The U.S.
Holocaust Memorial Museum |
As part of the weekend activities celebrating the nation's 53rd Presidential Inaugural, The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum hosted "VISIONS OF THE 21st CENTURY," a day-long program exploring intellectual and moral issues of national and global concern.
The following speakers delivered remarks which you can hear by clicking on the audio icons [ ]. (To hear the audio, the RealAudio player must be installed on your machine. If you do not have it, you can get it at no charge at the RealAudio website.)
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| Opening Address: Miles Lerman -- Chairman, United States Holocaust Memorial Council; Partisan leader in the Jewish Resistance during WWII. [Introduction: |
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| Toward an End to Racism and Prejudice: Cornel West -- Author and Professor, Philosophy of Religion and Afro-American Studies, Harvard University
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| Education for a Challenging Future: Reverend Leo J. O'Donovan,
President, Georgetown University [Introduction: Questions: Text]
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| Liberty
and Justice for All: The Continuing American Quest:
Antonia Hernandez -- President and General Counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund [Introduction: Questions: Text]
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| From a Century of Genocide to a Century of Peace: Elie Wiesel -- 1986 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Professor, Humanities, Boston University This presentation will be available soon | |
| | New Knowledge, New Dilemas, New Solutions:
Maxine Singer -- President of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C. [Introduction: Questions: ]
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| | Beyond Identity: Politics Toward a New Vision of
Common Good:
Betty Friedan -- Distinguished Professor of Social Evolution, Mount Vernon College; Feminist Author [Introduction: Questions: ]
| | Closing Statement: Walter Reich, Director, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. |