Exonerations by five exonerations by dna, every one of those stories would make a great book, the book should be written, every Wrongful Conviction is a story from the point of view about plot, the suffering, the drama, the deceit , the fact that the rapist is still out there raping when someone else is savoring his time. These are fantastic stories but the system is broken i would have written all of him but i cant do that. To answer your question i would love to be able to write another book of nonfiction, im not sure do it. It would take so much time away from the novels, the the kids books and other books i enjoy doing. Host thank you for stopping by book tv. Guest my pleasure its always in pleasure talking to. Guest and we are back live on book tv for the firstever mississippi book book festival in jackson. The next panel beginning now is looking at the history of civil rights in america. The moderator for todays panels robbie luckett. Robbie luckett received his ph. D. From the u
Selfdetermination. Host author herb boyd with us on this Independence Day weekend. Professor boyd, what is july 4 me deal . Guest it means the same thing what it meant to Frederick Douglass, you know. While you can have the general celebration and everything, we have a different perspective from the africanamerican community. This was a long history to understand exactly the distinction in terms of the celebration for one community and the kind of lack of observers on the other part of the community. What does it mean to people who history of segregation. You have to understand the kind of sensitivity that might be distinct from one community to another. Obviously we Start Talking about this history of this country and the role of africanamericans in terms of providing that celebration, that is a whole another question because we have been in the forefront of the socalled battle for freedom and justice and liberty in this country from day one. From day one going back to the socalled bo
I dont think we should justify peoples assumptions about children or about schools under any circumstances. At the same time, i think you have to recognize probably the difficulty for somebody who has no experience both of the south or of poverty or of our Public Schools and doesnt know the craft of teaching. They probably have, as you would know because youve taught, right . They have a lot to learn. And i just hope that people come to schools with humility, understanding that theyre not there to impose their will or vision onto the children or the schools. Made assumptions about the students and their capabilities and it is a recurring issue over time. I want to add something from my city with a 4000 population. We have a Votech Center. And instead of Government Force for people to go here and there, people want to come. We have our Votech Center you may have read about, the sundance are solar car racing scene, we won the National Championship of the winston dell solar challenge in o