is with great pleasure and honor i introduce margot lee shetterly. [applause] >> thank you so much for that amazing introduction also to the hampton history museum which has been incredibly supportive of this research since the very beginning i cannot think of any place better to publicly e launch a this endeavor than here in my home town with my own people thanks for coming out tonight. pdf if it is a wonderful thing that this speech that i am giving in this vinnie venue is here in a church because it started six years ago also and the church here in downtown hampton at the first baptist church where i grew up and i was sitting in a pew with my parents who are here and my a husband interviewing a former sunday school teacher of mine about her career as a mathematician at the research center. anonymous had an idea at the time that that first interview would turn into all of this the book, my first book and a movie that is as exciting to keep that level of enthusiasm the most gratifying thing for me has been learning about my home town there is so muc

eastern, margot lee shetterly discusses her book. we wrap up book tv in prime time at 11:15 p.m.with a book party protected tries most recent book on how presidents have dealt with disasters. shall elect the president. that all happens tonight on c-span twos book tv. >> remembering george wallace in the 60s, before i read your book i had been making that comparison that there aren't enough folks around who remember wallace and you wouldn't think of that because wallace is from alabama and identified with segregationists. donald trump, a new yorker. in both cases, though, their appeal went way beyond the states they came from. >> and that's the thing about the regions and wallace was such a racial candidate because he would say to stoke simply in the grievances of the south and say to his audiences know matter where he was he would say, you know, they meaning that integrates have looked out on us, as being anyone from the south and we will not let them do it anymore. really, making a regional identification and that's one of the reasons johnson and the democrats were unhappy becau

eastern, margot lee shetterly discusses her book, "hidden figures: the american dream and the untold story of the black women mathematicians who helped win the space race." we wrap up booktv in prime time at 11:15 with a book party for tevi troy's most recent book on how presidents have dealt with disasters, "shall we wake the president." that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. [inaudible conversations]

eastern, margot lee shetterly discusses her book, "hidden figures: the american dream and the untold story of the black women mathematicians who helped win the space race." we wrap up booktv in prime time at 11:15 with a book party for tevi troy's most recent book on how presidents have dealt with disasters, "shall we wake the president." that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. [inaudible conversations] >> hello. hi, everyone. thanks for coming out tonight. as you can see and as you heard, these are cameras from c-span be, booktv. very happy to have them here, we're very happy to have this discussion here at powell's. if you want to keep up with who's coming to powell's, we have events nearly every night, lots of really great, outstanding stuff coming up especially in the month of october. you can look on powell's.com, our event calendars can be found around the store as well, and be you can pick those up at the information desk. tonight we're excited to host this event for banned books week. it's going to be moderated by candace morgan right here. she's the coordinator of cele