Actually wondering these unprecedented times. And as always our Event Schedule his on the website compiles book sales from home. If you have a question at any time during the talk clicked on the q a button. Your purchase those are contributions to ensure the future of landmark independent bookseller. We appreciate your support now and always. Technical issues may arise we thank you for your understanding. And reintroduce tonight speakers with a professor of history at Johns Hopkins university co. President of future historians. And from the society of legal history and National Humanities center. And then with the Library Museum and then National Portrait gallery can american in history and also has been published among many others. And with the africanamerican in public culture and the multi awardwinning with a history of race and for the New York Times magazine in 2021 of the pulitzer in the book publisher they named vanguard and then as the letter to describe vanguard as the history
Good evening, everyone and welcome. Thank you for joining us tonight. My name is hilary carr and on behalf of Harvard Bookstore im pleased to introduce this event with professor martha jones presented her brandnew book vanguard how black women broke barriers, won the vote, and insisted on equality for all joining conversation by nikole hannahjones. Thank you for joining us virtually tonight. Events like to our books are confused to bring authors and their work to our community and her new Digital Community through these unprecedented times. We will be hosting are on our account or our event schedule. On a website harbor. Com events we can sign up for our email newsletter. This discussion will conclude with time for your questions. You have a question if you have questions adding time during the talk dick on the q a button at the bottom of the screen and will get to as many as time allows. I will be posting a link to purchase vanguard as both a link to donate. Your purchases and financi
This event responsible joining us live tonight. As i have the privilege of introduce or gusts, first for jeb bush. Governor bush was the first republican in the States History to be reelected. Under limit government creating 1. 3 million net new jobs and improving the States Credit rating. Currently governor bush is the chairman for headquartered in coral gables, florida. Tonights guest of honor, author of citizen mack, politics an honor able calling, senator connie mack. 1982 he eleft a successful banging career to run nor house of representatives and serve three terms before run fog their u. S. Senate. Then served two terms before choosing not run for reelection. He became chairman of the h lee moffet conference. Ill hand it over to governor bush to begin the conversation and just keep in mine that you can submit your questions through the chat feature and later in the event. Thank you very much. Such joy to have this conversation with a man i admire so much, and ive read the book, c
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Our guest author this evening is lisa selin davis. She is originally from right here in fairfield new yorkand shes been a great friend for the bookstore. Really since the bookstore openseven years ago and possibly even before that with trips to manchester. She is the author of the young adult novel lost stars and is an essayist and journalist whos written for publicationsincluding the new york times, wall street journal and others and shes with us tonight to celebrate the release just yesterday of her book tom boy. Please join me in welcoming her. Thank you. Hello lisa. This is going to be a unique experience for the both of us. I have never ever interviewed my author so i am so excited about this fun exchange that were going to have. I dont get to talk to my authors about their books in this way. Usually we are hammering it out editorially through the beginning pages of the process but never in this way can we go back in and talk about it together so this is a great experience for me