the panel is moderated by zora neale hurston's niece, lucy anne hurston. this is about an hour and a half. >> good evening, everyone. thank you so much for being here with us in the jerome l. greene performance space. i am director of the performance space. we have been on an extraordinary journey over the last month. the space has honored zora neale hurston's "their eyes were watching god." one week from today is the three year anniversary of the grenne space. our mission is to learners on a journey to inspire and transform. this has embodied our hopes and aspirations. i want to announce two visionaries that are here with us that have been fiercely supportive of the grenne space. laura walker, president and ceo of new york public radio. [applause] thank you, laura, and marino walked in. vice president of marketing. [applause] all of the video from this festival you can find and share on the grenne space.org. our celebration began on february 24 with a look at langston hughes and zora neale hurston. one week later, the grenne space presented the american p

lucienne go hurston begins her work, speaks, let us. >> again. zora neale hurston ignites passion. once introduced in the story though she told and those told about her, people want more. [applause] speech alice walker is an internationally celebrated author, poet and activist whose books include seven novels, for collections of short stories, for children's books and volumes of poetry. she is best-known best known for the color purple, the 1983 novel where she won the pulitzer prize. the first african-american woman to win the pulitzer prize in fiction and the national book award, and her work has been translated into more than two dozen languages and her books have sold more than 15 million copies. walker's most recent works are overcoming speechlessness, a poet encounters the horror and ramon to come eastern congo and palestine israel. hard times, require furious dancing. the world has changed, conversations with alice walker, and the chicken chronicles, sitting with the angels who have returned with my memories, mmr. in 1973, alice walker resurrected the work of zora neale hurs

the life of zora neil hurston. lucy has over her lifetime come piled a detailed knowledge of her aunt0s life and work with an historian0s observant eye. her own work as an academic sociologist with field research in jamaica, among a operations, provides he with a unique perspective of her aunt's life. she us the producer and hosts of two documentaries on zora and a high school production. she currently teaches sociology at manchester community college in connecticut. lucy anne hustoon begins her work, speak and speak again. she ignites passion. once introduced to her stories, those she told and those told about her, people want more. >> ellis walker is an internationally celebrated author poet, and activists, whose books include seven novels, four collections of sort -- short stories, four children's books and volumes ofes says. best known for "the color purple" for which she won the pulitzer prize. and the national book award. her work has been translated into more than two dozen languages and her books are sold m

[applause] >> for more information about zora neale hurston, visit zora neale hurston.com. >> up next, booktv takes a look at the chickasaw nation with michael lovegrove, author of a nation in transition. the tribe migrated to south-central oklahoma in the mid-1800s and they're forced to preserve their heritage ever since. otd talked with mr. lovegrove in oklahoma city. >> henry johnson was governor of the chickasaw nation from 1898-1902. constitutionally, the governors could not succeed themselves more than two terms so he had to step down and 1902 when his successor, was elected governor, and essentially after mosley's term, johnston was appointed governor from 1904-1939 until he died by president theodore roosevelt. so essentially appointed governor. he was governor for the rest of his life, serving longer than any native american chief executive in our nation's history. he was a man who was very progressive the he was very well educated. he was very steep in southern tradition. his ancestors lived in mississippi, and they came across the so-called trail of tears, which all the fiv