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Well read thank you so much. Good night. Bestsellr most recent book held Voter Suppression is destroying our democracy. Doctor anderson is a renowned historian and author. She is the professor of africanamerican studies at every university and is the author of the unspoken truth of our nation is divided. I am a great admirer of her work exploring the legacy of slavery, segregation and discrimination and how we remain fundamentally an equal nation 400 years after the arrival of slavery in north america. Doctor Andersons Book one person no vote, calls the history of the Voter Suppression including all of the current ways the Republican Party is undermining Voting Rights. Doctor anderson, im delighted ti am delightedto have you heret your work. Its wonderful to meet you, and to talk about what they can do to fight back against efforts to suppress the most fundamental rights we have, the right to vote, and we know that this is occurring each and every day in the country so thank you again.
And phd in philosophy at princeton. He has written more than 20 books and has edited 13. He is best known for his classics race matters and democracy matters and his memoir brother west, living and loving out loud. He appears frequently on the colbert report, cnn and cspan, and he also made his film debut in the matrix, and he was a commentator on the official trilogy released in 2004. Dr. Ck prophetic fire, with christa book, buschendorf presents a perspective on six africanamerican leaders dubois, martin. Luther king jr. , ellen baker, malcolm x and otto barnett. Examine the impact of these men and women within these passionate advocates but also their fault lines, providing new insights that humanize all of these wellknown actors, west ines an important step rekindling the black prophetic fire so essential in the age of obama. Helene atwan has been director of the beacon press since october of 1995. She holds a masters degree in English Literature from the university of virginia. Sh
Two very happy to introduce special guests. Dr. Cornell west is a provocative democratic intellectual. At princetonssor university. He also taught at yell, harvard, and its university of paris. He graduated magna cum laude from harvard and philosophy at princeton. He has edited 13 books. Racebest known for matters, democracy matters. Theppears frequently on colbert report, cnn, and cspan. He also in the matrix. His latest book would with a distinguished scholar, bush and dorf, Frederick Douglass, jr. , malcolm king and otto barnett. Examine the impact of these men and women within these passionate advocates but also their fault lines, providing new insights that humanize all of these wellknown actors, west takes an important step in rekindling the black prophetic fire so essential in the age of obama. Helene atwan has been director of the beacon press since october of 1995. She holds a masters degree in English Literature from the university of virginia. She began her career in publish
My name is tyra, and im the executive Vice President at new america. Welcome to new america, for those of you who are here for the first time. I am delighted that we are having a very important conversation this afternoon about punishment in the u. S. For those of you that may be unfamiliar with this particular, with the criminal Justice System, youll learn quickly that i think the criminal Justice System is criminal in some of the ways in which it applies justice. We at new america are working even though our society is changing, woo erwere working f thriving individuals, communities, and family. To have the time, stability, necessary to leave productable lives. We work for equitable, accessible and high quality education for all. We work for equal representation in politics and participation in accountable government. And we do that in part by telling stories about whats happening and whats possible. And we also do that by generating big and bold ideas to solutions that i think youll