Next up from the harlem book fair, a panel on their eyes were watching god. Welcome once again to the next panel discussion. This panel, i love myself when i am laughing, a century or more of is laura neil. I have the pleasure of introducing the moderator for todays discussion. Sarah jasmine griffin. She is an author with five books and the focus of her study is cultural history. She is a professor at columbia university. Her current book is titled an intellectual history of black women. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome her. [applause] thank you and good afternoon. I know you are here because you love a person, not because this is one of the only. You can hear . Okay. Is that better. All right, ill just keep talking until you can hear me. I will try to speak more loudly. Is that Getting Better . So i know youre here because you love her and not because this is one of the only airconditioned venues today. It is fully appropriate that we have this panel here in harlem which is a plac