my name is kristin king and i m the manager here and i want to thank you all for joining us this evening. a couple notes before we begin. first and foremost, the book is available for purchase in the bookstore and will be available after the event and in addition there will be a signing. second, we have a really fantastic fall lineup coming at all six of our busboys and books location this fall. there s an event sign-up list being passed around on a clipboard, so feel free to add your name and e-mail address. thank you again for joining us and without further ado join me in welcoming and he and doctor ibram kendi. [applause]. think you. pleasure to have you all here on this rainy afternoon. although, compared to what s happening in houston our hearts and minds go to the people they are. i want to welcome all of you for being here and let you know that independent bookstores are dropped dying breed. they can only make a comeback if you support them and buy support them i do
julian malvo, steve forbes and nobel prize-winning economist joseph stiglitz. of this is a topic that interests you go to our website at booktv.org and in the search bar type economics book and you will find a large archive of authors and materials would all of these are available to watch online. host: welcome to nashville and the southern festival of books. he will hear from many offers throughout the weekend including national book award finalist patricia bell scott and nancy maclean, talk radio host eric erickson, basilica other liza monday and many others. for complete schedule visit booktv.org or follow along on social media sites on facebook, twitter and instagram at booktv. we are kicking off today s coverage with biographer jonathan i on the life and politics of mohammed ali. this is live coverage on c-span2. [silence bracket good morning, everyone, thank you for coming and welcome to the 29th southern festival of books. it is my pleasure to have the opportunity
talk radio show host eric erickson. liza randy and many others. for a complete schedule visit booktv.org. we are facebook twitter and instagram. were kicking off today s coverage on the life and politics of mohammed ali. this is live coverage on c-spa c-span2. [inaudible] of money. think you for coming and welcome to the 29th southern festival of books. it is my pleasure to have the opportunity to introduce our author. another that i really admire and have been reading his work for years. he s here to talk about his biography of mohammed ali. this is only his third stop so that s an honor for us. before he speaks the book festival is free but if you d like to contribute to the cause you can do that at the headquarters for the book festival outsider online. also remind you that after the remarks will be heading over to the signing tent seeking to have him cite your book over there. is one of the typewriters of nonfiction a fantastic author in addition to writing for best-s
introduction. i want to mention that c-span is here. covering this event so we re all being videotaped and be able to see it on c-span which is i always find really fascinating so so this program is presented in corporation with lisp fest a great organization to check them out online and see other programs you haven t already been going to them. the organize percent founder is doing this for a while but sort of a new part of our cinema family and already presented some great, great programs here and we re looking forward to a bunch more in the future. so to get the show on the road it gives me great, great pleasure to introduce founder claudia coppering. [applause] thank you. hi everyone. i m claudia. you know how they say slippery when wet turns it s true. thank you for being here tonight. i m superexcited for this evening this is a long island fest event featuring nelson and conversation with representative steve israel. yeah it s really exciting, and just to fell y
his historic program and event. we just completed a film festival showing i am not your negro and our particular guest and keynote speaker spoke about that particular film. since she is a biographer for james baldwin. his voice is very significant to detroit. he is a founder of metro times but has had deep experience in terms of launching the black study department at wane state university. herb in many ways is like malcolm-x having foots in harlem and detroit. we are very happy to have him and dr. rita kiki edozie here today. i would like to give you background on dr. edozie. she is the former director of studies at michigan university and professor of african-american relations and african affairs. she has written seven books. five in print and two forthcoming and several journal articles and book chapters on research topics that include the comparative politics and international relationships of africa, global development, and pan-african and diasper studies. her recent