At the mississippi book festival in jackson to talk about literacy and american libraries. [inaudible conversations] good morning everyone. Welcome to the third mississippi book festival. In the Mississippi Department of archives and history. Ive been asked to remind everyone that you are more than welcome to take photographs, post to social media, and the hash tag is literarylongparty. This is the conversation with the library of Congress Panel sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council and friends of the library. Mississippi is fortunate to have so strong a supporter as its literature, music and art as congressman greg harper. Now in his fifth term in the United States house of representatives, congressman harper chairs the committee on House Administration and serves on the House Committee on energy and commerce, the joint committee on printing and perhaps most pertinently for us here today, as the chair of the joint committee of the library of congress. Here is congressman gre
Everyone. Fternoon yall find seats and will get our panel going. Good morning. Welcome to the fifth annual mississippi book festival. Im Chris Goodwin with Mississippi Department of archives and history. If you havent done so, please silence your cell phone. This panel on the u. S. Civil war is sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council and Mississippi State university. One of the book festivals Board Members from Mississippi State John Marszalek is on the panel. Is Francis Coleman here . Dean of the libraries . Another strong supporter. As is stewart rock off director of the Mississippi Humanities Council. I do believe hes in the room. We thank them for their support and we are in the room today courtesy of foreman watkins law firm. Our panelists are Jacquelyn Hall, shelby harriel, ben wynne and john nsmarszalek. You can purchase the books ne outdoors. And you can find the times they will be signing in your brochure. We will hear from our panelists for about 40 minutes and then w
Good afternoon everyone and thank you for coming to the session. Civil rights in american issue. I am doctor sidney mcdaniels, im a graduate school. Will have about 45 minutes for this and 15 for q a. Also i lost you at this time to place silencer phones. Our sponsors for this panel are the Mississippi Humanities Council. Do we have any members from the Advisory Board or cancel . Thank you. And also ray harper who recently retired from congress from mississippis third district. Longtime supporter of the festival. Thank you. [applause] our moderator for the session is the ralph. Visiting professor of english and southern studies at the university of mississippi. When he is also the former editor of the virginia orderly review. And the other of two from ours. We introducing our distinguished panelists. [applause] thank you and thank you all for joining us in this panel this afternoon. If i were to wreak title this panel, i would call it family memory history in civil rights because our p
Good afternoon everyone. Youll find seats and we will get our panel going. Good morning. Welcome to the fifth annual mississippi book festival. Im Chris Goodman with the Mississippi Department of archives and history if youve not done so please silence your cell phones. This panel on the u. S. Civil war is sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council and Mississippi State University One of the book festivals Board Members from Mississippi State john mars luck is on the panel. As Francis Coleman here . Dean of libraries . Another strong supporter. As is stuart rockwell, director of Mississippi Humanities Council. I dont believe hes in the room but think them for their support and we are in the room today courtesy of forming walkmans walker. Our panelists are jaclyn dowd hall commercial be harold, john mars luck and bend when you can purchase copies of their books outdoors and you can find the times they will be signing in your brochure. We will hear from our panelists for about 40 mi
[inaudible background conversations] [inaudible speaking] the panel is titled American History, renegades and sponsored by the Mississippi Library commission. Tracy carr, with the library commission, was in the room for the very first organizational meeting of the festival we couldnt do this without the Mississippi Library commission or libraries from all over the state so thank you very much for your support. We are in the room today courtesy of foreman watkins law firm, our gratitude to them. Our panelists are tom craven, eric j dolman and Peter Houlihan. You can purchase copies of their books from vendors outside and you can find the times are authors will be signing in your program. We will hear from our panelists for about 40 minutes then open the floor to questions. Please come to the podium in the center of the room to ask your questions. Help me welcome our moderator for this panel, kitty blunt director of Mississippi Department of archives and history. [applause] thank you. Im