Trevor lets kick things off by talking about all the news that we wont be talking about today, which i know sounds really weird, but thanks to donald junta trump, we dont have time to cover some of the more fun stories. For instance the Washington Post is reporting that the Prime Minister of israel Benjamin Netanyahu has been bringing suitcases full of dirty laundry with him whenever he visits the u. S. , and he does this because all the laundry gets cleaned for free by the president s staff at the white house. Which is pretty wild. I mean, this guy runs a country and ehes treating the white house like a College Freshman visiting his parents for the weekend . It also probably explains while netanyahu is signing all these peace deals. Im out of underwear. Meets me at the white house. Trevor an app called grant is accused of promoting digital blackface, for letting users see what theyd look like as other races. I dont know if this counts as blackface, but i do know this counts as a shitt
Im gonna miss you. Hey, dont forget me, okay . I wont forget you. Oh crap, theres more of them get him in the water goodbye, willzyx [cheering] swim, mighty whale youre free okay, manuel, hit it stop that is my whale im afraid youre too late the whale has been set free no now you see that your ways of captivity and exploiting animals will never prevail not as long as there are children like these who still believe in the beauty and the magic of freedom. For it is children with their innocence and their spirit who know what is truly best for all the world. [loud rumbling] oh, my god. We did it [all cheering] yay hooray [playing mariachi music] [laughs weakly] thanks for the ride, manuel. Si, fly. Well, see ya, fellas i got to get home before my parents wake up yeah, me too all right, thanks for your help, dudes. Well, we did it guys. It wasnt easy, but we did a really amazing thing. Yeah, i feel pretty awesome right now. I wonder if hell ever come back and visit us. I dont know. But at
Authors discuss then < 1955 mur of emmett till, and the role of these events in the Civil Rights Movement. Cspan recorded the panel at the 2018 festival of books in nashville, tennessee. Greetings. My name is lee williams, jr. Im an associate professor of africanamerican and public history at Tennessee State university, and i will be the moderator for this panel. First id like to welcome you to nashville. If youre not a nashville resident, welcome, welcome. And welcome to the greatest library in america. This session will run precisely 50 minutes i am told. So we will give both our authors 20 minutes to speak, and well allocate ten minutes for question and answer. I was also admonished to remind you if youre really enjoying yourself this southern festival of books depends upon individual donations. So if you really enjoy what youve seen over the past couple of days id encourage you to donate as much as you can. Were in for a treat today. I asked these two gentlemen for bios a couple of
Is they call it a dream manufacturer would say things true. But i think equally its a propaganda factor. Long after i 1st heard about it in the news i still couldnt believe this was this really how the United States sees the history of hold war 2 but there it was the official white house page on a social network and its clearly stated that it was america and Great Britain that defeated the nazis during the 2nd world war without even a word about the soviet union and the version on the official allegan website looks even more discouraging there it turns out that world war 2 was started by germany and the soviet union it wasnt russia but france that took the brunt of it and in fact the u. S. S. R. Didnt liberate the europe from hitler but occupied it it feels like the author either knows nothing about history or he does and wants to rewrite it all that makes those old how would movies that were made during the war seem even more remarkable american audience was presented with a totally d
20 minutes to speak and allocate 20 minutes for question and answer. I was also admonished to remind you if you really enjoy yourself , these southern festival of books depends on individual donations. So if you really enjoy what you have seen over the past couple days, i encourage you to donate as much as you can. For a treat today. I asked these two gentlemen for for couple days ago. They are esteemed scholars, but they are also some of the most modest men i have met. I will give you a brief introduction of them and to them and i encourage you to speak with them after the session ends. Our first presenter this morning is elliott gorn. Chair of gorn is the africanAmerican History at university of loyola. He is the author of five books. These include the manly art, mother jones the most dangerous woman in america, and dillingers wild ride. The work he will be talking about today is let the people is their go to his right professor christopher schmidt. He is professor and associate dean