To. Do you want to add anything . I mean, its its sobering and sobering and i mean, the good news other day, some good news, i suppose is a very low bar. But durbin did step forward and call for a cease fire but the fact that so have not even done that. I mean your larger political analysis is of the situation there just call for a call for a cease fire at this seems to be a bottom. So i want to share something that share through others at on november 4th, the demonstration in washington, d. C. , and then segway to questions after that. So as people know, there was a massive mobilization in washington november 4th. Many some people this room may have gone. Many people know went and groups that i work with the rising Majority Movement for black lives, blacks for palestine and scholars for social justice were there and i offered a statement and some reflections that i want to share with you. And then we will open it up for questions. But its titled a black feminist statement of solidaire
Grieving. But that should not stop us from continuing to fight because it is not tenable. So thank you for coming out there are books in the back. Women and Children First great local bookstore selling nathans book. Please buy one. I think hell stick around for the next 15 or 20 minutes or so and sign books. Support human rights watch, support the palestinian film festival, support jvp, all the organized that are organizing around this issue, providing information, but also write your local elected and demand that they support a ceasefire thank you. Thank you all. It is really wonderful for us to have john and i back at the carter library. You know, it has just been several years since jonathan was here. He was here for the book, a book about jackie robinson. And thats been probably. Live seven or eight years since then. And whats really neat is that jonathan had decided to kick off his book tour for his new book. His book just came out yesterday and do that here at the jimmy carter pr
The jackson state. Dr. Mcdaniels saw years. Okay of course i cant sit down. I just want to remind you all that whenever if you want to ask questions, mds, you will need to come to microphone at the podium right there, not try it no matter how loud your teacher voice is. Try not. We dont want you to shout it from your seat okay. Because as we we are filming this now. Great. Thank you and thank you guys for coming coming. Thank you for joining us with the art the panel and at this time, i have the pleasure of introducing our three distinguished panelists and their great works. First, we have maryemma graham. Shes a native of augusta, georgia. Shes the university. Distinguish professor of english at the university of kansas and founding director of. The history of black writing, which she established at the University Mississippi in 1983. The history of black has led national and International Initiatives to promote teaching and Public Engagement with black literary studies, with support
Our moderator for today is a long time friend of the festival having served on the board of directors for many years. She is a professor of english and the graduate school at the jackson state university. Dr. Mcdaniels. Its all yours. [applause]co a course i cant sit down yet. I want to remind you all that whenever if you want to ask questions you will need to come to the microphone and the podium and no matter how loud your Teacher Voices we dont want you to shout it from your seat because thank you. And thank you guys for coming. Mi [applause] thank you for joining us. At this time i had the pleasure of introducing or three distinguished panelists and their great works. First we have miriam graham, founding director of the history of riders which he established at the university of mississippi in 1993. The history of writing his lead National International initiative to promote Research Teaching and Public Engagement with black literary studies in the National Endowment for the human
Been several years since jonathan was here. He was here for th it is really wonderful for us to have jonathan back at the carter library. You know, it has been several years since jonathan was here. He was here for a book about jackie robinson. And that has probably been seven or a neck years since then. And what is really neat is that jonathan had decided to kick offs book tour for his new book. His book just came out yesterday. And do that here at the jimmy carter president ial library, which is really, i think, great. This is his sixth book. He has written, as i said, about jackie robinson, lou gehrig, muhamed ali, al capone, as well as the foursome who really did the push to get the approval of the Birth Control pill. But the thing that you see in jonathans writing is an immense amount of research that goes into it. And i think he comes by that naturally. His dad was an accountant. So a stickler for details. And his mom is a community activist. So if you think about that and think