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Is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. And now on booktv, we are live with author, journalist and history professor herb boyd, professor boyd who teaches at the city college of new york and writes a column for new York Amsterdam News is of the author or editor of many books including autobiography of a people, and his latest black k detroit a peoples history of selfdetermination. Host author herb boyd with us on this Independence Day weekend. Professor boyd, what is july 4 me deal . Guest it means the same thing what it meant to Frederick Douglass, you know. While you can...

With us on the Independence Day weekend professor what is july 4th mean to you . [laughter] it means Frederick Douglassw. You could have the general celebration we have a different perspective from the africanamerican aameri community is a long history to understand the distinction in terms of the celebration for one community and a lack of the observance on the other part and what does it mean to those who have a history of bondage of segregation and jim crow to you have to understand the sensitivity from one community to another. Obviously Start Talking about the history of this country and ...

Selfdetermination. Host author herb boyd with us on this Independence Day weekend. Professor boyd, what is july 4 me deal . Guest it means the same thing what it meant to Frederick Douglass, you know. While you can have the general celebration and everything, we have a different perspective from the africanamerican community. This was a long history to understand exactly the distinction in terms of the celebration for one community and the kind of lack of observers on the other part of the community. What does it mean to people who history of segregation. You have to understand the kind of sen...

Thing what it meant to Frederick Douglass, you know. While you can have the general celebration and everything, we have a different perspective from the africanamerican community. This was a long history to understand exactly the distinction in terms of the celebration for one community and the kind of lack of observers on the other part of the community. What does it mean to people who have a history of bondage, history of segregation, a history of jim crow is him. You have to understand that kind of sensitivity that might be distinct from one community to another. Obviously when you Start Ta...

Urban Radio Networks and author of the presidency in black and white cup close view of three president s and race in america. Also the author of democracy in black how race still enslaves the american soul and pulitzer davidwinning journalist come author of barack obama, the story. Watch indepth live from noon until 3 00 p. M. On sunday at book tv on cspan2. The new congress meets for the first time in january and will include several new members. We spoke of one of the incoming freshmen during a visit to capitol hill. Representative vicente gonzales, a democrat from texas. Tell us what you do...