The Weekly With Betty Koed and Robert Mann
Betty Koed, United States Senate Historian and Professor Robert Mann of LSU provide insights into the controversy around the Senate office building named after former Senator Richard Russell…
36 viewsBetty Koed, United States Senate Historian and Professor Robert Mann of LSU provide insights into the controversy around the Senate office building named after former Senator Richard Russell…
36 viewsRobert Mann, professor at Louisiana State University’s School of Mass Communication and the author of Daisy Petals and Mushroom Clouds: LBJ, Barry Goldwater, and the Ad That Changed American…
1,239 viewsRobert Mann showed many print and television ads as he lectured on the history of political advertising. Topics included the themes continuously used in political campaigns. He also emphasiz…
1,989 viewsProfessor Adam Rothman talked about his book Beyond Freedom’s Reach, in which he looks at emancipation in New Orleans, Louisiana, following Union control of the city. In his book, he focuses…
692 viewsRobert Mann talked about his book, Working Congress: A Guide for Senators, Representatives, and Citizens. He spoke at the 2014 Louisiana Book Festival, held on November 1 in downtown Bato…
119 viewsOn September 7, 1964, at approximately 9:50 p.m. NBC ran an ad for the presidential election campaign of Lyndon Johnson. The advertisement, featuring a little girl plucking a daisy followed …
3,278 viewsSpeakers talked about the impact of negative political advertising on the 2012 election. Topics included the history of negative ads, the number of ads being put out in 2012, and how those a…
1,094 viewsRobert Mann talked about his book Daisy Petals and Mushroom Clouds: LBJ, Barry Goldwater, and the Ad that Changed American Politics. The 1964 ad for the presidential election campaign of Lyn…
328 viewsA panel of Long family members and family friends discussed the life, legacy, and accomplishments of Huey Long. The moderator was Bob Mann, who had served as press secretary to U.S. Senator …
1,027 viewsLSU hosted a panel discussion on Robert Penn Warren’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, "All the King’s Men". The 1947 novel is the fictional story of politician Willie Talos, loosely based on re…
1,355 viewsAuthor Robert Mann discussed the political history of the Vietnam War and the politicians and policymakers who conducted it. David Shreve, scholar with the Miller Center of Public Affairs, c…
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