university celebration of black history month. i d like first to thank the program sponsor abs corporation for the generous support. it s this kind of support that so crucial and making the series possible as a public service to our community. our speaker this evening is university of kansas professor dave tell, author of the 2019 book titled, remembering emmett till which will be available for sale and signing in the foyer at the conclusion of tonight s program. doctor tell, who has a doctorate from penn state, has one new was around for both research and teaching. his research focuses on issue of race, memory, and the digital humanities. since 2014, he has focused in particular on the legacy of the murder of emmett till. in which he has been a long time partner with emmett till memorial commission of tallahatchie county. his work has a taunt strong public dimensions, scholarship is written for broad public audiences, he s worked extensively with the tally memorial commissio
Exonerations by five exonerations by dna, every one of those stories would make a great book, the book should be written, every Wrongful Conviction is a story from the point of view about plot, the suffering, the drama, the deceit , the fact that the rapist is still out there raping when someone else is savoring his time. These are fantastic stories but the system is broken i would have written all of him but i cant do that. To answer your question i would love to be able to write another book of nonfiction, im not sure do it. It would take so much time away from the novels, the the kids books and other books i enjoy doing. Host thank you for stopping by book tv. Guest my pleasure its always in pleasure talking to. Guest and we are back live on book tv for the firstever mississippi book book festival in jackson. The next panel beginning now is looking at the history of civil rights in america. The moderator for todays panels robbie luckett. Robbie luckett received his ph. D. From the u
Commission. We are being recorded live on cspans booktv so if you have not already please silence your cell phones. If you have not purchased the books, the panels have written you will have an opportunity to do that after outside. The authors will also be signing immediately after this panel in the authors attempt. The moderator for todays panel is robbie luckett. Robbie luckett received his ph. D. From the university offr l georgia with a focus on civilve rights history, the native mississippian he returned home to accept the position ofas associate professor ofci histord and director of the Margaret Wolter center for the study of the africanamerican experiencef at Jackson State University. Look at as a member verse festivals Advisory Board. Thanks chris. Its my great pleasure to moderate this panel on civil rights history that i think its particularly important for two reasons. One is to understand the importance of thisim building ad what it meant particularly for v segregationist
My name is dennis pogue, i am the Vice President of preservation here at vernon and we are standing in front of a reconstruction of washingtons distillery. Not only most people have no idea that washington was not only first in war, first in peace, but also owned the first distillery. This was a very important part of the plantation economy. Historians have known this for a long time, but about 10 years ago, we decided we wanted to explore that. We came out here with archaeologist, excavated the distillery were the had been located, did about five years of excavation and research, and decided we had a wonderful opportunity to bring this back and show what it would have been like. You cant see this anywhere else in the country. Relate tothese two each other . Washington already had a gristmill that was a major part of the plantation. He made lots of money off it over the years. In 1797, at the end of his second term as president , he was getting ready to come back to mount vernon and he
My name is dennis pogue, i am the Vice President of preservation here at vernon and we are standing in front of a reconstruction of washingtons distillery. Not only most people have no idea that washington was not only first in war, first in peace, but also owned the first distillery. This was a very important part of the plantation economy. Historians have known this for a long time, but about 10 years ago, we decided we wanted to explore that. We came out here with archaeologist, excavated the distillery were the had been located, did about five years of excavation and research, and decided we had a wonderful opportunity to bring this back and show what it would have been like. You cant see this anywhere else in the country. Relate tothese two each other . Washington already had a gristmill that was a major part of the plantation. He made lots of money off it over the years. In 1797, at the end of his second term as president , he was getting ready to come back to mount vernon and he