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- Michigan State University Professor Jeff Wray hosts the University's Black History Month Read-In. Wray reads from Paul Beatty's novel "White Boy Shuffle." Fifth grader Kimani Hamilton-Wray reads "Better Wait til Martin Comes" from the collection "The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales." Ronald De Suze reads from George Lamming's novel "In the Castle of My Skin." C.G. Kendrick reads from Donald Goines novel "Black Girl Lost." Cookie Whitaker reads selections from Langston Hughes. Constance Ross reads from J. California Cooper's short story "Living" contained in the book "Homemade Love." Wray also reads Gil Scott-Heron's poem "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." Folu Ogundimu reads from Chinua Achebe's novel "Anthills of the Savannah." Earle Robinson reads from Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man." The read-in was coordinated by Diana Rivera and Tama Hamilton-Wray.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-02-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- State of the Union address. Broadcast on Detroit, WJR, February 2, 1953.
- Date Issued:
- 1953-02-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- After touring a General Electric plant in Schenectady, NY, President Barack H. Obama speaks to workers and dignitaries about the importance of innovation in the global economy. Obama explains the need to export and highlights deals with Asia and India that will bring jobs to the U.S. He also announces that General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt will chair the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. Immelt introduces the President.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-01-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Jimmy Carter gives a speech on inflation, with commentary by Frank Reynolds and Dan Coortz.
- Date Issued:
- 1978-10-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1989-08-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- U.S. President Bill Clinton sets forth his agenda following the results of the U.S. Senate and House elections. Clinton asserts that Social Security reform is a top priority and will require bipartisan efforts. Clinton also says that the Democratic victories in the Senate stem from the party focusing on policies instead of partisanship.
- Date Issued:
- 1998-11-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Includes questions dealing with all aspects of U.S.-Soviet relations.
- Date Issued:
- 1991-07-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President George Bush gives a press conference to announce his plan for relief to Kurdish refugees. The press conference ends with a question-and-answer session covering the situation in the Middle East and ongoing shifts in the Soviet Union and in U.S. relations with the Russians.
- Date Issued:
- 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama speaks to reporters about his briefing with with nearly two dozen advisers and aides including Cabinet officials and CDC Director Tom Frieden on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and cases of the disease in the U.S. Obama promises additional training and resources to deal with the emergency and describes his efforts to rally assistance from Japan and several European nations. The meeting was called after the discovery of a second Ebola case in the U.S. involving a nurse who traveled by airplane shortly before her symptoms appeared. Held in the White House.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-10-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection