The statistic is every day, on average, seven children and teens in america shot dead. I wanted to pick a day, a random day and find that who these kids were, what they wanted to be and in what circumstances did they die and that was a random day id chose. Host he basically picked it out of a hat or did you have a system . Guest will come in order for the book to work, there had to be seven fatalities that day. So with more likely to be a weekend day so that was about. Beyond that it was, if i wanted a higher number i wouldve gone into some of your summer is little more children die because they are out. Is when more chile because they are out. This was the weekend before thanksgiving and the first day i could do. Host in your book you write firearms are the leading source of death among black children under the age of is 19. The second leading cause of death for all children in the same age group after Car Accidents. Is this a book about gun control . Guest no, it is definitely not. T
This is live coverage of the 22nd annual Los Angeles Times festival of the brooks on the campus of the university of southern california. In about half an hour or so, a panel on history. You will hear from Annie Jacobson Annie Jacobson talking about her book phenomena, jeff quinn talking about the road to james town. That is coming up in half an hour. We pleased to be joined by journalist and author gary younge. Here is his book called another day in the death of america a chronicle of ten short lives. Mr. Younge, november 23rd, 2013 why is that date significant . Its not. That is the whole point. It is the day after the 50th anniversary of jfks assassination but it was a day i chose to make the statistic real and that is on average seven teens and children are killed every day in the United States. I wanted to pick a random day and find out who these kids were, who they wanted to be, in what circumstances did they die and that was the day i chose. You picked it out of a hat or did you
[inaudible conversations] you are watching booktv. This is live coverage of the 22nd annual Los Angeles Times festival of the brooks on the campus of the university of southern california. In about half an hour or so, a panel on history. You will hear from Annie Jacobson Annie Jacobson talking about her book phenomena, jeff quinn talking about the road to james town. That is coming up in half an hour. We pleased to be joined by journalist and author gary younge. Here is his book called another day in the death of america a chronicle of ten short lives. Mr. Younge, november 23rd, 2013 why is that date significant . Its not. That is the whole point. It is the day after the 50th anniversary of jfks assassination but it was a day i chose to make the statistic real and that is on average seven teens and children are killed every day in the United States. I wanted to pick a random day and find out who these kids were, who they wanted to be, in what circumstances did they die and that was the
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