We are alive all day from jackson for the mississippi book festival. You just heard from authors on the desegregation of schools in america. Some of the authors are still in the room. Having discussions with people that were in the audience listening. We could watch as the authors slowly make their way out of the room. In the next few minutes the next author discussion will begin. It will be a conversation on outlaws in american history. Here in jackson mississippi. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible backround conversations] the mississippi book festival now in its 50 year another year in jackson as abheres a look at whats happening outside the law merely books tent where attendees can purchase the book. [inaudible background conversations] while we wait for the next author discussion from mississippi to start, we want to show you a little bit of a program from last year with Rachel Devlin on the desegregation of American Public schools through the actions o
Okay. Welcome again to the 16th 16th annual roosevelt reading festival. My name is Kirstin Carter and im the head of the Archives Department here at the library. We are so pleased to host such a Wonderful Group of authors this year and one of our very, very favorite events. And if you enjoy the event and would like to support the library we encourage you to become a member and you can do that online anytime or by signing up at the table in the hallway today. So, let me remind you of how the festival works. Were going to have an author speak now for 30 minutes, followed by a tenminute question and answer period, and then i will walk the author out to the front of the Visitor Center to sign books and you can visit you can purchasemer book in our new deal back store and then meet the author and discuss the book even more. So, our next author today is sandra bolzenius. She worked abroads as a soldier in the United States army serving in germany and later as a teacher at International Schoo
The city doubled. There were horses and horse and buggy was was the travel there are street cars and elevatedres no subways but the cycle came along. Has been something that special specialized riders but safety bicycles came along and the mass started to ride. The bicycle became the most popular form of conveyance. People who had just relied on the slow moving horse and buggy world had a way to get around cleanly, fast, very efficient, and for a lot of people this was their own form of independence, around this time, for example, a woman who has writing about suffrage, wrote a biograph called how i learn to ride the biffle. So gives you a sense of the new world of the bicycle and the most popular sport at this time was cycling. Much more so than baseball, for example. If you wants to see fastmoving sport you went to one of the men bell dreams and there were white races and black dominated race but to the main races were dominated by white riders. Major taylor had been born in indianap
Historians analyze the correlation between violence and u. S. Political change, from the time of the American Revolution to present day. This talk was part of a twoday conference called remaking american political history. All right, since be a very ontime combing of the room, i will kick us off. For coming to the violence in american politics panel. I think youll find it as a very timely panel and a good time to broader context of American History. I want to start by introducing our panel. Sitting right next to me, an assistant professor of history at purdue history. He is author of captives of prisoners of war and politics of vengeance and the which willolution be released this fall. He has a list articles in the journal of military history and the new england quarterly. He is working on a project provisionally titled patrick and raise war the revolutionary west. Kellie carter jacksons book provides the first historical analysis exclusively focused on violence against Antebellum Blac
Welcome i am in the Archives Department of labor. We are so pleased to host such a Wonderful Group and one of her favorite events. And you can do that online anytime or in the hallway today. So let me remind you of how the festival works, we will have an author speak no for 30 minutes followed by a ten minute question and answer. And then i will walk the author to sign books and you can purchase the book and meet the author and discuss the book even more. Sorry first author is sandra, she is a veteran teacher industry and, for two decades she lived abroad in the United States army germany, and a leader as International School of europe, africa and asia. She and her doctorate in history, ohio state university. Her focus on gender, African American history, and the publication of her book, glory in the spirit, how for black women took on the army in world war ii. She is active in the National Movement in the bill of rights effort to protect ohios natural resources. Her occupation, travel