[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] if everyone could be seated, for those of you have it taken away knowledge very thrilled to be here and we recognize that we have a large audience. We are thankful for your presence. There he can and very you being here. Let me just check, it is they see it available for someone to take . [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Im pam jackson, dirt at the library of congress are part of the National International outreach unit and we are very pleased to be with you today for this afternoons talk. A very exciting topic with a really great group of people. Should mention todays talk is part by the debut of ap africanamerican Cultural Association here at the library of congress and they will have a special part in our program that will be introduced shortly. I should mention that here for our extra audience for the most part to remind us internally the library of congress is their focus and should, desire to be recognized and provide t
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] if everyone could be seated, for those of you have it taken away knowledge very thrilled to be here and we recognize that we have a large audience. We are thankful for your presence. There he can and very you being here. Let me just check, it is they see it available for someone to take . [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Im pam jackson, dirt at the library of congress are part of the National International outreach unit and we are very pleased to be with you today for this afternoons talk. A very exciting topic with a really great group of people. Should mention todays talk is part by the debut of ap africanamerican Cultural Association here at the library of congress and they will have a special part in our program that will be introduced shortly. I should mention that here for our extra audience for the most part to remind us internally the library of congress is their focus and should, desire to be recognized and provide t
Realizing that earth has no sorrow. That heaven cannot heal. From the prayers to the tears to the amazing grace. Youll hear from Family Friends and strangers about todays service of healing. Also today, a new search area for two prison escapees who vanished two weeks ago. Hear what police have found. Plus the new nbc poll who shows whos pulling ahead of the crowded field of gop candidates. Hello, everyone welcome. Its high noon here in the east 9 00 a. M. Out in the west. This is weekends with alex witt. The sound of those church bells as charlestons emanmanuel a. M. A. M. Church opening just four days after a gunman shot its pastor and eight parishioners. Hundreds filled the church under new security procedures. And praying for the victims and their families. We are reminded this morning about the freshness of death, comes like a thief in the night. But i declare that jesus said it a long time ago, said i am the resurrection and the light. Worshippers also looked ahead to unity and fo
he s coming off as anti-vax so how is he going to handle that next public health emergency? it s truly frightening. yeah, he actually wrote in the wall street journal that he thinks vaccines will not stop the spread of covid-19. it is a desperate situation for public health in florida. florida state senator tina, thank you for joining us and i m sorry what you had to go through. thank you very much. thank you, lawrence. and coming up, the president of the tony morrison society will join us next. y morrison soy will join us next. [music: sung by craig robinson] i m a ganiac, ganiac, check my drawers [sfx: sniffs]
virginia. joining us now, is professor dana williams, she is the dean of graduate studies at howard university. she formally served as the chair of english department and is the president of the tony morrison society. professor williams, thank you very much for joining us tonight. i just want to give you an open microphone, an open field, for your reaction to what you are seeing in this virginia governor s campaign. them using the beloved as a device for the republican candidate. thank you so much florence for the invitation. i think it s interesting in a number of ways, on the one hand, literature professors of course all over are really interested in the conversation because we think of censorship a lot, we talk about it, we understand it s implications. but on the other, or anything that has people talking about 20 morrison is something that we can get excited about. not just beloved, but a number