The Supreme Court nomination that changed america. He will be taking questions were the next three hours. Host author wil haygood, you write about black men who heroically manifested themselves into mainstream america. I think my writing is a relentless pursuit to explain all of america. What does that mean . Guest i think it has been exciting to find the figures like Adam Clayton Powell junior, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Thurgood Marshall who were not born into Mainstream Society and who by dent of their enormous talent and gift sticks themselves into the fabric of the country via entertainment, politics, sports, or in marshalls case the law, in the wheno i look back over the people who ive written about, they spin these amazing tales about society, culture, style, race, and i dont always know if they knew when they were doing it, but heroism as well. You had the new york congressman who passed legislation, antipoverty legislation in the case of the new york congressman powell, Adam Clay
Beautiful soul, very sharp and handsome and smart guy, whether he could represent our vision, that aint easy. All of that investment, this is what we invested in and yet you are restraining them, you are constraining them, im sorry. You are impoaning stress upon them and literally basically implied threat against them and sending hate mails because they are having threat against people. No one can ever be put above the entire trajectory of our movement or tradition that nurtures and sustain us. So for me, right [applause] so as much as i and we love obama, we have to hold him accountable, you love kids, you dont say nothing to them, i cant be critical, that aint the negroes i know. Thats my husband, i cant be critical. When it comes to obama, you know what, given the rather sharp, stunning, astonishing analogy that professor mohamed has put forth black people think that tough love is the only love available for black americans, we confuse love with abuse. When bill cosby was doing his
Please buy the book at the bookstore. Were up until 10 00 p. M. So. Cspan, created by americas Cable Television companies and brought to you as a Public Service by a cable or satellite provider. Next on book tvs afterwards program, peter marks reports on the late aig ceo, strategy to revive the company after the 2008 financial crisis. So peter we are here to discuss the book, good for the money. I thought it was the most no hold bards account of the crisis i have read. He is not playing nice at a time when so many other crisis are marred by people continuing to get along, i also thought it was an amazing story of leadership. So tell me, why did you want to do this book . It actually started with my wife who at the time was an aig employee. She wrote a lot of letters to employees and communications department. Bob reach out to her, wanting someone to tell his story, he he loved the way she wrote and i subsequently became intimately involved in the piece as well. It needed, i think some
Crystal wright, your new book, con job, requests whos being conned and whos doing the conning . Guest well, i think democrats are doing the conning particularly of black americans and women. I argue in my book, con job, because theyre kind of like the Democrat Party, in my view, is kind of like a used car salesman. It peddles all these promises and pledges to black americans, were going to make things better since lbj, were going to make you smarter, richer, more educated. Fast forward to today, black americans are none of those things. In fact, i talk about in con job how the head of the Congressional Black Caucus last year said that blacks were, in quote, a state of emergency. Under the first black president , mind you. So its i look at the Democrat Party kind of like a used car salesman in that they say, hey, theyre really slickly dressed, and they want to sell you a great product. They say dont look under the hood, because you might not actually get what youre voting for. And with
Welcome to San Bernardino on booktv. Located in the San Bernardino valley, this is part of what is called the inland empire with a population of over 200,000. Founded by mormon pioneers in 1851, San Bernardino what going to become a major hub for the Santa Fe Railway and in 1940 become the first place for mcdonalds. With help of our time warner and Charter Communications Cable Partners, we will explore the history of the city with local authors. But first on december 2 of last year, two people entered a Conference Room at the infant Regional Center and opened fire killing 14. We spoke with Councilmember John valdivia. [background sounds] just behind her at the intersection this was a barricaded entry point where police and sheriff were here. No one could cross the line. This intersection was the natural place for individuals to place their tokens of memory for these tragic victims of the december 2 event. As you can see from behind me, some of the things that people left behind were ob