Okay. Good afternoon. Welcome to the texas book festival and our panel on mass incarceration. My name is Peniel Joseph and on the professor for Public Affairs at austin, and we had really two very, very brilliant and important scholar activists today talking about two brandnew books. To my immediate left into your right is james forman who is a professor of law at your university and his new book is locking up our own crime and punishment in black america. , a terrific book and going to give it some play right here. [applause] and then professor forman left and youre right is Danielle Allen Whose University professor at harvard university, and her new book is called cuz the life and times of michael a. [applause] and before even asking, beginning and asking questions, really both of these books are about really what i think is an m1 civil rights issue of our time, the proliferation of mass incarceration in the United States and the way which mass incarceration has disfigured and really
Yet to take it one day at a time and think about all the new day she survived already. I glanced at cynthia to see if shes appreciating this and her eyes are wide and a wet with amazement. We are witnessing a pivotal moment, a collective responsibility to care for someone else and no one wanted to end. You can watch this and other programs online at the tv. Org. [inaudible conversations] the texas book festival live from austin continues and this is the knob author conversation about race and the Justice System. Good afternoon. Welcome to the texas book festival and our panel on mass incarceration, racing criminal Justice System. Im a professor of Public Affairs and history at the university of texas at austin and we have really two very very brilliant and important scholar activists today talking about two brandnew books. To my immediate left and to your right is James Foreman junior, professor professor lott Yale University in his new book. Terrific book and i am going to give it som
Faster Danielle Allen National Book Award Finalist kevin Young Software engineer ellen ullman and many others. First up is to look at some of the lesserknown stories from world war ii. This is like coverage of the texas book festival on booktv. Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Good morning. My name is Jim Horne Fisher and its my pleasure to welcome you to the opening session of the 2017 texas book festival. [applause] thank you for coming out in support of our authors and second of his wonderful annual event now in its 22nd year. [applause]he and third of all the books that we discussed and enjoyed throughout this beautiful Texas Capitol complex hereom in downtn austin i would ask you to silence your cell phones t. Live tv, thank you cspan. After a session both offers authors are relocating to the book signing tent down the street to autograph their books. Books are for sale at that beautiful independent bookstore. You are supporting not only the author off the festival and a great l
Washington dc. This is just over 90 minutes. Thanks for joining us on this sunny august afternoon. I hope everyone had a great view of the eclipse yesterday. Maybe you werent where i was where a big fat cloud came over right at that moment. Pretty cool, hearing all the media act like we were going to go blind if we looked at the sky. I am amber northern, senior vp of research, pleased to have our Live Audience today and cspan covering our event today. I will be welcoming the panel in a minute, i want to thank our partners at the American Federation for china who are with us today. And i am not on twitter, probably the last person you not on twitter, i dont miss being on twitter, you can join the conversation by using the hashtag engaging choices, for those who like to engage in conversation on twitter please do. We would like to hear what you would like to say and when we get to q and at the end we will look and see if we have questions coming in. We are here to talk about School Choic
But regardless, it was pretty cool. Everybody had their glasses. I kept hearing the media as like we were going to go blind if we looked up at the sky. I am the senior vp for research here at fordham. We are pleased to have a Live Audience here today and we are pleased to have cspan covering our event. We want to thank our partners at the American Confederation for children. Federation for children. Im not on twitter, i am the last person on twitter. I dont mind that i am not on twitter. If you are on twitter, you can join the conversation by using the engaging choices. For those who like to engage in conversation on twitter, please do. When we get to the q a at the end, we will look and see whether we have questions coming in. Let me suggest that we talk about School Choice. Particularly at the High School Level. Im going to keep this overview brief. Mike told me to and he is not here today. Also, i have sat on panels like this and the moderator is usually the least interesting person