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Government figures. Its elise Prime Minister condemns the shooting rampage by a far right supporter who wounded six african immigrant. Questions about who shot down a russian fighter jet in syria as turkish troops suffer their worst day for casualties at a rocky ride for senegals only passenger train we explore the ambitious plan to lanc to link east and west africa. And tom brady has been named the n. F. L. Most valuable player for the third time the patriots quarterback is now aiming for a sixth. Take on the Philadelphia Eagles. Political turmoil in the maldives has ramped up in the past few hours the opposition has decided to file a motion to impeach several senior government figures including the defense minister and the attorney general its also seeking a no confidence vote against the parliamentary speaker troops have surrounded the Parliament Building up to days of Unrest Police have fought with crowds who are rallying in support of the Supreme Courts order to release Political
Please silence your cell phones if you would. In terms of books which i know you all want to make sure you get the books you are going to be hearing about this morning outside the Capitol Building on mississippi st. There are number of sellers who will have looks and adjacent to the industry as the signing tent. In the back page of your brochure you will see this fantastic schedule. Authors will not necessarily be on immediately after the panel so just check the other name and the time in the brochure. We are delighted to have cspan broadcasting live this morning so welcome to jackson. The panel will also be shown on october so if you want to review it again. Thank you for the state legislature for the use of this facility today and i want to thank the authors and the moderators for being here with us this morning. The first panel is sponsored by the university of southern mississippi friends of the University Library so we are grateful for their support and now i will introduce jesmyn
Reporter i just recently was promoted to full professor. Congratulations. [applause]. So my colleagues might be watching this morning. James baldwin, i have a very Good Relationship with him when i first encountered his name i encountered it as my dad working in the village together. Then then i met him when i was 14. I remember coming behind him and tracing collars as an adult in graduate school his words blonde with audrey and it literally saved my life. I was one of only two africanamericans in the program to my knowledge on the first africanamerican to graduate in poetry and the msa program. So it was very isolated. My friends were the ladies who cleaned the building and we would talk about those sort of things. I would remember that i was young them. Them. I was in my 20s feeling a real rage. His rage really help me it was sustained and it was intellectual. It was not messy rage it was purposeful rage. That was a real lesson that i learned from him. I remember when he begins and i
This is an author panel on education issues. [inaudible conversations] good morning. Welcome again to the 2016 mississippi book festival. [inaudible] all right. I think were ready to get started. Welcome to the 2016 book festival. This is our panel this morning on schools and change. I just have a few housekeeping rules. Please remember to silence your cell phones. Books of these and many of the other authors here today will be available outside the State Capitol building. The booksellers are out on mississippi street, and signing tent is directly opposite that. Youll see in the back of the program the full booksigning schedule with authors and the times that theyll be signing today. Were delighted to have cspan broadcasting live with us today from jackson, mississippi. I want to thank the state legislature for allowing us the use of this facility today to come together. I want to thank the authors and the moderators today for helping us celebrate literature and the written word togeth