The u. S. Dedicated to showcasing africanAmerican Music. Some of its incredible artifacts will be right here in studio 57. Its monday, february 17th, 2020. President s day. We begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The tension for hundreds of americans brought over from japan. Evacuees arrive in the u. S. U. S. Officials revealed overnight 14 of those americans tested positive for the coronavirus. Flooding hit mississippi. It could get worse. State of emergency was declared. This is a precarious situation that could turn at any moment. Two people are dead after being trapped in an avalanche. Three snowmobilers triggered the slide. President trumps Reelection Campaign kicked into high gear. Gentlemen, start your engines storm dennis hit large parts of the uk with entire towns submerged by floodwaters. All that j. J. Watt busted a move with his grandmother. When was the last time you saw a shattered backboard. Just runs out of the gym. And all that matters.
Mississippi historical society. Two of the groups are responsible for the series she will moderate this penal. Thank you very much. I want to begin by recognizing our sponsors, bradley and cummings and Mississippi State university, thank you very much for making this panel possible. I want to thank you all for joining us here in the Mississippi State capital. We are very proud of this building and it was recently designated a National Historic landmark which is very appropriate. [applause] in our bicentennial year. Im really pleased to host this discussion about the heritage of mississippi series which was also a bicentennial initiative. The series will cover mississippihistory and 17 volumes , seven of them have already been published and there are seven scholars working their fingers to the bone right at this minute on the next volume and then a few to be signed. This series is as i said meant to cover the whole history of the state and its aimed at a wide audience. Dollars, teachers
You will find the candidates, speeches and debates and most importantly your questions. This year road to the white house coverage is in classrooms across the country letting them decide the most important questions for the candidates. Join the coverage on tv, on the radio, and online at cspan. Org. Host welcome to booktv in prime time. Tonight we want to show you some of the panels and authors we have covered at book festivals throughout the year. We will show you panels from vegas, mississippi, harlem. We have a panel on harper lee from the mississippi book festival coming up first. Harper lee panel. [applause] thank you. I thank you. I like being called an expert. I am Anderson Nelson and i want to welcome you to the mississippi book festival and the harper lee considered. I will introduce the panel and we will jump in and the last ten minutes are reserved for audience questions. You can go up to that mike if you questions. This is my panel. We have sterling plumpp first. The editor
The South is responsible for producing some of the world's most iconic artists. From country to blues to rock 'n' roll, every genre is accounted for at these 12 museums dedicated to Southern music legends.
The South is responsible for producing some of the world's most iconic artists. From country to blues to rock 'n' roll, every genre is accounted for at these 12 museums dedicated to Southern music legends.