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The entire black community was burned to the ground so the only what sparked that riot . A young black man who was accused of assaulting, a sexually assaulting a white woman in an elevator. He had been acquitted. But the White Community felt justice had not been served. And that most of the white people felt all the blocks should be taught a lesson. Although he had been in jail and was being accused of this crime. The white people said they would get him out of jail and commit the kind of harm t...

As regular viewers of booktv now, all of the major book festivals this spring have been canceled due to the coronavirus. Booktv was scheduled to be live in tucson and los angeles, new orleans and san antonio as well, all cancels. We know the effect it is having on book fairs and large gatherings but is it having an effect also on bookstores and smaller businesses. Mitchell kaplan runs bookstores in coral gables, florida called books and books. Has coronavirus affected your business . Yes, unfort...

That means we want to hear from Small Business owners and Small Business employees, and we will open up a special line for you. If you own a Small Business, your number is going to be 202 7488000. If you work for a Small Business, we want to hear from you as well. Your number is going to be 202 7488001. European counts as well, so we want to know what you think about the Small Business loan program being out of money, so your line is 202 7488002. Keep in mind, you can always text us your opinion...

We greatly appreciate it if you turn off or silence your cell phones. It will be this one for the q and a portion of the event. We are recording this evenings event and we have copies of the book. We encourage many. If you would like to have your purchased book signed, sign up in orderly fashion against, this is the word im looking for at the conclusion of the talks. It is my pleasure to introduce alexis coe, author of you never forget your first a biography of George Washington. Alexis coe foll...

Readers. Good evening, welcome to murmur. I am stephanie valdes, coowner of humidity bookstore and m b, its also a hardcore indie bookstore crowd. Tonight were thrilled to welcome Rebecca Solnit on the publication date of her new book recollections of my nonexistence. She will be in conversation with Leslie Jamison area is no that there will not be assigning tonight after the event but Rebecca Solnit did arrive early to sign each and every one ofyour books. So Rebecca Solnit is the author of 20 ...

Particularly the due homage, we think of for our continuing use of the Natural Resources of the ancestral homeland. And we thank you all for tuning and whether on crowd cast or Youtube Channel or a facebook page. In these awfully strange times were thrilled to present and Live Streaming of a digital stage for town hall communities societal light. Folks well beyond seattle were finding, everyone is willing to stare or talking to the computers, some for the first time, i want to thank rich for hel...

Going to those who needed it most. So today, we are not taking any other action on the floor dealing with covid19 so weak that we would take this opportunity to ask unanimousne consent, to get Something Real done should have bipartisan support on both sidesot of the aisle. Who can be against transparency. Who can be against accountability. Know where close to 700 billion that taxpayers money is going, to the right places. And impartially today at least 200 publicly traded companies have managed ...

Cyntoia the campus. She was instrumental in developing the program and for two nights event. So thank you, molly. [applause] i also want to thank josh byrnes and all my colleagues for this work and some other events throughout the year. Id like to acknowledge or that a dozen cosponsors of tonight event. There are too many toea name individual but i hope you saw them and recognize on the screen for we started. Its gratifying so Many Organizations from across the university joined us to support th...

Kent garrett and Jeanne Ellsworth are here with us today courtesy of tom and margaret mr. Garrett graduated from harvard in 1963. He has had a 30 year emmy and peabody awardwinning career in Television News and documentaries. Jeanne ellsworth has a nephd in social foundations of education from the university of buffalo and has devoted her life to teaching from Elementary School to prisms, to universities. The authors live in roxbury new york. Please give a warm savannah welcome avto kent garrett...

Watch book tv this weekend on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] good evening. Im from the carter library. I cant tell you how excited i am to see you all for the audience watching this, it has rained all day long. It is raining very hard right now. To seek you all turn out tonight, i think its a attribute to ingrid and her organization and the book so thank you all very much. I appreciate it. If you have not been to our Author Program before, art encourage you to go on to the Jimmy Carter Librar...