A. Welcome to the program the funeral of george floyd the black man whose death in Police Custody ignited global protests against racism and Police Brutality is just to begin shortly not in jest arrived to have arrived to the church in his hometown Houston Texas the funeral is to be a private affair tended by about 500 people on monday around 6000 file past his coffin to pay their last respects unknown in life George Florence killing 2 weeks ago after a Police Officer on his neck may now mark a turning point in american history. Me underscore ching texas sky thousands queued for hours to enter the church where George Floyds body lay. A last chance for the public to pay their respects to the man whose death has become a rallying cry against racism around the globe. The public viewing was housed and host in the city west lloyd grew up well this is an important time in our world. And i feel bad it is necessary for me to be here to mourn as a human being for the human race being an african
A dangerous terrorist she joins me by skype from oakland in california thank you so much professor davis coming on going underground can i just ask you right at the beginning theres a lot of quoting of the great writer James Baldwin at the moment he actually wrote an open letter to you what did he mean when he said our bodies must render impossible the corridor to the gas chamber. Well of course James Baldwin was. Not only with a scent writer but also he was involved in a whole range of social justice issues and he took up my case wrote an open letter to me and. Argue that if they did not protect my life the same would be next if they come for you and the morning he said every do not prevent them from taking you we will be next so that is actually. That is actually very seem of the mass movements have developed against racism against the signage and any against climate injustice etc of course the words reverberate starkly today because of the use of the word gas chamber in the state of
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What we do here for the past 20 plus years. Have the havely featured in orientses programming, our plays and weekly and yearly best seller liveses so shows our Customer Base loves them as well. A couple of housekeeping things before i move over to the lovely panel. We have a lot of book for sale up here. We do not have a register up here so feel free to take a bunch, get them signed and pay for them on the way out so you can be here from years to come. You may have noticed the cameras. Cspan is here so when we get to the q a portion, if you have a question, make sure you wait for the mic to get to you so that we can hear the question as well as see you. So ill turn it over to our panel. Great. Thank you, kyle. Hello and welcome to our University Press week celebration. Im fred and im the director or fordham University Press. This is our eighth annual up week. Have been a member of the task force since 2014 and chair person for two of those years. This year the theme is read, think, act
Press, nu and Fordham University press make up a large part of what we do here for the past 20 plus years. Have the havely featured in orientses programming, our plays and weekly and yearly best seller liveses so shows our Customer Base loves them as well. A couple of housekeeping things before i move over to the lovely panel. We have a lot of book for sale up here. We do not have a register up here so feel free to take a bunch, get them signed and pay for them on the way out so you can be here from years to come. You may have noticed the cameras. Cspan is here so when we get to the q a portion, if you have a question, make sure you wait for the mic to get to you so that we can hear the question as well as see you. So ill turn it over to our panel. Great. Thank you, kyle. Hello and welcome to our University Press week celebration. Im fred and im the director or Fordham University press. This is our eighth annual up week. Have been a member of the task force since 2014 and chair person