but librarian of congress carla hayden said it was important to look beyond the play on the field -- to how the game has reflected life off of the field. carla hayden, librarian of congress: of course when you think about diversity and baseball bringing people together, you think about jackie robinson being the first african-american player. the library of congress collection holds jackie robinson's papers, and the peexecutive who helped him 1947. also part of the game, including a uniform from the rockford peaches, the team made famous in the film, "a league of their own." hayden, a baseball fan herself, hopes the sights and sounds of the space spark memories, and conversations across generations.carla hayden, librarian of congress: it's gonna take you right back to when you were at the ballpark, or you were at home and listening to a game on the radio, and that's what we hope people will feel. no matter how long ago, or not so long ago, those memories may be. in washington, i'm karin caifa. ((justine) up next -- how much are you willing to pay for a fancy hotel room in boston? insi

so first carla hayden and first lady mrs. obama come together now for a conversation around her forthcoming memoir and the experience impacted her life, her family and her country. michelle obama. applause]d >> thank you so much. [applause] >> there's a lot of librarians here. hi carla. there have been many thrills. i and the interviewer i am getting emotional. may just remember our days back in chicago i knew her since i was a baby. abb professional. >> won the library was part of your portfolio. to have somebody that understood libraries and governments like that. [laughter] >> that was her. that was not shade. not at all. she is making a point that's all. >> coming in from the academic but it is a part of your family. >> absolutely. we are readers, the obama's. wen start reading to the girls when theyy were babies. we were one of those that set up the barbies and read to them and show them the pictures and then go back but that act of reading out loud so when i have kids they were like my real babies to read to. i know eve

hayden. is just over one hour. >> now the person you all came to the 17 "becoming". [applause] michelle robinson obama. [applause] a lawyer, author and the wife of the 44th president of the united states, barack obama. [applause] she has become a role model for many girls and an advocate for healthy families and service members and their families and international adolescent girls education. her much-anticipated memoir "becoming" will be published november 13, 2018 by crown a division of penguin and will be released simultaneously in 24 languages. considered one of the most popular first ladies. >> caller: [applause] she invites readers into her world chronicle the experiences from her childhood from chicago to an executive and balancing the demands of motherhood and her time at the world's' most famous address. warm, wise, "becoming" is a reckoning of a substance to defy expectations and story inspired us to do the same we are fortunate to have been my best to have carla hayden hosting the c

library of congress carla hayden and first lady mrs. obama come together now for an in-depth conversation around her memoir and experiences that have impacted her life, her family and her country. michelle obama. [cheering] a lot of librarians. you guys are looking good. to be sitting here with you, i am the interviewer. >> you have to remember the days i've known her since i was a professional. you shouldn't be nervous. >> was a professional you were because of the library. i came back from pittsburgh and the library was a part of your portfolio. and it made such a difference to have somebody that understood the libraries and read everything in the governments like that. [applause] [cheering] she was just making a point. that's all. because i was coming in from an academic teaching library. so we go way back. it's been a big part of your reading. i started reading to the girls when they were infants because as a little kid, i love to read out loud. i was one of those kids that would set up the stuffed animals and barbies and read it to

library of congress carla hayden and first lady mrs. obama come together now for an in-depth conversation around her forthcoming my more becoming and the experiences that had impacted her life her family and her country. michelle obama. [applause]. there are a lot of librarians here. >> there had been many thrills but to be the librarian sitting here with you. as one of the most i'm the interviewer. >> interceptor member our days back in chicago. since i was a baby professional. you should not be nervous. the library was part of your portfolio. it made such a difference to head someone that i understood it library and read and everything in government like that. i was coming in from an academic teaching library and things. so we go way back. i was one of those kids who would set up the stuffed animals. and read to them. and show them the pictures and then go back i loved the act of reading aloud so when i had kids they became my real babies i could read two. i read to them all the time. as the girls grew up we continued to incorporate b

. >> thank you carla hayden. >> i have been thinking we live in a culture that toxic masculinity is very pervasive and i feel that kind of atmosphere could prevent other men from coming forward with a told they are too sensitive and so i guess my question is do you think that we have to go a different read on -- different road or is there and in between? >> i think it is part of the scene conversation because i think that is what men to sexually assault other men what i do think we need to do is to create a safer space for men to come forward and be believed and not be questioned simply because they have been assaulted and then they are sexually assaulted. unfortunately often times we just don't create that we have to be mindful of that putting together the anthology deftly had to create the men but i did not want to include for example half of the anthology because it is mostly women who endure sexual assaults but we do know that statistic because it's mostly women who come forward we actually don't have accurate statistics how often are men are sexually assaulted we just know that it h

[applause] spee5 of congress carla hayden. is just over one hour. >> no now the person you're came to see. [cheers and applause]

david sorkin, david berio and carla hayden and in the smithsonian archive in the library, we met and we talk about this and we might have, one of the kids started out at the natural history museum . with all that stuff. and i think that was, it slept there because, so we're trying to figure this out. i think the evening should be robust. >> i think errands space already does sleep over. >> seed? so we working together. >> but you did mention the fact that david sorkin, that's an important thing we should talk about and that is a close working relationship the three of us had which is unlike, i've been there for almost 9 years and this is the first time that the three institutions have gotten serious about working together. >> and it's fun because i invited the two david's over to the library of congress for this luncheon and of course our curators in my branch without the good silver, we call it. all of our stock. and they're in there. we knew that this david was the ultimate so we had one of our librarians bring out this wonderful opera things telling some of the stuff as you know.

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