Is aprofound new way of looking at the history of atlanta. And so its only fitting that his first author talk in atlanta, be here at the Atlanta History Center are many of you all already have read the book, but some of you all might not might not be aware of his background. But professor ober is, a professor of history, and hes also the founding director of the center for the study popular music at the university of and he received his ph. D. From indiana university, bloomington and he received his undergraduate degree a bachelor of art in history from, Morehouse College and. Hes previously written two books. His first book was black power radical politics and African American identity, and he wrote hip hop revolution. The culture and politics of rap. So this is his third book. And having read his first book, it was a great book. But this book broke new ground. And without further ado, i want to welcome to the stage dr. Jeffrey oji obaa. Good everyone to say its a pleasure to be here
Lynton history prize, mark lynton history prize and the j. Anthony prize, the work in progress prizes are administered jointly by Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for journalism at harvard md. And i want to introduce our host for this evening. Thats ann marie lipinski, Pulitzer Prize winning former editor of the chicago tribune, and the curator here of the Nieman Foundation. Weve got a good and very stimulating evening ahead. So ann marie. Were killing the music. Ive done it. Thats it. Its my folks that jazz. Its called the jazz lounge bar. In case anyones interested interested. Thank you, jonathan, and welcome everyone to the presentation of the j. Anthony lucas prize project honoring the very best of american Nonfiction Book writing in celebrating gifted writer winners this evening, we remember Pulitzer Prize winning journalist j. Anthony lucas, a 1969 nieman fellow, and the late mark linton, a history enthusiast and expert and Senior Executive at the firm Hunter
Of the 1963 childrens crusade. We do so tonight with an authors talk featuring paul kicks. Paul is the author of you have to be prepared to before you can begin ten weeks in birmingham. That america, while reflecting on a photo of Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin suffocating, george floyd, paul is shocked by its parallels to the iconic may 1963 photo of a black teenager in birmingham, alabama, being attacked by a white officer and an aggressive shepherd. These similarities motivated to uncover the legacy and full history behind the historic civil rights photograph. Pauls book light on the strategy of the 1963 ten week southern christian Leadership Conference campaign end segregation led by dr. Martin luther jr. King, along with white walker, Fred Shuttlesworth and james bevel, joined the efforts of the Alabama Christian Movement for human rights to launch the Birmingham Campaign together, they sought to Bring National attention to the efforts to desegregate public facilities in
Multilayered portrait, not simply george floyd, but of america. And these two authors i have worked with over the years at the Washington Post. Let me start told you he is toto is currently the White House Bureau for the post. He came to the post in 2019. Hes the last three president s previously had been at Bloomberg News for five years where he reported on politics and policy from both washington and florida. Hes reported from five continents, more than 20 countries as part of his president bill press coverage, he began his career at the miami herald where he covered real estate natural and crime all things florida is well known for and sometimes covered all at once. Robert is is now a newly minted writer at the new yorker, just left the Washington Post one month ago. Yeah and and he got a farewell unlike any that weve ever seen at the Washington Post, which included a version of a of a of a song from hamilton that was especially adapted to to his career when he was at the post was a
It is is a rich, deep, multilayered portrait, not simply george floyd, but of america. And these two authors i have worked with over the years at the Washington Post. Let me start told you he is toto is currently the White House Bureau for the post. He came to the post in 2019. Hes the last three president s previously had been at Bloomberg News for five years where he reported on politics and policy from both washington and florida. Hes reported from five continents, more than 20 countries as part of his president bill press coverage, he began his career at the miami herald where he covered real estate natural and crime all things florida is well known for and sometimes covered all at once. Robert is is now a newly minted writer at the new yorker, just left the Washington Post one month ago. Yeah and and he got a farewell unlike any that weve ever seen at the Washington Post, which included a version of a of a of a song from hamilton that was especially adapted to to his career when h