Interview with Joan Trumpauer mulholland. She recalls taking part in the 1961 freedom rides, attending tougaloo college, and serving at the Mississippi State penitentiary with other activists. This interview is part of a project on the Civil Rights Movement initiated by congress in 2009, conducted by the Smithsonian National museum of africanAmerican History and culture, the american full like american folklife center. Joan i was born in washington, d. C. And raised in arlington, virginia, basically a mile down the road in apartments, which at that point was the only place in Northern Virginia that would rent to jews. This was the early 1940s, folks had come from new york, looking for government jobs. They wanted out of the boarding houses and they can move to buckingham and that was about it. What did your dad do . Joan they had those government jobs. My father came from southwest iowa, during the depression. My folks met at the midnight shift at the post Office Building in the elevat
Number two. My name is rosa parks. And number three. My name is rosa parks. Once again, panel, these three ladies all claim to be civil rights champion rosa parks, and lets start the questioning with kitty carlisle. Number two, what led up to this glorious moment on that bus . How did you feel at the moment of arrest . [ bell dings ] that bell tells us the time is up. And now, of course, its time to vote whoever, in your opinion, is the real rosa parks. I voted for number two, and its just based on a feeling. She just has that gentleness, i think, that would allow to be defiant. Okay. Any one of these three ladies could have had the courage, and im ashamed to say, i dont really know which one it really is, but i voted for number two. All right. And nipsey, who got your vote . Well, ill have to disqualify myself. I know mrs. Parks, and i was one of the entertainers on that show between selma and montgomery, but ms. Rosa parks is 10 foot tall, and shes a legend and a hero in the democrac
[applause] im going to begin by introducing my fellow panelists briefly and that we will just get right into it. To my immediate right is Samuel Roberts is the director of Institute Research in africanamerican studies and associate professor of history and also associate professor of socio medical sciences at the school of Public Health at columbia university. He writes, teaches and lectures widely on africanAmerican History, medical and Public Health history or been pedestrian history of social movements. His book titled infectious fear was published by the university of North Carolina press in 2009 and expiration of the political economy of health urban jack griffey and race between the late 19th century in the mid20th century. The mac which encompasses the jim crow era and the period from the bacteriological razzle revolution to the advent of antimicrobial therapy. To his right is professor chris lebron of yale university. He received his ph. D. From m. I. T. In 2009 and is the auth
[applause] thank you so much. Its great to be here at politics and prose again. This is the fifth installment of our race in america series. I want to thank politics and prose for the vision. A a lot of playings dont have the vision. This book store has set the tone for book stores round the nation to talk about such a sensitive issue, matters of race, and, yes, were authors, and we are people who are real and have dealt with this and written about it, and again issue want to thank politics and prose and cspan to think enough of the series to come out and cover. Dont get these kind of people in this kind of room without getting this kind of coverage. So i want to thank you all for being here tonight for our fifth installment i want you to feel free, feel welcome, feel at home, come to the microphone, and a question, intelligent, civil, and we will answer, and i want to without further adieu introduce the great, great panel. Were do some bullet points on their career and i want to start
Look for these titles in bookstores is coming week and watch for the authors in the near future book tv and this is book tv live coverage of the 2016 Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. Over the next seven hours you will hear from several authors including eric larson, Kenneth C Davis and brian burrow. We began todays coverage with a discussion on politics featuring former pres. Obama adviser David Axelrod, author of axelrod, author of believer, and nationally syndicated columnist Clarence Page, author of culture, lawyer. This is live coverage from chicago on book tv. [inaudible conversations] all right. Welcome to the 31st annual Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. My name is tom for scholars. Before we get started i would like to send a special thank you to our sponsors. Todays program is being broadcast live on cspan2 book tv. At this time there will be a q a session and we ask that you line up in front of the microphone so that the home viewing audience can hear your question