Historian Douglas Brinkley was the featured speaker at the RMU Speakers Series fourth installment for the 2019-20 season.
Over the course of Brinkley's ninety minutes on stage, he gave those of us in attendance a graduate level course in the American Presidency. He began with Thomas Jefferson, talked extensively about Abraham Lincoln, waxed eloquently on the contributions of the Roosevelts, both Teddy and Franklin, took us through Truman, Ike, Kennedy, Nixon, Carter, and Reagan, both Bushes, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, and, of course, the Current Occupant of the White House. He even made a James Polk reference in his talk. James Polk!!!
He indicated that the results of the 2020 election could be "seismic", and urged that everyone needs to be sure to vote.
And on top of all of this great info, he concluded the Q & A session with stories of Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, and Bob Dylan!! And he told us that his next book will be on Hank Aaron, timed for release in 2024, the 50th anniversary of the year the Aaron broke Babe Ruth's career home run record. I can't wait for that one.
We could have listened to him for another couple of hours at least.
Another Four Star evening courtesy of the RMU Speakers Series.
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