Who are freezing can admire your shorts and tshirts and silently curse you. Speaking of the tucson festival of books, we have bill minor here today, one of the visionaries. Give him a round of applause. Very much a volunteerdriven effort a group of people bill and many others who made a big impact on the community. If you want to be part of that, i hope you will consider becoming a friend of the festival. A tax deductible donation that impacts this event and were moting around the country. Let me introduce the panel. David maraniss author of many books, he was won several wards prince of tennessee about al gore books about sports in the 1960s, and other political books as well. So please welcome him. [applause] if you are political aware and not living under a rock you know about mark levitch and his book this town that caused a lot of stir and conversation. Number one New York Times best seller followed up with a collection of his fantastic articles over the years called sitcitizen ci
Andrei cherny formerly of the Democratic Party. [applause] dot everybody can say that in arizona and get applause. But the book readers are what we call the base. [laughter] dot thank you for that. Currently the ceo of aspiration. Com. Who are freezing can admire your shorts and tshirts and silently curse you. Speaking of the tucson festival of books, we have bill minor here today, one of the visionaries. Give him a round of applause. Very much a volunteerdriven effort a group of people bill and many others who made a big impact on the community. If you want to be part of that, i hope you will consider becoming a friend of the festival. A tax deductible donation that impacts this event and were moting around the country. Let me introduce the panel. David maraniss author of many books, he was won several wards prince of tennessee about al gore books about sports in the 1960s, and other political books as well. So please welcome him. [applause] if you are political aware and not living u
Experiences of blacks, germans, done the third reich, and without fur the adieu, give you our moderator, tina campt. Thank you. [applause] good afternoon, everyone. It is my pleasure to welcome you to our third panel of the day. The title is 50 years later. The panel is framed around what kind of progress blacks have made since the Civil Rights Movement and the challenges that face africanamericans in the 21st century. The organizers formulated two major questions for us to talk about. The first is, what historical and contemporary factors continue to make racial equality a contested and elusive concept in the 21st century . And second, what kinds of knowledge can we mobilize to face the specific challenges of racial inequity in our contemporary moment. Im thrilled to be in conversation with two and possibly three speakers, dynamic speakers and thinkersed today, and id like to introduce you to them before opening our conversation. Joining us is farah griffin, the william b. Rands profe
The panel is framed around what kind of pesksa what kind of progress blacks have made since the Civil Rights Movement and the enduring challenges and inequality that face africanamericans in the 21st century. The organizers have formulated two major questions for us to talk about. The first is, what historical and contemporary factors continue to make racial equality a contested and elusive concept in the 21st century and second, what kinds of knowledge can we mobilize to face the specific challenges of racial inequity. We have two or three dynamic speakers today and id like to introduce you to them before opening our conversation. Joining us is sara griffin, the william b at columbia and has also served as the director of the institute for research in africanamerican studies. Her most recent book is forth coming in september, harlem nocturne. Women. Politics during world war ii. Our second panelist is camille joseph, the founding direct oroff the center for race and and the author of
Hawkins dances. Whether at Hunter High School in salt lake city, utah. Or Michigan City high school in Michigan City, indiana. Or raleigh, North Carolina. The the young men at these dances will be the invited dates of the young women in attendance. The Popular American tradition has evolved some over the decades. The clever and inventive new ways girls ask their dates are documented and shared on pinterest boards. It all started with a comic strip. Remember lil abner . He was the naive son of mami and papi in the fictional town of doll patch, usa. The strip is a long running satire also included a character named sidney hawkins. One day in november, 1937, sadies father rounded up all the bachelors for a foot race. Whoever sadie caught had to marry her. Soon after the comic was publisheded the tradition took route. College campuses started holding Sadie Hawkins dances as early as 1939, in which loroles were reversed. Girls were able to choose their dates. It would reach a fever pitch be