this was the life of frances perkins around this building. and i ll explain to you how that happened and much of the research was denied library of congress, which is sponsoring today s events. it s a wonderful institution and the beautiful buildings, they re such important research materials there and it s all available free. these public access libraries are really one of the things that make our nation great. and i m very grateful to the library of congress for being here and for continuing to give us such a wonderful material. now, this is a self selecting crowd, i know some of you already know who frances perkins is, but a lot of people don t. so, let s start by asking this question. how many of you know who france perkins is? oh yes! this is great! good! how about this, how many of you know on someone me on social security? please raise your hand. how many of you know someone who is receiving unemployment insurance or who has ever received unemployment compensation? o
Being here today as part of the remarkable event as you know press is turning 100 this year and this month we have partnered with u of i library in order to kick off a year filled with workshops, panel, exhibits and more. Todays panel is a particularly important one. Lorrie mathison current director is joined by her two predecessors in this position willis to add Historical Context to this event ill share with you that the university of Illinois Press had six directors. In its 100 years and only four of those served in the fulltime capacity. So the reflections that we hear today encompass nearly 50 years of the presses history. It is my pleasure to introduce our moderator for todays panel dr. James d. Anderson. Ill stand on this. Dr. Anderson currently serving as dean of the school of education. Hes held other key leadership roles during his nearly 50year tenure at the university of illinois including head of the department of education policy organization, and leadership. Dr. Angder s
Founding editors of the intercept. And for those of you who have never been here. To get some of your essential news. As an amazing online news service. Hes an Investigative Reporter and work and the international bestselling book. The world as is a battlefield. And blackwater. He has reported from afghanistan iraq somalia yemen nigeria the list goes on and on. Scale served as the National Security correspondent for the nation. And democracy now. He was twice awarded the prestigious george polk award. He is a producer and writer of the Award Winning film dirty wars. His latest book the assassination complex is based on leak secret documents on the u. S. Global drone program. Another superstar who is here with us tonights distinguished professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College and the author of core coal author. The politics of race and education. Her wisely acclaimed biography one and 2014 naacp image award and the leticia woods brown woods brown a war. Her work has appeared i
Letters between rosa parks and her husband and her mother, and you can see some of rosa parks political writing, you can hear her voice talking about why she did what she did. Is so i very much recommend them. Host is so youre spending a little more time at the library of congress. Guest absolutely, absolutely. Host jean theo harris, the rebellious life of mrs. Rosa parks, is the name of the book. Youre watching booktv, television for serious readers. Watch any program you see here online at booktv. Org. Now joining us on booktv is steven watts. Mr. Watts, what do you do for a living . Guest well, i am a professor of history at the university of missouri. I teach cultural history, intellectual history. For many years. Host youre also an author. How do you pick some of the topics that you write about . Guest well, in my earlier career i published a couple of books on the era of thomas jefferson. It was quite by accident, i went to disneyland with my wife and nieces and nephews, and i go
The top nonfiction authors and books all available at booktv. Org. We are joined now by Jean Theo Harris from a professor of Brooklyn College and the author of the rebellious life of misses rosa parks. Prior to december 11955 was rosa parks rebellious . Guest absolutely, and her rebellious spirit starts as a young person, as a kid. For instance, sheinstance, she grows up in a home with her grandparents and her mother. After world war ii there is this uptake of clan violence. Her grandfather will sit out at night with his shotgun. Another time away bully pushes her, and she pushes back. Her political life starts when she meets who she describes, the 1st real activist she ever met, Raymond Parks and she will join him organizing around the scottsboro case. The thecase. The next 20 years she is active. She joins the naacp. For the next ten years she helps to lead the montgomery naacp into a more activist chapter doing voter registration, working on legal cases, legal action cases and tryin