[inaudible conversations] hello, everyone. My name is anne. Welcome to the 13th annual savannah book festival. The festival is presented by georgia power, bob faircloth, david and nancy seven terror and the phillip e. And nancy b. Bigman foundation. We are especially grateful to jack and mary romano who are our sponsors for this beautiful venue. Wed also like to welcome our literati members and individual donors today. It is through your support that we are able to make todays festival events free to the public. 90 of our revenue comes from our donors and literati members, and we thank you. Before we get started, i have some housekeeping notes. Kent garrett and Jeanne Ellsworth will be signing festivalpurchased copies of their book at Telfair Square following their presentation. If youre planning to stay for the next author, edward j. Larson, after this presentation please move forward to fill seats as the venue empties. This will help the ushers get people seated for the next session.
Peninsulathe east bay into the south bay by the latter part of your morning commute rain stays with us well to your noon hour and snowfall heavy at times up in the mountains above san jose and then especially in the Sierra Nevada by tomorrow afternoon showers a lot more spotty so your drive home from work tomorrow is going to be easier than your drive to work is going to be this is your advanced warning just leave for work early because youre going to want to drive to slow or drive slower and youre going to expect a lot slower traffic on the roadways temperatures right now nobly very chilly look at dublin, youre at freezing right now livermore just above at 34 degrees. Oakland hayward palo alto in redwood city right along the bay was san mateo in while Napa Petaluma saint helene and nevado either at or below freezing so bund up this morning. It is a lot colder than yesterday youll feel that cold blast as you step out the door. You definitely want to be nice and cozy issue walking to wo
New york. Please give a warm savannah welcome to kent garrett and jeannie else worth. [applause] finish jeanne ellsworth. [applause] well, thank you for enlightening us, and ill let you know the book is called the last negroes at harvard. 61 years ago harvard admitted 18 negroes, and thats what we were called then, and we were the largest number at that time ever admitted to harvard. We were from all different parts of the country north, south, east and west and we came from different economic and socioeconomic backgrounds. And we, heretofore theyd been letting, admitting blacks to harvard but only two or three at a time. And most guys would just go and do their four years and then get out of town. Finish leave cambridge. But for us it was different in the sense that we had numbers, the 18, and we could form an individual racial identity as well as a group identity. And we were able to become actually a force for change at harvard, and harvard or we changed harvard and harvard changed
Democrats. Im not here to make an an endorsement but im here to welcome you. I bet i know the reason youre here. And that reason is, you want to make ail change in the way our state and our government in washington is being run. So, absolutely. Whats the best way to do that . S get involved. You can get involved with the Johnson County democrats, and what you do is go to jcdems. Org, thats jcdems. Org, get out your phones right now, head there and sign up for our weekly email. And on that email theres a newsletter. Its going to give you the latest of the important political events going on in ou area as well as you can have details about the caucuses, where youre going to caucus, e information, about training stt online and also in person. So, please go to that site. Suppr join the Johnson County democrats and help us take back the state, the country and support our local democrats. Thank you. Next, please join me in welcoming state senator joe bolkum to the stage. [ applause ] goods a
As germany gets ready to celebrate 30 years since the wall came down a massive art project is unveiled here in berlin made up of thousands of colorful streamers and messages of love and peace. By marrying a evanston welcome to the Program Police have been firing tear gas in multiple locations in a bid to break up a fresh round of mass protests in hong kong authorities had banned all protests today which were originally billed as an emergency call for autonomy from Mainland China but Police Quickly cracked down on an initial gathering and then in other parts of the city as well this is the 22nd straight weekend event government demonstrations in hong kong. W. Charlotte chills of hill has been reporting from the midst of these demonstrations and shes been forced to wear a gas mask to protect herself from the tear gas used by police i spoke to her just a short while ago and asked if the demonstrators were prepared for such a swift and harsh response by police. I think a lot of people are