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Now, on your screen, is a live picture of the Old Supreme Court chamber in the Mississippi State capitol. Booktv is in jackson this weekend, covering the first annual mississippi book festival and well be back in just a couple of minutes with more live coverage. [inaudible conversations] one day late in the 2000s i was looking at this library and i asked myself, how did all this music actually get here . How is this actuaos [inaudible conversations] one day i asked myself how did they get here i...

Commission. We are being recorded live on cspans booktv so if you have not already please silence your cell phones. If you have not purchased the books, the panels have written you will have an opportunity to do that after outside. The authors will also be signing immediately after this panel in the authors attempt. The moderator for todays panel is robbie luckett. Robbie luckett received his ph. D. From the university offr l georgia with a focus on civilve rights history, the native mississippi...

All the other has professional historians in the state issued a press release that was read on the Capitol Steps endorsing a new flag. Thats my answer. Talk about what senator might do, he was a loyalty to to his ancestor and his heritage, he had his name on the marker he went to gettysburg where they were killed and they told him there some land over there that they would like to buy but it was going to be buffered development. He went back and had the land purchase for the park service, so he ...

Hi everyone i am carolyn greer, the producer of the brooklyn book festival with my colleague ms. Koch. We are in our 12th year this season and so delighted to have all of the fabulous authors participating. This year we had a very special circumstance with this particular program. Which is very important and very compelling on the subject of refugees. We decided to go in a different direction and do it from reporters. Telling from their insight and experiences in the field. And what happened is ...

Quite wonderful and he cannot be here today. And Oscar Martinez in san salvador is doing an investigative report right now. And as of yesterday could not make it out of the country to be here. We are fortunate though to have a very nuanced and experienced reporter Deborah Campbell, with her book. And we have lauren wolf. We hope that you will enjoy all the programming on cspan booktv live from brooklyn book festival today. Just keep reading. Here, a few more people. I just want to start off by s...

In a state that has produced some of the nations most revered arteries, howard bar stand among its finest writers of historical fiction. The civil war trilogy the black power, the judas field chronicles the conflict with deep understanding for all those affected by it. Bar is former longtime curator of rover, the home of William Faulkner and vietnam veteran. These two fine gentlemen who you will be introduced to directly. I know that you will know his name he has long been a favorite author of m...

Cell phones, please feel free to take any pictures and if you would like, we would love to have you send them to hashtag Literary Lawn Party or hashtag ms book festival. I would like to introduce you to the sponsor of our session today. Our sponsor today is humanities council, Mister Stewart rockoff is the director. [applause] thank you very much. Im here to do two things. One is to say the session is sponsored with the National Endowment for the humanities as part of their race initiative. And ...

Life renaissance architect, diplomat, the lives of artists, defines the canon. The visionary, forming the entire history of the field of arts. Give us a sense. The rise and fall of adam and eve. How long would a book like that be with you . About six years ago. Along the way, how hard it is to write an accessible, deeply informed research. Pretty lengthy. What would you say the average is . I dont know. I dont know. We would be doing well for a couple years. Lets stop there. The new president of...

The move is by a pastor out of georgia but who was talking about that weve gotten so complacent in our churches that we, this is how he explains it. We go to the same place and time even though the last few times weve been going, the fish are not there but were going to do the same thing. Maybe we have to go to deeper waters to find the fish because the fish are moving. Its important for me not just as a christian but as a leader to figure out how to i findthe fish. And not expect for the fish t...

Stupid weird people and there are many stupid weird people here doing stupid weird things. My argument is it is not our fault. The example that i give, this may offend you personally, i apologize but there was a famous example of florida craziness a couple years ago where a woman was driving south from miami to key west and according to the Florida State Highway Patrol report filed on this, was in a hurry to get to key west because she wanted to see her boyfriend and wanted to shave her bikini r...