As a Capacity Building and fellowship Building Program that takes 2530 individuals dedicated to Racial Equity and takes a yearlong process of developing skills. Teach lessons. Beach capacity and fellowship. Thats the deal. Our other partner is pages bookstore and now i will introduce from pages bookstore. [applause] hello everybody and thanks for coming. I am susan murphy, i own pages bookshop on grand river in the rosedale area. We are so happy to be here tonight and have jody talk about the book. If youve not read the book, its an easy read because its so engaging with the characters in the book. Jody is a Research Professor at the new york university. Previously at Cambridge University, she also teaches Bankruptcy Law at columbia. Shes an elected member of the council on Foreign Relations and a Technical Advisor to the bank for international settlements. Shes received a prestigious multiyear grant to research her book. Until 2014, she was a law professor at Cambridge University wher
Our agent program, the dealers were sponsor of this, supported by the foundation. We just ended our fourth which we are accelerating, we are announcing our fifth. Its a program that takes 25 or 30 individuals working in organizations dedicated to Racial Equity and takes a year long process in trying to develop skills, teach a lesson, build capacity and fellowship that enables better collaboration and equity. Thus the deal with our partners. I will introduce you now from the bookstore. [applause] hello, everybody. Thanks for coming. I owned pages bookshop in the rosedale area near where i am. We are so happy to be here tonight, jodi talked about the book. Hes not read the book. Its an easy read. I think because its so engaging with the characters in the book. Jodi is a Research Professor and New York University previously in the law faculty, she also teaches Bankruptcy Law at columbia law. She selected member of the american law institute, past her member of the Council Relations enough
There are lingering questions about how far detroit has come in a half century in addressing the issues that led to the rioting. We are here at the Detroit Free Press where it won a Pulitzer Prize for its 1967 riot coverage. Were joined by Heather Ann Thompson and Detroit Free Press page editor steve henderson. Well be live for the next two hours taking your calls, tweets and facebook posts. Can we start with the definitions in the sense that the events that took place 50 years ago described as a riot. I would say its absolutely not a riot. Because that term connotes chaos and it suggests that everyone just showed up and destroyed the city for no reason. It also suggested how we should understand what happened and what the impact of it was. We prefer to think about it like a rebellion. Because all of the energy and anger and activism that went into that moment had long been predicted. People had been begging for some remedy, for the housing discrimination. The Police Brutality. The eco
Later, 43 people were dead and 7000 have been arrested. President lyndon b. Johnson said send in 5000 troops and Property Damage was estimated at more than 30 million. Affected areas still bear the scars today. Are lingering questions about how far depart detroit has come in addressing the issues that led to the writing. Rioting. We are joined by professor heather nan heather and thompson and we will be live for the next two hours taking her calls, tweets, and facebook posts. Can we start with definitions in the sense that we hear this event that took place described as a riot, would you describe describe it as such or is there a better way to define what happened . That term connotes chaos and suggests everyone showed up and destroyed the city for no reason and it suggests how we should understand how what happened and the impact of it was. We prefer to think about it like a rebellion because all of the energy and anger act and activism that went into that moment had long been predict
Later, 43 people were dead and 7000 have been arrested. President lyndon b. Johnson said send in 5000 troops and Property Damage was estimated at more than 30 million. Affected areas still bear the scars today. Are lingering questions about how far depart detroit has come in addressing the issues that led to the writing. Rioting. We are joined by professor heather nan heather and thompson and we will be live for the next two hours taking her calls, tweets, and facebook posts. Can we start with definitions in the sense that we hear this event that took place described as a riot, would you describe describe it as such or is there a better way to define what happened . That term connotes chaos and suggests everyone showed up and destroyed the city for no reason and it suggests how we should understand how what happened and the impact of it was. We prefer to think about it like a rebellion because all of the energy and anger act and activism that went into that moment had long been predict