You to our speakers to start meaning tonight we have with us dr. Bettina becker, a distinguished professor emerita, feminist studies, university of california, santa. She has taught for more than 40 years an activist scholar. She coled the Free Speech Movement uc berkeley in 1964 and the National Student Mobilization Committee to end and the war in vietnam. She played a leading role in the International Movement to free angela davis. But she was a member of the communist party. From 1962 to 1981, and she has been of the lgbt movement. The late 1970s and has published several, including the morning breaks, the trial of angela davis tapestry, the life, womens work, womens consciousness and meaning of daily experience, and a memoir politics how i grew up. Read and fought for free speech and became a feminist rebel, which was nominated for lambda literary award in 2006. We also have with us tonight dr. Estelle friedman. Shes the Edgar Robinson professor in u. S. History emerita at stanford
She coled the Free Speech Movement uc berkeley in 1964 and the National Student Mobilization Committee to end and the war in vietnam. She played a leading role in the International Movement to free angela davis. But she was a member of the communist party. From 1962 to 1981, and she has been of the lgbt movement. The late 1970s and has published several, including the morning breaks, the trial of angela davis tapestry, the life, womens work, womens consciousness and meaning of daily experience, and a memoir politics how i grew up. Read and fought for free speech and became a feminist rebel, which was nominated for lambda literary award in 2006. We also have with us tonight dr. Estelle friedman. Shes the Edgar Robinson professor in u. S. History emerita at stanford university. She cofounded the program in feminist gender and sexuality studies. The recipient multiple teaching awards. She has held fellowships the National Endowment for the humanities, the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation an
Communication for sponsoring this venue, faderman is appearing as a result of senior pride. [applause] were pretty thrilled about that. And ms. Nutt by the tucson medical center. [applause]. And jim is here on his own, i guess. Evidently. The preparation will last an hour, including questions and answers and we want to ask you to hold your questions until the end, and we hope to allow plenty of time for questions. Immediately following the session, the authors will be autographing books in the sales and signing area in the ua bookstore tent on the mall. It says booth 141. Books are available for purchase at this location, but miss faderman will be 20 minutes late since shes going to be interviewed by cspan. We hope youre enjoying the festival and invite you to become a friend of the festival today. You can text friend to 520214 book. Or 5202142665. Our visit to friend of the festival booth number 1110 on the mall. Your gift makes a difference in keeping the festival programming free of
Over time harry told me. For four years we talked over lunch when we come to japan from his home in california. And finally one day i turned to him and said harry, this is an important story on so many levels. It is an important story for your family. For your generation, for the japaneseamerican community, for usjapan relations. And i dont know if im the right person but if you would consider having a book written i would be happy to try. Only kentucky find someone. But i think you should seriously consider leaving a written record. And by this point i thought that i could document it and he turned to me and he arranged for me to meet his brothers the next day. His brothers who had been conscripted into the Japanese Imperial army. Harry became one of the first japaneseamerican colonels in the us army. He became distinguished member of the military intelligence hall of fame. The 500 military intelligence brigade which is the Pacific Vanguard for intelligence is located in hawaii on awa
The university of arizona. Welcome to the 9th annual tucson festival of books. My name is joyce bollinger, here with Southern Arizona senior pride. We want to thank Cox Communication for sponsoring this venue, faderman is appearing as a result of senior pride. [applause] were pretty thrilled about that. And ms. Nutt by the tucson medical center. [applause]. And jim is here on his own, i guess. Evidently. The preparation will last an hour, including questions and answers and we want to ask you to hold your questions until the end, and we hope to allow plenty of time for questions. Immediately following the session, the authors will be autographing books in the sales and signing area in the ua bookstore tent on the mall. It says booth 141. Books are available for purchase at this location, but miss faderman will be 20 minutes late since shes going to be interviewed by cspan. We hope youre enjoying the festival and invite you to become a friend of the festival today. You can text friend t