Lynn hudson is from the university of illinois in chicago, the study of race and gender is the author of the black entrepreneurship in 19 centuries San Francisco. From women historians, in 2019, the fight against californias discrimination and White Supremacy in california. I will handed over to you and see you again. Let me get this going. I would not have had a career historian without them. They have been me every step along my career. I have visited them where i did much of my research about maryellen pleasant, cant say enough, special part of that. I also give a shout out to the archivist, one of my chapters will not exist and allison more that i worked with for years is one of the people who gave me the idea of this book, and they launched the book, and lets get to it. And in the expense, with antiblack practices. The complex networks of resistance that have existed that involves networks of africanamericans and allies from statehood and the Civil Rights Movement. One book does n
Record of the nation during the andod of Victor Navasky from the current period when katrina vanden heuvel is the editor and leader of the nation. It is a great privilege, to have the records of a journal of opinion. The strength of our democracy believe rests on the survival of opinion, and the opportunity for the expression of those opinions. To be in a position, to protect forever this material is a great privilege. We now have the opportunity to learn some of the back story, magazine, so writing its 150th anniversary. I promised victor that i would start by asking how the heck he ended up coming to the nation. Victor thank you. Edgarscame from funeral. He played a role that is not publicly known. Was thedgar when he editorinchief and then publisher of dial press where he i see in the audience marvin, he would go to he wouldd say put his manuscript on the desk. Edgar was working on what became the book of daniel, a great novel. I knew edgar from those days. We collaborated on a numb
Thompsons literary formation was largely a San Francisco story and in the those of us at city lights across town it can attest to this. Thompson was a regular at the cafc across the street from city lights and became a regular basis. His life was intertwined with northeast culture and you can see and go from writer to ramparts cortina etheridge, the former owner of costco so hes done a stellar job piecing together the trace elements of thompsons literary influences in a compelling read so were glad he can grace our halls. Peter richardson has written books about thegrateful dead , also rampartsmagazine , and Carey Mcwilliams, the radical author and editor of the nation magazine. Hes going to be joined by none other than david dollars, i cant think of anybody better to be doing the honors. He is the esteemed author of four Popular History books and founder and editor in chief of the law magazine. Former Senior Editor for mother jones magazine. He is a journalist, a columnist who has wri