Miles davis and lena horne, generation africanamericans who found success in their respective fields during the start of a broader Civil Rights Movement. Wil haygood discusses his book with dave cybercom sports columnist for the nation magazine and author of a peoples history of sports in the United States. Host welcome to after words. I am days island, the Sports Editor for the nation magazine and an absolutely thrilled to be interviewing a man who has written a tremendous biography about the greatest out for pound boxer of the 20th century. That boxers name is walker smith, jr. , better known as Sugar Ray Robinson. And the author is will haywood. Will come how are you doing . Guest good to be here. Host great to have you. I really do think this book is worthy of sugar sugar ray robi. Instruments achieve it so congratulations right away trade to thank you. Host you are not a sports biographer of by trade. Guest right. Host why did you decide to spend five years of your life writing th
President s in the books featured historians, visit cspan. Org the president s. Available in paperback, hardcover any books. Wherever books are sold. Coming up next, but to be present afterwards. An hour long Interview Program we invite a guest host to interview the author of a new book. This week wil haygood, chicory robertson and sweet butter. Born walker smith junior, the future title holder spent his formative years in harlem. In the happenings of the harlem renaissance. Mr. Haygood relates to many, a generation of africanamericans who found success in the respective fields during the start of a broader Civil Rights Movement. Wil haygood discusses his book, sports columnist for the nation magazine and author of a peoples history of sports in the United States. Welcome to afterwords. Right away. You are not a sports because we are talking out a boxer. Of the ring and i wanted somebody that was known i met big for me was sugar ray roberson. Is most underwritten about boxers skins par
[applause and cheering] mr. Miller thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Since i last stood in this spot, a whole new generation of the Miller Family has been born. Four greatgrandchildren. Along with all of the other members of the close knit family, they are our most precious possessions. I know that is how you feel about your family also. Like you, i think of their future. The promises and perils they will face. I believe the next four years will determine what kind of world they will grow up in. Like you, i ask which leader is it that has the vision, willpower, and backbone to best protect my family . The clear answer to that question has placed me in this hall with you tonight. For my family is more important than my party. [cheers and applause] there is but one man to whom i am willing to entrust their future, and that mans name is george w. Bush. [cheers and applause] in the summer of 1940, i was an eightyearold boy living in a remote appalachian valley. Our count
This press conference goes, the best is yet to come. I will turn it over to Speaker Pelosi, madam speaker. Speaker pelosi thank you. Thank you for hosting us this afternoon on this subject, the health and wellbeing of americas families. Presidency of donald trump has brought further crisis to American Families in the midst of a pandemic. The chaos he brought forth, calling it a hoax, the denials, the delay, the distortion, has resulted in what tj just referenced, 180,000 people have died in our country, and millions have been infected. Fact, in the 104 days since we passed the heroes act and Mitch Mcconnell pressed the pause button and said we should pause, the virus did not pause and nothing else did. The hardship did not pause. Since then, the number of people who have died has doubled, and the number of people infected has increased by nearly 4 Million People. This is so tragic, but it also happened instead of the president crushing the virus, and the chaos brought by his ridiculous
Mr. Miller thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Since i last stood in this spot, a whole new generation of the family has been born. Four greatgrandchildren. Along with all of the other members of the close knit family, they are our most precious possessions. I know that is how you feel about your family also. Like you, i think of their future. The promises and perils they will face. I believe the next four years will determine what kind of world they will grow up in. Like you, i ask which leader is it that has the vision, willpower, and backbone to best protect my family . The clear answer to that question has placed me in this hall with you tonight. For my family is more important than my party. [cheers and applause] there is but one man to whom i am willing to entrust their future, and that mans name is george w. Bush. [cheers and applause] in 1940, i was an eightyearold boy living in a remote appalachian valley. Our country was not yet at war, but even we children k