Moyers on Democracy Book

1 For America's Sake: December 12, 2006: A New Story for America 11

2 At Large: September 21, 1986: Peace Corps Twenty-fifth Anniversary Memorial Service 29

3 The Broad Margin: November 22,1988: Peace Corps Commemoration of the Death of John F. Kennedy 29

4 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 34

5 Remembering Bill Coffin: April 20, 2006: Eulogy for William Sloane Coffin, June 1, 1924-April 12, 2006 53

6 The Meaning of Freedom: November 15, 2006: Excerpt from the Sol Feinstone Lecture at the United States Military Academy 59

7 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 81

8 Help: March 3, 2007: American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers 94

9 Farewell to Lady Bird: July 14, 2007: Eulogy for Lady Bird Johnson, December 22, 1912-July 11, 2007 113

Pt. II The Uses of History

10 A Refusal to Remember: May 14,1987: Honorary Doctorate from the Jewish Theological Seminary 123

11 The Big Story: March 7,1997: Texas State Historical Association 129

12 When the Past Meets the Present: May 5,2000: The Committee of 100 143

Pt. III Politics

13 A Vision of the Future: March 8,1991: Keynote Address for the National Legislative Education Foundation's Democratic Issues Conference 157

14 So Great A Soul: January 28, 1996: Memorial Service for Barbara Jordan, February21, 1936-January 17, 1996 169

15 Money Talks: November 24, 1997: Sacramento Community Center 177

16 Saving Democracy: February 2006: Remarks on a Lecture Series in California on the Issue of Money and Politics 193

17 After 9/11: October 16, 2001: Keynote Address for the Environmental Grantmakers Association 219

18 America 101: October 27,2006: Council of the Great City Schools Fiftieth Anniversary Fall Conference 235

Pt. IV The Media

19 Time To Tell: November 2, 1991: International Documentary Association Awards Dinner 253

20 Remembering Fred W. Friendly: March 1998: Eulogy for Fred W. Friendly, October 30, 1916-March 13, 1998 260

21 The Fight For Public Broadcasting: May 15, 2005: National Conference for Media Reform 265

22 Penguins and the Politics of Denial: October 1, 2005: Annual Conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists 284

23 Democracy, Secrecy, and Ideology: December 9, 2005: The Twentieth Anniversary of the National Security Archive 299

24 Life On The Plantation: January 12, 2007: National Conference for Media Reform 313

25 Journalism Matters: August 9,2007: Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 331

Pt. V Religion

26 God Help Us June 1, 2000: The Charles E. Wilson Chalice Award from Religion in American Life 353

27 The Sport Of God: September 7, 2005: Union Theological Seminary Presents Judith and Bill Moyers the Union Medal 362

Pt. VI A Commencement Address

28 Pass The Bread: May 20, 2006: Hamilton College Baccalaureate Service 379

Acknowledgments 387

Index 389