Cell phones, please feel free to take any pictures and if you would like, we would love to have you send them to hashtag Literary Lawn Party or hashtag ms book festival. I would like to introduce you to the sponsor of our session today. Our sponsor today is humanities council, Mister Stewart rockoff is the director. [applause] thank you very much. Im here to do two things. One is to say the session is sponsored with the National Endowment for the humanities as part of their race initiative. And then pamela junior, was previously the director of the Smith Robertson museum down the street and several months ago, the director of the mississippi civil rights museum. Which will be open to the public and to the people of mississippi, december 9th, who better . Pamela. Thank you so much. I am a big fan of these folks. What i decided to do is ask individual questions than a general question. Very good. I will introduce everybody, Charles W Eagles and i was told your students would be in here.
Book and then as you are writing it to take that approach where you are doing all these things at one time. Im going to teach you something and show you something to tell you something. First of all thank you for being here. It means a lot to me. We been friends for 25 years. I dont talk about how old we are. Two things happened in 2015. They were game changers. The first was the riots in baltimore. My Sorority Sister and good friend i was in shock because i am bored right after the riots and everything so i never saw that in my lifetime. So see an American City burn was shocking. The the second thing that happened was the charleston shootings. The issue over the confederate fight, seen nine africanamerican africanamerican shot in the church by someone to this day doesnt think he did anything wrong or feel bad about it, actually writes a premise. I was in shock that my country was in the state. I thought. I thought i have to do something. What i did was i write books for women. Normall
Book and then as you are writing it to take that approach where you are doing all these things at one time. Im going to teach you something and show you something to tell you something. First of all thank you for being here. It means a lot to me. We been friends for 25 years. I dont talk about how old we are. Two things happened in 2015. They were game changers. The first was the riots in baltimore. My Sorority Sister and good friend i was in shock because i am bored right after the riots and everything so i never saw that in my lifetime. So see an American City burn was shocking. The the second thing that happened was the charleston shootings. The issue over the confederate fight, seen nine africanamerican africanamerican shot in the church by someone to this day doesnt think he did anything wrong or feel bad about it, actually writes a premise. I was in shock that my country was in the state. I thought. I thought i have to do something. What i did was i write books for women. Normall
This book is part History Lesson, part call to arms part roadmap. Sophia, what was moving you to write the book and as you did to take that approach where you were doing these things at one time to do something in sure you enter you something quite. First of all thank you for being here. You are one of my back book cover critics we have been friends 25 years. But to answer your question to things happen in 2015 that were Game Changers the first was the rise of baltimore my story sister and mayor good friend i was in shock because i m4 right after the riots whenever saw that in my lifetime to see the American City burn was shocking the second thing that happened was a charleston shootings. The issue of the confederate flag, to c9 africanamericans shot in the church by somebody who to this day thinking did not do anything wrong or feel bad as a white supremacist i was in shock my country was in this state and i thought i have to do something so i write books for women normally womens ins
Road map. What was going through your mind, first to move you to write the book and then as you were writing it, to sort of take that approach where you were doing all these thing at one time imim going to teach you something, show you something, tell you something. Guest first of all, thank you for being here. Nor one of my back book cover quotes so that means a lot to me. We have been friends for 25 years. I dont want to talk about how old we are now. Just teagueing. But to answer your question two things happened in 2015. That for me were gamechangers. The first one was the riots in baltimore. Stephanie rawlins blake was the mayor. I was in shock eye. Born right after the riots and i never saw that so seeing an American City burn was shocking. The second thing that happened was the charleston shootings. The issue over the confederate flag, seeing nine africanamericans shot in a church by someone who to this day doesnt think he did anything wrong, doesnt feel bad about it, actually a