Moyers on Democracy

People know Bill Moyers from his many years of path-breaking journalism on television. But he is also one of America's most sought-after public speakers. In this collection of speeches, Moyers celebrates the promise of American democracy and offers a passionate defense of its principles of fairness and justice.Moyers on Democracytakes on crucial issues such as economic inequality, our broken electoral process, our weakened independent press, and the despoiling of the earth we share as our common gift.

BILL MOYERS was a founding organizer of the Peace Corps, a senior White House assistant (and press secretary) to President Lyndon Johnson from 1963 until 1967, publisher of Newsday, senior news analyst for CBS News, and producer of many of public television’s groundbreaking series. He is the winner of more than thirty Emmy awards and nine Peabody awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television, the Career Achievement Award from the International Documentary Association, and the Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts by the American Film Institute. Among his bestselling books are Listening to America, A World of Ideas, The Power of Myth (with Joseph Campbell), and Moyers on America. He serves as the pro-bono president of the Schumann Center for Media and Democracy.

Introduction	p. 1
The Ideal of Service
For America's Sake December 12, 2006: A New Story for America	p. 11
At Large September 21, 1986: Peace Corps Twenty-fifth Anniversary Memorial Service	p. 23
The Broad Margin November 22, 1988: Peace Corps Commemoration of the Death of John F. Kennedy	p. 29
The Happy Warrior June 23, 1998: The Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs in Commemoration of Hubert H. Humphrey's Speech to the Democratic National Convention in 1948	p. 34
Remembering Bill Coffin April 20, 2006: Eulogy for William Sloane Coffin, June 1, 1924-April 12, 2006	p. 53
The Meaning of Freedom November 15, 2006: Excerpt from the Sol Feinstone Lecture at the United States Military Academy	p. 59
The Power of Democracy February 7, 2007: Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Presented Judith and Bill Moyers with the First Frank E. Taplin Jr. Public Intellectual Award	p. 81
Help March 3, 2007: American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers	p. 94
Farewell to Lady Bird July 14, 2007: Eulogy for Lady Bird Johnson, December 22, 1912-July 11, 2007	p. 113
The Uses of History
A Refusal to Remember May 14, 1987: Honorary Doctorate from the Jewish Theological Seminary	p. 123
The Big Story March 7, 1997: Texas State Historical Association	p. 129
When the Past Meets the Present May 5, 2000: The Committee of 100	p. 143
Politics
A Vision of the Future March 8, 1991: Keynote Address for the National Legislative Education Foundation's Democratic Issues Conference	p. 157
So Great A Soul January 28, 1996: Memorial Service for Barbara Jordan, February 21, 1936-January 17, 1996	p. 169
Money Talks November 24, 1997: Sacramento Community Center	p. 177
Saving Democracy February 2006: Remarks on a Lecture Series in California on the Issue of Money and Politics	p. 193
After 9/11 October 16, 2001: Keynote Address for the Environmental Grantmakers Association	p. 219
America 101 October 27, 2006: Council of the Great City Schools Fiftieth Anniversary Fall Conference	p. 235
The Media
Time to Tell November 2, 1991: International Documentary Association Awards Dinner	p. 253
Remembering Fred W. Friendly March 1998: Eulogy for Fred W. Friendly, October 30, 1916-March 13, 1998	p. 260
The Fight For Public Broadcasting May 15, 2005: National Conference for Media Reform	p. 265
Penguins and the Politics of Denial October 1, 2005: Annual Conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists	p. 284
Democracy, Secrecy, and Ideology December 9, 2005: The Twentieth Anniversary of the National Security Archive	p. 299
Life on the Plantation January 12, 2007: National Conference for Media Reform	p. 313
Journalism Matters August 9, 2007: Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication	p. 331
Religion
God Help Us June 1, 2000: The Charles E. Wilson Chalice Award from Religion in American Life	p. 353
The Sport of God September 7, 2005: Union Theological Seminary Presents Judith and Bill Moyers the Union Medal	p. 362
A Commencement Address
Pass the Bread May 20, 2006: Hamilton College Baccalaureate Service	p. 379
Acknowledgments	p. 387
Index	p. 389
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