Commission. We are being recorded live on cspans booktv so if you have not already please silence your cell phones. If you have not purchased the books, the panels have written you will have an opportunity to do that after outside. The authors will also be signing immediately after this panel in the authors attempt. The moderator for todays panel is robbie luckett. Robbie luckett received his ph. D. From the university offr l georgia with a focus on civilve rights history, the native mississippian he returned home to accept the position ofas associate professor ofci histord and director of the Margaret Wolter center for the study of the africanamerican experiencef at Jackson State University. Look at as a member verse festivals Advisory Board. Thanks chris. Its my great pleasure to moderate this panel on civil rights history that i think its particularly important for two reasons. One is to understand the importance of thisim building ad what it meant particularly for v segregationist
Its the word, schedule, and you can scroll through that. More live coverage in just a few minutes. Sought to recapture Something Like the intense comradeship that sustained them during the crisis years so the launched the inklings, this two dabble in ink, who meat weekly to read and cuss their work and have a pint or two or three. Well, token helps lewis to find a are for his first Science Fiction novel in 1938. Most importantly it was tophickens conversation with lewis on the night of september 19, 1931, they talked about the nature of myth and christianity as the true myth. This conversation that lewis himself described as the immediate human cause of his conversion to christianity. Well, for his part, lewis becomes for tophicin his great advocate for pursuing his hobbitry. Tophicken said lewis gift was sheer encouragement over many years to cope on. He, lose, was for long my only audience, only from him did i get the idea that my stuff could be more than a private hobby. But for his
Mississippi historical society. Two of the groups are responsible for the series she will moderate this penal. Thank you very much. I want to begin by recognizing our sponsors, bradley and cummings and Mississippi State university, thank you very much for making this panel possible. I want to thank you all for joining us here in the Mississippi State capital. We are very proud of this building and it was recently designated a National Historic landmark which is very appropriate. [applause] in our bicentennial year. Im really pleased to host this discussion about the heritage of mississippi series which was also a bicentennial initiative. The series will cover mississippihistory and 17 volumes , seven of them have already been published and there are seven scholars working their fingers to the bone right at this minute on the next volume and then a few to be signed. This series is as i said meant to cover the whole history of the state and its aimed at a wide audience. Dollars, teachers
Panel of writers from the heritage of mississippi series. Good morning everyone. Thank you for coming to the panel. Im chris goodwin. Welcome to the heritage of mississippi series panel. Katie blunt is the director of the Mississippi Department and
7488201 for those in mountain and pacific time zones you are familiar with his work, familiar with all of his books, john adams, harry truman, the wright brothers, that is just a couple of the books. That he has written. American in paris, that the greater journey is the name of that book. That is 50 of the book. You know you want to ask him. We are here to facilitate that conversation. Jeanette and sarasota florida, you are on both to be with historian, David Mccullough. Hello mr. Mccullough. Good afternoon. I love your work and in fact you in sarasota or bradington about a year ago and i wanted you two autographed by john evans book but i could not get a ticket. But here is my question, when you were writing about Abigail Adams and of course, we all know that john adams wife was just about the most liberal lady in america. But when she was in england, and she went to see othello she said there were something that brought prejudice in her that she did not know was there. She said that