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(chadh/flickr)Building Histories
Most histories of the civil rights movement focus on the South. Find out how activists and organizations in the North shaped the movement. Also: hear the history of the Hemings family of Virginia. Plus, a look at the life of Swiss modernist Le Corbusier -- and a conversation with Daniel Libeskind, one of today's leading architects!
Civil Rights in the North
Most histories of the civil rights movement focus on the South. Find out how activists and organizations in the North shaped the movement too. Thomas Sugrue is author of Sweet Land of Liberty.
The Hemings Family of Monticello
The Hemings family had close blood ties with President Thomas Jefferson, due to Jefferson’s relationship with slave Sally Hemings, who was also the half-sister of his late wife Martha. Historian Annette Gordon-Reed traces the Hemings family from Virginia in the 1700s to its dispersal after Thomas Jefferson’s death in 1826. Her new book is
Le Corbusier: A Difficult Personality
Swiss architect Le Corbusier was one of the most influential of all modernists and helped lay the groundwork for 20th century architecture. He was also a rather difficult and controversial personality whose relationships with clients often ended badly. Nicholas Fox Weber’s new biography is Le Corbusier: A Life.
Event:
Nicholas Fox Weber will be giving a talk and signing books
Tues. Dec. 9 at 6:30 pm
Urban Center Books
457 Madison Ave. (at E. 51st St.)
Free but reservations are encouraged
Call 212-935-2075 for more information or to reserve a seat
Studio Daniel Libeskind
Daniel Libeskind, one of today’s leading architects, talks about how philosophy, music, theater, and film have influenced his work. His new book with architecture critic Paul Goldberger is Counterpoint.
Events: Daniel Libeskind will be in conversation with Paul Goldberger
Wednesday, December 10 at 6 pm
The Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Place, between Bleecker and 3rd Streets
For more information, visit the AIA NY website.
Daniel Libeskind will be signing books
Sunday, December 14 at 3 pm
Archivia Books
993 Lexington Avenue, between 71st and 72nd Streets
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Earlier this week, Pres. Obama announced that he plans to nominate geneticist Dr. Francis Collins to lead the National Institutes of Health. You can listen to Leonard’s 2006 conversation with Dr. Collins about how he reconciles his personal faith with his professional scientific knowledge.
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Congress is getting ready to a vote on whether to make tobacco subject to FDA regulation. You can listen to a segment we did in May about the bill and what it would mean for the cigarette companies.
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