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Kerry Kennedy Keeps RFK’s Memory Alive With ‘Ripples of Hope’

Now, fast-forward to today. To reflect and honor her father, Kerry Kennedy wrote a book that’s part biography, part memoir, part manual for civic activism and part family portrait. The book is titled “Robert F. Kennedy: Ripples of Hope.” She recently spent about 90 minutes discussing her literary work with Barbara A. Perry, director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, before approximately 350 eager listeners at the Newseum in Washington.
Barbara Perry
WINA

SCOTUS Justice Kennedy Retires | Barbara Perry

Barbara Perry, currently the Gerald L. Baliles Professor and Director of Presidential Studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, where she co-directs the Presidential Oral History Program talks with Les Sinclair about the retirement of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Barbara Perry
Chronicle of Higher Education

What Does Justice Kennedy’s Retirement Mean for Higher Education?

Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, said that campus conflicts over free speech are likely to end up in front of a future Supreme Court. And in that case, Kennedy’s moderate voice will be sorely missed, she said.
Barbara Perry
Yahoo

The civility trap: There's a right and a wrong way to express dissent

Political historian Nicole Hemmer wrote, “You got heckled at a restaurant? Dean Rusk appeared in San Francisco and was greeted by 400 people chanting ‘Dean Rusk: Wanted for Murder.’ Then they hurled ‘rocks, eggs, and blood-filled balloons’ at the hotel where he was speaking.”
Nicole Hemmer
Washington Post

Happy Hour Roundup

Nicole Hemmer reminds us that, in his day, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was thought to be extremely uncivil for organizing civil disobedience and demanding change.
Nicole Hemmer