted stevens is behind me. and said oh god. [laughter] and said he can't win what the hell do i have to lose? and we one. [applause] a time things were strain