Will give both our authors 20 minutes to speak and we allocate 10 minutes for questionandanswer. Im also admonished to remind you if youre really enjoying yourself, that the southern festival of books depends upon individual donations. If you really enjoy what youve seen over the past couple of days, id encourage you to donate as much as you can. We are in for a treat today. I asked these two jennifer bio gentleman for bios a couple of visio. They are esteemed scholars but also some of the most modest men that ive met. I will give you a brief and iuction to them encourage you to speak with them after the session ends. Our first presenter this morning gorn. Liott born chair and american urban history at Loyola University in chicago. Books author of five including a brief history of american sports, mother jones the most dangerous woman in ride thend wild year that made americas public enemy number one. And the work he will be talking about today is let the people see. To his right is ch
Speaker today. T is an honor to r he was born in the bluegrass state but moved to the greenest state in the land of the free. As soon as he could. And it was here at the university of tennessee, where he completed his ph. D. In history. It is truly an honor to introduce our speaker today. He was born in the bluegrass state but moved to the greenest state in the land of the free as soon as he could. It was here at the university of tennessee where he completed his phd in history. And we know that doctor cardy is a man of good sense because he stayed. He is now in east tennessean and it is rumored that he wears the color orange throughout the years. Safe basketball season. After all, no man is perfect. What doctor cardy continues to perfect is his understanding of the past. He and i first met when he was working here for the east Tennessee Historical society and the Education Department and he alongside lisa oakley who is with us today, worked tirelessly to build the network of teachers
Progress. Ng when times went from 38 minutes down to 30, and only 18 minutes in the month of december. I wanted to meet patsy. I want you to meet passage. Patsy, director of the center. [applause] patsy, thanks to you and your team for giving our customers great service. In tennessee, we have a lot to brag about. This is the time to take advantage of our strengths and face are challenges headon. I look forward to the executive and legislative branches continuing to Work Together on issues such matter to tennesseeans. We should begin tonight by addressing the elephant in the room, there are a lot of expectations and preconceived notions about how republican supermajority is going to govern. There is a narrative already been written for us. Republicans will fight internally, and democrats will be focused solely on play politics instead of working across the aisle to find Common Ground for good government. I think that makes characters caricatures of us. Were not always going to agree on
Are you a woman looking to grow in your career and build authentic, mentoring relationships? The Urban League of Middle Tennessee is hosting its annual 100 Wise Women event on Tuesday, April 30.
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