Industry, americas Cable Television company, as a public and brought to you today i your television provider. Good evening. My name is leslie kavasch and im here to introduce our guest, clyde ford. Client is former assistant engineer with ibm. He graduated from university of Western State here in portland as a doctor of chiropractic, and he is a trained psychotherapist. He the awardwinning author of 12 works of fiction and nonfiction. Clive is recipient of the rate award, in African American literature as well as numerous other awards for his books. Hes been a guest on the oprah show, npr, and radio and tv programs across the nation. Clyde is here tonight to speak about his latest book think black which was just released shortlisted for the 2019 book prize in social justice. Wed you please join me in welcoming to the planetarium at the Oregon Museum of science and industry clyde ford. [applause] thank you leslie and thank you all for being here. I cant tell you how special it is to bee
You are watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors at the weekend. Tv, television for serious readers. She teaches American History at university is the wishes a professor, a Mcknight University professor, the rudolph chair in immigration history and the director of the immigration History Research center. Lee is the author of three awardwinning books in u. S. Immigration, americas gates, chinese immigration during the exclusionary era, 18821943, and angel island, gateway to america in the making of asian america, a history. At the immigration History Research center she has helped to merge immigration history with the digital humanities. She launched and oversees the National Endowment for the humanities funded immigration story project which works with recent immigrants and refugees to collect, preserve and share their experiences. Her book america for americans a history of xenophobia in the United States is the subject of tonight talk. Please welcome erika lee.
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Texas book festival. I have a couple announcements before i introduce our speakers and then we will have a brief conversation appear and then open it up or you and day for the last 10 minutes or so. There are microphones down the aisles and i will send volunteers to help if you need a microphone brought to you. First and foremost, please finance your cell phones. Dont be that person. They also want me to remind you to share your experience on social media. The festival uses the texas book fest as the twitter handle and the is tx book fest. Authors will find books. Because we are in the main tent, its just write down that way. A portion goes to the texas book festivals mission and helps fund. Programs that brings authors and students together and brings grants to libraries in texas. We are very grateful to have you here. All right, without further ado, let me introduce our wonderful speakers that really dont need introduction but, youve got to do your thing. First we have was a New York