afternoon a couple of red leather chairs and xavius reached into his pocket pulling out a little black book that top secret cable that was sent from switzerland to washington. there was no way they could get their hands on this. and dulles could not believe that.rink. this was very revealing information with this knowledge to said bogus information from their realec correspondents saw of thebl fact you could read any code is this something that you gave away. so day learned there were two distinct resistance movements operating in germany. this sour expression and those were over those ambitious plans, he represented some senior junior officers and also this character and as head the eternal optimist with that cold realism but that did not serve him well in the and. also working into the head of that military intelligence he had started the war and those of people wore in the year the days because hitler was trying to make up that is one in begin to use to plot. he but even if they try to put of plots against him but and a little nest of people trying to overthrow him. it is a remarkable st

he started out in stand—up but has acted in television series from black books and spaced to doctor who hustle and he is a perennial favourite on tv panel shows. they pointed at me and they said, you are bill bailey aren't you? and then they went, nice try! able to play pretty much every instrument and with perfect pitch, he has successfully combined his musical talents with comedy. but he has other passions as well. bird watching is one of them. and now he has taken to museum curating as well. at the maritime museum in hull he has assembled a cabinet of curiosities, fascinating objects accompanied by their true descriptions and concocted, the ones as well. like this. or are the baboon buttocks? he has roped in the children of hull as well to make up some cracking tales. morgan, age 11, the cursed dog. it was found in the year a dark wizard cast a spell on him and turned him into wood. if you touch this dog for more than five minutes you will also get turned into wood just like other people. these people are found in the cabinet called "i have made a terrible mistake." isn't that wonder

they have in their collection this little black book. for those that may be unfamiliar with this, men used to carry little books in their pockets which contained addresses, contacts of people that they knew and sometimes it had a calendar in it, frequently it had a little calendar to keep track of your appointments. that is what it was for 1860-1861. you can read it. it is charming. he likes to keep track of all of his money because he had hardly any. he would write down, sold an illustration, $1. well done, sir. he kept track of his courtship of the woman he hoped to marry, sally edwards. so he noted that he took her to church and that she agreed to go again next week. it was pretty cute. in that calendar on the very last bit of it that he filled out, undated, he wrote from the boat that when he got back to new york he hoped he would be able to sell sketches about what he called "the southern excitement." when you read it, of course, in retrospect it is interesting to see how innocent it sounds, how he really had no idea what was happen

one of the things they have in their collection is this little black book. for those of you who may be unfamiliar with this, men used to cary little books, which contained addresses, contacts of people they knew and a calendar so you could keep track of your appointments. that's what this was. and they have it and you can read it and it's charming. he liked to keep track of his money because he had hardly any. it's very cute because he would write, sold an illustration, $1. well done, sir. it kept track of his courtship of the woman he want today marry. so it noted he took her to church and she agreed to go again next week. in that calendar, he wrote, from the boat when he got back to new york he hoped he would be able to sell sketches about what he called the southern excitement. when you read it, in retrospect. it's interesting to see how innocent it sounds. how he no idea what was happening and how important it was. he returned to new york, though, older and more confident that he had been when he left. he was preparing to ask his sweet heart to be his br

and one of things this the collection is the little black book and if you have something unfamiliar with this, men used to carry little books with contacts and addresses and frequently a little calendar to keep track of the appointments and this is what it is from 1860 to 1861 and you can read it and it is charming. among that, he liked to keep track of the money and because he hardly had any. and sold an illustration, one dollar, and well done, sir. it kept track of the courtship of the woman he planned to marry named sally edwards and so he agreed to take her to church and she agreed to go again next week. in the calendar on the very last bit of it that he filled out undated, he wrote from the boat that when he got back to new york, he hoped to be able to sell some sketches about what he called the southern excitement. when you read it, it is interesting to see how innocent it sounds and how he had no idea what was happening and how important it was, and he returned to new york and more confident than when he had left. and he was preparing to ask this sweetheart sally edwards to be his

and they reached into his pocket and they pulled out a little black book. and in this book he read a top-secret american cable that have recently been sent from switzerland to washington. there was no way that the germans should have been able to get their hands on this let alone unable to decipher the code. in dallas cannot believe it. this is obviously very revealing and worrying information with this was rather despite his sour expression he had been the chief of staff of the german army until 1938 when he resigned in protest in the ambitious plan. he represented quite a bit of. senior german officers opposed to hitler. he also learned that this character who have been mayor was member of this group. he was an internal optimist. internal optimist. he offset the cold realism. he was probably too optimistic for his own good. he was a bit naive. he did not serve him well in the end. members of this group also worked most interestingly he is a guy with it trench coat. he was the have of the military intelligence. he have started the war he was a backer. like

just to be clear, i don't mean the women in bernie sanders' black book. i mean the decade.e kid being rebooted. the story joins the actors in their modern lives where they are both driving for uber. actually one is driving a lift. one day a fight breaks out over a passenger so they settle thing it only way they know how, with their feet. they are way too old for a karate fight. so they settled it with a dog-surfing competition. i shouldn't be joking about this. our cameraman lost $500 on the race. topic number 4. the state of illinois decided to honor president obama with his own holiday on his august 4 birthday. i'm just glad to see the illinois legislature focusing on such important issues while their state goes bankrupt. what can we do while we are still sitting here in our rent a center furniture? how about obama day? genius. according to the press release barack obama day will not be an official state holiday with forced closures and paid time off it's a huge symbolic gesture that accomplishes nothing from a legislative standpoint sort of like his presidency. perfect.

. >> i have a little black book with the names of professional on call movers available on a moment'snotice anywhere. i have regular crews, a company i work for, 7 terminals around the country, then crews from there. only occasionally will i get stuck where i won't know somebody. i don't hang around with regular truckers because there's not a lot of hanging around being done anymore with restaurants being gone and trucks being more comfortable, it is more solitary than it used to be but i will have a burger and a beer. mechanics, not much. i am a bedbug, not a motorhead. i can change the oil, i could unfreeze the brakes in the morning with a flair. i am not particularly adept at that. a class a diesel engine, looking at 1 million miles -- >> what are the 3 most harrowing moments you have had as a trucker in terms of dealing with pissed off people being moved or literally on the road where you have a weather incident or jackknife? >> hills, hills and hills. on the road, if you see a truck coming down a big hill -- >> should we get out of the way? >> definitely get out of the way. if he

book. i sister works in hollywood and i am a big mass media fan. i'm not an ethnic studies professor that attacks hollywood and the big evil person. it's not a black-and-white book. it's a book by an english professor who was basically raised by a television set and was said at the teat of the internet and so very much a book for people who want to laugh about things that are serious. before me there was a whole generation of mexican american scholars but had to fight in the trenches and they were the intellectuals. they don't just have to be black and white or brown and white. this is about the max. if you read my book you might just learn something. >> i always thought i would have a better life and could help someone else have their better life, too. i got lucky i don't care what anybody says all these people told you they were born in a log cabin [inaudible] my political history was i told people when i was born in 46 in georgia they stamped democrat on your birth certificate. i made a political decision i call it truth in advertising in 1998 to change parties and became a republican at that point in time there were no jobs for any of us the o

in his new book, "false black power?" jason offers a critique of civil rights leaders and their prioritization of pure political power which he argues us fail to produce significant results for african-americans. the book also includes responses to jason's arguments from two leading black intellectuals john mcwhorter and glenn lowry. so slender book but it packs a powerful punch. as one blogger noted what makes this book shine is the clarity of its logic and accessibility of its writing style. just as fred astaire dance that is rarely expressed his mastery so natural that it seems effortless. how did you get him to write this? there you go. it's available for just $10. $6 on kindle. jason may not get rich with this book that hopefully he will open a few minds. please join me in welcoming the fearless jason riley. [applause] >> thank you for that very kind interaction larry and i'm glad you told a few jokes. i was going to start with a joke about c-span where i appeared recently and then i found out c-span was going to be c

book. i sister works in hollywood and i am a big mass media fan. i'm not an ethnic studies professor that attacks hollywood and the big evil person. it's not a black-and-white book. it's a book by an english professor who was basically raised by a television set and was said at the teat of the internet and so very much a book for people who want to laugh about things that are serious. before me there was a whole generation of mexican american scholars but had to fight in the trenches and they were the intellectuals. they don't just have to be black and white or brown and white. this is about the using the c-sn radio app. >>> up next we speak with gary stewart on the landmark case variant of the arizona. >> you have the right to remain silent, you have the right to a

professor butler discusses his book, chokehold: policing the black man. ian: in your new book chokehold, you write this new the end of the book, the united states is a company -- a country of gross racial inequality. mr. butler: yes, and the chokehold is what the african-american men feel from the criminal justice system. when please put you in a chokehold, they are trying to get you to comply, but you can't comply because you can't read. blacks emblematic of the male experience in the united states. the social and legal response to the issues that black men have is to lock us up, to put us in cages, to stop and frisk us, to treat us as citizens whose rights other people do not respect. we are not full citizens of the united states. in thisou write more particular chapter, chapter eight, you save their lives are not afforded the same dignity and respect as white lies. my question is, why not? mr. butler: people are afraid of african-american men. there are studies that show people have unconscious reactions of anxiety. they are concerned about crime and th

. >> trace: you must have a black book because there are companies, marc, that you know that go fromflood, much smaller scale, how the publicity this one gets. they go in and they take advantage of people all across the country, correct? >> the attorney general's office in texas knows who they are and we will be watching for them. >> trace: you'll be watching for them. marc rylander, good of you, sir. i hope this works out. it's the worst thing because we saw this after hurricane andrew and we saw this after hurricane katrina and sometimes, you go out and the red cross is the first one they are and other people who have nothing but good intent and then you have these guys, these scammers come in and it really is sad. marc rylander, good to join us, thank you. >> thanks, trace. thank you. patti ann? >> patti ann: you can go to red cross.org to donate or 1-800-help-now. they will need all the donations come all the help they can get. nearly 60 texas counties have been officially declared disaster zones. thoughts of recovery are still on the horizon. >> trace: people in the path of a tr

and a commentator for fox news in his new book, false black power jason offers a critique of civil right leaders an their prior decision power of african-americans the book also could manies responses to aye on's sergeants from two and glenn lowery. it's a slengder book, but it packs a powerful punch as one blogger noted what make had this is book shine is clarity of logic and accessibility of its writing style as fred made it look easy to dance so does riley express mastery elegance so masm is seems effortless. how did you get to write this? [applause] all right there you go. and it's available for just $10. $6 on kindle and now jason may not get rich with this book but hopefully he'll open a few minds. please join me in welcoming fearless and peerless jason riley. [applause] thank you for that very kind introduction. larry i'm glad you it would a few jokes. i was going to start with the joke. about c-span where i appeared recently that i found out they were covering had this event and wife advised me to back off. so this will be a joke free presentation because that's really all i had.

book. cornell west has done over the years in terms of looking at the black church. mean, there's any number of commentators that we have had who have been just absolutely indispensable and giving us some understanding about the role of religious leaders. >> host: in your book "black detroit" you have a small note at the back that says you wish you hat the christian charity of your mother. >> guest: my mother. it's kind of hard -- i think it's a certain kind of pride that i take in invoking which influence and impact she had on me. we had the c-span did that nice -- i was talking to her this morning. she is watching this right now. i'm on my p's and q's mom. she is 97 years old, peter, and we talk about this earlier in terms of the influence that she had on me over the years, and one of the opportunities i think she gave the family and particularly my brother and me as well as our sister, colorist, she gave us a sense we could do anything. all those possibilities out there. and i think her life is an example of that because she was born in alabama, as i was, and bega

army black hawk helicopters being downed over mogadishu. in a grueling 15 hour resolve. the new book out this week from atlantic, it's a very different scope i would say then black hawk down. it's also being made into miniseries already. the thing hasn't only been about three days. the producer and director of all be between eight and ten hoursth in the end is michael mann. he has said this, in mark's bo book, there are no background people, people abstracted into statistics or body counts.s. there's a sense that everybody somebody as each is in the actuality of their own lives. the brilliance of the narrative, the achievement of interviewing hundreds of people on all sides and making the human story hisdi foundation is how it rises to the emotional power and universal of whom the bell tolls. that is high praise.gh praise. >> up lesson from partisan[l character. but thank you for sitting with us. >> thank you for inviting me. can we talk a little bit to orient folks who may not be as familiar as they should be with this and bloodiest of the vietnam battles. i think that's an controve

black men. one of that is based statistics i breakdown in the book. why a lot of people have these concerns. en you look at street crime, black men do commit a disproportionate share and i .alk about why that is when you look at some of the reactions people have to african-american men, i talk about some brothers who experience -- people don't want to sit next to us on the subway, there's a famous writer who writes about taking the amtrak and you can sit wherever you want. the black man says this is always the last seat next to him to get filled. on southwest airlines, you can choose your seat. jokes ifs journalists a black man is sitting in the aisle seat and another black man is sitting in the window seat, that middle seat is the last to go. he jokes that lack men love southwest because they get more legroom. these responses people have two black men which are in some cases relatively benign like that and in some ways quite harmful like police being much more likely to shoot black men and put their hands on us when they do to stop and frisk than they are to other people. brian: let's assume

act black or act white wood to be absolutely clear this is the way to act white or black that is at the point of the book but nevertheless for what it means to act black it is not given the part of that understanding that when you pick up the phone you make some assumptions it isn't just the look of race that you use if you are in or out of a category but allows to map into categories as well as the mecca was born in the u.k. i grew up in london and came to the u.s. when i was 18 and went to college the rest is history and with ucla. >> is this book for a general audience or scholarly audience?. >> definitely a general audience. so we try to write that in the pros that we succeeded in doing so. >> acting white is the of book booktv on c-span2 we are at ucla. >> the pyramid scheme that as promises of profitability in bin delivering on those promises the taking the money that investors put it in using to pay off the dividends of other investors that cannot last forever because space have people at the bottom but one form of that is very consistent with all of these schemes the approach to look for a group

announcer: georgetown university atyer paul butler looks policing black men in his book "chokehold hairoat >> there has never been a time when community relations of anywhere near good. for a long time, if you are a black person in june called the police to report a crime, if you were the victim the police just did not pay that much attention to it. now the senses the police are overwhelmingly in african-american communities but not to protect those communities, but rather to lock folks up. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 ." . eastern on c-span's "q&a elizabeth senator warren and al gore were guest at the netroots nation conference. we begin with senator warren. [cheers and

book festival, live saturday starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span2's booktv. >> next on booktv, black hawk down and killing pablo author mark bowden talks about his latest book, "hue 1968: a turning point of the american war in vietnam". this event was part of the chicago tribune printers are lit best. held annually in the city. >> good afternoon. good afternoon and welcome to the 33rd annual chicago tribune printers lit fest. i would like to go over to michael phillips. [applause] >> thank you. thank you for coming out today. it is my pleasure to talk with mark bowden about his book, "hue 1968". for those of you that do not know, his resume, he is among other things a national correspondent for the atlantic contributing editor for vanity fair, longtime philadelphia inquirer writer for 24 years. author of many books. on subject all over, literally all over the world from colombian drug lord pablo escobar to an account of the d-day to the killing of osama bin laden. probably best known for black hawk down. an account of the 1993 raid in somalia that led to a two us army black hawk heli

black. that's not the claim in the book. e point is that if people nevertheless, have some understanding of what it means to act black and what it means to to act black they're not girch but part of our understanding about race just as there are lots of studies that suggest that when you pick up the phone, and you hear a person speak you make assumptions about that person's racial identity it's not just a look of race. that we employer to determine whether you're in or out of a category it's the talk of race it's still speech that allows us to map you into categories as well. >> where are you from? >> i was born in many the u.k. i was born in birmingham and grew up in london came to the u.s. when i was 18 went to o college and rest as i say is history. >> where did you go to college? >> here, ucla. >> is this book acting white question mark written for a general audience or a scholar? >> definitely general audience. it is true that there are -- series of law but try are to write it in a pro that is accessible and we hope that

black men. those are based on statistics i breakdown in the book. ile people have these concerns, when you look at street crime, black people do commit a disproportionate share. i talk about why that is and what we can do about it. when you look at some reactions people have to african-american men, i talk about brothers whose experiences that people do not want to sit next to us on the subway. there is a famous writer who writes about taking the amtrak and you can sit anywhere you want. the seat next to the black man is always the last to get filled. on southwest airline, you can also choose your seats. a sports journalist joked that if a black man is sitting on an aisle seat and the other is in the window seat, the middle seat is the last to go. he joked black people love southwest because they get more legroom on it. there are responses that people have to black men that are relatively benign like that and then others that are quite harmful, like police being more likely to shoot like men and more likely to put their hands on us when they do the s

this books focus on black men in no way trivializes the experience of all people who face these harms. while acknowledging that other groups have been and continue to be oppressed and discriminate against, this book focuses on black men. in many ways experience a black man in the criminal justice system is unique. the most noticeable difference is that they are impacted more adversely than any other demographic in the united states. at every step of the process. black boys are disproportionately arrested and detained. black boys are more likely to be referred to the juvenile justice system than any other children. over half of the students arrested at school and the united states and referred to the juvenile justice system are black and hispanic. and while black students represent only 16% of students and overcome the represent 27% of students referred to law enforcement, and 31% of students subjected to school arrest. black male male streets alone mp 18% of all referrals and alone. -- students. black men are disproportionate arrested, 2.5 times more likely to be arrested than whites,

he had a protege named rayford logan who's written several good books on black history. washingtonoker t. wrote a slavery book -- it was a great book. caller: there is a great literature on african american history, yes. caller: there's plenty of solutions. those solutions do not involve -- it involves the black community. people still rave about how brown versus board was this great panacea, but i still haven't seen evidence that education for black people in america was helped by brown versus board of education. just's some things that we take as fact, something we need to re-examine and look at it a different way. i wholeheartedly agree with mr. oodson on the fact that they need to look inward and the solution is not in the white community. said was mostrnie profound -- we have to look inside ourselves. there's a young woman with two daughters, they were living in homeless shelters for three years. the girls were studying in their mother's car. one graduated valedictorian and the other salutatorian and they started at spellman as sophomores because they took some in ad

cohost talks about washington corruption in the swamp, wall street journal columnist on his book, false blackpower. and columnist, naomi klein on the current state of paul politics. saturday night on book tv, beginning at 9:00 p.m. eastern, former marine corps officer, tracy kraft and jerry bell, former naval officer talk about the history of women in the military and their book, it is my country too. women's military stories from the american revolution to afghanistan. >> for so long women's stories, women's military stores have been discounted. oor, appropriated by others. she just felt like the timing was right. it is time to give these women a voice. >> we are not an experiment, we are soldiers and sailors. we ended up in iraq and afghanistan doing the same job and in many cases is the men, coming home to a country that you cannot recognize many of us as veterans, but with the same physical and moral injuries as the men. >> at 10:00 p.m., afterwards. arizona senator calls for a return from core conservative principles in his book, conscious of a conservative. he is interviewed by the new

rofessor curtain's first book, black prisoners and their world, alabama, 1865 to 1900, her forthcoming book, reaching for power, barbara jordan and the politics of race and sex in america" recounts the life of jordan, a firm defender of voting rights and the first black woman elected to congress a southern state. he book will highlight congresswoman jordan's key role in the reauthorization bill and long history of campaigning for minority suffrage in texas. graphy of e the bio alexander kesar who will present when he arrives. history in essor of social policy at the kennedy school of government, a harvard historian. he specializes in voting rights, class parative working history. before joining the harvard faculty, he taught at duke, mit. ce and his acclaimed book "the right to ote, the contested history of democracy in the united states" details the history of franchise from the american revolution to the 21st century. examines voting rights against the back drop of various social dynamics, including development,conomic immigration, and class relations, to identify major movements. ff

important, that is what athletes missed out on, knowledge is getting their names in the record books, then blacke podium. that is what christina god amongst others and all her former team—mate. what christina god amongst others and all herformer team—mate. we will see whether the relay teams, how they do towards the end of this championship, still so much to look forward to. just another nine days. but i think it is worth thinking about what the thursday will be remembered for? well, they big roar came for usain bolt when he wasted the crowd but the bigger role was for mo farah. tonight at, we are going to leave you with his tent global gold. mo farah has done it again in the 10,000 metres. good night. mo farah is going to win it. he is going to take another world title. he is a superpower. it is gold for mo farah. incredible. good evening, after a week of sunshine and showers, you may be well hoping for something more settled over the weekend. well, actually, the weather looks decidedly mixed through the next few days. some sunny spells, heavy showers too, particularly on saturday and a rather

so it's just not, you know, the title blackout sometime people think is a black book. but it's not. y. >> that's right. everyone can pick this up and really learn about what's happening. so if i'm understanding this right, this book is more of -- it doesn't just chronicle the journey of music. you're thinking this chronicles society in our evolution. >> and culture a lot of culture and how things have changed but you know the industry full of capitalism. like america is. so it's up to us to sort of sort out content and try to figure out what, you know, choices you want to make. and there's more choices now. know then through this book because you do also talk about your struggles. the ups and the downs. you've gone through just about everything. have persevered. >> that's why i said i blacked out. you know, i mean, when i was working at bet i got -- i was staying at hotel george first weekend i get i get an envelope with 20,000 in cash. it was from karen klein who was the, you know, the independent promotion person who was welcoming me to town because i was programming 66 million ho

black. that's note claim of the book. the opinion is that people nevertheless have some understanding of what it means to act black and what it means to act white. they're not ex-step chalet -- innings stenchalet given and there's are studies that when you pick up the phone and hear a person speak you make some assumptions about that person's racial identity. not just the look of race that we employ to determine whether you're in and out of a category. it's the talk of race. it's your speech that allows to us map you into categories. >> host: you are you from. >> guest: i was born in the uk, been in birmingham, and grew up in london and came to the u.s. when i was 18, went to college and the rest, as assay, is hit. >> host: where detroit go to college? here, ucla. >> host: is this book "acting white question mark" written for a general audience. >> guest: general audience. it's true there are specific theories and laws that are the basis of the book but we try to write it in a prose that is accessible to your average reade

eastern and on book tv. >> next, black hawk down authors talks about his latest book about the turning point in the american war in vietnam.

black broker. another way in which you had to have a book and if you are not in the book you could not negotiate with a company that does not have a black person qualified to do this. that made those companies go back. as she represented poor black people whether it was for a black lawyer to negotiate the bond or for black children to keeping open day care when the budget got tight. that led to her receiving death threats after having some of faith, after receiving and appreciating so much of the changes. after believing they could trust their children with her. those lines that they have done this too long it is no longer worth it. i can talk about that a little bit more as we keep going. thank you. [applause] >> beginning, thank you all for those wonderful papers. we have time for a little bit of discussion before we throw it out to our eager audience. thinking about ways to connect all of your work there seems to be interesting ways with connections of tensions that show up in particular ways with her dignified defiance. as well as who is responding and saying what should happen? what is an approp

book focuses on black men. in many ways the experience of black men in criminal justice system is unique. the most noticeable difference is that they are impacted more unearthly than any other o demographic in the united states. at every step of the process. black boys are disproportionately arrested and detained. black boys are more likely to be referred to juvenile justice system than any other children. over half of the students arrested at schools in the united states and referred to the juvenile justice system are black and hispanic. and while black students represent only 16% of students enrollment they represent 27% of students referred to law enforcement and 31% subjected to school arrest. black male students alone make up 18% of all referral and officerses. arrests black men are disproportionately arrested and african-americans 2.5 times more likely to be arrested than whites and 49% of black men almost half can expect to be arrested there's once by age 23. black men are more likely to be killed or o i

criminal deficit system and its impact on african-american men in his book "chokehold: policing black men." >> there has never been a time when community relations has been near good. for a long time, as a black person, if you called police to report a crime, if you were the victim, the police did not pay that much attention to it. now, the sense is, that the police are overwhelmingly in african-american communities but not to protect them, but rather to lock folks up. >> tonight, >> this morning, discussion on the situation in north korea with john delury, associate festive chinese studies and patrick cronin from the center for a new american security. hahn looks atthew the effect of regulations on medical care and health reform. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. what journal is next. -- washington journal is next. images from charlottesville, virginia yesterday and friday night where a saturday protested against the removal of a confederate statue turned deadly. protester -- a counter protester and the crash of a police officer. good morning and welcome to washi

professor butler discusses his book, chokehold: policing the black man. ian: in your new book chokehold, you write this new the end of the book, the united states is a company -- a country of gross racial inequality. mr. butler: yes, and the chokehold is what the

black men. i want to tell you a little bit about the essays, and then i want to talk about my own essay, my own contribution to the book which is about the prosecution of black men and talk to you about why i think that issue is important. so just briefly i'll tell you the titles and, hopefully, they will inspire you to want to pick up book and read it. the first essay is called "a presumption of guilt: the legacy of america's history of injustice." and it was written by brian stephenson. the second is by mark mower, the held of the sentencing project in -- the head of the sentencing project in d.c. i heard some of you comment, so you know who brian is. remarkable hero of mine who runs the equal justice initiative. the third essay is called "boys to men: the role of policing and the socialization of black boys" written by professor kristin henning of georgetown. and this, i will tell you all, this essay almost didn't make it to the book because i was so focused on black men, and after talking to kris who's one of the nation's top leading experts on the juvenile justice system, i realized, wow, of course we have to talk

at policing black men in his book "chokehold hair coat >> there has never been a time when community relations of anywhere near good. for a long time, if you are a black person in june called the police to report a crime, if you were the victim the police just did not pay that much attention to it. now the senses the police are overwhelmingly in african-american communities but not to protect those communities, but rather to lock folks up. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 ." . eastern on c-span's "q&a elizabeth senator warren and al gore were guest at the netroots nation conference. we begin with senator warren. [cheers and applause] sen. warren: before i begin, i want to say a word about the deferred action for childhood arrivals program, daca. that was just discussed. the fights that we fight for, they matter. in 2012, because of the persistence of many of you in this room, 800,000 young men and women were protected from deportation because of you, because of your work. and because of daca, dreamers who are as american as you are me were promised a chance to work and to live without

black bodies, a public assault on african-americans. and we all know that that is not a new thing. that's a historic thing. and, grif, thinking about your book, when we think about the historic assault on black bodies, we often think about the institution of lynching, right? and we think about the newest report from the equal justice initiative lynching in america, which is in its third edition now, has recalculated the number of known lynchings in america. and it's important we note it's the number of known ones. we know there are hundreds if not thousands of others who just disappeared. mississippi was number one in the nation per capita in total number of known lynchings. over a period of 73 years, there were 654 lynchings in the state of mississippi. that's a known lynching every six weeks for 73 years in the state of mississippi. nationwide it was 4,084 over 73 years, so over a lynching a day. a known lynching a day for 73 years in american history. it seems to me, grif, that your story tells us a different kind of narrative about the assault on black bodies and would just love to the hear you talk about that. love to hear you talk abou

black. he chronicled his experiences in his book "almost black." he is joining me now. so you were studying statistics at the university of chicago, and you say to yourself, i don't stand a chance with my 3.1. what did you do? >> well, i shaved my head. i trimmed my eyelashes, and i decided to join the organization of black students and applied to med school as a black man and used my middle name, joe joe, and got wait listed in university of pennsylvania and ranked the second and third and fourth beth medical school in the country and got into st. louis university school of medicine despite the fact my pitiful 3.1 gpa was lower than their average of 3.7. now, i wanted to mention a statistic mentioned earlier in the program which is that the majority of harvard is now a minority, and i don't think that's true. i think that's very deceptive. i think you're forgetting about the pocohantas factor, the fact there's a large number of people whiter than winter in alaska posing as minorities, and as a result, it skews the statistics because they know that it can improve their