Oh, they tragic life of emmett till. Whose 1955 murdo has been described as giving rosa parks the strength to sit down. And Martin Luther king jr. The courage to stand up. This is one of our great lives presentations in conjunction with the universities celebration of black history month. Id like first to thank our Program Sponsor Aes Corporation for their generous support of great lives it is this kind of support thats so crucial in making a serious possible as a Public Service to our community. Now speak of this evening is university of kansas professor. Dave tell. Author of the 2019 book titled remembering emmett till which will be available for sale and signing in the foyer at the conclusion of tonights program. Dr. Tell who has a doctorate from penn state. Has one numerous awards for both research and teaching. His research focuses on issues of race memory and the digital humanities since 2014 he has focused in particular on the legacy of the murder of emmett till. In which endeav
Understand the history of mississippi and share the history of mississippi. Thank you so much. Im chris. Good luck with the Mississippi Department of archives and history. Our session is titled uniquely American History. And in one way or another, these three books touch on nearly every state in the union, as well as our neighbors to the north and the south. Well hear from each of our authors about the stories that they tell in your books. And then ill ask a few questions before opening it up for questions and comments from you all. Please remember. That since we are on cspan and the viewers wont be able to hear your question unless you go to the microphone and ask it. There. So all comments and questions take it to the podium. Jeff lynne has chronicled the Southwestern United States in such american undesirable roles as bonnie and clyde. Charles manson and jim jones. Lives in fort worth, texas, and is a member of the texas literary hall of fame for such bestselling books as go down to
I am first Stephanie Mcdaniel and i am professor of english and the graduate dean at jackson state university. And welcome to our panel entitled World War Two from the air. The sponsor for this panel is the university of southern mississippi dell center for the study of war and society, with representatives for our sponsor. Please stand at this time. Lets thank our sponsors. Moderator for this session is Marshal Ramsey marshal a nationally recognized editorial cartoonist, shares his cartoons and travels the state as a mississippi. Todays editor at large, he is also host of a weekly statewide Radio Program and a Television Program on mississippi public broadcasting. And marshall is the author of several books. He is a two time pulitzer finalist and was named a top 100 employee of gannett. Marshall, take it away. Thanks. Yeah. A couple of housekeeping notes. If you do not turn off your phone, i will draw a cartoon about you. And it it will not be ready just to let you know that. And also
And i am professor of english and the graduate dean at jackson state university. And welcome to our panel entitled World War Two from the air. The sponsor for this panel is the university of southern mississippi dell center for the study of war and society, with representatives for our sponsor. Please stand at this time. Lets thank our sponsors. Moderator for this session is Marshal Ramsey marshal a nationally recognized editorial cartoonist, shares his cartoons and travels the state as a mississippi. Todays editor at large, he is also host of a weekly statewide Radio Program and a Television Program on mississippi public broadcasting. And marshall is the author of several books. He is a two time pulitzer finalist and was named a top 100 employee of gannett. Marshall, take it away. Thanks. Yeah. A couple of housekeeping notes. If you do not turn off your phone, i will draw a cartoon about you. And it it will not be ready just to let you know that. And also, two of them, tom clement, wa
I am first Stephanie Mcdaniel and i am professor of english and the graduate dean at jackson state university. And welcome to our panel entitled World War Two from the air. The sponsor for this panel is the university of southern mississippi dell center for the study of war and society, with representatives for our sponsor. Please stand at this time. Lets thank our sponsors. Moderator for this session is Marshal Ramsey marshal a nationally recognized editorial cartoonist, shares his cartoons and travels the state as a mississippi. Todays editor at large, he is also host of a weekly statewide Radio Program and a Television Program on mississippi public broadcasting. And marshall is the author of several books. He is a two time pulitzer finalist and was named a top 100 employee of gannett. Marshall, take it away. Thanks. Yeah. A couple of housekeeping notes. If you do not turn off your phone, i will draw a cartoon about you. And it it will not be ready just to let you know that. And also