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Disconnected incidents. We are fighting an institutional, systemic problem. No more eight minutes and 46 seconds of injustice and the mistreatment of africanamerican men at the hands of the laws of this nation and anyone else. There will be no more eight minutes and 46 seconds that you will be in pain without getting justice. He changed not only this country, not only the united states, he changed the world. George floyd changed the world. Presumptive democratic president ial nominee joe biden a...

From a lot of what michelle has to say. Just to kickstart it deceiving, how did you come up with a fascinating and interesting book, radical, and where did this interesting income from . So i think the genesis of the name is an interesting one in that when it first got to d. C. It was the lowest performing and most dysfunctional School District and the entire nation. That was a pretty widely known truth. So i started doing things that were obvious for School District in that kind of state. I sta...

Rajiv has the rare gift of being able to folk coast on shop palm details. He paints a broad pictures. He listens more than he takes. He speaks to generals frankly, but so do the grunts and the other minor characters who drive the plot of any major story. This month marks the tenth anniversary of george w. Bushs invasion of iraq. Nothing written or said better explains the resulting folly than rajivs book, life in the emrad city, the green zone. And yesterday again, rajiv, gives us detail, the ne...

Are you interested in being a part of booktvs Online Book Club . Every month well feature a different book and author, and youre invited to join. Interested . Send an email to book tv cspan. Org, post a comment on facebook. Com booktv or send us a tweet booktv. Michelle alexander, the author of booktvs first Online Book Club selection, the new jim crow, recently spoke about her book at the university of tennessee. Heres a look at that event. [applause] well, thank you. Thank you so much for this...

Paused its daily business to pay tribute to reverend Martin Luther king jr. s life and legacy. And it seems fitting that we should have the conversation the day after the nations first black president was sworn in for his second term. I know much of the nation has already moved on, and president obamas soaring rhetoric about the promise of america, life, liberty, justice, equality for all he has already been forgotten by many, and i know that many people in america will not think of dr. King aga...

Brigitte freed, and accompanied by an essay for the collection by michael eric dyson. The three discussed the collection next. Well, good afternoon and welcome to the library of congress. On john cole, the director of the center for the book in the library of congress which is the reading and book promotion arm of the library, and were very pleased to be cosponsoring this program with the libraries prints and photographs division. The center for the book was created in 1977 to help the library o...

Its an embarrassment of riches, and we must thank the city of Savannah Department of cultural affairs, festival upon spores, members, and individual donors for their support. It is because of them that we are able to bring you these esteemed authors for free. If you enjoyed todays speakers and would like to make a donation to the festival, weve provided yellow buckets at the door when you exit. Please consider giving to our bucket list for next years gifted scribes. Before we get started, i just...

Trump has not made the official ask for his children to have these topsecret security clearances. But it would not be unusual, given how these Adult Children of donald trump have been close advisers throughout this entire campaign, his soninlaw, Jared Kushner, might not be in line anymore to be white house chief of staff, although that was one of those rumblings out there, prior to Reince Priebus, getting that position. But Jared Kushner is going to be a very critical informal adviser to the fut...

Honor. We have 22 congressional medal of honor recipients. We have just tremendous people. A very special person who believed me, and, you know, i would read reports that i wasnt getting along with him. I never had a bad second with him. Hes an unbelievable star. He is thats right, how did you possibly guess . So let me tell you about reince, and i have said this. I said, reince and i know it, i know it. Look at all of those people over there. I know it. Reince is a superstar, but i said they ca...

Campaigning is different from governing. I think he recognizes that. I think hes sincere in wanting to be a successful president , and moving this country forward and i dont think any president ever comes in saying to himself, i want to figure out how to make people angry or alienate half the country. President obama also talked about the impression he got of donald trump in that 90 minute first ever meeting between the two men in the white house. I dont think he is ideological. I think ultimate...