without further ado, we're very excited to be welcoming laura meckler. she is a national writer for the washington post, where she covers education across country as well as national policy and politics. she previously reported on the house presidential politics, immigration, health care for the wall street journal, as well as health and social policy for the associated press. her honors include nieman fellowship and livingston for national reporting, and she was part of the team that won a george polk award for justice reporting, and she is a fellow at washington was wesley lowery she was due to be here today but instead we've got jesse holland which is just as good a nationally renowned journalist, educator and author with a portfolio of stories that challenge perspectives, reshape narratives and inspire change. he's the author of the award winning nonfiction books, the invisibles, the untold story of african-american slaves inside the white and black men built the capital discover an african american history in and around washington, d.c. jesse is a w

without further ado, we're very excited to be welcoming laura meckler. she is a national writer for the washington post, where she covers education across country as well as national policy and politics. she previously reported on the house presidential politics, immigration, health care for the wall street journal, as well as health and social policy for the associated press. her honors include nieman fellowship and livingston for national reporting, and she was part of the team that won a george polk award for justice reporting, and she is a fellow at washington was wesley lowery she was due to be here today but instead we've got jesse holland which is just as good a nationally renowned journalist, educator and author with a portfolio of stories that challenge perspectives, reshape narratives and inspire change. he's the author of the award winning nonfiction books, the invisibles, the untold story of african-american slaves inside the white and black men built the capital discover an african american history in and around washington, d.c. jesse is a w

laura meckler, whose dream town shaken heights and the quest for racial equity, is an intimate examination of the ideals and realities of racial integration. laura meckler tells the story of a day decades long pursuit in shaker heights, ohio, to become a national model for housing integration and uncovers the roadblocks that have threatened progress in housing and education and in the promise of a shared community. and lastly, but not least, jacob ivey, our moderator, is an associate professor of history at florida memorial university. south florida's only hbcu. he's the author of policing race and the formation of 19th century british colonial natal. ivey is also working on a history of anti-apartheid movements in florida in the 1980s, tentatively titled from sun city to the sunshine state, florida and the anti-apartheid movement. please join me in welcoming our authors and our moderator. thank you. for thank you for coming. thank you. thank you. thank you for that introduction. and welcome to the miami book fair. so we'll just get started on that front. so to begin with, i've got a coupl

without further ado, we're very excited to be welcoming laura meckler. she is a