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Our moderator for today is a long time friend of the festival having served on the board of directors for many years. She is a professor of english and the graduate school at the jackson state university. Dr. Mcdaniels. Its all yours. [applause]co a course i cant sit down yet. I want to remind you all that whenever if you want to ask questions you will need to come to the microphone and the podium and no matter how loud your Teacher Voices we dont want you to shout it from your seat because thank you. And thank you guys for coming. Mi [applause] thank you for joining us. At this time i had the pleasure of introducing or three distinguished panelists and their great works. First we have miriam graham, founding director of the history of riders which he established at the university of mississippi in 1993. The history of writing his lead National International initiativ ....
Okay. Good afternoon. Welcome to the texas book festival and our panel on mass incarceration. My name is Peniel Joseph and on the professor for Public Affairs at austin, and we had really two very, very brilliant and important scholar activists today talking about two brandnew books. To my immediate left into your right is james forman who is a professor of law at your university and his new book is locking up our own crime and punishment in black america. , a terrific book and going to give it some play right here. [applause] and then professor forman left and youre right is Danielle AllenWhose University professor at harvard university, and her new book is called cuz the life and times of michael a. [applause] and before even asking, beginning and asking questio ....
On behalf of the Texas Tribune, i am thrilled to welcome you to the festival and this panel on trump in the resistance. We have a traffic lineup as you can see. As im sure you all know, first we need to introduce them. To my immediate left is cecile richards. [applause] [applause] if you dont know, she is president of the planned Parenthood Federation of america and planned Parenthood Action Fund. She has been a tireless fighter for reproductive rights and in 2011, she led the federal funding for planned parenthood. [applause] next is the speaker of the colorado house of representatives. She has represented. [applause] she has represented her district in central denver since 2010. She is majority leader for 2015 and 2016 session and was elected speaker in 2016 as well. That same year, she was the recipient ....