and in that 1995 speech, toni morrison had a bit to say about that, too. >> howard university both as an institution and as a proclamation, has had an extraordinary journey. it entered the world in interventionist mode, and it has maintained throughout its histories through engagement, debate, and respond to the most passionate, and the most urgent issues of this nation. it countered with a vengeance the prevailing 19th century notion that education was not part of the future of african americans, the prevailing 19th century notion, that if by some odd chance higher education were to become available on large scale, that it would be -- because the higher plateaus of achievement and influence were closed. evidence to the contrary is what we're about, and the nation owes howard university a great deal. l remember the three ps. what are the three ps? the three ps of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't increase, and a price that fits your budget. i'm 54, what's my price? you can get coverage for $9.95 a month. i'm 65 and

in that 1995 speech, tony morrison had a bit to say about that too. >> howard university came out asaordinary journey. it didn't turn the world, and it in added interventionists -- and has continued throughout its history to engage with, debate, and respond to the most -- the most passionate -- and the most urgent issues of this nation. it countered with a vengeance. the prevailing 19th century notion that education was not part of the future of african americans. the prevailing 19th century notion that if by some object, higher education were to become available on large scale, that it would be of no use to have it. because the higher the throws of achievement and influence were closed. evidence to the contrary, is overwhelming. and the nation owes howard university a great deal. university a great you take a quiz... tell us what you love, enter your goals and ww builds your individualized plan. this was the first time i was able to lose weight and keep it off. ur day. live the life you love and lose the weight you want. ww's all new personalpoints program. join today at ww.com. hur

in that 1995 speech, tony morrison had a bit to say about that too. >> howard university came out asrdinary journey. it didn't turn the world, and it in added interventionists -- and has continued throughout its history to engage with, debate, and respond to the most -- the most passionate -- and the most urgent issues of this nation. it countered with a vengeance. the prevailing 19th century notion that education was not part of the future of african americans. it countered with a vengeance. the prevailing 19th century notion that education was not part of the future of african americans. the prevailing 19th century notion that if by some object, higher education were to become available on large scale, that it would be of no use to have it. because the higher the throws of achievement and influence were closed. evidence to the contrary, is overwhelming. and the nation owes howard university a great deal. university a great deal. try boost® today. we just moved. so there's millions of - dahlias in bloom. over nine acres. when we started, we grew a quarter of an acre. now i'm taking

what i think about toni morrison, she's the reason that i write.her tattooed on my arm, her quote, "if there's a book you want to read that hasn't been written yet, you must write it." those authors -- and watching how their work in a the world shifted culture and gave us space, made us feel at home, made us feel seen and accepted and told our true story, it literally just empowered me to continue to do that for so many others who have never had their stories told. amy: george, book is so powerful. you discuss having your teeth kicked out when you're five years old. what would it have meant if you read a book like you wrote "all boys aren't blue" when you were a kid? >> man, it would have meant the world to just read anything that said, you know, being different did not mean you weren't normal, that the feelings i was feeling were being felt summit just before me as well. it would have allowed me to know that i wasn't the only one could ever went through the experiences that i was going through as a teenager. but it also would have given me a voice

first lady's absence one of her favorite authors and remember her going to princeton to interview toni morrisonshe was doing for 100 doctorate. .. told us to live by. she once wrote we have got more yesterdays than anybody. we need some kind of tomorrow. places like lorraine have a lot of proud yesterdays it. now they're going to have some brighter tomorrows because of all of you. god bless you all, may god protect our troops for the reason they tell me i have to head out i wasn't planning on going immediately is whether going back to washington. and there's a lot going on in europe right now. and god bless you all as i said. may god protect our troops. thank you, thank you. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ cspanshop.org us sixpence online stored routes their latest collection apparel, books, home decor, and accessories. there's something for every c-span fan and every purchase helps support a nonprofit operation. stop now or any time at cspanshop.org. ♪ >> at nato headquarters in belgium, u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin disputed russia's claims of drawing down troops along its

first lady's absence one of her favorite authors and remember her going to princeton to interview toni morrisonshe was doing for 100 doctorate. .. told us to live by. she once wrote we have got more yesterdays than anybody. we need some kind of tomorrow. places like lorraine have a lot of proud yesterdays it. now they're going to have some brighter tomorrows because of all of you. god bless you all, may god protect our troops for the reason they tell me i have to head out i wasn't planning on going immediately is whether going back to washington. and there's a lot going on in europe right now. and god bless you all as i said. may god protect our troops. thank you, thank you. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪hosted by the library of congress, this runs one hour.

first lady's absence one of her favorite authors and remember her going to princeton to interview toni morrisonor a paper that she was doing for 100 doctorate. .. told us to live by. she once wrote we have got more yesterda places like these have a lot of proud yesterdays. now they will have brighter tomorrows because of all of you. god bless you all. may god protect our troops. they told me i had to head out because of weather going back to washington. there is a little thing going on in europe right now. may god bless you all. may god protect our troops. [applause] ♪ announcer: officials from around the country testified on how the federal emergency management agency could better meet their needs. watch friday night beginning at 8:00 eastern on c-span2, online at c-span.org, or watchful coverage on our free video app, c-span now. >> on almost all presidential rankings lists you will find warren harding's name at or near the bottom. tonight on q&a in honor of president's day, a historian says that while harding had his faults, his commish are often overlooked, including bringing the country ba

navy to the home of tony morrison, i could tell you so much more, but this is a city that has struggledthe automotive industry, the steel industry, and we are beginning to see the new shoots of progress. and the president was there to announce that one of the major projects to help big lorain and all the communities of the great lakes would be to clean up areas of concern that were polluted over the years, in order that the fish life can come back. that people can drink the water. that they can swim in the water again, but it just wasn't for lorain. -- in the house of representatives, and the announcement today of one billion dollars for the great lakes restoration initiative and the great lakes, it's astounding, which we will do with the largest body of freshwater on earth. this is for our country, the canadians will help us. they share our lakes, a couple of them. we will do something for future generations that we should have done long ago. i was so proud of president biden. i was so proud of the people that came with him big. he was -- and he told me, he said congresswoman, my wife

tony morrison and biden gets tonight's last word.s jansing. day -- donald trump and his two eldest children lost their bid to avoid answering questions under oath about the trump organization's business practices. late today, a new york judge ruled that new york ten need general letitia james can question them as part of her civil investigation. and a strongly worded, eight pa

so by the time i read her and started reading other, you know toni morrison, alice walker and other black female authors. i was already enroll school and loving my subjects of law. so i thought to myself, i can always be a writer, but i still want to be a lawyer at the time i want to solve true. so the middle east crisis, when i was in fortier, i fell in love with international trade law back. it's been a great background. i have a conference, so call it. so a panel discussion for the international bar association with the city. and we're, we're discussing the major tre, just use that have been going on in the world between the us and china. ok. hello, how are you? hi, can you hear me for in this a conference call. i'm wearing my hat as an international trade lawyer. i got was also a problem with the theme of my conversation . my part of the conversation is that african saying, when the elephant fights, it's the grass that suffers his want me to be the dog development round, but only very few areas have been agreed on and we're feeling this effect in, in the developing countries. because

you said you kind of live by the toni morrison quote, if there's a book that you want to read that hasn'tn written, you must write it. is that how you felt with this book? >> yes. this is truly the book that i always wished i had to read as i was a young adult growing up. i wanted people who felt like me to feel represented before they even turned the first page. >> reporter: a series of personal essays, the memoir manifesto captures johnson's journey growing up queer and black in new jersey, and later virginia. what do you think is at the heart of the argument for banning your book? >> there's always been a notion of purity and innocence of white children in this country. and so anything that is deemed immoral, as is queerness in many places, as is blackness in many places, automatically is seen as something that could be damaging to the innocent, pure, white child growing up in a changing landscape of america. >> reporter: the book describes instances of anal and oral sex and details sexual assault. johnson says he wrote it specifically for ages 14 to 18. in jack's school district, one

books from, you know, tony morrison, the first african-american nobel prize laureate in literature, aportant publications. so they're being challenged from us and from other publishers. we are, of course, fighting these challenges. we are, again, all about expansion and diversification. this is the opposite. it's about contraction, and that's why we are fighting it. we actually try to sort of, again, offer a broad range of stories for a broad range of readers. and if that is suppressed, things are bad. nothing good, brian, comes from silence, right? and, again, there are a lot of cases for that right now in the field. it hurts the authors, it hurts the publishers, and basically it hurts all of us. >> my conversation with dola is on line now. find it on any podcast that you use. >>> up next, what the owner of cnn said about this week's war coverage. always put clients first. (other money manager) so y you do it because you have to? (naj) no, we do it because it's the right thing toto do. we help clientnts enjoy a comfortable retirement. s when it comes to cybersecurity, the biggest thr

maya angelou, tony morrison and -- toni morrison and others. just to name a few. james baldwin, of course, an author. toni morrison, an author. obviously toni being maligned because she wouldn't understood. harriet tubman, an unbelievable story in the underground railroad. rosa parks, maya angelou, poet laureate. and also want to put into the record names of historic figures, many passed, some passed from my own community. reverend crawford w. kimbel. reverend e. stanley branch. reverend johnny jeffrey robenson. mr. john blands and that is robinson. ms. ruby moseley. ms. dorothy hubbard, ms. doris hubbard. all of them infused the liberty and liberation in our community. third ward, fifth ward, sunny side, ms. holly holderbrooks. one of the first student protesters. a pivotal agency in our community. ms. lanora carter and a 16-year-old who opened his own real estate company. he's today one of the most generous humanitarians and businessmen living in our community today. and i only call these names out to align myself with the issue of facts. why wouldn't we want to

in states like texas florida and missouri nobel prize winner tony morrison's the bluest eye is beingd for similar reasons. this prompted our friends at the daily show to team up with former reading rainbow host to see what his popular pbs show might look like today. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hey y'all, lavar burton here and i am so excited to read with you today our first selection is called rosa. and it's the story of rosa parks, who so as it turns out that book is a band because reading about segregation is a divisive. almost any book with black people these days is considered divisive, here is one that doesn't have any people and it at all. it's about to penguins and their little baby. both penguins are boys. well i'm told that that book is also banned because of sexual perversion because it's weird because there is no sex in the book at all. they adopted the baby, what did you guys want a mommy and daddy, so the kids can make sure the penguins are knocking boots? all right, i've got one that they can't possibly have a problem. with pop on top. what? disrespectful to parents? you've got to be kidd

favorite books a mercy by toni morrison the fire next time by james baldwin and narrative of the life of frederick douglass an american slave by frederick douglass. currently reading as she mentioned a minute ago the bible the new international version. harlem shuffle colson whitehead's new book the sweet fly paper of life by roy decar carava and langston hughes beaufort delaney and james baldwin through the unusual door. this is edited by stephen wick swing times by zadie smith and the price of the ticket by james baldwin mr. baldwin's name came up three times. on your list cheryl cash and why is that? well, nobody beats james baldwin is a you know 20th century writer for for me. for the power of his language for the truth-telling it would and and his own emotion and passionate would just jump off off the page, you know. i've worked very very hard fifth book. to be a writer and to be a good writer who's i have literary ambitions and you know, i find myself going back to baldwin and he he was also a writer who was engaged with the civil rights movement engaged with the civil rights of

book bans targeting works by black authors like tony morrison, as well as the 1619 project and any historypresent white americans or europeans as perennially noble which might make the parents of white children feel uncomfortable. proposed laws in florida encouraging surveillance of teachers to make sure they stick to the state-run script. racism attacks on black women athletes, including these lacrosse players from howard university. schools like this one in indiana making black history month optional for parents who think knowing historical black figures would break their children. we are now facing the most direct concentrated attack on the right to vote since the 1960s. along with, yes, bomb threats. lots of bomb threats against historically black colleges and universities. this map alone ask appalling. 30 hbcus where young people congregate and learn have been the target of these bomb threats, mostly during black history month, which is no coincidence. including three just yesterday in the carolinas, targeting fayetteville state university, and winston salem state university in north

and is school board and georgia is banning nine books, including tony morrison's pivotal, the bluest scared of books like morrison's, literature and art have always been tools to fight oppression, tyranny, and fascism. the chancellor drink dark times, and captures both provocative, and taunting away, is exactly what we have the society are up against. which is why this painting, titled critical race theory, depicting the literal whitewashing on a racer of black history went viral, some liberated across the world in a matter of days. that is where my next us, it's my choice for who won the week, it is not a competition, you are the winner. jon harris, congratulations on winning the week on this incredible piece of artwork. i understand this is your first black history month interview, is that correct? >> yes. it is. >> excellent, it is great to have you. here talk about the origin of this piece, and the reaction to. >> [inaudible] and children, not being able to learn certain things and school, it open something in me, this is what i did with this piece. >> and you have no really, you

take a look at this. "1984," beloved by toni morrison, invisible man, the jungle by upton sinclair andg around the house chances are you'll come across a book published by penguin randomhouse and they've been banned at a curricular or library near you. >> look at this list. it seems to go on forever. all of these books have been banned or challenged in the united states. i'm sorry, these are only the books that are published by penguin randomhouse. there are many more books that look like this. to combat this assault on freedom of expression, the ceo of penguinhouse is donating $500,000 of his own dollars to fight book bans. for dola this is personal and he grew up in post-world war ii germany where censorship was basically the law of the land. he said it is quote, dangerous, unimaginable, urgent and it ties into the future of our democracy, end quote. which say lot like what we've been saying here. joining us for a special edition of the velshi banned book club is marcus dola, the ceo of penguin randomhouse and executive vice president of the pan america board so free speech means a l

governor following through on campaign ads highlighting a conservative activist who complained about toni morrisonnning divisive concept crt, setting up a snitch line where parents can lodge complaints about teachers. moral panic has been catching. according to a study by pan america, in the first nine months of last year, 24 state legislatures introduced 54 bills and restricted teaching in public schools, higher education and state agencies. most recently the pulitzer prize winning graphic novel "maus" was pulled from the shelves. you would think a chronicle of the holocaust would have caught their attention. but their action succeeded in rocketing the book back to the top of the best-seller list, which is a healthy response. on the flip side, getting far less attention, washington state school board last week decided to drop the classic to kill a mockingbird from the ninth grade required reading list because of racist language, and white savior complex. wait until they get to huckleberry fin. banning books looks bad in the rear view mirror. it is a sign of weakness, not strength. in this rush to

titles including "the blewest eye" by the late toni morrison, a black nobel prize winner.bian mommies. and maus. "how to be an antiracist," a book that became a must read in 2020 during the nation's reckoning in the wake of george floyd's murder. the list goes on. banning books is bad. it denies people of exposure to ideas, concepts, and world views that are not their own. it stifles curiosity. when you dampen curiosity you weaken our ability to think critically, to know when you're being fooled. banning books is going to make us into a stupid society, vulnerable to misinformation and manipulation. you know i tend to prattle on about democracy on this show, but a democracy relies upon an informed electorate. we're less informed when our choices about the range of information we consume is limited. banning books imperils society. but that's not all that's bad about it. banning books that humanize people's experience with race, sexuality, gender, ability, poverty, sexual assault, actually reverses the difficult process that we are undergoing as a society to change and to bec

tony morrison and biden gets tonight's last word. the 11th hour starts now. >> good evening, once again, i'm chris jansing. day -- donald trump and his two eldest children lost their bid to avoid answering questions under oath about the trump organization's business practices. late today, a new york judge ruled that new york ten need general letitia james can question them as part of her civil investigation. and a strongly worded, eight page ruling, the judge denied trump's efforts to -- quote, a state attorney general commences investigating a business entity, uncovers copious evidence of possible financial fraud, and wants to question, under oath, several of the entities principles, including its namesake. she has the clear right to do so. the judge added trump and his children must be deposed within the next three weeks. donald trump's lawyer responded with a statement that read, in part, quote, yet another politically motivated witch hunt. the court had no interest in engaging in impartial discourse. ivanka and don trump jr. sayi

it is almost a crime against these young people, saying, you are read too soft to read tony morrison.ma is talking about the trajectory, rising from the humble beginnings in the south side of chicago, to be a bestselling author. what more do you want. she is translating your literature and your livelihood into a powerful but where story. amen to her and black folk, heap writing, the pen is mightier than the sort! >> a man and stop treating these young people like they are soft and stupid. first of all, they have the internet. you talk about banning books? they are going to look up all the books? they are going to read them anyway, they are smarter than all of you. michael eric dyson, always great to be with you, happy black history month! always we get to say that, "all in with chris hayes" starts now. say that,tonight on all in. >> they know it's true, they know it's there, they know who won the election, but they refused to say your right. >> donald trump himself was in on the scheme to seize voting machines. tonight the most incriminating evidence of the trump coup plot yet. the ba

personalized copies of books by justices sotomayor and briar as well as by the late novelist, tony morrison. in other news pan american has announced finalists for their annual literary awards. this year's nonfiction nominees are andrea elliot invisible child tya miles all that. she carried reuben miller halfway home sarah shulman let the record show and clint smith how the word is passed. the winner will be announced at an award ceremony on february 28th. and christy mclane executive director and industry analyst for npd book scam predicts that print book sales will fall this year after two years of growth. she cites the potential rise in the price of books supply chain issues and a change in consumer behavior as reasons for the slide book sales were up 9% last year with over 800 million print books sold. book tv will continue to bring you new programs and publishing news and you can also watch all of our past programs anytime at booktv.org. on book tvs author interview program afterwards syndicated columnist george will reflected on what he calls the unruly torrent years between 2008 and

"a mercy" by tony morrison. and the narrative of the life of frederick douglass. currently reading, as she mentioned a minute ago, the holy bible. harlem shuffle by colson whitehead, the sweet flypaper of life. through the unusual door, edited by stephen wick. swing time by zadie smith and the price of the ticket by james baldwin. mr. baldwin's name came up three times on your list. why is that? sheryll: nobody beats james baldwin as a 20th-century writer for me for the power of his language, for the truth telling, and his own emotion and passion just jump off the page. i've worked very, very hard to be a writer and to be a good writer. i have literary ambitions and i find myself going back to baldwin. he was a writer who was engaged with the civil rights movement, the civil rights struggles of his time. i try to be. he inspires me on so may levels. but i am a nonfiction writer and he is, for me, among the best nonfiction writers commenting on what i am parentally -- perennially commenting on, the circumstances of race, the african-american experience, trying to g

personalized copies of books by justices sotomayor and briar as well as by the late novelist, tony morrison. in other news pan american has announced finalists for their annual literary awards. this year's nonfiction nominees are andrea elliot invisible child tya miles all that. she carried reuben miller halfway home sarah shulman let the record show and clint smith how the word is passed. the winner will be announced at an award ceremony on february 28th. and christy mclane executive director and industry analyst for npd book scam predicts that print book sales will fall this year after two years of growth. she cites the potential rise in the price of books supply chain issues and a change in consumer behavior as reasons for the slide book sales were up 9% last year with over 800 million print books sold. book tv will continue to bring you new programs and publishing news and you can also watch all of our past programs anytime at booktv.org. good morning. my name is sam abrams. i'm a senior fellow here at the american enterprise institute and a professor of politics and social science at s