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Prom and i was the equivalent of a freshman at the university and i came home at 2 00 oclock at night and the light was on americas and the war. Why did i touch you so much. What did that mean for you. I did not cry then. How old were you. I was 18. The late author john lucas, indepth was born 20 years ago, since 2000 over 230 nonfiction and fiction authors over time have appeared on indepth, Freedman Alice walke walker, bob woodward, george will, just to name a few. Over the next three hours our goal is to review the last 20 years of indepth but also to ask you a couple of questions, here the...

Depth. The next three hours shall see many of the authors who appeared on the program. We were also joined by an author, cornell west and the heads of Simon Schuster and rectory publishing. There is something there is still something that brings tears to my eyes. I hope it wont do it now. On the seventh of december, or the eighth of december 1941, i went to what you would call a problem, an event, you know. I was the equivalent of a freshman at the university. I came home atoc 2 00 oclock at night, the light was on. Excuse me. [inaudible] americas and the war. Yes. And why did that touch you s...

All right. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Were at the point in the semester we have been looking at the long history of africanamericans since the civil war. Weve looked at the long struggle for what historian Hasan Jeffries called freedom rights, right . Weve been looking at this quest for economic, social, and political selfdetermination, for educational access and equity. And were looking at this long quest for the full realization of freedom and citizenship. And so were getting to the point in the semester where were talking about the Civil Rights Movement. Weve been looking at that for a...

Number of promises, so this should give context for where the Womens Movement is coming into play as we work through these overview issues. 1960s, as much promise as there was, we also know there were a lot of issues, particularly racial issues, but it was a period of great change. For those who did find promise in the 1960s, there were those who did not get access can individuals and groups fighting for that access. Riots,e the 1967 detroit a series of political assassinations. They have kate in 1963. , the assassination of Martin Luther king jr. And bobby kennedy, so there is fear about with...

The title of the book is pageants, parlors, and pretty women race and beauty in the twentiethcentury south. One of the real kind of jumping off points for this aside from all these conversations i had with nonsoutherners about southern women were beautiful is the fact that white southern women have a track record of doing very well at the miss america pageant. We can document this. We can see they have won a d disproportionate amount of titles. They did especially well in the 1960s. I love a parade dont you . Among the prefavorites, miss texas, no Deputy Sheriff but very arresting. Miss alabam...