. >> next speaker >> i'm linda thomas i've lived in inform since 1975. marcus books is important to me because i don't want to go into the store and spell i want to go to the shelf and find a celebration of books. i don't want to have to special order so i want to find is on the shelf available, easy for me to give it to somebody to read when they're trying to understand something and i'm trying to talk about that comes from my past. a lot of young people those days don't understand anything about black history. a lot of young white people don't understand much about market street. they hadn't had an opportunity to experience some of the things i've had an opportunity to experience. mixing the different razes that have ground up so i try to turn them on to literature and without marcus books i won't have any place to get them books to tell them to read. so i'm on the printer on this special icon for myself selfishly and for others. thank you >> thank you. next speaker. . >> thank you for staying late. i'm gail i'm the director - that's better right repor