and author ernie suggs. ernie asked you all probably know covers race and culture for the atlanta journal-constitution . he s a graduate of north carolina central university and we thank the alumni association for their support. he was selected as a nieman fellow at harvard university nowserves on the fellowship board . don is a multi talented graphic artist and designer. he got his formal training at columbus college of art and design in columbus ohio and those of you who have already gotten a copy of the book the many lives of andrew young will see don s amazing work in the layouts there. i had the pleasure of working with don when he created an exhibit at the kings center. it was an exhibit about president carter and martin luther king, both atlanta nobel peace prize were winners. then most importantly, ambassador andrew young. there has been a lot said about ambassador young over the past week and you will hear a lot more tonight. i just want to relay one personal story
an author political strategies for decades you have been a pollster to our political leaders. our corporately does nonprofits you have been in the limelight in the spotlight, but all of a sudden you decided to write a book what prompted you to tell you a story and you missed something in my bio big fan of donna brazil. thank you for interviewing me today. so this is my memoir which seems a little bit odd at 55 because god willing i have decades of life left donna. yes, but people are always interested in the story behind the stories say, where did you come from? did you go up in a political household was your father political was your mother running for office? what was it? like what inspires you to be? how did you learn to say all that stuff on tv? and what is donald trump really like how was it to work in the white house as a woman for a president trump, so i try to answer all of that and more and i felt ironically as somebody has spoken as you have donna brazil millions of
he was selected as a niemann fellow at harvard university and now serves on the fellowship board. don bermudas is a multi-talented graphic artist and designer. he got his formal training at columbus college of art and design in columbus, ohio, and those of you who are already gotten a copy of the book the many lives of andrew young. we ll see don s amazing work in the the pictures and layout in there. i had the pleasure of working with don when he created an exhibit at the king s king center. it was an exhibit about president carter and martin luther king both. of atlanta s nobel peace prize award winners and then most importantly ambassador, andrew young. there has been a lot said about ambassador young over the past week and you will hear a lot more tonight. i just want to relay one personal story that i think typifies andrew young to me. we hosted reporter catherine johnson a few years ago to talk about her relationship with coretta scott king, and she was in conversation
afternoon, we re here to hear from mr. chris fabricant. who is the director of strategic litigation for the innocence project and one of the nation s leading experts on forensic sciences and the criminal justice system. mr. fabricant s book junk science and the american criminal justice system chronicles the prosecution of individuals who were found guilty of capital murder. and the fight to overturn those wrongful convictions he weaves together the courtroom battles from mississippi to texas to new york. and beyond and mr. fabricant takes the reader on a journey into the heart of a broken racist justice justice system and the role that forensic science plays in maintaining the status quo. and joining mr. fabricant for this conversation and moderating. it is allison leota montgomery county s own. she is a former federal prosecutor turned author who has been dubbed the female john grisham and also serves on the board of directors for the mystery writers of america and what i a
stories for page a1. he previously reported for newspapers new york city and durham, north carolina. he s a veteran of more than 20 years as a newspaper reporter and has covered stories ranging from politics to civil rights to higher education. a 1990 graduate of north carolina university with a degree in english i have one of those to look at us both employed is my eagle pen writing well very nice yes huh. ernie also a harvard university nieman fellow. he is currently on the nieman board of trustees and. he s the former vice president of the national association of black journalists. so please join me in welcoming suggs everybody. thank you. we re probably going to spend most of our time talking about the subject. the book global citizen, andrew young. and this is a beautiful book for those of you who hadn t had a chance to to see it. but i want to start our conversation by talking a little bit about you, ernie, and sort of getting to how you got to be the chronicler of of t