Patricia Sullivan talked about the history of the NAACP. She is the author of Lift Every Voice: The NAACP and the Making of the Civil Rights Movement (New Press; August 1, 2009). She responded to telephone calls from viewers who had just seen her talk in the History and Biography Pavilion of the 9th annual National Book Festival, held on the National Mall. The program opened with scenes of the author making her way to the interview tent.

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