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It feels wonderful to be here. I am thrilled to see so many people eager to join in dialogue about where we as a nation find ourselves in the strive towards freedom and it seems particularly fitting that we would have this conversation today, the day after our nation paused its daily business to pay tribute to reverend Martin Luther king jr. s life and his legacy. And it seems fitting that we would have this conversation the day after our nations first black president was sworn in for his second term. Now i know much of the nation has already moved on and president obamas soaring rhetoric abou...

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 started closing low performing schools, moving out ineffective employees, cutting the Central Office bl...

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 new book, Little America. Right now these days, a shortterm sequester to find 80 billion, but over the...

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 warm welcome. It feels wonderful to be here. I am thrilled to see so many people eager to join if d...

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 again until his holiday rolls around again next year. But i would like for us to pause tonight and thin...