Bookstore in new york city. We will take motions from the floor. Thank you all for coming this evening. We are hosting this panel and how to publish with the University Press. Show of hands if this is your first time at old culture. We are so happy you found us. We have been proud to be a part of morningside intellectual and Academic Committee and happy to carry one of the widest selections of academic titles in the city. Columbia University Press is but one of our greatest partners and supporters in our efforts pretty nice conversational be moderated by Jennifer Crewe who is the associate provost of community press. Cspan booktv is here recording the stock said during the q a portion of tonights program please wait for a much vaunted come to you otherwise they will be able to record your question. Thanks everyone for coming out and i will turn it over to jennifer who will introduce her palace. Thank you very much and i want to say also we love you too too. Book culture is probably one
Exonerations by five exonerations by dna, every one of those stories would make a great book, the book should be written, every Wrongful Conviction is a story from the point of view about plot, the suffering, the drama, the deceit , the fact that the rapist is still out there raping when someone else is savoring his time. These are fantastic stories but the system is broken i would have written all of him but i cant do that. To answer your question i would love to be able to write another book of nonfiction, im not sure do it. It would take so much time away from the novels, the the kids books and other books i enjoy doing. Host thank you for stopping by book tv. Guest my pleasure its always in pleasure talking to. Guest and we are back live on book tv for the firstever mississippi book book festival in jackson. The next panel beginning now is looking at the history of civil rights in america. The moderator for todays panels robbie luckett. Robbie luckett received his ph. D. From the u
Commission. We are being recorded live on cspans booktv so if you have not already please silence your cell phones. If you have not purchased the books, the panels have written you will have an opportunity to do that after outside. The authors will also be signing immediately after this panel in the authors attempt. The moderator for todays panel is robbie luckett. Robbie luckett received his ph. D. From the university offr l georgia with a focus on civilve rights history, the native mississippian he returned home to accept the position ofas associate professor ofci histord and director of the Margaret Wolter center for the study of the africanamerican experiencef at Jackson State University. Look at as a member verse festivals Advisory Board. Thanks chris. Its my great pleasure to moderate this panel on civil rights history that i think its particularly important for two reasons. One is to understand the importance of thisim building ad what it meant particularly for v segregationist
Theres no way to introduce bill succinctly given his incredible accomplishments and undisputed status as one of the u. S. Leadly public election rules. Unfortunately, i dying breed. We can use more like bill. I will take you to the cloning machine as well. I will catch here from remarkable and lengthy biography that communication director wrote for me. It was hardly a brief. If i used all the info he provided me, i would be speaking longer than the minutes assigned to bill himself. I cut down considerably. Bill has a 56page cv. Its not packed with anything trivial. Ill come back to his scholarly contributions. Let me start with his title from a few of his titles and honors. Sociologist William Julius wilson a University Professor at harvard university. At the time of his appointment in 1995, National Media covered his addition to harvards dream team of africanamerican intellectuals including skip gates, a 2008 hello. I met bill when he was at the university of chicago in a major force
It was hardly a brief. If i used all the info he provided me, i would be speaking longer than the minutes assigned to bill himself. So i wont do that. I cut it down considerably. Bill has a 56page cv and its not packed with anything trivial. Ill come back to his scholarly contributions. Let me start with his titles, some, a few of his titles and honors. Sociologist William Julius wilson is the professor at Harvard University and at the time of his appointment in mean 95 National Media covered his addition to harvards dream team of africanamerican intellectuals including henry lewis gates jr. , a 20007 fellow. I met bill when he was at the university of chicago and a major force there as hes been everywhere. And i was a slightly younger scholar then and he was incredibly supportive as he is. Hes a mentor. He started his teaching and Research Career in 1965 at the university of massachusetts amherst. Shortly before completing his ph. D. In Sociology Graduate Program at Washington State u