South Arkansas will start to dry out on Thursday following a deluge that dropped almost a foot of rain Wednesday on parts of Lafayette, Hempstead, Nevada and Columbia counties.
we ve got sonia sanchez. [applause] professor b8 is a national and international treasurer. she s a human rights activist, poet, civil rights activist, feminist, humanist, mother, teacher, daughter, and really one of the heroic figures of the post civil-rights and civil rights of black power era. her latest book is morning haiku and she has edited 44 african-american writers on the election of barack obama, 44th president of the united states. [applause] next we have professor cornell west. [applause] with cornell as we all know is another national and international icon and in national treasure in his own right. he is a professor of civil rights activists philosopher, human rights activist who and really one of the boldest public intellectuals that we have in the united states today. he speaks truth to power even when when he speaks is unpopular he has the structure to be critical and against the grain even when it s hurt him and is standing in the black community. so cornel