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DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE to listen to the full audio for\, "When the Stars Be
 gin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America."\n\n
 “We can be different and united—the value of the American experiment i
 s contingent on the truth of this proposition.” \n—Theodore Roosevelt 
 Johnson III\n\nFacilitated by Dr. Nashid Madyun\, Executive Director of Fl
 orida Humanities.\n\nDr. Theodore R. Johnson is the great-grandson of shar
 ecroppers who believed in what Johnson calls “the Promise\,” that we A
 mericans are created equal and that “each of us will respect and defend 
 the rights and liberty of others.” Willie and Annie Johnson so believed 
 in that promise that they named Dr. Johnson’s grandfather and namesake T
 heodore Roosevelt Johnson\, after our 26th president invited the first bla
 ck man\, Booker T. Washington\, to the White House for dinner. Dr. Johnson
  shares his family’s deep reverence for this American experiment\, but a
 lso believes our failure to bind together around our highest ideals is an 
 existential threat to our future.\n\nJoin us as Dr. Johnson makes an invit
 ation—and a challenge—to all of us\, born of lived experience as a bla
 ck son of the American south and love of this country he took an oath to p
 reserve. Learn more about Dr. Johnson below.\n\nWe’re delighted for the 
 USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future to join organizers The Villag
 e Square and streaming partners Common Ground Committee\, Civil Squared\, 
 Network for Responsible Public Policy\,  Citizen Connect\, Center for the 
 Humanities at University of Miami\, Tallahassee Democrat and WFSU Public M
 edia. \n\nDr. Theodore R. Johnson is a public policy scholar and military 
 veteran who served as a White House Fellow and speechwriter to the Chairma
 n of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Ted is currently a Senior Fellow and Direc
 tor of the Fellows Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU Sc
 hool of Law. He holds a Doctorate of Law and Policy\, and his research foc
 uses primarily on African American political behavior as well as civic sol
 idarity.\n\nPick up a copy of “When the Stars Begin to Fall\,” named f
 or a black spiritual song that looks to the possibilities of the morning\,
  and join us on March 31st for a meaningful conversation you won’t soon 
 forget.\n\nCLICK HERE to listen to the full audio for\, "When the Stars Be
 gin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America."
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