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Welcome to the 2019 mississippi book festival. This morning we celebrate the fifth anniversary of her literary long party. [applause] we are honored to have so many distinguished authors and friends join our celebration from the Mississippi State capital. Today more than 170 authors will visit with thousands of booklovers making connections through the love of books and the written word. Cspan has been with us since the very beginning and we are grateful for the partnership we start today by recognizing the readers to mississippi culturally a landscape. The writers trail is an ever list the places all over the state that mark significant places in the lives of mississippi authors. Ida b wells and richard ford are the very best writers. Two is famous for Investigative Journalism. And ford is famous for his novels. The hardhitting pieces about lynching of the 20th century achieve such notoriety that was known by some as the most famous black woman in america. Her marker will be placed in
[inaudible conversations] good morning Everyone Welcome to the fifth annual mississippi book festival and welcome everyone doing on cspan which is been a supporter of our efforts from the very first year. We appreciate them very much. Im chris with archives and history. If you have not done so please silence your cell phone. Our panel this morning is a spotlight on mississippi civil rights, we think energy for sponsoring it. Theyve also been with the book festival since beginning and we are grateful for the early support and sticking with us. We are in this room today, thanks to foreman Watkins Law Firm we pretrade their support. Our panelists are natalie, johnny, michelle and heather and you can purchase copies of their books from vendors outside and you can find the times are authors will be signing in your programs. You will hear from our panelists for about 40 minutes and open the floor to questions. Please come to the podium to answer your questions. Be careful of the ramp. Help m
Lewis, is charles professor and executive editor of the investigative workshop. Welcome to the American University school. This important event tonight is schoolored by the au coalition and black Alumni Alliance. The investigative reporting kshop is an awardwinning the mission of the black Alumni Alliance is to create a lifelong and Worldwide Community among more than 6000 hundred au alumni who identify with the black in African Heritage committees through increased opportunities for meaningful engagement through the goal of meaningful awareness, pride, participation, involvement and philanthropic commitment to American University. Were thrilled to have a number of Alliance Members tonight here tonight, including the president Gordon Andrews. Im sure gordon will make some brief remarks closing out our program of it later. That is our distinct honor and pleasure and privilege to welcome courageous, teenagers investigative journalist tenacious investigative journalist Jerry Mitchell. Jer
The investigative reporting workshop is an awardwinning Nonprofit Organization that develops more than 200 new stories copublished with at least 200 media partners, especially the pbs program frontline the Washington Post and the au. U. Wamu. The mission of the black Alumni Alliance is to create a lifelong and Worldwide Community among more than 6600 au alumni who identify with the black in African Heritage committees through increased opportunities for meaningful engagement through the goal of meaningful awareness, pride, participation, involvement and philanthropic commitment to American University. Were thrilled to have a number of Alliance Members here tonight, including the president Gordon Andrews. Im sure gordon will make some brief remarks closing out our program a bit later. It is our distinct honor and pleasure and privilege to welcome courageous, tenacious investigative journalist Jerry Mitchell to our campus tonight. Special thanks to Sherri Williams who will interview him