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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Panel Discussion On Zora Neale Hurston 20160730

Jasmine griffin. She is a professor at Columbia University of english and africanamerican studies. Her current book is titled towards an intellectual history of black women. Ladies and gentlemen, Farah Jasmine griffin. [applause] thank you, and good afternoon. I know youre here because you love hers stop, not because this hurston you want hear . Okay. Is that better . No . All right. I will keep talking until you can hear me. Ill try to speak a little more loudly. Is that better . Good. So, i know youre here because you love hurston, not bus that is one of the only air conditioned venues today. It is wholly appropriate we have this panel on hurston here in harlem, place she called home. A place that inspired much of her work. A place that started her career. This year will mark the 100th 100th anniversary of her birth, and she continues to be a writer and a figure who mes ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Panel Discussion On Zora Neale Hurston 20160903

Occupied territory and a number of battles took place. I imagined that it in some way affected her. Or their family members that had your version of the conversation . I found a lot of conversations in the details but knew nothing about the murder story. The descendents of the victims want to mention how her great aunt was murdered. It was different than that which happened so there were a lot of gaps and missing records. Would they have an observation or opinion of the new podcast journalism like this serial is that a flash in the pan would you think that type of reporting will stand up to the bricks and mortar for those like yourselves a. The way the first season grabbed hold of it they will constantly be trying another one of. That brings us to a conversation. Its in the social status class and while and grace. Look at the tremendous disagreement in the country becausitwas by the policemen ofk people. It was the divisive conversation that we are having over culpability and what need ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Panel Discussion On Zora Neale Hurston 20160903

The story stuck and he became the governor in texas. [laughter] heres the problem i have and you might have the professional authority to have this problem but because you cant completely disprove the story you have to sort of leave it hanging like a curveball. Good to write about it thou though. What happened to all of these suspects we forgot about since its been a half an hour. Now they are trying to suggest theres not a serial killer what about the people theyve rounded up, theres been any number of suspects. They would beat them, chained them in the middle of the floor. They would let them go and they would rearrest them all yet i dont know why they didnt get out of town. But eventually they hired private detectives anhire privat evidence, one of which was a chicken thief who was one of the beloved characters in town as the robin hood who would steal chickens from the white people and give them to the poor black residents all over town. He was arrested and eventually convicted. Se ....

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