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This book has taken off in a way that is unexpected and startling and wonderful, and so mostly i just sort of thank my lucky stars and i sleep a little better. Im in a better mood generally and try to enjoy it despite my best efforts by one why does that put you in a better mood . Guest i been writing for 20 20 something years doing fiction for 20 years and sometimes you write a book and people dig it and people understand it, that sometimes you write a book and no one particularly cures and it ...

Washington post columnist, thriller writer who writes about the cia and such. This month, Pulitzer Prize winning author, Colson Whitehead as our guest. His most recent book is the under ground railroad. Mr. Whitehead, whats the appropriate response new book is appraised by oprah, president obama, you won the National Book award, what is the appropriate response . If only it took the pain aw away. [laughter] has taken off in a way thats unexpected and startling and wonderful. Just try to enjoy it...

Chad williams is the author of torchbearers of democracy, African American soldiers in the world war i era. Next, he talks about the postwar activism of the soldiers, explaining how after fighting with the idea of democracy abroad, many return to join movements to secure more rights and better social standing for African American here at home. National world War One Museum, in kansas missouri of 2019. Now id like to introduce our first speaker for this morning. Doctor chad williams, he is a agus...

Foreign policy analyst and author brandon weikert talks about his latest book on the importance of american dominance in space. Zer,n historian harold hol we were talking that this was book number 54 few, president s versus the press. Explore thented to relationship between chief executives and the journalists who have covered them, praise them, cap their secrets, and generally antagonized them. I wanted to trace the origins of on ourationships we see Television Screens almost every day. It as a...

Welcome to book tv in depth this is especially or fiction on indepth and last month was David Ignatius who writes about the cia. This month we have Colson Whitehead is our guest his most recent book is the underground railroad. What is the appropriate response mr. Whitehead when your books are praised by the president obama and ohio oprah and the National Book award . It takes the pain away. [laughter] this book has taken off in a way that is unexpected and wonderfu wonderful. So i think my luck...

And lincoln forium chair. Welcome back to cspan, sir. Guest thank you for having me. Host you had a recent op ed talking about the topic of confederate monments and statues and a position now youre taking that with a little bit different. Whats your position now . Guest well, if i could go back briefly. A few years ago i had the honor of speaking at the getiesburg National Cemetery where the flag behind me is from the anniversary of the getiesburg address. I made a suggest sort of impor tuned pe...

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Were back with professor eaton of the university of oklahoma who is here to help explain to us the 1921 race massacre in tulsa, oklahoma. Oklahoma. Good morning. Guest good morning. Host President Trump is coming to oklahoma today, specifically going tulsa. Was the greenwood neighborhood of tulsa and tulsa for africanamericans prior to 1921 . Tell us the history. Guest tulsa represents this continued striving for upward thelity, black progress, in earlier part of the 20th century, it is the city...

Whats your position now . Guest well, if i could go back briefly. A few years ago i had the honor of speaking at the getiesburg National Cemetery where the flag behind me is from the anniversary of the getiesburg address. I made a suggest sort of impor tuned people to consider contect liesing confederate monments. Making sure that there were alternative monments. And frankly Nothing Happened in the three subsequent years. Its not an easy thing to make occur. Its expensive, time consuming, requir...