Who is here tonight who came from salt lake, utah, his name is devery anderson. He is the author of the book, emmett till the murder that shock the world and propelled the Civil Rights Movement. It is one of the most definitive books on the subject. It took him 21 years from conception to completion to write this book. And i had the privilege to work on this case, emmett tills case, starting in 2002 with emmett tills mother, to work toward the reopening of the case to be reinvestigated and to have the United States congress to pass the emmett till unsolved civil rights crime act. That is now in the works being we authorized again. Congress is working on it right now. We expect in the next several weeks for that to pass. [applause] anderson is an editor at signature books in salt lake, utah, and is currently working on a masters degree in publishing at the George Washington university. He is the editor and coeditor of several books on mormon history. And in 2015, the University Press of
He is the author of the book till the murder that shocked the world and propelled the Civil Rights Movement. It is one of the most definitive on the subject. I have the privilege to work on tills case,mett starting in 2002, to work on the reopening of the case, and to have the United States Congress Passed the emmett till unsolved civil rights crime act. That is being reauthorized again. Congress is working on it right now. We expected next several weeks for that to pass. [applause] Devery Anderson is an editor at signature books in utah and is working on a masters degree in publishing at the George Washington university. He is the editor and coeditor of several books on mormon history, and in 2015, the University Press of mississippi book emmett till the murder that shocked the world and propelled the Civil Rights Movement. It will be the basis of a miniseries produced by jayz, will smith and others. He has spoken in the United States and the united kingdom. His research has resulted
Participated in helping this man get elected, and they helped destroy the candidacy of Hillary Clinton. I dont plan to attend the inauguration. It will be the first one that i miss since ive been in the congress. Finish. Trish really . Be did you catch that . The congressman, congressman lewis, said this is the first inauguration he is skipping since he has been in congress. But we did the research. And it turns out this is not the first inauguration congressman lewis didnt attend. He also refused to attend george w. Bushs inauguration back in 2001. In fact, an article from the Washington Post dated january 21, 2001, reads and im sharing this with you john i lewis, for instance, spent Inauguration Day in s atlantic district. He thought it would be hypocritical to attend bushs swearingin because he doesnt believe bush is the true elected president. How about that for you, not the true elected president . You see, theres a pattern of behavior. There is a pattern of rhetoric with this gen
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