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Esthetic, maybe amendment hesic, maybe a better word would be snobbery. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. Welcome to lynchburg, virginia, on booktv. Located in the foothills of the blue Ridge Mountains along the james river, it has a population of about 80,000 people. Founded in 1757, lynchburg was named more its founder for its founder, john lynch. The city is home to poplar forest, Thomas Jeffersons private retreat. And with the help of our Comcast Cable partners, for the next 90 minutes well feature the citys Literary History beginning with poet ann spencer. Ann spencer was a poet, an american poet mostly associated with the harlem renaissance period in 19241945. How she becomes part of the harlem renaissance is how harlem comes to ....
Already exposed to some kind of instability in their lives, and there was a time when Law Enforcement across the country would say that cant be a Trafficking Victim because she was pretty prosecuted. They are now saying let me look at the trafficker exploited the vulnerability. There were times when Law Enforcement across the country would say a jury in my district will not believe an undocumented woman who knowingly came to this country illegally and did some knowing she would prostitute because thats just an illegal prostitute thats not going to be a sympathetic jury. Now we are seeing people say wait a minute, there is somebody behind this who facilitate that whole smuggling and prostitution scheme by manipulating this victim and knowing that she was not inclined to speak out and would not turn to authorities fo ....
Cracks it is a business and other partners who work every day to combat Human Trafficking and to make our nation safer, especially for the most vulnerable among us. Exchange ofn, the best practices and building relationships is what this summit is all about. It is with great pleasure that i would like to introduce to you the honorable rachel brand, the associate attorney general of the United States. The associate attorney general serves as a thirdhighest ranking official in the department of justice and overseas. Many of the departments efforts to combat Human Trafficking. Ladies and gentlemen, the associate attorney general of the united dates. They are treated as commodities, commodities that can be bought and used over and over again. Combating this is one of our top priorities. As you will hear throughout the d ....
Good evening. And on this important day, this goes beyond a very special program. As you can see, the topic is important, it will run longer than usual but in every way it is the same as our other panels, there will be an opportunity for questions. If you can make it to a microphone that would be great because it is filled on cspan, and live streamed on our Facebook Page and it is helpful if people can hear the question is the question is asked. Lastly there will not be a signing afterward but we have copies of all our guestss books, they are very prolific, we dont have all of all of their books, but some of all of their books and help yourselves to those as well. We appreciate you being part of this discussion. We can think of no better way to honor the legacy of Martin Luther king junior especially on his National Holiday< ....
It is said advertising but it is sort of ralph that is why negative wordofmouth a pattern occurring right through our time. [applause] this is the fifth installment of the race in america series. Lot of places dont have a vision this is a bookstore that has set the tone to talk about such a sensitive issue of race yes were authors we have dealt with this and written about it. But to think enough of this series to come and cover it dealt with this kind of people in this kind of room so thank you for being here tonight with this installment feel at home and come to the microphone so be civil and we will cancer a want to introduce this great panel then we will get into the discussion and someone that i have such respect for and adoration is. Caller former head of the civilrights commission is she has a list of things she has been in jail for fighting and the list goes on and on but is also an author called 5 in the pork chops in which and she has a new book coming out. [applause] then we ....