. >> booktv is live at the thirteenth annual harlem book fair from the langston hughes auditorium at the new york public library center for research in black culture. we will bring you seven hours of coverage from this year's book fair. our schedule begins with a talk on the state of african-american literacy brought to you by michael lomax, president of the united negro college fund. the first panel focusing on the late manning parable's biography of malcolm x. a panel on african-american economic history. our coverage will continue three hours from now with a panel discussion on african-american humor. that will be followed by a panel on african-american history and finally about six hours from now we will wrap up with a discussion on the first years of the obama administration. that is coming up in the 2011 harlem book fair. right now united negro college fund president michael lomax on the state of african-american literacy. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to the thirteenth annual harlem book fair. i am max rodriguez, founder of the event. [applause] >> thank you. i would like

i mentioned langston hughes and roots was in a way uncle tom's cabin of modern times. he preshaded uncle tom's cabin in a way many african-americans of the 1960s and 70s did not, and he uses a lot of same devices in roots which itself creates change in popular culture in racial attitude so -- >> one of the things that struck me as i mentioned in the introduction of your work about this book was how you demonstrate in a number of ways those -- what you termed subversive techniques and how also then that permeates throughout the culture and afterlife of uncle tom in a subversive way. can you talk about that for the audience a little? >> well, when we read the novel today, perhaps we don't feel its subversiveness as much as if we lived back in the 1850s, but when it was first published, it created incredible outrage in the south because the political cartoon that was reproduced in my book, a picture of hell, and what that hell is is the america that will be created by uncle tom's cabin. from the southern point of view, and it shows a black person lording over everybody in

in an auditorium named for a great african-american poet, novelist, and playwright langston hughs who was almost a lifelong, certainly from his adulthood, from the time he came from new york to attend columbia in the early 1920s was an almost continuous lifelong resident of harlem. when are in the library named after and built on the collection of a great afro caribbean, shoneberg. we are just around the corner from an harlem book fair venue, this one name for another poet, one the leaders with hughes of the harlem renaissance and the subject, by the way, of my doctoral dissertation. in an earlier life, i used to teach literature, sonya sanchez, and i shared offices at college. i look further down today's program and see not only my former office mate, but dr. julian, president for the college of women, and a distinguished author in her own right and my colleague, dr. carlton brown, president of another uncf member institute, clark, atlanta, university, and a distinguished educator. but today i'm going to talk about humor. something african-american college presidents don't get to tal

up next a panel on the history of african-american humor from the langston hughes auditorium and the schomburg center for research in black culture. >> good afternoon. let me say good afternoon to all of you and i want to welcome you to this afternoon's session called "on the real side," a history of african-american humor. i am carlton brown, the president of atlantic university, obviously in atlanta, georgia. we are very pleased to be a part of this session today. we are at convert -- research with a number of disciplines and holdings that connect us directly to the harlem book fair in that we have degree programs up to the doctor degree in african-american studies and the africana women's studies and a significant program in english and language arts. we have a number of people with us today and i want to get right down to our business here. so i want you to join me in welcoming our colleagues here. i am going to begin with broadcast personality and social commentator, sabrina lamb. she is the -- go ahead and clap for her. [applause] she is the author of a kettle full of cultures

we are back live at the langston hughes auditorium at the schomburg center for research and black culture. this is live coverage of the thirteenth annual harlem book fair. up next panel discussion of the late manning parable's recent biography of malcolm x. >> good afternoon. welcome to the 2011 harlem book fair. i am yohura williams from fairfield university and chief historian at the jackie robinson museum. i want to welcome you to this forum. we are here to discuss manning parable's recent book malcolm x a life of reinvention and its impact on our appreciation of the life and legacy of this african-american icon. manning parable began his study as a corrective to the influential autobiography of malcolm x which for five decades stood as one of the most important works of african-american literature ever produced. despite its widespread influence and a claim there have always been questions concerning its authenticity. publish nine months after his death the autobiography presents a unique portrait of malcolm's life as a quintessentially american morality tale but also has been at odds

. >> we're back live now at the langston hughes auditorium. this is booktv live coverage of the 13th annual harlem book fair. up next, a panel discussion of the late manning marables recent biography of "malcolm x." >> good afternoon. welcome to the 2011 harlem book fair. my name is mr. williams, i'm associate professor at fairfield university and chief his touron at the jackie robinson museum. i want to welcome you to this forum. we are here to discuss manny marable's recent book "malcolm x" and the recent impact on the life and legacy of the african-american icon. manny marable first began the study as a corrective to the autobiography of malcolm x which stood as one the most important works of african-american literature produced. dispute the widespread influence and claim, there has been questions concerning it's authenticity. published nine months after his death, for instance, it portrays a neat portrait of his life in a realty tale. but it's always been at odds with the complex individual that many knew malcolm to be. the liberal contro

i mentioned langston hughes and w.e.b. duboise, and alec haley, who did "roots "which was the uncle tom's cabin of modern times. he really appreciated "uncle tom's cabin "in a way many other african-americans of the 1960s and '70s did not, and he uses a lot of the same devices in "roots" which it is a kind of sea change in racial attitude. >> up with of the things that really -- one of the things that really struck me as i mentioned in my introduction about your work, about this book was how you demonstrate in a number of ways stowe's, um, what you term stowe's subversive techniques and how, also, then that permeates through the popular culture in the after life of uncle tom in a subversive way. can you talk about that for the audience a little bit? the. >> right. well, when we read the novel today, perhaps we don't feel its subversiveness as if we lived back in the 1850s. but when it was first published, it created incredible outrage in the south. there's a political cartoon that i reproduce in my book, a picture of hell.

so if malcolm had had a benefactor, if he had been langston hughes, so to speak, and could get some of that white harlem dough, he would have a different perspective. even as we deconstruct capital, the point of karl mark deconconstruction -- deconstruction of the capital. when he said, dude, can you take care of my daughter and i believe in ira, individual reparation account. i believe in ira, individual reparations accounts. you can't give it to great, great, great grandpa but you can redistribute wealth towards some of the contemporary people who are inheriting their ideas but it makes it more incumbent upon us to press the argument forward and to tell the truth about the suffering of the masses who don't even have the quandaries we have because they don't even have a wage. they don't even have a salary. so when we deconstruct, let's not talk about obliterating or eviscerating wealth, let's talk about its equitable distribution. [applause] >> yeah, good evening. i'm from west africa, liberia, and i'm a middle school math teacher and i say that to say that. i've been in this country

up next from the stage of the langston hughes auditorium, the center for research on black culture a panel discussion on african-american economic history. >> good afternoon. it is indeed -- a pleasure to present these dynamic young ladies. these are two terrific sisters. they are hard workers for our community. i applaud you all for coming out in 100 degree weather to enjoy what we are about to enjoy. my name is troy johnson. i am founder of the african american literature book club. it is largest and most frequently visited web site by and about books written by and about people of african-american -- african decent. the web site was started in 1998 and is one of the oldest websites of its kind on line. i would like to introduce you to carol jenkins, author of black titans and making of a black american millionaire. a writer and producer and an emmy award winning former w. nbc-tv television anchor and correspondent and founding president of the women's media center. she is executive producer of the pbs documentary what i want my words to do to you which won the freedom of expressio

conversations] >> bringing to a closer coverage of the 2011 harlem book fair on the stage of the langston hughesauditorium at the schomburg center for research in black culture. if you missed any of today's program you can watch a re-air from our entire day's coverage from the harlem book fair starting this evening at night eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> july was a busy month in publishing news with the liquidation of orders and now there has been an update with the google book settlement. sarah weinman is the news editor at publishers marketplace. sarah weinman what is the latest on the google book settlement? >> well there was a hearing that to place on july 19, where judge jennie chen heard from various parties with respect to the settlement and from what news accounts reported, he wasn't terribly happy at the current state of things. the bottom line is that both parties want more time and even though judge chen granted an extension, the next hearing will be in september 2. he is really pushing for something to happen and if the two opposing parties, google and the authors guild and the ass

if malcolm had a benefactor, if he had been los langston hughes, then he would have had a different perspective as we deconstruct capital, the point of karl marx's capital, it didn't extent the value of capital because when the dude tried to marry his daughter, he said can you take care of her? marx said that. i i believe in ira, individual reparations accounts. [laughter] you can't give it to great, great, great grand pa, but you can redistribute wealth to people who inherit ideas, but it makes it undumb bent on us to press the argument forward and to tell the truth of the suffering of the masses who don't have the quandaries we have because they don't have a wage or a salary so when we deconstruct it, let's not talk about obliterating wealth, but talk about its distribution. i think that makes sense. [applause] >> good evening, i'm from west africa liberia, and i'm a middle school math teacher, and i say that -- i've been in this country for 25 years, went to school in baton rouge, university, a an all black school, very proud of that experience. i did not read manning's account of malcolm, b

this is what professor harris-perry is saying so if malcolm had a benefactor if he had been langston hughes so to speak and could get some of that white harlem dough, then he would have had a different perspective so even as we deconstruct capital, the point of karl marx the construction of capital didn't mitigate against existential assertion of the value and worth of capital, because karl marx said that. can you take care of my daughter? so i believe in either a, it individual reparations accounts. [laughter] and i believe in i.r.a., individual reparation accounts. you can't give us a great great great grandpa but you can redistribute wealth toward some of the contemporary people who are inheriting their ideas but it makes the more incumbent upon us to press the argument for word and to tell the truth about the suffering of the masses who don't even have the quandary we have because they don't even have a wage. they don't even have a salary so when we deconstruct it lets not talk about obliterating or eviscerating well. let's talk about an equitable distribution. [applause] >> good evenin