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In the semester where were talking about the Civil Rights Movement. Weve been looking at that for a couple of sessions now. The interesting thing about teaching the Civil Rights Movement is that its perhaps the era that most americans think they know the most about. Weve talked a little bit about this and we will talk some more about this. Just because folks think they can quote a few sentences from Martin Luther kings speech in washington or know a little bit about rosa parks is civil disobedience on the bus. Even having some visual images in our mind of people being brutalized by fire hoses ...

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...

About is blood at the root a racial cleansing in america. Please welcome patrick phillips. Thank you so much. For the southern festival of books, thank you for coming. This will con turn into a the book really began with a conversation in a taxicab about 10 years ago when my friend tosha treadway who some people think of as poet laureate of the us but at the time was not yet. We knew each other through the poetry world and 10 years ago we were at a professional conference and not tosha and i are old friends but she on this one night decided to challenge me because i grew up in Forsyth County g...

Up to the War Memorial Auditorium upstairs and the book signing, i encourage you to continue discussion with both authors once you get there so we will get started. Patrick phillips is an associate professor of english and a poet as well, previous book he produced, eulogy for a broken mechanic was a National Book award finalist. Todays book we are talking about is blood at the root a racial cleansing in america. Please welcome patrick phillips. Thank you so much. For the southern festival of books, thank you for coming. This will con turn into a conversation, questions and comments but a littl...

Two distinguished authors to our panel, doctor Patrick Phillips and doctor jason ward. We will have presentations by both Patrick Phillips and jason ward and after both panelists are finished with their presentations we would like to open it up to discussion. Following discussion, we will go up to the War Memorial Auditorium upstairs and the book signing, i encourage you to continue discussion with both authors once you get there so we will get started. Patrick phillips is an associate professor of english and a poet as well, previous book he produced, eulogy for a broken mechanic was a Nation...