Were just taking a moment to watch the proceed next whole Supreme Court chambers inside the state capitol, as the authors make their way out of the room. [inaudible conversations] youre look outside at the statement capital the mississippi Book Philadelphia it underway today. This live coverage on cspan2s booktv. While we wait for the final author panel of the day from the mississippi book festival, well share you a portion of one of our true crime archival programs from 2009, jeff guinn details the lives and crimes of bonnie and clyde. In the case of bonnie and clyde and the legend thats green and been refurbished and reshaped, i theres two whys to be answered. The first is, why did two kids, from a terrible slum, who were among the most incompetent thieves that ever pulled a gun and said, stick yes, maam up who were the an antithesis of glamow why did they choose to embark on a life of crime that would bring them fleeting fame but had to inevitably end with their violent deaths. They
This is a great army day. And secretary started this morning. And youre in for a real treat this afternoon with us Authors Forum two panels. Each panel consists of three authors there will be a q a time so im so pleased to be able to be your moderator today. And we have the first panel has a theme of the challenges of command that will run from about 1 00 to 2 00. And then the second panel is the sharp end of deterrence, which will be from 2 to 3. We will time at the end of each panel for the authors to answer questions from the audience, and youll see a microphone here where you can come to the microphone. I also encourage you to meet the authors and their publishers after the forum and throughout conference. They will be in the aca membership pavilion, which i think john smith alluded to west salon of the main entrance across from registration. Now let me introduce your three distinguished authors of this panel, the gentleman closest to the is Major General gregg f martin, the United
Morning. And youre in for a real treat this afternoon with us Authors Forum two panels. Each panel consists of three authors there will be a q a time so im so pleased to be able to be your moderator today. And we have the first panel has a theme of the challenges of command that will run from about 1 00 to 2 00. And then the second panel is the sharp end of deterrence, which will be from 2 to 3. We will time at the end of each panel for the authors to answer questions from the audience, and youll see a microphone here where you can come to the microphone. I also encourage you to meet the authors and their publishers after the forum and throughout conference. They will be in the aca membership pavilion, which i think john smith alluded to west salon of the main entrance across from registration. Now let me introduce your three distinguished authors of this panel, the gentleman closest to the is Major General gregg f martin, the United States army. Hes the author of bipolar general my fo
Chief for nbc news, former editor of newsweek, and an author as well. His newest book is called saying it loud 1966the year black power challenged the Civil Rights Movement. Mr. Whitaker,mportant about the year 1966 . It is a year when, after a decade of a Civil Rights Movement that people have associated with Martin Luther king and had been focused on the fight against discrimination, jim crow, Voting Rights and so forth that we all remember, there was this young generation of blacks who rose up to question a lot of the goals and also the tactics. It was a year that Stokely Carmichael took over the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee from john lewis, the great civil rights icon. It was the year the black panthers were formed in oakland, california. It was also the year when a lot of young black folks said we dont want to be called negros anymore, started wearing afros, the dashikis, and the firstyear kwanzaa was celebrated. Why the phrase black power become en vogue . The phrase
[inaudible conversations] at afternoon and thanks for coming. We cant believe you are still coming to these things. This is scotts fifth panel. Scott will be doing his part fully in mind. But i want to start, im going to tell you some things about scott turow. My friend and bandmate and you all know that he is probably the most accomplished legal thriller writer fall times and im sure there are very few who didnt. You know everything about him now and you probably all have samples. But there are two things you dont know about scott. First of all i performed at his wedding. I hope we can get some point to discuss it. Scott got married last summer in wisconsin and asked me if i would perform the ceremony. I am a notary public in the state of florida. [laughter] and floored it means i can do anything. I can sentence people to death in florida. [laughter] but it didnt have a lot of legal standing in wisconsin. Scott wanted me to do it and we got into this scott sent me the emails that the