As timelys. A huge professor of the studies and faculty associate at Princeton University. The author of prospects of the 3rd politics of poetics and hiphop, and we are beautiful and be up terrible for racial inequality in the United States. Its. [applause] i am going to begin by introducing my fellow panelists briefly and then we will just get right into it so. To my immediate right is senor calton roberts director of the institute for research and africanamerican studies and associate professor of history and associate professor osos your medical sciences at the school of Public Health at columbia university. He writes teachers and lecturers widely on africanAmerican History urban history, had a history of social movement. His book was published by the university of North Carolina press in 2,009s. The political economy urban geography and race between a late 19th century and the mid20th century a time which encompasses the jim crow era and the bacterial pollution to the advent of ant
But i minimize that. But i think the question you asked, i mean, most miraculous about the whole thing is not that something didnt go wrong, thats pretty miraculous, but that nobody challenged it. Yes. I mean, the only challenge came because i took the position that if the pardons hadnt been delivered, they couldnt i said lock the prison door, dont let anybody out. Roger humphreys got out because that was earlier in the week, but the rest of them didnt. They sued, and they got out because the courts eventually held that once the governor issues the pardon or commutation, thats it. And for those of you who dont know who Roger Humphreys was, please read the book. It is, that is keel, you captured the drama of that story. I mean, its a stunning story. Lee smith was part of it. Frank sutherland had his hand on it. Keel, with a story that has this much detail as you have in your book, you had to encounter factual conflicts. What was the biggest factual conflict in your interviewing that you
Scandal and its crackdown on liberal nuns. We will speak with Barbara Blaine of the Survivors Network of those abused by priests and Sister Simone campbell of the catholic social Justice Group network, which was heavily criticized the vaticans report last year. In a black History Month special, we remember the lives of the legendary civil rights activist, singer and actor paul robeson and his wife eslanda. I have never separated by work as an artist from my work as a human being. I have always believed more strongly to me my art is always a weapon. We will speak with historian Barbara Ransby, author of the new book, eslanda the large and unconventional life of mrs. Paul robeson. Both paul and essie refused to renounce their radical friends and refused to renounce their own radical views. Again, they paid a price for it. Paul was blacklisted, they lost their house, had extensive fbi files and so forth. But first, north korea has just carried out its largest ever nuclear test. It says th
In the peace process. So were her daughters as well. So she produced this very powerful family, giving very much back to the nation which is what their goal was and certainly in the mental retardation area. Rose has made the argument in the book today is very much a part contributes from the moment these children are born to this legacy, which we should point out many politicians today from bill clinton and barack obama have attempted to draft behind the image in the kennedy legacy. Host thats great. We are out of time. Thanks for talking. Its always fun to talk about the kennedys. Guest its been my pleasure. Thank you so much. That was after words, book tvs Signature Program in which authors of the latest nonfiction books are interviewed by journalists, Public Policy makers, legislators and others familiar with the material. After words errors every weekend on booktv on 10 p. M. On saturday, 12 p. M. And 9 p. M. On sunday and 12 a. M. On monday. You can also watch after words on line.
Existence and they are are safe and they are beautiful but we want Public Policy transformation for our communities and our young sons and daughters who are living and dying all over the United States. We are optimistic that they can be better and we have to organize. Stokely carmichael said organize organize organize and that is what we need to do. [applause] you know, i love anything sasha and malia and so any kind of image of them is beautiful and i do love them and i believe the notion put forward of that kind of new generation set of conversations but i also think and i know that is a set of possibilities as kendall said that is very limited, very small, very narrow and very elite. The two images that are notions of communities talking to each other and having dialogue has stuck with me this week where the interview with juror 37 that Anderson Cooper did and im really glad for that interview. I am very thankful for the honesty of juror p37 and what she said and the insight that sh