history tv, jean theo harris talks about her book the rebellious life of mrs. rosa parks, in which cheaper counts the political activism of the late civil rights leader. the author argues that about her involvement in the civil rights movement was far more extensive. theoharis is a political science professor at brooklyn college at the city university of new york. the university of montgomery hosted this event in 2013. it s just under an hour. good evening. i am the director of the rosa parks museum. on behalf of the chancellor, faculty, student body, i welcome you to our campus. i will ask you a question. how were you politicized? how are you acculturated? i want you to think about that. as we honor rosa parks s 100th birthday, we have the honor of having with us to start this whole celebration off doctor jeanne theoharis, who asked that question of rosa parks. what was behind her? but was behind the no heard around the world? those simple two letters that opened the f
there isn t one. that was me being very diplomatic. we are done. that s it. i apologize. [applause] this is hopefully not a forever conversation. professor claude s book is available. he will be with us until 6:00. .. into the conversation of who we are, where we are going, and how we get there. please join us again july next year for the 19th harlem book fair. we are working very hard towards our 20th year celebration. we are excited about that. the book fair is becoming a public conversation. not so much the their but what happens in the book fair, such as with the professor today. so we are hoping that what we do, what we all do together is engendering many more public conversations and perhaps some ideas of how we can maneuver, manage, create a new sense of self as we move forward. so thank you for supporting the harlem book fair. please day for the next part of our presentation, and then the award. max rodriguez, thank you so much. [applause] this is booktv on c-sp
as i got for is the end of the book, there is one story that had to be rich and i didn t want to write about it. i didn t feel a need to write about it. i felt very self-conscious writing about it, but it was about 9/11. if i did not write about it, there would ve been a big hole in the book. when i started writing about it, it was like the first couple of days i don t remember much. it is all kind of a blur to me. even when i hook up with guys with me at the time, they say the same thing like they remember something very vividly. i have no recollection. i remember something very vividly they can t remember. so for all of us, the first couple of days with kind of a blur. after that, and i was working 12 hours on, 12 hours off for the next two months. my unit was in the detective bureau, so we got assigned and our job was to remain in. i could write about what i saw and what we did. those are people s families, family members and i couldn t write about it. but i think i wrot
a program on the will of lawyers in the boycott and the movement on the role of lawyers in the boycott and the movement in general. this program is about two hours. the adversaryce of the montgomery boycott is now a partner. and that is local government. brief pleased to have greetings from the following representatives. terriesswoman terry sewell and todd strange. greetingsollowing the from these government officials will be brief greetings from yavonna morris, lee copeland, and dr. glenda glover. in that order could and as they come to the podium, they can receive their name. thank you. i do not see the congresswoman, so we will differ to chairman dean. mr. dean: good morning. most appropriate for a strictly fair in this sanctuary. here in thisbe sanctuary. and on behalf of the montgomery county commission, i think i have a teammate, dan harris, can you stand? we welcome you to our montgomery. 1955, it was there montgomery. today, it is our montgomery. a lot of things h
first, we will hear introductory comments by a scholar. mrs. abernathy will offer remembrance s about the movement. finally we ll open the floor to psh questions so we can have an engaging conversation with mrs. abernathy. let me identify miss brenda tindel of university of north carolina charlotte who will introduce mrs. abernathy. native of charlotte earning her bachelor there and working on docket hit at emory university on dissertation that explores lives of widows. please join me in welcoming mrs. tindel. [ applause ] greetings. it is indeed a privilege to provide opening remarks for this special session entitled remembering the career in civil rights, dialogue with mrs. juanita jones abernathy. i d like to thank gregory nixon, john eskew and harris for inviting know take part in this ram. finally i d like to thank mrs. abernathy for sharing time, wisdom and unique perspective on the civil rights movement. as you can see, hers is a life well lived and well preserved ev