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- Angiosperms
- Date Issued:
- 1891-08-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- University of Michigan Herbarium Catalog Collection
- Description:
- President Obama speaks to reporters about the federal investigation of the bombings near the finish line of the Boston Marathon the previous day. Obama says the Federal Bureau of Investigation is treating the incident as an act of terror, but cautions against assigning blame for the incident. He extends sympathies to the victims and praises citizens for their assistance in the aftermath of the explosions.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-04-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Grant grew up in Boston and graduated from Boston State College. Grant says she was denied a teaching position in the Boston Public schools due to her race, but was later made Deputy Superintendent for Boston schools after earning her doctorate from Harvard. Grant talks about her work with Episcopal priest James P. Breeden on civil rights issues and with Jonathan Kozol in the Community Schools movement. She came to the Michigan Partnership for New Education in 1991.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-03-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Brooke lost his bid for a third term as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts to Paul Tsongas.
- Date Issued:
- 1978-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Coolidge states his ideas on state government in Massachusetts.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Howard E. Wolpe, Africa Project Director at the Smithsonian's Woodrow Wilson International Center and former U.S. Congressman from Michigan, discusses his involvement in efforts for social justice in South Africa, both as an academic and a politician. Wolpe is interviewed by Dr. David Wiley, Director of the MSU African Studies Center. Wolpe describes how he became interested in Africa as a graduate student at Boston University and coming to Western Michigan University in 1967 to teach African studies. He also talks about his rise in politics and his involvement, as a Michigan legislator and U.S. Representative, in African issues at a time of significant change on the continent. He discusses his anti-apartheid efforts in South Africa and at Michigan State University and his more recent experiences as part of the Clinton administration and his work at Smithsonian. Part of the African Studies Interview Series sponsored by the MSU Libraries and the African Studies Center.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-12-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama speaks to reporters about bomb explosions that detonated near the finish line of the Boston marathon earlier in the day. He expresses his sympathies for the victims and says that the federal government will provide any assistance requested in the investigation and prosecution of those responsible.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-04-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Karen Brandow and Charlie King perform their original work, "The passion of Sacco and Vanzetti : a musical portrait", before a noon-time audience at the Michigan State University Main Library. The production features images, dramatic readings and songs covering Sacco and Vanzetti's personal and political histories, their trial, convictions and eventual executions in 1927 by the state of Massachusetts. Introduction by MSU Professor John Beck. Part of the "Our daily work, our daily lives brown bag series" sponsored by the MSU Museum and the MSU School of Labor & Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-04-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama delivers remarks at "Healing Our City: An Interfaith Service", held at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston and dedicated to those who were gravely wounded or killed in the Monday, April 15th bombing near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Obama declares that America stands with Boston and says Bostonian resolve is the "greatest rebuke" of the act. He praises the courage displayed by those who assisted the victims and looks forward to the Marathon next year.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-04-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Notes:
- Angiosperms
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- University of Michigan Herbarium Catalog Collection
