"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Henry Wallace – Address of March 17, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Henry Wallace has been receiving a goodly amount of attention in recent years. As Secretary of Agriculture and then vice-President under FDR, he was a major…
January 16, 2001 – CBS World News Roundup – Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection January 16, 2001 – Busy day on Capitol Hill. With confirmation hearings for President-Elect Bush’s choice for Attorney General John Ashcroft going full speed…
President-Elect Jimmy Carter – First Press Conference -November 4, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – President-Elect Jimmy Carter, in his first press conference since winning the White House, from November 4, 1976. In retrospect probably not an earth-shattering press…
Ronald Reagan – interview on Meet The Press – NBC Radio – January 9, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In 1966, former TV and movie actor and SAG President Ronald Reagan announced his intentions to run for Governor…
January 4, 2007 – CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 4, 2007 – A historic day on Capitol Hill. For the first time in U.S. History, a Woman took the gavel as Speaker of The House.…
December 15, 2000 – World Briefing – BBC World Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 15, 2000. A day where a lot was going on the world, and much of it, if you lived in the U.S., you…
October 7, 1980 – NPR – All Things Considered – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With some 3 weeks to go before Campaign ’80 drew to a close, the Presidential candidates were out stumping for votes on this day, in…
September 1,2005 – CBS Radio News On The Hour/WTOP Newsradio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection September 1, 2005. The worst of Hurricane Katrina was over – but the horror had just begun. As the storm passed, the devastation was overwhelming…
August 19, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 19, 1988 – this day in New Orleans, the GOP held their convention and bestowed upon George Bush and his running mate Dan Quayle,…
August 17, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 17, 1979 – a day of fence mending in the Middle East. Special Middle-East Envoy Robert Strauss flew to Israel and held an emergency meeting…