Tonight is as the scholar in residence of the Kansas City Missouri Public Library system. Excitingn for a very treat. To keep it going in a flowing way, i am destined to read the introduction so we stay on point , but the person, my friend who is here tonight, who came from salt lake, utah, is the author till thek, emmett murder that shocked the world and propelled the Civil Rights Movement. Of the most definitive books on the subject. It took him 21 years from conception to completion to write the book youre i had the privilege to work on emmett tills case the book. I had the privilege to work on witht tills case, to work his mother to have the case reinvestigated and to have the the unsolved pass Civil Rights Congress is working on it right now. We expect it to pass. He is an editor at signature working onah and is a masters degree in publishing. He is the editor of several books on mormon history. He published his book on emmett basis ofit will be the a miniseries produced by jayz,
Who is here tonight who came from salt lake, utah, his name is devery anderson. He is the author of the book, emmett till the murder that shock the world and propelled the Civil Rights Movement. It is one of the most definitive books on the subject. It took him 21 years from conception to completion to write this book. And i had the privilege to work on this case, emmett tills case, starting in 2002 with emmett tills mother, to work toward the reopening of the case to be reinvestigated and to have the United States congress to pass the emmett till unsolved civil rights crime act. That is now in the works being we authorized again. Congress is working on it right now. We expect in the next several weeks for that to pass. [applause] anderson is an editor at signature books in salt lake, utah, and is currently working on a masters degree in publishing at the George Washington university. He is the editor and coeditor of several books on mormon history. And in 2015, the University Press of
He is the author of the book till the murder that shocked the world and propelled the Civil Rights Movement. It is one of the most definitive on the subject. I have the privilege to work on tills case,mett starting in 2002, to work on the reopening of the case, and to have the United States Congress Passed the emmett till unsolved civil rights crime act. That is being reauthorized again. Congress is working on it right now. We expected next several weeks for that to pass. [applause] Devery Anderson is an editor at signature books in utah and is working on a masters degree in publishing at the George Washington university. He is the editor and coeditor of several books on mormon history, and in 2015, the University Press of mississippi book emmett till the murder that shocked the world and propelled the Civil Rights Movement. It will be the basis of a miniseries produced by jayz, will smith and others. He has spoken in the United States and the united kingdom. His research has resulted
Consistently rank as a top concern. First, protests continue after President Trump issued an order that he called a ban on immigration from seven predominantly muslim nations. And in the third executive order of his first week in office, he made his top political advisor, steve bannon, a permanent member of the National Security council. The nsc is where the countrys topsecret military and covert action plans get hashed out with cabinet secretaries, the cia director and usually the , chairman of the joint chiefs is now no longer required to attend. All this as security concerns grow. Like i said, lots to discuss. John bellinger of the council on Foreign Relations has served in republican and democratic administrations as Legal Counsel to the nsc. Nice to have you. In august of 2016, you sent a letter that included nsc experts who opposed Donald Trumps candidacy, and he you called him this is a quote dangerous and reckless. Do you think that is still true . John i think there is a lot t
Duke. Visiting professor of american christianity and southern culture. At the duke divinity school. And professor of American City at unc chapel hill. He is a very inclusive guy. He has an appointment we will not talk that tonight. He is the author of and a book called radio free, robert of williams and the roots of black power. Tim also served on an executive board of the North Carolina naacp. Tim can tell you more about, way more about this book than i can. I just want to say that he does a marvelous job of putting emmett till murder and lynching into a context of American History. Tims earlier book is about a similar incident that happened 15 years later in oxford North Carolina. About 25 miles from here. And i learned just a few years ago about another similar incident that happened three blocks from here. At the intersection of carr boulevard and ninth street. Where a black, during the war in 1944, a black soldier in uniform would not, he was from philadelphia. It would not move