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Offers programming focused on nonfiction authors and books. Keep watching for more here on cspan2 and watch any of our past programs online a book tv. Org. Hello and welcome to grapevine, harlem renaissance, 19th annual book library festival. I am benedict carton, with africanamerican studies, we appreciate your attendance today. The festival runs through saturday, october 14th. For all the most uptodate information on this festival and all the other programs throughout the year, visit ballstoth...

At the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say, does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave please take your seats. April 6, 1917, for three years the great war raged across the globe, bringing death, destruction, famine, dis...

Proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say, does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave please take your seats. April 6, 1917, for three years the great war raged across the globe, bringing death, destru...

This festival is a a nonprofit that is funded exclusively through donations. One of the ways to help us through this kind of programming is through the friends of fall for the book. To learn more please visit that website again. We ask that you please remember to silence your cell phone and thank you in advance of filling out a survey which will help fall for the book improve the festival in the future. Thank you to our main sponsor, african and africanamerican studies. So we are pleased to have...

The theme of this years event is ordinary people, extraordinary times. Historians explore how the war affected a Diverse Group of american people. The event is cohosted by the library of virginia, university of Virginia Center for Civil War History, and the American Civil War museum. In the first session, james robertson, Virginia Tech history professor emeritus, and the author or editor of more than 20 books will give a talk titled civil war echoes from the common folk. But first, the director ...

A few reminders please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, during the meanwhile meeting please take conversations outside and also each person commissioner has 3 minutes. 3 minutes. To comment on each item and on about general Public Comment and when you make Public Comment please comment to the commission in order to allowing allow equal time neither the commission more staff will comment during general Public Comment but the staff may answer questions when did Public Comment is d...

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Albert tan. Good morning and welcome im the president of the chinese Newcomers Center on behalf of the center im here to show our support our city mayor, mayor ed lee and supervisor julie to continue to supports and funding of this program this program is virtually to the newly immigrants to provide a job while their locking to generate more revenue for the city to keep chinatown clean and more tourists doing theyre shopping and diane so we both have an vantage on this we sincere since this prop...

Minutes. 3 minutes. To comment on each item and on about general Public Comment and when you make Public Comment please comment to the commission in order to allowing allow equal time neither the commission more staff will comment during general Public Comment but the staff may answer questions when did Public Comment is done on item 2 the president s report. Briefly i know well hear more about this from staff i want to congratulate all with outlands a huge success and give me the normal kinds o...

[applause] nancy russo, principal of little rocks Central High School. [applause] michael poore, superintendent of the Little Rock Schools. Dr. Henry louis gates, the Alfonse Fletcher University Professor and direector at the center of african and africanamerican and research at harvard university. [applause] the honorable mark stodola, mayor of the city of little rock. Cameron sholly, midwest regional director, National Park service. [applause] the honorable asa hutchinson, governor of arkansas...