Next, from earlier this month at the harlem book fair, a panel on africanamerican identity. [applause] thank you very much. And im happy to be in harlem, because theres a lot of exciting things happening here at the harlem book fair and eternally grateful to Max Rodriguez for continuing the tradition. Di the my name is virginia vanessa ando many years ago i was a fashion journalist in rome, italy. I worked for a daily newspaper, and i was coming out of an afro and platform shoes. And i asked my editor, what was the uniform . What was the code of dress to be a fashion journalist covering Armani Versace and valentino . The coverage versus the town she said have expensive jewelry invested in a set of rules but also sensible shoes. Always where black. You dont no how expensive for how cheap that article of clothing is. Asas you can see and you watch television, his around in black. But today the woman on this panel are going to tackle the topic of fashioning the self the image of black. We
Cell phones and other devices should be turned off. That would be very much appreciated. Tonight is the sole event so tonight there is one event. If i could just ask everyone to pull fold up their chairs at the end of the event that would be greatly appreciated. Last thing, the q a session, if i can ask you to step to the side, to my left we have a microphone and we do record this and cspan is here as well. If we could get this all on recording, that would be wonderful. Thank you. Without further do it like to introduce tonights author. Be free or die, the imaging story of escape from slavery to union hero. Its her second major work. Nominated for the 2014 edgar award for best fact crime and number one wall street bestseller. They chronicles the heroic journey of robert small who in 186 1862 seized a confederate steamer and sailed to Union Blockade freeing himself and his family. As all of you will soon see and learn, he i his mission did not and there. He would later become the first
Vegas. What is freedomfest . The intellectual entertainment capital of the world. Oscar goodman the former mayor says this is the most unique event in las vegas because usually las vegas is about entertainment and so forth. We are a renaissance gathering where we talk philosophy, history, science and technology, healthy living, music and dance, a little bit of everything, liberal arts, education. We have over 300 speakers, we have many authors, where subtitles is great ideas, great books and great thinkers. We are one of the few organizations that have a conference where the center of our exhibit hall is a book or. We sell people hundreds of books at freedomfest. We are delighted to have booktv as part of the freedomfest. Host what is the political philosophy . Guest we attract libertarian and conservative audience. We have a lot of wealthy investors and it is hard to pinpoint political investors are. Two years ago we had donald trump who came at the last minute. He appeared 711 in 201
Great recession. Think about what happened nationally, the proportion of jobs the disappeared in the manufacturing sector, that was true, a lot of the jobs that were lost paid pretty well but had not required Higher Education to get. More men than women lost jobs in this recession. I thought that this was a community that had a number of qualities in lost jobs that other people around the country would understand and identify with. I also had the sense jamesville might fit into the sweep of history. I remember the first time i found the Youtube Video for speech barack obama gave at the Assembly Plant in february 2008. I dont know if you remember him coming. I remember the first time i listened to the video saying the promise of jamesville is in the part of the domestic war effort in world war ii and the plant stopped making vehicles and started turning out artillery shells. It have its own big moments. I just like that part of history. And before i knew anything about this community or
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