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- Ceremony for the unveiling and dedication of a statue of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks placed in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. John Boehner notes that Parks is the first African-American woman to have a statue in her honor placed in the Capitol. Congressional leaders comment on the legacy of Parks. President Obama says, "Rosa Parks’ singular act of disobedience launched a movement." The U.S. Army Chorus sings the National Anthem, "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing", and "America the Beautiful".
- Date Issued:
- 2013-02-27T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- University of Washington-Tacoma Professor of Humanities Michael Honey delivers a performance presentation titled, "Sharecropper's Troubadour: John L. Handcox, the Southern Tenant Farmers Union, and the African American Song Tradition." Based upon his own interviews with Handcox, Honey recounts the life of the folk singer and labor organizer, an African American raised in the Arkansas delta world of sharecropping, who became one of the most beloved folk singers of the prewar labor movement. Honey explains how Handcox shaped the labor music scene. He performs a number of labor anthems and plays recordings of others as he tells Handcox's story. Honey answers questions from the audience. He is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series and the MSU Libraries' Colloquia Series, co-sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the MSU Museum, the MSU African American and African Studies Center, and University's Project 60/50. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-10-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- During a ceremony at the White House, President Barack Obama describes the actions of Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Ty M. Carter on October 3, 2009 during combat operations at Combat Outpost Keating in Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan. Obama praises both Carter's gallantry in combat and his ordeal with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) saying it is "absolutely critical to put an end to any stigma" that prevents troops from getting treatment. An unidentified speaker reads the official Congressional citation as the President presents the medal to Sergeant Carter. U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains Major General Donald Rutherford delivers the invocation and the benediction.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-08-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Distinguished Professor Dr. Richard E. Lenski talks about his appointment to two different departments at MSU, his childhood in Ann Arbor and Chapel Hill, attending Oberlin College as a biology major, and studying the interplay of evolution and ecology in graduate school at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. He also describes his career before coming to MSU and says that he finds the MSU community to be incredibly supportive and East Lansing to be a wonderful place to live. He ends by describing some of the awards he has received and discusses his concerns for the future of science and research. Lenski is interviewed by former MSU Professor Pauline Adams for the Michigan State University Faculty Emeriti Association Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-07-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- David Laskey talks about the experiences of his wife Kinuko, who survived the Hiroshima bomb, but has since passed away. He describes how they met, talks about his time with her, and how she was a champion for peace in Vancouver, Canada.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-03-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama awards Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry to 24 Army veterans, 21 of them posthumously. The veterans are receiving the Medal of Honor in recognition of their valor during major combat operations in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War having been previously overlooked for the medal due to racial discrimination.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- At a Michigan State University "study away" class held in Washington, D.C., Elmer Chatak, former secretary-treasurer of the Industrial Union Department of the AFL-CIO, talks about his father, who was one of the first full-time organizers for the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) and his own introduction to the labor movement. Chatak also talks about his career as a union organizer, the many positions he held in the AFL-CIO, and how unions and union locals are formed. He takes questions from the class.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-07-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Glendora Review
- Date Issued:
- 1996-12-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- African Journal of Political Science