Rocky mountain news closed, that was a sad day for everybody. There went a number of jobs in journalism that were never to be recovered and as the denver post continue to shrink, thats when things began to get real tough specially for the press club and other competing places where they use today meet, the University Club or the pencil code club and others that have felt the effect but thats when things really changed here. We have a local come in that was going to take a look at some things, maybe offer some advise and he said in a way, made a very good point, because these days while i look at it much per positively than he did, this is a great museum and for people who arent typically going to experience the essence of prize and be able to come and be around that for an event, yeah, it makes it a good museum. Its as important as it can be at any point in time if you if you truly honor the past and you want the future to be as positive as it possibly could be. For the different press
[inaudible] [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. Everyone can hear us . Came back everyone can hear us . Well keep at it until you can, i promise. I saw it coming. Everyone here . Everyone ready . Just got so hard to get things everyone have a chair, mostly . I never felt like i needed to i dont think it is on. Do we have microphones. Sound . All right. Do we have seats . Sound good . All right. Welcome, everyone. Im chris good win with the Mississippi Department of archives and history. Well begin with the final panel in the Old Supreme Court chamber. Thank the state legislature for letting us use once again this beautiful State Capitol for this book festival. And we thank tag art, rimes and graham the panel for this president ial year. Here to say a few things about that panel, andy taggart, jerry nash, festival organizer, mississippi politics. Considerably dated. It is privilege for my partners and i have the opportunity to participate in this way. I thank you you a
York city was hurtful and helpful to the union you during the civil war, and the positive and negative aspects of studying abroad. Now, thats just a few of the programs youll see on booktv this weekend. For a complete television schedule, go to booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. Its television for serious readers. And now we kick off this weekend with a panel on history of civil rights. This is from last months mississippi book festival. [inaudible conversations] welcome, everyone. Im Chris Goodwin with the Mississippi Department of archives and history. F if youve not already, please silence your cell phones. Welcome to the civil rights History Panel number two. Sponsored by the mississippi humanities council. We thank them, we also thank the Mississippi Legislature who lets us hold this book festival in this beautiful state capitol. We could not ask for a grander setting for it. Thank you to the authors, theth panelists. They are all authors. Their books a
Titanic the incredible untold story of a doomed ship in world war ii recounts the littleknown tragic and sometimes surreal stories surrounding the cap corona, a luxury ocean liner built in 1927 scale rivaled the titanic. In fact, it does it in a propaganda film. The story of the ship encapsulates the collapse of the third right from the devastation of the holocaust and astonishing and disturbing ways. Columbus dispatch writes that the titanic what compelling book tells the story of the ship and its passengers sitting in the context of the chaotic and horrifying end of the war and almost forgotten subject well worth bringing to light. We are very pleased to welcome the author. Please join me in welcoming robert p. Watt then. [applause] thank you for coming, everyone. Its conclusion of my remarks will be happy to take questions from the book or anything else to talk about. We tend to think we know all there is we need to know about history when it comes to momentous events like world war
All americans are aware of the third branch of government and in the last 1015 years, the third branch of government has become so powerful. Voting, health care, womens rights, pregnancy discrimination i could go on and on. These issues that 30 years ago, the executive branch would get together to put together a compromise or a bill, that is my happen anymore. The buck stops with the Supreme Court in a way that is unprecedented in our history. Given that the sprinkler is making these impactful decisions, the least the public can do is press them. Tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspans q a. Tv weekend, American History is featuring montgomery, alabama. The city was the site of the , whichery bus boycott began when rosa parks refused to give up her seat on a city bus. Posted by our Charter Communications cable partners, staffs citys tour recently visited the city. All weekend here on American History tv. We are in the museum of alabama, which is a unit of the Alabama Department of archives in