and my sister chose jane goodall. she is truly an inspirational voice for the future of our planet, an accomplished scientist, and accomplished writer, the founder of the jane goodall institute, which supports research as well as many other programs in research and education that i've had a chance to visit their education programs in schools in massachusetts, and colorado. it is called roots and shoots, to bring kids closer to the issues of the environment. i see kids are today. they may be part of that environment. she continues to travel and speak to save our planet. over 300 days a year. in fact, the last time i ran into her was changing planes in heathrow airport in london about two years ago. were both crossing and we knew each other, and we set high. and that is where she is most frequently found as she travels the globe, roots and shoots alone is now an over i thank 30 countries. as a voice, for primates, for chimps but more generally for our planet and for ourselves. she was designated by u.s. secretary in 200

[applause] >> jane goodall, founder of the jane good an july institute is the author of in the shadow love. and to find out more, visit jane goodall.org. >> charles eagles' book, the price of defiance, tells the story of james meredith, the first african-american student to attend the university of mississippi. mr. meredith's enrollment at the university was followed by a riot, and president kennedy sent soldiers into oxford, mississippi. memory of books in jackson, mississippi, hosts the 25-minute event. >> we thank everyone else for coming. i have a couple of confessions to make at first. one is i'm not a public speaker. this is a foreign environment for me. so whatever your expectations are, i hope they're met, but i won't be surprised. second, i don't go to book signings as a general rule, so i have no idea what goes on at these. so i'm going to do what i feel comfortable doing, and i hope it works. however this turns out, i will make one guarantee and that is that the book is better than the presentation. [laughter] so i guess the moral is so far don't judge a book by its author.