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Men of the Twentieth Century is the title king of the cats the life and times of Adam Clayton Powell, jr. Because it so aptly describes Adam Clayton Powell. He was smooth, he was cool, he was goodlooking, he was smart, and he always was a complete package that spoke eloquently for africanamericans and the poor in this country. One of the great things about this is not long ago we had a student come in who was looking for a biography of Adam Clayton Powell and there wasnt one. All the books about him were outofprint so it is a privilege to have king of the cats the life and times of Adam Clayto...

New york city has already topped a thousand shootings this year, 29 more shootings over this weekend. A st. Louis Police Officer shot and killed in the line of duty by a man barricaded inside a house. The gunman taken into custody sunday morning after after a nearly 12hour standoff. The gunman shot another Police Officer in the leg, the officer recovering. In baltimore a sickening assault caught on camera. Local reports say a white and black man got into an argument before the white man was hit in the back of the head with two bricks. Watch this, if you can. Oh [laughter] no [laughter] oh, my ...

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 star...

A dot com youre watching a cantor national but i have with us. The collision of politics and sports in america with the legendary sportscaster bob costas on this politicking. Politicking on larry king on this edition the intersection of politics and American Sports and the risks and rewards of playing during a pandemic will have an indepth want to on one interview with the legendary sportscaster bob kos a man who knows his stuff and speaks his mind hes in the hall of fame use of Emmy Award Winner hes also been the prime host of 11 olympics he joins us from california. Bottom askin right into w...

Face of of course muhammad ali was a singular figure of global influence and the 960 s. As we both remember were of very very contentious period of time yet tommie smith and john carlos with the race fizzled at the 1968 olympics in mexico city a lot of Young Athletes protested the war in vietnam some were part of the counterculture bill walton d an extremely likable man nonetheless had some countercultural ideas which many agreed with so that was a period of time when it was out there but i dont think numerically there were as many athletes who had a political bent a seem to have today lets ge...