Conference quick welcome to new perspectives and sources, this is a panel to devoted to understanding a horrific series events that started just over id years ago where African Americans were hunted down by an raged crowd of whites in arkansas, i want to recognize the work lancaster did in helping to organize this panel, in unfortunately he had to change his plans to join us, and participate all three of our scholars, here on this panel are contributors to a book edited, we are shamelessly plugging that right here, the elaine mascara in arkansas, a century of atrocity and resistance, 1819 to 1919, full disclosure i read it to, this is not about me, i want to introduced all three of our panelists first, though each present for about 20 to 25 minutes, and after that i will spend just a few minutes offering some thoughts, designed to generate discussion and then we will enjoy a question, answer i will get out of the, way we will go in the order of the Program First matthew hills who, is a
Up next, a discussion about the racially motivated 1919 elaine, arkansas massacre. Panelists contributed to the book. Part of the 2000 19 Southern Historical Associations Annual conference. 2019 welcome to new perspectives and sources on the elaine massacre of 1919. This is devoted to advancing our understanding of a horrific series of events that began just over 100 years ago in which africanamericans were hunted by a paranoid and enraged crowd of whites in the arkansas delta. I want to recognize the work of guy lancaster and helping to organize this panel. Unfortunately, he had to change his plans to join us and participate. All three of our scholars on this panel are contributors to a book edited by guy lanchester. We are shamelessly plugging that here. A century of atrocity and resistance, 18191919. Full disclosure. I am in there but this is not about me. I want to introduce our panelists. They will each present for 25 minutes. After that, i will spend a few minutes offering though
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York state psychiatric institute, and author of shrinks, the untold story of psychology. Host hello. Im dr. Jeffrey lieberman here with art levine, a noted journalist and author and we are going to today his book Mental Health, inc. Its great to be with you, first let me thank you for your interest in Mental Illness in Mental Health care to few of your colleagues in the Fourth Estate have seen this is an area to really focus on and provide a public and interested parties with the information that is really needed, and the priority that it should have and you certainly seem to have recognized it. Its also take a gratifying for me to be interviewing you, art, because your a columbia alum having gone to the Journalism School which is not of the best schools of journalism in the country. Of course thats where i am faculty and currently employed. So the book guest thank you, doctor. Host please, call me jeffrey. Guest okay. Host when someone calls the doctor makes you feel old and stodgy. B