The Atlanta History Center hosted the discussion and provided the video. Ms. Prescott hello, and welcome to the First Virtual author talk series. I am virginia prescott host for , these talks. Tonight i am talking with mab rest about her new book. You can purchase the book directly from a couple of books at the link provided at the Atlanta History Centers website. There is also a link to the right of your screen on the chat and there is desk that is also where you can ask westerns. Please submit your questions that i will try to integrate them as quickly as possible. Mab segrest is a Professor Emeritus of gender and womens studies at connecticut college, and a longterm activist and social justice moment activist in social justice movements. She is author of memoir of a race traitor. She is also the author of my mom scleral. Uar she is also an author of other books. Welcome. Mab i am delighted to be here. Ms. Prescott so, you spent more than a decade writing this book. What is it that f
Screen completely different from yesterday and will call it a modest rebound but it was the big tech stocks that fueled the selloff in today though stocks also seen a modest rebound, certainly not recovering the losses theyve seen over the last three days but nevertheless they are back in the green. Take a look at tesla, that stock has lost around one third of its value in just one week. But look at it go today up nearly 7 and by the way well talk to the former Vice President of tesla coming up in this hour. Also tesla rival nikola solid spike after announcing the partnership with gm and come up will talk to the company ceo about the electric Vehicle Market in the fierce and growing competition. Meanwhile talking about competition in the race for the white house joe biden traveling to battleground states michigan to tout his new made in america plan, this ahead of the president s visit tomorrow and this morning by the way President Trump nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by a member of
State announces which candidate will be receiving their delegates, its just a bunch of people shouting in an arena while wearing the worlds dumbest hats, but this year they mixed things up and did roll call from a picturesque or meaningful location in each state. And ive got to say, i thought this was a much more interesting way to do it. I mean, you got to see people in front of cows or on the beach or locked outside their house. And while many of the people in the videos were party activists, some recognizable faces popped up, too, like amy klobuchar, representing minnesota from the banks of the mississippi river; or mayor pete buttigieg, beaming in live from the men in black headquarters. And my favorite by far was watching everyone hype up their state. Ohio casts 20 votes for Bernie Sanders and 120 vote for the next president , joe biden. Tennessee became the 36th and deciding state to ratify the 19th amendment, granting women the right to vote. Tennessee casts 23 votes for Bernie
People to you. The first is roger rosenblatt, whose work has been published in 14 languages. He has three best sellers, kayak morning, the boy detective and another that was in the new yorker. The story i am, came out april and cold moon, live, love and responsibility will be out in october. Rogers written seven off broadway play, the one person free speech in america that he performed at the american place theater and which was named one of times of the times best plays of 1991. Last spring at bay theater in sag harbor, he performed and his play lives in the basement, does nothing will go to the center for arts at stony brook and a theater in new york next year. He also wrote the screen play for his best selling novel which which is currently in production. Roger is a professor of english and writing. Creative writing at harvard where he high school his ph. D. And among honors, george 0 polk award, and a peabody on Time Magazine and pbs. In ireland he played on an International Basket
Total anarchy, madness and chaos. Now his party takes to the stage. The choice the American People face. The Gop Convention just 24 hours away. Our special coverage starts this morning with white house chief of staff mark meadows. Biden deputypaaner kate bedingf. Plus, insight and analysis from our powerhouse roundtable. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now, chief anchor George Stephanopoulos. Good morning, and welcome to this week. The democrats have wrapped up their First Virtual convention and as we come on the air this morning, our brandnew poll shows it may have done joe biden some good. His favorable rating is up eight points from ten days ago. The gop kicks off monday with President Trump set to appear all four nights. The first lady and the president s Adult Children also slated to speak in primetime. But as we come on the air this morning, a different trump Family Member now in the spotlight. In audiotapes given to the Washington Post by the president s niece mary