Authors discuss then < 1955 mur of emmett till, and the role of these events in the Civil Rights Movement. Cspan recorded the panel at the 2018 festival of books in nashville, tennessee. Greetings. My name is lee williams, jr. Im an associate professor of africanamerican and public history at Tennessee State university, and i will be the moderator for this panel. First id like to welcome you to nashville. If youre not a nashville resident, welcome, welcome. And welcome to the greatest library in america. This session will run precisely 50 minutes i am told. So we will give both our authors 20 minutes to speak, and well allocate ten minutes for question and answer. I was also admonished to remind you if youre really enjoying yourself this southern festival of books depends upon individual donations. So if you really enjoy what youve seen over the past couple of days id encourage you to donate as much as you can. Were in for a treat today. I asked these two gentlemen for bios a couple of
20 minutes to speak and allocate 20 minutes for question and answer. I was also admonished to remind you if you really enjoy yourself , these southern festival of books depends on individual donations. So if you really enjoy what you have seen over the past couple days, i encourage you to donate as much as you can. For a treat today. I asked these two gentlemen for for couple days ago. They are esteemed scholars, but they are also some of the most modest men i have met. I will give you a brief introduction of them and to them and i encourage you to speak with them after the session ends. Our first presenter this morning is elliott gorn. Chair of gorn is the africanAmerican History at university of loyola. He is the author of five books. These include the manly art, mother jones the most dangerous woman in america, and dillingers wild ride. The work he will be talking about today is let the people is their go to his right professor christopher schmidt. He is professor and associate dean
Will give both our authors 20 minutes to speak and we allocate 10 minutes for questionandanswer. Im also admonished to remind you if youre really enjoying yourself, that the southern festival of books depends upon individual donations. If you really enjoy what youve seen over the past couple of days, id encourage you to donate as much as you can. We are in for a treat today. I asked these two jennifer bio gentleman for bios a couple of visio. They are esteemed scholars but also some of the most modest men that ive met. I will give you a brief and iuction to them encourage you to speak with them after the session ends. Our first presenter this morning gorn. Liott born chair and american urban history at Loyola University in chicago. Books author of five including a brief history of american sports, mother jones the most dangerous woman in ride thend wild year that made americas public enemy number one. And the work he will be talking about today is let the people see. To his right is ch
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