The church and for the festival by georgia power, bill and king at kelly and the estate of ralph. We are blessed once again to host such celebrated authors at United Methodist church which has been made possible by the generosity of bob and jean faircrop and substrate bank. Many of you have already watched on deck with eric larsen but we suspect today you are seeking your claims around chippewa squares as you choose among the dozens of renowned writers who have published outstanding books this year. We extend special thanks to our members and individual donors him make these events possible. If you would like to lend your support we welcome your donations and provided few bucks for books buckets. At the door. Please turn your cellphones off and there will be no flash photography. The question and answer portion of this morning we will ask you to line up down the central iowa, there will be a volunteer with the microphone end you will ask your questions at that point. After the presenta
Thank you, thanks to all of you. It is really encouraging to see such a good crowd on saturday morning. I want to thank in particular ted and linda mohr, my hosts this weekend who have been showing me around savannah and showing me a wonderful time. Wonderful to be in this terrific city. I want to talk today for a few minutes about what led me to write this book republic of spin. My first book was on richard nixon. It was a book called nixons shadow, the history of image. It was not so much a biography of nixon as a study of nixon in the american imagination, not a story of what he did so much as a story of what nixon anmeant. Many were concerned with who was the real nixon . Some of you may recall nixon was always being trotted out in the new version, there was always talk of the new nixon, the old hatchet man being left behind, the statesman, nixon, man of the people, always a new image being brought out sometimes by nixon but sometimes forged and fabricated by his audiences. This le
Now, again, in his hometown. Stones family prepared a Statement Read by a hospital spokesman. Police say they are looking for two suspects and stones stabbing. In sacramento, laura anthony, abc 7 news. One of the three attacks here. He just tweeted this message saying spencer is one tough guy. Only he could have done spg like that and lived yet again. Live breaking news right now. This is happening at the Montgomery Place shopping center. Fire fighters did have to rescue the woman inside that car. And she escaped without any injuries. Police are trying to figure out why. Three people accused of killing a 67yearold hiker. Still has the gun authorities think was used in the murder. Steve carter was found dead on a hiking trail on monday night. O if i recollects today called it a crime of opportunity. A series of cat thefts. Well, ive spoken to several of the neighbors who previously tomd me that their cats were found missing or dead. And i can tell you, there is a tremendous senz of reli
That is what we have been told up till now. But do we really know rosa parks . The answer according to our guest this evening is very definitely, no. We welcome to the center for the book tonight, dr. Danielle mcguire, assistant professor of history at Wayne State University in detroit. Her new book is at the dark end of the street black women, rape, and resistance. A new history of the Civil Rights Movement from rosa parks through the rise of black power. As her subtitle suggests, the book does not not merely shed new light on rosa parks and the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement, it offers us nothing less than a new way of approaching an understanding both the womens history and the underpinnings of the Civil Rights Movement. It is a scholarly yet riveting narrative that traces a sordid history of Sexual Violence directed against black women in the jim crow era and illuminates how the littleknown actions of rosa parks long before that bus boycott helped create the impetus for Ci
We are learning brand new details tonight about last weeks deadly mass shooting in california. Authorities say that the killers were spotted at shooting ranges in the l. A. Area several times, including just days before they killed 14 people. Officials also say that they have collected more than 300 pieces of evidence in the case, including 19 pipe bomb making components that were taken from the suspects home. Authorities believe that both had been radicalized for some time. How did that happen . The question were trying to get at is how did that happen and by whom and where did that happen . And i will tell you right now we dont know those answers at this point. Dari thousands of San Bernardino county employees at the Inland Regional Center returned to work today for the First Time Since the shooting last wednesday. Steve at home a call for religious tolerance and unity. Bill bratton and other city of religious leaders from across the city. The Conference Addressed the importance of C